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| Tung Sol NOS Black Plate 6550 – Temperature I used TS 6550 black plates in my Octave V70se. They ran a bit hotter than the SED 6550 or KT88. Honestly not enough to really notice. Solid grey plates were the same. Is it possible they be biased a little high?? | |
| Best of the best Integrated amps in 2018 The Aavik U150 sounded great at Axpona this year. It wasn't until Sunday afternoon did they put the U300 in. I would say the U150 is about 90% of the U300. The Dac and Phono stages are options which really keep the price down. | |
| Yanni or Laurel? My son and I just listened to that on my computer. I only heard Yanny and my son only heard Laurel. Weird | |
| Yanni or Laurel? At and watching it on TV I could only hear Yanny. But at work with $25 computer speakers I only hear Laurel. | |
| Hard Audio - Ceramic Speakers I think the Raidho's are great. I have the D3.1's. Raidho uses a particle accelerator to fuse a diamond coating on the ceramic driver. | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! Quintessence Audio in Morton Grove IllinoisHolm Audio in Woodridge IllinoisNextLevel in Wayne IllinoisAll good stores that I've been to. | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? An Ansuz D-TC power cord did just what lak mentioned above with my Aavik U300. Because of that I can play almost twice as loud. I never would have believed it if I didn't hear it in my home. Not sure what percentage of improvement I got but would ... | |
| Dynaudio Contour 30 vs Confidence C2 comparisons I’ve recently auditioned the C20’s and was left underwhelmed in the lows. To me the lows sounded flubby. I didn’t audition the C30 or C60 but have heard the C60 at Axpona last year. Personally I like the S40’s a lot better (I know that’s not what ... | |
| Axpona 2018 Will you be there? I'll be there Fri and Sat. Maybe Sunday too | |
| High Quality Fuses in Amps First and foremost replace the bad fuse with a cheap on just to make sure something is not failing and causing the fuse to blow. That said I paid 130 for a SR Black and was impressed with the SQ improvement for the money. BTW the SR's have a 30 d... | |
| Question About Raidho Models C, D, XT Raidho's are very particular with their set-up/placement. Ideally they should be be 9' (or more) apart and pointed toward your shoulders. I had my D1's then D2's about 7 1/2' apart and although they sounded very good once I got D2.1's I was able t... | |
| Question About Raidho Models C, D, XT All are very good but a bit different from each other. The XT series is more 'lively' in its presentation. But they lack the layers of resolution of the C and D series. They play a bit louder (when pushed) too. Going to the C series adds a couple ... | |
| Best tubes for my mc 275 Gordon gow +1 for the original TS 6550. Solid black plates sound slightly better than the solid grey plates. | |
| Anybody have first hand experience with Octave v110 integrated? Had one for about 3 years. I had Dyn C1 sig and Raidho D1 and D2's for speakers. I think I'm the oddball that never cared for the KT120 sound. Very forward and didn't sound balanced from top to bottom. One nice feature of the V110 is a switch on t... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 I heard them at my local dealer on a Naim stack. Also listened to them with the Aavik U300. Very engaging and I think the price point is a bargain. The BE tweeter is smooth (unlike some past models). That's my opinion. |