2out2sea
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| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Thank you Fred! This just keeps getting better. Immersive is adjective that best describes what I am hearing. There is just fantastic synergy between the pre amp, audio electronic supply mono amps, Cary cdp and my gallo ref3.5. It's not a subtle d... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Ok. It arrived today. I had about 3-4 hours of listening time. Most of the time I was working at my desk and tending to work I had to do, but periodically I would listen to a particular track or two.Initially it sounded marginally better than my c... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp I built a virtual system to show the pic of the pre amp. Hopefully it's posted and visible | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Well, it ships tomorrow. I received word from Fred tonight. Serial number is sequential in the sira line, 10065. I am waiting to hear if Fred is going to employ the differences such as aluminum chassis in future siras. I will certainly let everyon... | |
| The Emotiva Challenge I generally read these threads with a chuckle, but I think I can add some real world experience to the discussion. I replaced a B&K ex442 about a year ago with an Emotiva XPA2. I was trying to find something to match to newly purchased Gallo R... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Ok, so a small update. Fred says the wood is in and he is finalizing the build. Mine is in a queue so it will be a little longer. The circuitry is supposed to be the same as the standard sira. The chassis is aluminum rather than stainless and Fred... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp I looked back through my correspondence with Fred and found where he is using carbon film resistors that he has not tried in the past, and I have asked regarding the caps. | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp I am not sure of the components being used throughout the pre including the caps. I am leaving room for improvements later. For now I can only imagine the caps being the most basic ones that Fred feels will sound good. I can't imagine them being c... | |
| Emotiva XPA-2 I am currently using aes six PAC el34 tube amps, but used the emotiva xpa2gen for 6-8months prior to going all tube. The xpa replaced an aging b&k ex442 and there was no comparison. There was markedly more dynamic range and detail with the emo... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Things are moving ahead slowly, but surely. I am still hoping to hear comparisons between various preamps and the sira. Does anyone have anything they can add. | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Sorry, I am boiling down here in 90*+ Alabama. Geez it got hot fast this year. | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp Fred is using his base caps. My budget didn't allow for upgraded caps. However, Fred did install Teflon tube sockets for which I was grateful. There should be plenty of room to upgrade later with caps etc. Fred has said that one significant diffe... | |
| Fred Volz and Emotive Sira Pre Amp I had initially looked at the poeta, but I am enamored by point to point and no pcb. I will certainly keep the thread updated as it progresses. Fwiw, Fred has the chassis, but not the woodwork. He is still waiting on it to arrive.Jond, I am hoping... | |
| Impedance mismatch question Thank you all very much. To further clarify why I am asking I will list my equipment;Audible illusions 2d preCary 308 cdpEmotiva xpa 2 gen2 ampGallo reference 3.5 speakers with gallo sub ampPower cords are tributaries silver and grace note customI... | |
| A gallo reference sub amp or second subwoofer? I finally pulled the trigger and did indeed order the reference sub amp. I have been listening for two days and wow what a difference. Everything the speakers did well before is even better now. The imaging is slightly better. The soundstage has g... |