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| Trying to ID this peice of classical What do I win? Its Brahms! Piano trio in B major Opus 8. 2nd movement Scherzo! | |
| Trying to ID this peice of classical This is not Vivaldi. My first thought was Schubert, maybe LvB. Very, very, very familiar. | |
| Trying to ID this peice of classical This is definitely familiar. Its going to take a while to place it. It will come to me eventually. | |
| Active or passive preamp Ngjockey,Thanks so much for that information! I have looked high and low for output impedance on TVC's to no avail. All I ever got was a nonspecific "lower than resistor based designs." Is that true for all TVC's, or only the S&B's? | |
| Classe CAP 2100 for Maggie 3.6? Kimf70,I have my 3.7's out 6 feet, as I did with the 1.6's they replaced. You can expect to loose some of the bass response at 3 feet, but its not like that is a complete show stopper in my opinion. Its like amplifier power-- less than optimal can... | |
| six year old 6sn7's, pushing my luck? The sophia tubes run $100 each and are pretty good. You might want to think about them. I also agree it makes sense to keep a cheap pair of current production tubes around. | |
| Active or passive preamp Yes, an amp with a higher input impedance would be preferable. There is a rule of thumb that the input impedance of a component should be at least 10 x the output impedance of its upstream component. I'm about 38 years removed from my last physics... | |
| Active or passive preamp I don't think I would run a passive into an amp with an input impedance of 22K ohms. I love passives, especially TVC's, but I think that is pushing it. | |
| Magnepan announces the 20.7 Doug, I'm trying to understand why people are having such different reactions to their auditions of the .7 series. I wonder how much of this comes down to semantics. I'm asking myself "At what point does an incremental improvement cross the thresh... | |
| Building a System around Magnepan Speakers... Interesting problem. I approach budget systems by focusing on 1 good piece that I can hold for awhile, then building around it with high value components that I can gradually add as more money becomes available. I recommend the MG 1.6's. as that p... | |
| So, what's your audio resolution for 2012? Finish upgrades on cables, rack, and get two Rel subs. | |
| Best audio purchase of 2011 This year I got a Sony ModWright 5400, Promitheus Signature TVC, and Magnepan 3.7's. The only thing I kept was my Cary 500 MB's. Don't make me pick one of the 3 new pieces. Sophie's Choice. Now I'm working on ancillaries. Cables, racks, etc. I am ... | |
| Classe CAP 2100 for Maggie 3.6? Looks to me like you will be in good shape. You have a huge room, so you should be able to get the maggies out away from the back wall. I would guess the Classe will be OK at 200 WPC. In my opinion Maggies do very well with vocals and pianos. By a... | |
| Classe CAP 2100 for Maggie 3.6? Maggies are planar magnetics, not electrostats. They like high current solid state, although some swear by tubes. I have 3.7R's and use Cary 500 MB which are 1000 watts/channel into 4 Ohms. Several others around hear use these amps with 3.6's and ... | |
| alternative to maggies? 1. Get a Dog, loose the cat2. Declaw the cat3. Seriously, nothing else does what Maggies do for the same amount of money. I would try to find a stand mounted monitor that you really like. Maybe a pair of Sonus Faber Cremonas would do it for me, bu... |