charles1dad
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| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Regarding silver cable, they all certainly do not sound the same. I use Ocellia Silver Reference IC and SC. It’s the antithesis of, thin, cool, bright etc. In fact it has natural warmth, full bodied tone with terrific fleshed out harmonics. It ha... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Johndoe,It may be better to run the Vivaldi DAC straight to the power amplifier for you. Folkfreak clearly and thoroughly described his experience doing so and prefers the better sound quality with the ARC REF 40. These are his findings listening ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! 1 The 925 mono blocks are class A/B rather than class D. They implement a switching power supply.2 This is Rowlnd’s top model and is a 4 chassis design. If one were to compare this to Gryphon (in an apples to apples manner) I believe that their m... | |
| Low Watt Solid State Amp Hi gotog, Given your listening levels and the efficiency of the speakers you'll likely remain in the class A range 90 to 95 % of the time.Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi jcarcopo,Congratulations!I'm uninterested in your initial listening impressions. Charles | |
| Low Watt Solid State Amp Yep, meant Van Alstine, autospell got me again. Amplifiers such as this which employ simple circuits often sound exceptionally good. I was just curious about how much power in class A before if switches to class B for additional power..Charles | |
| Low Watt Solid State Amp The Van Sistine Vision SET 120 amplifier seems like a well thought out straightforward design. 60 watts class A/B with apparent high bias although not specified how many watts in pure class A. Certainly could be a fine sounding amplifier but it i... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? "Warmth not added but realized" Terrific cursory summation David, spot on. I heard 2 hours of live unamplified piano 1 Week ago at a Steinway piano gallery recital. Wow, full bodied, rich, dense tone and harmonics, just beautiful! Much warmth and ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! ricred1,Both of those Integrated amplifiers are held in the highest regard. My suspicion is that you would be nappy with either. Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts 343mps, I believe that mac48025 (Tom) early on used this amplifier with the Double Impacts. Charles | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Integrated amplifier ( upper tier) versus top level mono blocks yet may still be a very compelling direct comparison. You just never know. Charles | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Folkfreak. Thanks for taking the time to post your well written listening impressions. Given the description of what you heard I can understand your preference. I would make the same choice. I'll always prefer the more involving and emotionally ... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Shadorne,Yes, exactly ! I'd expect two different presentations with preference totally dependant on the particular listener. Which sonic flavour appeals more. Subjective by default, the gift of High End audio. Charles | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? Folkfreak, ,This is really shaping up into a very interesting listening evaluation. It is essentially a comparison of the quality and implementation of the ARC REF and DCS Vivaldi signal pathways.This is fun and informative. Time to put the ears... | |
| Running DCS Vivladi DIRECT? The preamplifier may have a superior analog output stage than the Vivaldi, who knows? Folkfreak's listening impressions will be interesting. Charles |