clio09
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| Character of EL-84 amps River251,In addition to the RM-10 I have heard the Snapper and Leben. The Leben was quite nice, the Snapper okay, but something about the RM-10 just clicked for me. Not to mention a used RM-10 MkII at around $1000 is a lot of amp for the money IMO... | |
| Character of EL-84 amps I would not buy into the theory that the EL-84 is lighter, airier, and more delicate in sound than those other tubes you mentioned. I have owned both a Music Reference RM-9 and RM-10 and while the RM-10 has about a third of the power of it's EL-84... | |
| Forty bucks well spent.... I tried this product years ago. While others might find it useful, IMO it is nothing to write home about. | |
| Spendors comparable to Harbeth C7ES3? The suggestion on the Spendor classic series is a good one. I was a long time Spendor owner and have has 3/1 (still own them), 7/1, and 1/2e. I have also heard Harbeth and always preferred the Spendor's to them. Try to locate a user pair of 1/2e s... | |
| Music Reference RM Mono? Jim, I regret to inform you that Paul recently passed away. As a friend and fellow RM-10 owner Paul and I have had many conversations about this amp and his speakers. I will send you an email and perhaps I can assist you. | |
| Speakers for Resolution Audio Cantatas I do not have both units, but I have the Cantata digital player that I run directly into my Atma-Sphere s-30 amp. The speakers I use are the Audikinesis Jazz Modules. I am not sure where you live but if it is in the US I would recommend looking in... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Great news George. To celebrate the award I gave my Lightspeed a hug today. | |
| Best songs played by non-author artists... While A Day in the Life is a great cover, Jeff Beck's cover of Over the Rainbox I saw him perform live was much better. | |
| Rrog... thank you for the polish info... speakers? You will enjoy the Rev 5 speakers and your amps have more than enough power to drive them. My company has been sharing a room with Fritz for the last couple of audio shows and I have spent extensive time listening to your speakers as well as the C... | |
| Best songs played by non-author artists... We regularly play the Zappa version of Whipping Post in our room at the audiophile shows. I think one of my all time favorites though is the version of Ballad of Easy Rider done by Fairport Convention that appears on one of my favorite recordings,... | |
| Music Reference RM 9 Question Your best bet is to contact Roger directly or Sal at Audio Summa. They will give you the best advice IMO. You should also buy the tubes from Roger. He is one of the very few in this industry that knows how to properly match tubes. In addition, you... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Thanks for the comparison. I have used my LSA with an Atma-Sphere S-30 amp for vinyl playback with great results. Right now though until I get my vinyl rig hooked up again I am running my Resolution Audio Cantata direct into the amp via the balanc... | |
| Efficient Full Range Speakers I will second the Audiokinesis speakers. You will have a tough time finding a set used, but they are very reasonably priced new. I have driven mine with a variety of amps from low watt SET to high power solid state. All with great results. Current... | |
| 17' unbalanced cable v balanced with ISOMAX My take is still to use the ISOMAX devices, but if Blue Jeans offers a return policy you could give it a try. My curiosity, like Al's, is how will the sound differ now that you are primarily running single ended. It appears that the benefits of th... | |
| 17' unbalanced cable v balanced with ISOMAX Per the other thread referenced by Al, if you are getting good results with the ISOMAX devices I would continue to use them. |