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| Are Capitole and Mephisto recommended components? Stereopile is not the de-facto source for all information on quality audio products. There are many reasons why some amazing components do not make their way onto that over-hyped list.Politics. Ad Revenue. Arrogance on the part of the manufacturer... | |
| Personal speaker evolution to perhpas Verity Parsifal Encores | |
| Having problems with sound out of cat/krell setup ross,i can only venture to guess here......sounds like a possible tube problem in the cat. output tubes perhaps?old krell ss amp and cat could be an awesome combo. | |
| Tubelike solid state: Ayre Vs Aleph I had an Ayre V-3 for 4 years and replaced it with - IMHO - the best valued amp around.......a David Berning ZH-270.At the same cost as an Ayre, and at only 70 watts and 10 lbs, the Berning plays louder, has MUCH better bass and delivers music lik... | |
| Amp recommendations for Merlin VSM / TSM Yag-Call Bobby at Merlin. He'll take care of you. Component matching is key with speakers as revealing as Merlins.FYI - I also use a Berning ZH-270. | |
| Energy, Environment & High End Audio I second the Berning ZH-270.My Proac 2.5s just sing with it.It has the best of all worlds: bass response of SS, liqidity of tubes, low power, light weight - 10 lbs!!Tough to find..... | |
| Hovland pre-amp susceptible to A/C line noise? I sent Alex Crespi at Hovland the link to this thread and below is his reply to me that I received yesterday. Alex is always prompt in returning emails and calls. Tell me what you guys think of this.Dear Ian:Thanks for the link to the Audiogon for... | |
| Hovland pre-amp susceptible to A/C line noise? I have an HP-100, too, and am experiencing the same problem. I spoke to Alex @ Hovland and he claimed to not know what I was talking about. I will forward the URL of this thread to him. | |
| Mark Levinson preamp no. 38 vs 38s vs 380 vs 380s I have owned Krell KRC-3, ML 380s, ML 39 (uses 38 pre), ARC LS25mkII and now I have a Hovland HP-100. These last three pres are all the sam $$$(used). Look into the Hovland or another good tube device. Looks like you've given SF Stereo some good b... | |
| Battle of the "Davids"......Belles vs. Berning Alright, Ryno. We exchanged emails last week.I thought the Belles was one of the best amps I ever heard.....until I heard the Berning. All improvements that were realized when I ran the Belles - depth, weight, proportions, balance, tonality, ease,... | |
| Does your amp sound hum....when your ear close it Can be.....sort of.Could be a number of things.Try ""floating the ground" on your amp.(put the grounded male end into a two prong plug adapter then back into the wall.) | |
| Powering ProAc Response 2.5's look into belles 150a or 350awww.powermodules.comor berning zh-270www.davidberning.comi've tried both. bought the berning (tubes).have also had krell, arc and ayre to my 2.5s.for me, now my 2.5s have never sounded so good!! | |
| Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270 Wow, how cool....!All I have to say is that the UPS man is on his way to my house with a new Berning ZH-270 amp and I'm like a kid before Xmas. Tubegroovers comments are great. The fact that this amp can even be objectively compared with a pentult... | |
| Personal amp evolution Went from Yamaha to Nakamichi to Rotel to B&K to Krell to Ayre and, finally, I have arrived with the David Berning ZH-270. | |
| Used 2200 speakers as good as 6000 spks new ?? Dude,Look at a pair of Hales Revelation 3s or 5s listed now on Audiogon. They are 2-2500 uses but were 5-6000 new. Hales went out of business last year but these are regarded as some of the best speakers ever made. Or, score a pair of Merlin VSMs.... |