jtgofish
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| Cayin A-88t vs. Almarro A318B I agree the Almarro has a more recessed image.When you use it with a good active preamp like a Supratek the imaging gains depth and focus.Not to say that the Almarro is still not a great listen by itself.I heard one driving a pair of Tannoy Westmi... | |
| Best active speaker S.G.R.speakers are winning over some really serious audiophiles.I have not heard them but when people with a long history of good equipment like B&W 802Ds and Krell amps sell them to buy SGRs and claim they give a vast leap in performance it m... | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever A great album but just too cool for me.I prefer something warmer and more organic. | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers A great hamburger needs beetroot!This is an Aussie thing.Beetroot and grated mature cheddar is a great combination. | |
| What is meant by a "fast" pre amp I have been told that a fast preamp is one with good phase purity.Supratek preamps sound very fast.I also owned a Metaxas Marquis SS preamp which was fast.These are the two best sounding preamps I have heard.Once you get used to the speed there is... | |
| Big vintage speakers klipsch kg line I have owned two pairs of KG4s.I think the earlier ones sounded better for some reason.I suspect the tweeter or crossover was changed on later ones.The earlier pair was prone to burning out tweeter voice coils-but that was a simple replacement job... | |
| Gale 401a speakers Funflyer,Of course these were pretty expensive in their day.They were slightly cheaper than the QUAD ESL 57 so in todays terms given the price of current QUADs this equates approximately to the cost of a small car.Also their design aesthetics are ... | |
| Gale 401a speakers Yes crossovers have been rebuilt.Also bypassing the attenuators and fuses helps free up the sound.Fixed value resistors have replaced the attenuators.The woofers have had both surrounds and spiders replaced.New midranges from the last production r... | |
| Prima Luna Dialogue 2 or Cayin A100? Another amp for consideration should be the Ming Da EL 34A/B.These sound very well balanced and can drive most speakers with well above average control.As good as most amps several times their price.A great example of modern tube amps with no soni... | |
| Pure Class A shootout My apologies.Massive power hungry polluting chunky ugly things are best.If you own a Hummer then of course you also need Class A amplifiers.My mistake. | |
| Is active speaker the future? S.G.R.Active done properly. | |
| The closest approach: what amplification? It depends what sort of live event you are trying to reproduce.I think it is possible to convincingly reproduce small scale acoustic music which has been well recorded.In this regard I find SETs or OTL are most rewarding.Forget orchestral music or... | |
| Pure Class A shootout Class A amps do offer lower distortion.But that does not mean they sound better.The distortion levels on A/B amps when well designed are also extremely low.I agree that Class A amps do tend to image well.But good A/B amps do so too.My experience w... | |
| Tannoy Prestige Speakers I recently heard a pair of Yorkminsters driven by an Almarro 318b.Probably as good as anything I have heard.Not especially "audiophile" [thank goodness].They just cut straight to the soul of the music.As a reviewer on Audio Review said-I just melt... | |
| Pure Class A shootout I have owned and used many Class A amplifiers over the years.All with the expectation that they should sound better than Class A/B.I have never heard any evidence that this is the case.They sound slightly different but I would not say better.I eve... |