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| Magico Q5 and Pass Labs XA200.5 Synergy Wattsperchannel, shopping at this level, you really can't screw up ... they will all sound good but different. | |
| Modwright Oppo 105 - Upgrade Power Supply Tubes? Black Treasure CV181-T was the BEST signal tube in my MW Transporter. I found Sophia 6SN7 to lean for my taste. | |
| Magico Q5 and Pass Labs XA200.5 Synergy Wattsperchannel, If you're considering Magico Q5, do yourself a favor and checkout TAD Reference One before writing the check.For the record, I like Magico so not bashing them. | |
| Modwright Oppo 105 - Upgrade Power Supply Tubes? When I had the MW Transporter, Tung Sol NOS 5u4gb was by far the best rectifier tube. It was musical, bloom, detail ... JJ GZ34 for $18 was also excellent and definitely worth a roll.For reference, I found Mullard GZ34 too warm and rich for my taste. | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, I doubt you will have problems with Atma-Sphere MP-1 driving your Krell. Still hesitant, a great alternative is SMC Audio VRE-1C. It's SS and competes with the very best tube pre. Send me PM for more details if interested. | |
| The future of preamps So far no one has pointed out the obvious so maybe it does not need saying, but a review of this thread and several others leads one to believe that George is "defending his turf" by talking trash about competitive active pre-amps. Maybe it's not ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Crescendo 12-16-13: Sksos1Mcondon I'm located in NH just 45 minutes out of Boston and have them playing 24/7 (still breaking in) in a dedicated room about 16" x 26" but on the short wall and 8 feet out from the front wall. Send me a note and come by for a l... | |
| Solid State to replace Audio Research REF110? Charles1dad, My only point is not all talented designers agree on the same principles. Obviously some talented designers do find fuses degrade performance. Customers can choose whatever they want. In your example, your friend prefers VAC so he buy... | |
| Price Increases Most buy name brands that are well established and since buying name you usually don't get much value. Well established brand names are earned over the years and one can expect a certain level of quality. I do agree it's not true in all cases. | |
| Price Increases I'm talking about transparency which might make the "math" make more sense.One drivers landed cost is $12.24 a similar unit is $250.00 this kind of discrepancy is disconnected from what possibly should be reality and when both items are cloaked un... | |
| The future of preamps If you have it in writting in your manual or other wise that your preamp will not emit Dc at all, its all good to protect my investment!Audiolabyrinth, I suggest hiring a team of lawyers to review the manual and getting it in writing. LOL!I've use... | |
| Solid State to replace Audio Research REF110? As has been pointed out, fuse protection isn't synonymous with sound degradation (this is a faulty premise). I guess ARC and Ken Stevens @CAT didn't get the memo.It's obvious ARC and Convergent don't want fuses in their design for whatever reason.... | |
| Allnic M-3000 monoblocks The M3000 is 140wpc in pentode and 60 wpc in triode mode rolling KT120s. It also works with KT150s.I spoke with David Beetles @HammerTone Audio this morning. I'm very interested and trying to find a pair to demo. He's going to hook me up with a lo... | |
| Price Increases Nothing really makes sense for example:Make sense to me and my .02.Well known American loudspeaker company (not telling) make a very well reviewed product known best for their powered towers company makes fantastic sounding product for the most pa... | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, if you are interested a TRL Dude pre for your Krell, contact Doug (Booboobaer). He has experiences driving his Krell mono amps with a Dude. |