phd
Responses from phd
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? I've already tried all of these, got anything else? | |
| Why aren't new vacuum tubes as good as old ones? Anyone want to start a tube factory, I'll put up the funding if a couple of grand will get you started. | |
| Advent Model 300 tuner/receiver Very unique and cool looking piece. When I sold mine on Audiogon a few years back, buyers were having a feeding frenzy on who would buy it first. Even after selling it I received an email from member who wanted me to email the guy that purchased i... | |
| Cables more hype than value? Everything that has been said so far on cabling, "DITTO" | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? Love Belles amps, nice full presentation and they are very musical, definately different in a positive way from many other solid state amps I have heard. | |
| Upgradying Tube Preamp Dav65mus, I think you done very well for yourself with the Cary slp-05, excellent choice. I can tell you the Audible Illusions will sound much different, high definition leaning more towards very good solid state but much better in terms of transp... | |
| Upgradying Tube Preamp The linestage is important to drive an amp to its full potential and provide a way to select between sources unless you have only one source. But more importantly it should sound good with your current setup. Unfortunately there is no clear way to... | |
| Upgradying Tube Preamp You most definately need to upgrade your preamp, I have owned the same AES preamp and was dissapointed with its sonics. In fact it spent the least amount of time before selling it. | |
| The future of preamps I'm hoping someone could figure out how to eliminate the power amp as well so I can find a different hobby. | |
| Belles 150A ref V2 vs Bryston 4BSST2 I have owned many solid state amps, Conrad Johnson, Audio Research, McCormack, Bat, Bryston, etc and some were very good but the Belles really pulled away from the crowd & stood out in a positive way. I have not heard that big tall, room filli... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Oddiofyl, very good point & you are right, I enjoyed reading your post. Case in point, my daughter thought my system sounded good but she said I don't know what to listen for. She loves music but she was content going back to her room and list... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? If its not in your blood, it's not in your home. Audiophiles represent a small segment of society and we enjoy the fact that we can, and do distinguish ourselves from the mainstream. This in turn makes us very unique in good way. | |
| Belles 150A ref V2 vs Bryston 4BSST2 You don't see the Belles 150a for sale very often and it is relatively inexpensive to purchase but I think it sounds spectacular. One thing to be noted is that it has a very full sound, kind of reminds me of the Odyssey Stratos in that regard. I'm... | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? Wolf_Garcia, there always seems to be comprises made with it comes down to choice of beverages. We already know that anything that makes you feel good will eventually kill you. But if that don't kill you, somwething else will. | |
| Why is 2 Channel better than multi-channel? Multi-channel can be a gimmick to some but when I first used it I was impressed that it provided a very involving listening experience with movies. Fast forward a few years, my interest in it has diminished and I couldn't be bothered sometimes to ... |