raquel
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| Should the platter and plinth be level? You need to level the platter, not plinth, for the reason given by Sdcampbell. | |
| Difference between CAT JL1 limited and jl3 My closest hi-fi buddy owns the Limited Editions. I will have him e-mail you. | |
| Tube amp to drive MBL 101's ... One more thing, which was not fully clear from my post.It is only the truly great tube amps like the CAT's that have output transformers of such quality that they can really nail the conversion of tube voltage into current. I cannot speak for ... | |
| Tube amp to drive MBL 101's My salesman at a well-known NYC store was adament that the VTL 750's, which he sells, could not drive the big PipeDreams, and even more adament that the VAC 70/70 (65 watts/channel) could drive the big Pipes with ease. If a tube amp doesn't have f... | |
| what pre amp and amp setup to buy I ran Vienna Acoustics Mahlers with Rowland Model 6 monos for about two years. Compared to the Bryston 4B-ST and then VAC 140 monos that I had previously paired with those speakers, the Rowlands were much better than the Bryston and somewhat bette... | |
| Kimber vs Transparent I do not believe that the above post is necessarily correct about Kimber Select being bright with Thiel and Levinson, either on their own or by comparison to Transparent. While I have never owned Thiel, I am well aware of their reputation as being... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? For that budget, two possibilities that immediately come to mind are ...Tube: VAC Renaissance Mark II preamp with MM/MC phono board, if purchased used (it is a current production model that lists for $17k+ with phono board). Really well built and ... | |
| Best monoblocks around 3-4k used for revel studios I have Salons, as does a close friend of mine, so I think our experiences will be valuable with regard to the very similar Studios.The Power 3's do sound excellent with Salons. My friend ran this combo for a little over a year. Kal Rubinson of Ste... | |
| Match between Revels and Pass XA160s? There are a number of posts which suggest that the Pass X series (X-600, X-1000) work really well with Salons. As for the XA's, I have no idea.I use VAC 140 monoblocks with my Salons. | |
| Power Draw On A Tube Amp It depends upon how the amp is biased.A class-A biased amp runs full throttle at all times. A good example is the VAC Renaissance series amps. Generally speaking, more thermally efficient designs (class AB) idle at much lower wattage and increase ... | |
| Question for Aerial 20T Owners The one thing I hate about starting threads is that, no matter how pointed I try to make my questions, there will always be someone to come along and pollute the thread with an unsolicited, inane response (Tabl10s). Thanks in advance to 20-T owner... | |
| Revel Salons - Do they really sound like this? Dear Cmpromo:I neglected to mention that there seems to be some concensus in the threads that the Salons pair really well with Pass amplification (one thread in particular suggests that the Classe Omega and Pass mono amps are really, really good m... | |
| Revel Salons - Do they really sound like this? Hi Cmpromo:I own Salons and also ran Dunlavy SC-III's for five years.My "evolution" with Salons should be interesting to you. I first heard the speakers at Lyric in Manhattan, and thought that they were dull and lifeless. They were being run with ... | |
| Tube matching for the SF Line-3 Hi Kal:I had a lengthy conversation about this subject with one of the high end's more prominent tube equipment designers, and he said that, for line-level preamps, tube matching is generally not critical at all. He indicated that phono preamps wi... | |
| Revel Salons in an enclosure? It will destroy the soundstaging -- the speakers must be well out from the back wall to soundstage properly -- and almost certainly make the bass unlistenable because of the rear port and prodigious bass capability of the speaker. In short, it wou... |