rhljazz
Responses from rhljazz
| 804 d3 amplification What is the budget? At a reasonable price point I would recommend a W4S ST500 preceded by the best tube preamp you can afford. In my case, I use a VAC Renaissance. This is an outstanding combo on my N802's. | |
| ESP Speakers Crap, I bumped the post button. So anyway, my listening position is about 9 feet away.I never could really achieve the bass impact I was looking for so my solution turned out to be a pair of Gallo subs. I'm used to full bass from my summer N802'... | |
| ESP Speakers I have the Bodhran SE which I purchased after hearing them at RMAF 2007. I took delivery in the spring of 2008. So, I've owned them for over nine years. What initially attracted me to investigate these was they had to be tube amp friendly and n... | |
| Need recommendations for inexpensive power cord PS audio Power Punch since discontinued beats my more expensive Audioquest NRG 10 and Nordost Brahma cords on the class d W4S ST 500. The Pangea cords were not even close.The Power Punch cord is also my choice on my BAT VK 55 which draws a lot of... | |
| Manley Neo Classic N250 Mono Blocks I have never owned them but listened to them many times at Az Hi Fi when they were located in Tempe. I would definitely consider owning a pair if I had room for mono blocks.They had them on a variety of speakers and in the times I was there, I ne... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not Erik,The MC 252 has 250 watts per channel. This is sufficient power for an N802 for music. Adding another amp which the OP doesn't have other than the Carver plus a processor or external crossover doesn't guarantee results that would improve upo... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not Erik, seriously do you have any experience with N802's? You give bad advice re this post. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Be persistant robd2. Ten hours is barely a taste of what is to come. I'm glad you have you have been open minded and decided to proceed. It has taken me years to take the time to give the phono a fair trial. I have owned the VAC since 2003. Y... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not N802 owner here. The crossover to the lower bass terminals is at 350 Hz so two disparate amps will sound exactly like that, a disparate mess. I've found no advantage to biamping either vertically or horizontally when I had a pair of Classe amps.... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I have the Renaissance Mk 1 with phono. I always thought the phono stage was bland and lacking dynamic expression. Initially, I was using mm cartridges. Then went to high output moving coil cartridge always using the mm input. I went through a... | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? I had a VAC amp that was switchable from ultra linear to triode and always preferred ultra. Triode was too soft and lacked dynamics even with my ESP speakers which present a tube friendly load. Now I have a BAT amp which is only triode and lacks... | |
| looking for the best cd transport only, without dac How about this one from Woo Audio? http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=WAWTP1I have no personal experience with this unit but if I was looking this one looks interesting. | |
| Switching from solid state to tubes A VAC PA 100 offers 100 watts with taps for 2,4, and 8ohms. Used, should be around 2k. Sound is adaptable via choice of input and driver tubes. It doesn't run very hot either which is a bonus, not much more than a solid state amp. You can do b... | |
| Please Recommend Transport + DAC for $5K total Sony x77es manufactued around 1992 still going strong. It is used daily as a transport. The Sony was built at a time when quality really mattered. So for something newer as a transport, the Cambridge CXC has received positive recognition in the... | |
| Please Recommend Transport + DAC for $5K total An old top line Sony ES player (the ones that weigh 40 lbs), a Chord Hugo, and a Tara RSC digital cable. You should get by for around 2 grand. Then you've got 3 grand left for other stuff. |