Feeling Tweaky
I recommend you to try out Schitt Freya+ pre in front of Luxman amp. It will give warmth to your speaker. Schitt give 15 day’s return. Stock 6sn7 tube does sound decent, but if you like the sound of Freya then you may try some Nos tubes(Sylvania GTB or RCA gray bottle around 100$ pair or Kenrad vt 231 at 200$ pair) Kenrad vt231 sounds sweet with excellent bass. You may refer to the following thread on general reputation of 6sn7 tubes. 6SN7 VT The Reference 6SN7 Thread |
Thomas, I really like the IsoAcoustic Orea and Gaias and will not be adding or subtracting anything to or from them. Now don't go trying to tempt me into purchasing new components after I just acquired an entire new system. My current audio plan has to include staying out of the poor house. Tweaks are it for the foreseeable future. I appreciate your suggestion none the less. Thanks, Mike |
Hi, Mike... In my system adding a few of the HFC MC 0.5 magnetic conditioners to unused power outlets has made an immediate and noticeable improvement. At around $200, the MC 0.5 is the least expensive product HFC sells. Well worth the cost. I also have found that experimenting with the tilt angle of my speakers - in addition to setting optimal toe in and room placement, etc. - has made a big improvement in my system. This may not apply to a speaker as well engineered and designed as your A3, though. GLHF! |
I use sorbothane under my cables only to reduce microphonics from the cabinet. I never use it under equipment because it can alter the transient response. Hard and soft materials are both usefull in audio. I have used all kind of cones under my equipment but always come back to master base. Always 3 pucks. 1 under the transformer, other 2 to balance the case. It expands the soundstage inmediately. I also use techflex flexo noise reduction sleeving around my cabling for reducing microphonics. With these tweaks the sound is more focussed and less diffused. I must investigate more tweaks like a fiber optic network, quantum chips, fo.Q tape, grounding boxes, graphene contact enhancers, industrial ddr memory. Tweaking is a fun ride for the last bit of performance as long as it don't result in audio nervosa. |
