avanti1960
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| Putting weights on speakers? basically you added mass and therefore reduced the natural frequency of the enclosures. is there a limit to heading in this direction where the sound becomes something we do not car for? example- Magico aluminum enclosure speakers and subwoofers.... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? @ebm and your post was helpful how? | |
| Pre amp and Power amp advice needed @simna Atlas Magnum uses a matched pair of 12AU7 / ECC82 as the amp drivers and a matched pair of 12AX7 / ECC83 as the phase splitters. There are numerous NOS tubes that can give the amp a warmer flavor. The RP-5 preamp uses (4) ECC82 tubes, t... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? "mostly for TV viewing" and Luxman? | |
| Pre amp and Power amp advice needed Simna,The Rogue Atlas Magnum can indeed support EL34 tubes. I had a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II and I tried some EL34 / Gold Lion KT88 tubes. You just have to bias them higher (I believe 55ma, you can e-mail Rogue and they will get back to you... | |
| Rogue Audio DragoN Amplifier? I have read some very positive reviews and comments about the NCore module amplifiers. Very low distortion, high power and some believe the best sound they have heard coming from an amplifier. | |
| Cleaning JL AUDIO Fathom Subs / Revel Studio2 32 oz spray bottle filled with water and 1 tablespoon / .5 oz murphys oil soap, then use a clean dish towel. doing this for years on an actual piano black piano as well as two gloss black subwoofers. | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? slightly used harbeth c7es3. recommended for you to investigste based on prior ownership. | |
| Need more heft if you did nothing else and got the Klipsch Forte III you would have much more heft and weight. recommended based on hearing them. | |
| has anyone compared a Parasound Halo with a Hegel H90? Which did you prefer and why? neither with your speakers. you need something more open and transparent to get the S400s out from under the blanket. check out the Marantz PM KI | |
| Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 integrated I owned a CMII for over 3 years and it is an excellent amplifier that gives most amplifiers a run for their money. The sound is tube like in that the sound stage is enormous and the treble is very smooth and refined. Bass is not so tubby and thick... | |
| Preamp to match Rogue Audio Stereo 100 Power Amp? FYI the rogue rh 5 is extremely fast and has excellent drive. the stereophile review mentions this and my use confirms their findings. | |
| Preamp to match Rogue Audio Stereo 100 Power Amp? I have the Stereo 100 amp and really like it. I use the Rogue Audio RH-5 which is a headphone amp as well as a high quality linestage. It is a Stereophile class A linestage / headphone amp ($2500 no phono stage, $2900 with phono). I was plann... | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? The measurements of your Focals show an intersection of a negative phase angle trace and the impedance trace at 4ohms. This is a legit challenge to amplifiers despite their sensitivity (measured at 89.5db).To get the best, most linear and dynamic... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? just goes to show you how we get accustomed to what we have owned. owning a raven audio nighthawk and blackhawk i found the sound to be neutral, highly refined and colorful with outstanding transparency. sounded spectacular with kef ls50 speaker... |