chrys71
Responses from chrys71
| What is Moving From Solid State to Quicksilver Mid Monos Like? I have a pair of QS Mid-Monos, the latest version with the 2 bias pots, with EL34, that I regularly rotate in my system. Currently they drive a pair of Harbeth 40.3 XD. I use new Tung-Sol tubes with which I replaced the tubes that they came with t... | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 The Stirling LS3/6 is such an amazing speaker. I own a pair and I recently purchased the Harbeth 40.3 XD a few months ago and let me tell you, the LS3/6 is not embarrassed by the big Harbeths. The Harbeths work better for me because of my large... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… @arafiq thanks, I will try a good solid state amp with the 40.3 sooner or later. Maybe a Hegel. At the moment I run a full tube system with a Mcintosh c2600 tube preamp into various tube power amps. The Harbeth matches nicely with the MC275 and t... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… My history of speaker ownership, in no particular order. Quad 988, Kef Reference 5, Stirling LS3/6, Klipsch Heresy 3, Kef LS50, Magnepan 1.7, Spendor BC1, Harbeth C7 40th anniversary edition. I have also heard numerous speakers in shows, dealers... | |
| Borresen X3 measurements Or, check it out, here’s an idea, buy another speaker that does not need subwoofers, and bass management, and equalizations, and certain streamers to sound good….there must still be some of these around, right? | |
| Do different speaker stands can really make a big sound improvement? Wasn’t Alan Shaw who said that as long as the stands are the proper height with the tweeter at the same level as the ear it doesn’t matter what stands you get? | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 Yes, I also use the Mid Monos with the Stirling LS3/6 and they sound wonderful. For some strange reason, however, they do not match very well with the MC275, With the stock Mcintosh tubes, allegedly made by J J, the sound is too bass heavy. Or... | |
| April 2017 review of the Paradigm Persona 9H A home run for Paradigm! John Atkinson has nothing to do with TAS. It was Anthony Cordesman who wrote the review. |