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| Bell Canto C5i Integrated Amp with B&W Nautilus 803 Speakers. A Question Besides room size, treatment and placement, how loud do you listen? I used to have a BC C5i that I used with ~88 dB efficient speakers (first Spendor SP 1/2E and the Golden Ear Triton 7s) in a medium size room and had no problem listening at avera... | |
| Need an integrated amp that sounds engaging at lower volume >> Have a look at the Schiit Ragnarok integrated amp. Same problem as with the LSA tube amp -- only $1,500.... 😁 (And I say that as a happy owner of the Schiit Lyr 3/Aegir combo.) | |
| Need an integrated amp that sounds engaging at lower volume Haven't heard one myself, but the LSA VT-70 tube amp has been getting very nice reviews. At 35 watts/channel, it should have more than enough power for low volume listening. The only drawback I see is that it is way under your allotted budget. 😀 | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing Another factor in speaker pricing for the top-end models is just branding and marketing. While they may or may not sell a few of the most expensive models to a billionaire here and there, a bigger goal may be to simply add caché to the more ordina... | |
| Noisy Right Channel Matched pairs is more of a power output tube issue than a preamp concern, though I certainly acknowledge that some are paranoid about this issue at every level. | |
| Noisy Right Channel Also consider using some contact cleaner on the tube pins and sockets. Think about it, on a tube amp with four output tubes two drivers, depending on the tube types, that is somewhere around 40 or more mechanical connections that need to be made. ... | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board Confusing thread -- first hiss, now hum! Two distinctly different problems! | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board Class A/B has nothing to do with noise -- it simply describes how the amp is biased -- class A mode at low power, switching to class B operation as the power increases. That switch can take place at a fraction of a watt to many watts, but doesn't... | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board One other thought -- have you tried different tubes in your amp? I know nothing about the design of your amp, but if the hiss is equal in both channels, it may be a bad preamp tube. Ones like 12AX7, for example, are dual-channel tubes so one tube ... | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board Do you hear hiss when the amp is hooked to the speakers, turned on, with NO source (including preamp) connected? While sometimes hiss is connected to an amp that simply doesn't have a very good S/N ratio, it is just as often connected with a mism... | |
| Qobuz or Apple Music? Besides sound quality, I really like Qobuz's new music feature which is updated every Friday. You can look at all new music that's been recently released or limit it by genre. I've come across some great finds using this. And, they also have a "be... | |
| Ohm Acoustic Corp., Brooklyn NY I've got the Belden 10 gauge, 8' runs. As for a "very well established company", Lincoln Walsh invented the speaker design and patented it in 1969. Ohm Speakers was founded in 1972, and John Strohbeem, the current president, has been in that posi... | |
| DAC diminishing returns Just a quick comment. Schiit's home trial policy on their higher end products deducts a 5% charge if you return it. Big difference between that figure and 15%. As for shipping, I've bought several items from them and the most I've ever been cha... | |
| Ohm Acoustic Corp., Brooklyn NY I've got Blue Jeans speaker cables on my Ohms. They work great. | |
| Best low power amps under 800$ (10-60 w) I'm very fond of my Schiit Aegir (20 w/ch 8 ohms; 40 @ 4) but they just raised the price from $799 to $899. Not sure how black & white your budget is. The only drawback is it does run hot, though not as hot as a tube amp. |