mmcgill829
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| Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary @toneranger58 Thanks for the info! Yeah, I am struggling to see what premium the + offers over the T2 that warrants that big of a price jump. Some hand-selected parts and a new faceplate seems like a bad deal. But, if it made a big difference in t... | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? Quick update - I picked up a pair of NOS Svetlana SV-2A3 (2C4C) tubes and a pair of EML mesh 2a3s. Both will take a little bit of time to break in, but immediately fresh out of the boxes, each set sounds much better overall than the Linlai tubes ... | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s @br3098 I suppose what I meant was that I was after more 'standard' SET options - 45, 2a3, 300b - and that's not really what Decware seems to do or specialize in. I'm sure they are fine amps - I've read wonderful things from the owners! | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s @br3098 Thanks for the info! I did look into Decware when I was looking around, but it seems they use a fair amount of off the beaten path tube choices, which I thought could be a bit more difficult when it came to sourcing alternates/replacement... | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s Yeah, I believe the dealer Frank shares a room with deals with Allnic so they get paired together a lot. The M-2500 is a bit overkill for these speakers, I think. But really, if you are in the market for over 100db efficient speakers, it's usuall... | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s From what I've seen, The o/96 is 10ohm and 96db (though, seems like they test closer to 91db, at least from Stereophile review), so they aren't as efficient as they're made out to be. I looked at the O/96 as an option around the same price point, ... | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? I'll keep them in mind! | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s @alexberger Thanks! Yeah, they will only sound better as they break in more. They were finished in early December, but because of holiday travel, Frank held onto them and started breaking them in over the holidays before sending them to me in mid-... | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s @bjesien Just wanted to chime back in here since you asked - I have some notes on my thoughts on the speakers on my system page. Just a very quick summary though: I love the speakers, and the combo with the Aric 2a3 and linestage is wonderful. | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? @dekay The ones that came with my amp are Linlai Global 2a3T. My problem right now, is this is my first SET amp and first set of 2a3s, so I don't have much context as to where these land with sound in comparison to other options. | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? Yeah, I suppose that might be the case lol | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? Interesting! I'd heard about EML before, so will look into the mesh 2a3s from them. They're significantly cheaper than Takatsuki 2a3s (and I can't really find any reviews on those at all). | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s @bjesien Not quite. I ended up asking for them to be held until early January to ship as it was getting into a time crunch before I was out of town for the holidays. I was supposed to receive them last week (they've been in the shipping process fo... | |
| How best to arrange cables in this room... @tmiddle the listening position will be about 6ft back from the center of the fireplace. | |
| Auralic Vega G2 or Denafrips Pontus II 12th + streamer? @olyaudio I forgot to follow up here! I did end up going with the pontus/iris combo for the dac/ddc to pair with the Zen. They sound great, but definitely invest in a high quality HDMI and USB to use with them. The HDMI is best if kept very short... |