saffranbruce
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| Which tubes are the best? I will agree that, once you’ve decided what tubes sound best to your ears, you’re probably going to keep your fav tubes in and not keep rolling them. In our Leben CS600, we rolled a bunch of stuff (including Russian Military Grade options) and fin... | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy Personally, I’d get a new pair of the Magnepan 3.7s, and spend the extra $7000 on something else... Certainly not on Martin Logan’s... | |
| $10K Budget for Speakers: Martin Logan Masterpiece vs Tannoy Firstly, aesthetics matter, unless you live alone. The WAF keeps a lot of great speakers out of people’s homes. Second, 10k is a lot of money. You can get a whole range of excellent speakers on the used market that will blow the MLs and the Tannoy... | |
| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? W/P 8s (94 dB) are now reasonable and sound great with lower powered amps. Consider them. They sound great with Both my 18w tube amps and my Pass 600.8s. | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Ok | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Not going to dig out the references, but I used the Lamms as an example bc reviewers in Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and several other journals have said it—repeatedly—about every iteration of the Lamm SET products. I chose the Lamm example bc the... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? George,I was trying to make a point with extremes. A point which you can substitute your favorite amp in place of the Lamms. The thrust of my argument, I believe, will still hold true. No one can argue your perception or argue how any piece of equ... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? @georgehifi,Obviously there isn’t a randomized, blindfolded study published on my supposition. My point is that the “distortion” straw man set up in previous posts is not, in all cases, wedded to the effect on the listener’s ear in real life. So, ... | |
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) Used Modulus 3B. Nothing cleaner. | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Not really sure what the “distortion” argument is. If you look at the very best sounding amplifiers, e.g., the Lamm ML 2.2s, the THD numbers don’t approach many of the solid state designs... But, there aren’t many folks (in a blindfolded test) wh... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Look no further than the Audio Illusions Modulus 3B w the Curl MC phono stage. I’ve tried a lot of the above pre amps, and the M3B is, by far, the best for the money (did someone say best?). Disclosure: Currently running Lamm ML2.1s, ARC CD9se, an... |