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| The law of diminshing returns? @kevn + I've based my many decades of building systems on this exact thing. Nearly countless incremental improvements are possible, while each in isolation may conform to the law of diminishing returns, taken in totality they provide much more val... | |
| Wasted Years. This is the conundrum faced by audiophiles. We are concerned with sound quality and we wish to enjoy the music without concern for sound quality at the same time. I don't think its possible for a 'true' audiophile to always avoid listening for the... | |
| Can I get my Prima Luna to sound more like a SET/300B? @whyrichard Another amp you should put on your future list should be a EL84 based push pull. I recently purchased mono blocks using Bendix 6094 (special iteration of EL84), these without a doubt the most SET sound push pull tube I've heard. I nev... | |
| Can I get my Prima Luna to sound more like a SET/300B? Having direct experience with your mods, exception of Silversmith IC and Ray's EL34 I can easily envision the improvements your hearing. While some take exception to modifying equipment, I've found it key to the fine tuning of one's system, addin... | |
| Coincident 300B Statement Linestage Preamp Experience? I too interested in this as my present Coincident 101D continues to have reliability issues with the Psvane and Linlai tubes, this even after filament voltage mod performed. Recently purchased Tektron DHT pre, custom build for former Tektron ... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? Agreed, SET, pp or any amp for that matter should not favor any genre of music over another. With the following caveat; with acoustic music/instruments we have a reference for natural/inherent timbre, a quality amp, regardless of topology should b... | |
| Wasted Years. Continues to baffle me how audiophiles seem to want to deny they are in fact audiophiles. I know I'm going to repeat myself. But why on earth would I want to deny I listen to the sound quality or qualities produced by this system I spent so much e... | |
| My impressions of the much Hyped LAIV Harmony DAC (I ordered one and Listened to it.) Some may be confused about I2S and it's use with dacs. I2S alone may be of dubious or of no value vs other inputs, its the ability to replace dac internal master clock with an external clock located in DDC or streamer with I2S output where the r... | |
| Wasted Years. I don't consider any of my past audio endeavors as wasted, it was like a survey course in that I had to learn and experience different presentations to come to a preferred presentation. I've found once you get to a 'certain' level of resolution/ t... | |
| Maybe someone can enlighten me. And then we may have many guests who insist on taking on host's duties. | |
| Maybe someone can enlighten me. Invited guests not vetted at this dinner party, perhaps some want this. | |
| Can I get my Prima Luna to sound more like a SET/300B? Best advice on this thread. Get a 300B SET if you want an amp that sounds like a 300B SET. Nothing more, nothing less. Various topologies and output tubes have unique presentations, trying to homogenize this is a hopeless cause. | |
| Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows @stuartk My thoughts exactly. I've noticed most posts have not been on point to @hilde45 OP. He asked specifically about alternative versions of specific songs listed and thread has meandered about. But then this not unusual in the least. | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ Products like this exist because we have an economic system that distributes wealth in such a way that a $90k pc is same relative cost to some super high wealth individual as a $5k pc to a middle class individual. Knowing this, why does it really ... | |
| My impressions of the much Hyped LAIV Harmony DAC (I ordered one and Listened to it.) And then we have the transferable warranty. Would a company in the business of making profits on returns offer a transferable warranty! I purchased my used unit at aprox. price of retail minus the return fees. Being a hot item and having transfera... |