vicweast
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| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? In an earlier post above, I voted for Avalon speakers on the used market. I want to amend that... I still love my Avalons, but I may have been extremely lucky in terms of the synergy between the Eidolon model I have and the Ayon amplifier I have. ... | |
| Dick's / Dave's picks Re previous post above... I also read a great description of a tube amp where the reviewer said that turning up the volume didn't so much increase the sound level, instead it increased the expansiveness of the sound stage and filled out the detail... | |
| Dick's / Dave's picks @peter_s I can't recall where I read it recently but Phil Lesh talked about what it was like playing under the air pressure of the wall of sound. I think it absolutely changed their experimentation. | |
| Servers: Are we there yet? @almarg After I wrote my post re connections from the internet (and you replied) ...I should add that there is a simple and reasonable approach to mitigate the concerns I raised: Stand up a separate and independent wireless or ethernet network for... | |
| Ayon Triton III a real upgrade considering the price? Update to my post above: I have been living with the Triton III for some time now, and it just sounds better and better. Yes, I moved things around in the room ...sticking patches of sorbothane on the back of artwork and inside metal light fixture... | |
| Ayon Triton III — KT88 BTSX Tubes? Tube sources? Update: I sourced 3 sets of matched quad KT88’s from Ebay "NewQuestInc", based in California (strategy: less shaking between CA and VA). They arrived very well packed (thank you if you see this in the next decade) but I have not yet yanked the Ayo... | |
| Second audio system in your house? @strateahed I should have asked what tubes you rolled in the amp? I have two tube amps: Rogue w/KT120s and Ayon w/KT88s. The 120’s are Tung Sol, the 88’s are either Ayon high-end (China) or Genalex Gold Lions (Russia). I got the Gold Lions (3 matc... | |
| Second audio system in your house? @strateahed That second system sounds like it's "tasty"! | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? Roy -- I have the perfect solution. You send me a pair of the same speakers in question here and I will report back to the forum every 3 months with an update... After, say 10 years we should all be done, eh?;-) | |
| Second audio system in your house? @mesch you said: "One thing about spending $1000 on a second system is that you might find out how good one can sound with such an expenditure."I could not agree with you more. A "reasonably priced" second system that sounds great can moderate you... | |
| Second audio system in your house? I have a beautiful-sounding main system in a generous living room space. It is a holographic mind travel machine (think: "musical Tardis"; Avalon, Ayon). I listen to that when ever I can... lately, I have been discovering Charles Mingus in detail ... | |
| Replacing the speakers link with silver wire @bpoletti That is NOT my experience. But, then I don’t know what wire/cables you used with which gear. I have experience with Homegrown Audio’s silver in Litz configuration on Parasound, Rogue and Ayon driving various speakers including Avalon: Th... | |
| First Hand Experience? Hi wcc10...I went through a similar glide path in gear mixology over the past few years. I looked at the Rotel line and in listening to various Rotel gear I appreciated the fit/finish/sheer heft of the gear, but I was never sold on the sound. I’ve... | |
| Sophia Electric tube quality If they won't let us tap an in-operation tube, can we at least "lick" them? I do not think it would have occurred to me to actually do either, and now that you bring it up ...I still won't.) | |
| Ayon Triton III a real upgrade considering the price? Oye, the Ayon ride... In 2015 I bought an Ayon CD-07 and have been absolutely delighted with it. So much so, that three weeks ago I introduced an Ayon Triton III into my system. Why did I write "Oye"? Because every time I add a really great elemen... |