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| Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound I'd say the Dynaudio Excite speakers are very nice. Have a pair of Dali Zensor 3 speakers and they are by far my favorite under-$2K speakers and I went through a dozen monitors over the past few years before finding these gems. They do everythin... | |
| Best Small Floorstanding Speaker under $2K Interesting question you pose, as an audio nut for 45 years, I happen to think $2K for a pair of speakers is kind of a "sweet spot" for the cost of a pair of speakers in a very fine system. With a good amp and something like an Oppo 105 CD player... | |
| $1600. preamp No question about this recommendation, check out Don Sachs’ tube preamp. The preamp is custom-made, based on 6SN7 tubes and is the most satisfying amp I have ever had in my system, which include Modwright, Belles, Berning, and a upgraded HK-CI. It... | |
| Can the KEF LS50 rock? I have had a ton of monitors through my system in the past 10 years and the LS50's were my least favorite, notwithstanding their fine reviews. I found them to be harsh and very hard to drive. I have fallen in love with Dali monitors, very neutra... | |
| Dennis Had IFA-1 EL84 SET amp coming my way... A note to interest audiophiles. The amp sounded splendid with the JJ EL84 tubes, but I upgraded to Genalex Gold Lion EL84 power tubes from my tube guru, Jim McShane, and the amp yields even more sonic pleasure. Overall, the sound is a less congest... | |
| Dennis Had IFA-1 EL84 SET amp coming my way... Well, gents, I got the new amp yesterday, designated as the Inspire IFA-1. It came with new JJ tubes which I have found in other gear to be pretty decent. So, with 24 hours on his little 6-wpc SET amp, I am of the opinion that this amp is a migh... | |
| Anything you liked at the Newport Show? I couldn't make the show this year and am happy to read your show reports. I just got a new Dennis Had IFA-1 EL84 amp this week to pair with my Spatial Audio Hologram M4 Turbo S OB speakers (a match made in heaven!) and am happy to hear that at l... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Right on, Rob. I have been through a dozen speakers in the past maybe ten years and enjoyed all of them a lot, except for the KEF LS50s. Before the Holograms, I had pair of Linkwitz LXmini's, which in many respects were simply amazing -- very ho... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Mikirob,I have posted a review on Audiogon of the M4 Turbo's. As much as I like them with a SS amp, they are even more euphonic with the SE amp. I paired a REL T7 sub and they are very full ranged. If I had the room, I would have opted for the ... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review JM, thanks for the correction, not that I can fathom the difference between triode and pentode. David, thanks for the fuse suggestion, but I have tried the SR Red fuse, and came to the same conclusion that Dennis has -- there is no sonic differe... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... You guys have it exactly right. These two recordings are as good as it gets. | |
| Why does my 35 watt tube amp draw 300 watts of power Gents,+1 to the cats that chimed in above, they have it exactly right. I have heard several Class D amps in my system and found them all dry and lifeless, although the newer variants appear to be better sounding. I heard a pair of Channel Island C... | |
| Need wiring diagram for Neutrix connector to REL T7 sub Wolf,BTW, you have some very rational posts on the thread about fuse directionality. I work with several PhD EE's and physicists and I have put this whole fuse business to them and all of them, to a man, thought I had rocks in my head for even en... | |
| Need wiring diagram for Neutrix connector to REL T7 sub You have better eyes than me, brother. The Neutrick diagram gave me the correct orientation. Take care. | |
| spatial audio M3 or M4 as an upgrade Hi Rick,I have had the M4 Turbo S speakers for about 6 weeks after having Linkwitz LXmini's and I am delighted with these speakers, but I can't give you a frame of reference to your Dahlquists. After having had box speakers for over 45 years, the... |