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07-31-08
Biased as an owner could be, i'm very happy with these amps, ... Sbank
07-31-08
Spencer has said it all. i wholeheartedly agree. Detlof
07-31-08
The most truthful-sounding amps i've heard, but not everyone ... Jb0194
07-31-08
Correction: "a fully balanced...preamp..." is what ... Jb0194
07-31-08
Sounds good to me....anyone else? i have a cary slp-05 pre ... Jtwrace
07-31-08
What 200w class a mono blocks do you have? i moved from cat ... Pubul57
07-31-08
I have clayton m-200's now. Jtwrace
07-31-08
Well then, you are used to heat - a good thing. interesting ... Pubul57
07-31-08
you are a clayton dealer, correct? the class a claytons wi ... Tvad
07-31-08
I own a pair of ma-1s from 1990, obviously very early in the ... Jimjoyce25
07-31-08
I agree completely with sbank's description of the atma-sphe ... Rushton
07-31-08
The ma-1s are teh best amps i have heard in my system. i di ... Honest1
08-01-08
Interesting. some questions for the newer owners: 1. can ... Jimjoyce25
08-01-08
I think you should talk with ralph directly; you will get st ... Rleff
08-01-08
Rleff offers good advice about calling ralph. he's easy to t ... Rushton
08-02-08
I own a pair of ma-1 mk.iiis and an mp-1 mk.iii linestage+ph ... Jtimothya
08-02-08
Jtimothya, i know what you mean about gushing. i was thinkin ... Pubul57
08-02-08
Having owned products from both pass labs (xa-30.5 and xa-60 ... Tvad
08-02-08
A nice problem to have indeed - i still regret having sold m ... Pubul57
08-02-08
Hello jtwrace, please remember what i'm about to tell you i ... Trcnetmsncom
08-02-08
I was wondering if ralph ever visits this forum....if he doe ... Jtwrace
08-02-08
Hi tom, good to see your post! one thing folks should be aw ... Rushton
08-02-08
Hello rush, i'm afraid i don't know the brand of the 6sn7 t ... Trcnetmsncom
08-02-08
Rushton's comments on the driver tubes are right on. i found ... Pubul57
08-02-08
Tom, it did turn out simply to be break in for the new capac ... Rushton
08-03-08
Rush, i could be wrong but i strongly suspect that for me th ... Trcnetmsncom
08-03-08
Thank you rushton, tom, pbul57, tvad, and others for your co ... Jtimothya
08-03-08
Hello tim, thanks for the contribution and insightful comme ... Trcnetmsncom
08-03-08
Tim, tom, are both of your observations with atma-sphere pre ... Pubul57
08-03-08
Hello pubul57, my observations are made only about the atma ... Trcnetmsncom
08-03-08
Agree on no best at everything. i tend to prefer neutral bec ... Pubul57
08-03-08
Pubul57, i've had the great pleasure recently to spend some ... Rushton
08-03-08
Rushton, are your feelings about the mp3 based on the phonos ... Pubul57
08-04-08: Detlof
I was quite fascinated with what Trcnetmsncom had to say about his perception of a high end flaw in the MA-2s. Tom's likening this flaw to the high end rendering of the Martin Logan CLS 2Z made clear to me what he meant, because I auditioned those speakers a long time ago and I disliked them right from the beginning just because of that. I have the latest version of the Ma-2s, haven't rolled the 6SN7s so far and I just don't hear what Tom hears on my particular speakers, the big Sound Labs. Not that I doubt the sophistication of his hearing, nor his experience with live music. I share that with him, being a regular concert goer and intimately familiar with the sound of both violin and piano and just cannot find the flaw he mentions in my particular setup, which he obviously heard on several occasions on different rigs. This may well be a hearing impairment on my part, because I am advanced in age, however my wife, who plays the violin also cannot find anything wrong with the Sound Lab's/ MA-2 rendering of her instrument. We listened again extensively to Hilary Hahn's exceptional rendering of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas and could not find this particular shortcoming.
We then tried piano on LP: Martha Argerich's rendering of Liszt's b-minor sonata, an early DG 2530193, again the highs were clear, crisp, without a trace of harshness or brightness. So this is puzzling. The big Sound Labs are not an easy load, but obviously pair very well with Ralph's bigger amps. Possibly we have just struck it lucky with this combination and would have been equally unhappy, trying the MA-2s with the Avalons. No lack of "denseness" either, with our stators to our taste and ears.
Thank you Tom. I found your contributions both important and thought as well as "hear" provoking. Obviously we strive for the same thing, the best balance of all "sonic virtues" as you put it so well, with "no area severely lacking". Obviously your benchmark is your experience of the live event as it is mine. We may have different tastes and rigs, but it feels good not be alone in this.
Detlof (Threads | Answers | This Thread)
08-04-08
Pubul57, my listening to both the mp-1 and the mp-3 have bee ... Rushton
08-04-08
Amp-loudspeaker matching is no less important with atma amps ... Jb0194
08-04-08
an understatement. in fact, amp/speaker matching is more im ... Tvad
08-04-08
thank you tom. i found the amps and preamp more simila ... Jtimothya
08-05-08
Hello detlof, thanks for the kind and respectful response. ... Trcnetmsncom
08-05-08
Hello tom, hh sure does. i am glad you agree. thank you for ... Detlof
08-06-08
A question for nos tube users - howoftendoyou change 6sn7s? ... Honest1
08-06-08
Which 6sn7's do you guys use? Jtwrace
08-06-08
I mix rca gta grey glass with sylvania gtbs. some argue that ... Pubul57
08-06-08
I use sylvania gtbs with matched pairs in the two postions a ... Rushton
08-06-08
In the preamp i use matched rca gts which are a bit more rom ... Pubul57
08-07-08
I swap tubes around every few months - there are many great ... Jtimothya
08-07-08
Just in case anyone is unfamiliar with it, there is also a v ... Sbank
08-07-08
Spencer, we've not used 12sx7s at any time, but at one time ... Atmasphere
08-07-08
Ralph, is there any problem using us made (e.g., ge) nos 6as ... Pubul57
08-07-08
Please let's not forget that the chinese-manufactured 6sn7s ... Jb0194
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