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| Atma-Sphere MA-2 amplifier What a great write-up and review - congrats Ralph!While I would love to own the MA-2's, I will just have to be satisfied being a proud owner of Mk 3.1 MA-1's. ;-)As others have stated here and Marc did in the review, Ralph knows how to make some s... | |
| Preamps for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers Before upgrading to a fully loaded MP-1, I used a Plinius M8 and a Parasound JC-2. The Parasound was an especially good match with my MA-1's and I would have happily kept it if I didn't get a chance to hear a MP-1 in my system.I have never heard t... | |
| Any tube rec's on Vandersteen 5's I am successfully using Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps with the Vandy 5A's and it is a wonderful combination. It has a rich midrange with tons of detail and texture, airy highs which float and decay a spooky realistic way, and bass that has authority, dept... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 All good points Tvad. I tried the Speltz Autoformers with the following speakers:Vandersteen 5A'sEmerald Physics CS2'sOmega Revolutions (8" Alnico driver)Ultimately, trying things at home is always the best course of action.George | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 I agree with all of the statements about using an Autoformer (I don't use one and this is one of the reasons I went from M-60's to MA-1's) with Atma-Sphere amps. When I ran tests with and without the Speltz Autoformer, I could always pick out when... | |
| Praise for Spectron Why did you replace the Atma-Sphere amps? Which model and version did you have?I had both Spectron 3 Mk II and Atma-Sphere (M-60's and MA-1's) in my system and it was a very easy decision to send the Spectron back and keep the Atma-Sphere amps.Of ... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 Mike,Please go back and re-read my posts.First, I compared the Spectron to Atma-Sphere amps, not BAT.Secondly, I compared both the Atma-Sphere MA-1's (which are around $18k) and the Atma-Sphere M-60's (which are similarly priced to the Spectron am... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 As Semi said, the Spectron sounds nothing like a good tube amp. I am not saying the Spectron sounds bad or is a bad amp, just that I can't see anybody remotely saying it sounds like a tube amp.My statements are based on having the Spectron amp in ... | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 and ModWright KWA150 Why not just get a tube amp if you are looking for "tube like" sound?In my system I was able to directly compare the Pass XA30.5 to Atma-Sphere M-60's and MA-1's and there wasn't a single area that the Pass came out ahead from a sonics perspective... | |
| pass labs xa30.5 vs aleph 3 Glad things worked out for you Earflappin.George | |
| pass labs xa30.5 vs aleph 3 I think Madfloyd already summed up a lot of my thoughts on the sound differences between the XA30.5 and MA-1's, so there really isn't much more for me to add on that front. Simply put, the system lost a good deal of its "magic" when the MA-1's wer... | |
| Looking For Neutral Tube Amp Recommendation Correction on my post above...I own MA-1's - not MA-2's.George | |
| Short List of the Best 20K Speakers Another vote for Vandersteen 5A's.I have owned mine for almost three years now and still love them!George | |
| Looking For Neutral Tube Amp Recommendation Another vote for Atma-Sphere.I own MA-2's Mk III and when matched with the correct speakers, I haven't heard an amp I like more from top to bottom. I pair my MA-2's with Vandersteen 5A's.George | |
| The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ? Eldartford,That was too funny! :-)As for the discussion topic...I was lucky enough to get an extended audition of a stock (no upgrades) Spectron Musician 3 MK II SE and compare it to my reference amps (Atma-Sphere MA-1's) on two different sets of ... |