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| Next upgrade, DartZeel or Ayre Semi,like you, I had never heard a SS component that sounded like tubes do...till I heard the Ayre AX-7E, which I bought. I was so impressed with the integrated, that I went ahead and bought the KX-R. Needless to say, I am very happy with the prea... | |
| Wilson sophia typically found with solid state Stringreen,agree with you on your comment on Ayre and how it would be difficult to tell blindfolded if it is SS or tubed. Of course the quality of bass would give it away (better with the Ayre). | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? Ayre KX-R | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Dave,in the end I have to trust my ears. I know "pro" reviewers and even equipment designers believe in break in. Let me ask you a question. Say I took 2 identical continuum integrated amps, and broke only one of them in...could you listen to both... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Guido,maybe you missed my response above. As I said above, 1 preamp was a demo unit...so it likely had some hours on it. The other one had less than 200 hours on it. And as I said above, I am not a big believer in break-in.Thanks | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Same as the price of the Criterion....eighteen five, I believe. | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Guido,I had 2 Capri's. The original one was a demo unit (black) that I purchased...so I assume, it had some amount of break in. I replace it with a silver unit, which was new. I did not put in a lot of hours on it. As per Jeff's manual, all preamp... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Dave,please lets stop using the word "smacked" :-) I regret using that juvenile term...and you have made your point :-)I have sold off the Capri, the Synergy 2i. In addition, I have sold off the Nagra MPA (I have kept the Nagra VPA, and have no in... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Guido, I was so impressed with the Ayre integrated, that I have also ordered the Ayre KX-R...after demoing it in house. I demoed the KX-R in the store against the Ref-3 for 10 minutes. Obviously, I could not arrive to any conclusions in 10 minutes... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Jfz, Nagra VPA's and also Nagra MPA (MPA is sold now that I have acquired the Ayre integrated)Thanks | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm Dave,don't want to rain on your parade. Enjoy your equipment. Having experienced the Rowland sound, I was more impressed with the Ayre sound....much more so. Maybe at some point, I will post my thoughts in more detail. But I am not concerned if ot... | |
| Jeff Rowland's Continumm If you think Rowland is good...wait till you hear Ayre. No need to spend big bucks...try their AX-7E. I say this after hearing the Capri and Synergy 2i. Actually I owned both the Synergy 2i and Capri. The Ayre smacked both the Capri and Synergy...... | |
| If you had 10k to spend on tube amp????? Used Nagra VPA | |
| choice of ref pre amps Ayre KX-R...it is better than the REF-3 | |
| Rowland PC1 PFC on Capri pre early findings Guido,stop beating around the bush :) Tell us, does the Capri with PFC match up to your ARC REF-3 ? |