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| Driving MBL 121: Accuphase or Gryphon I recently moved back to using solid-state integrated and was fortunate enough to have a larger budget ($5k - $10k) during my selection process.There is a guy down in New Zealand who did some pretty thorough listening to a lot of powerful / high-e... | |
| What amp $1000 for Rockport Tech Mira Mon? Nice choice with the VT-100. I think I remember reading somewhere that Andy does have some Audio Research gear that he will put on his speakers sometimes. I imagine that they are extremely expensive monoblocks, but the VT-100 definitely has some g... | |
| Best Integrated, period. *yawn*Vernneal, is there a model or any actual experiences you want to share about "Mcintosh"? No offense, but I'm not sure how much that comment actually added to the conversation.Anyway...Kiwi, I will admit that the Diablo is slightly more dry o... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Kiwi, thanks for the update. I read your reviews pretty thoroughly while on my quest to purchase one of the best (if not *the* best) integrated amp.For some reason, I thought you were partial to the Gamut over the Gryphon.Anyway, I ended up buying... | |
| What amp $1000 for Rockport Tech Mira Mon? Rockport speakers do need some gas. I would probably not mess around with an amp with less than 70w. If you absolutely need to stay under $1000 I would look into:Monarchy SM-70 Pros. Even though I sold mine after a while, I really liked them for t... | |
| JBL L300 - true myth? I have lived with these JBL L300 speakers for the last 6+ months and have to say that I have become a real fan of the JBL sound of yore. Putting a 32 watt push-pull tube amp on them has made them sound fantastic (and play pretty loudly). In the ne... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? Michael,All fair comments I suppose. Fuses blowing are something totally normal. A burning variac is not normal, but I think it is something that would not have broken my spirit with the gear.In regards to "ground loop" / hum that I am inferring y... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? Tubes108, I hope you are not implying from your post that the hum that I had with my Joule amps was a ground loop that was caused by the multiple systems and multiple residences that I inserted them into.I have had ground loops in the past and I k... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? I wouldnt say that I hated owning Joule amps, but I would say that I would love to own an HD knucklehead, oil leaks, suicide shift, and all. :) | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? Maybe it was just a phase in Joule's production / manufacturing line. My issues were with new OTLs being built in 2005 / 2006, and I was surprised to find (through private correspondence) two other gentlemen that were also having problems with the... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? I had VZN-100 in musicwood and they looked quite nice. They do give off quite a bit of heat though. It was never too oppressive, but it can get a sealed room quite warm in about an hour or so.My main issue was with technical problems. A strong hum... | |
| SET the best? Breuninger, it was really cool to read your thoughts on this subject. I know you come from a place of experience and I've slowly been coming around to share your opinion. Hearing you say that stuff makes me feel like less of a traitor for coming b... | |
| How reliable are EAR amps I would have to say that EAR amps are about as close to bullet-proof as tube amps can be. The parts quality is not great, but the components are designed to run for a long time without tube replacement, and if there is a failure, that it can be re... | |
| Rockport Ankaa and Anquila Cmalak,Thanks for the links. I had not not seen the Aquila review on Stereo Times before, and although there have been some other articles about the Rockport facilities on other websites, I had not seen the visit report from Jeff Fritz on Ultra Au... | |
| Rockport Ankaa and Anquila Just curious if anybody feels like updating this thread.I've listened to the Grand Miras and the Ankaa at Audio Vision in San Francisco a few times. In both cases I felt like the sound was extremely "clean" and well defined, but the partnered elec... |