Nick, I am willing to help you with swapping speaker posts. Cardas and Vampire are both (likely) better than what is on there now.
Glad there making such great music for you.
Glad there making such great music for you.
AES Six Pacs Monoblock Amps and AE-3 DJH Pre-Amp
I only have about 230 hours on my new AES Six Pacs monoblock amps and AE-3 DJH pre-amp, but so far, I absolutely love this new hardware.
This is driving a pair of B&W Nautilus 805s and a REL Strata III. My Teres 255 should arrive later this month, and then I'll hear the real potential of the system.
I plan on going into more detail at a later time, but the first thing that jumped out at me was how black the background is with this amp / pre-amp combo. No hiss. No tube rush. No hum. Just darkness. Even with the volume pot cranked...nothing. Then, out of the darkness comes this amazing detail. Between tracks, I sometimes wonder if the hardware shut itself off.
My only complaints are that I hate the speaker terminal binding posts (that's an upgrade waiting to happen). The bias adjustment is *really* sensitive, so a large knob on that post would be helpful. Also, I'd like some consistancy with the silkscreening on the front of both the Sixpacs and the AE-3 DJH (along with picking one color of LED and sticking with it).
Notice none of my gripes pertain to the sound of this hardware - only the asthetics. These things are easy to change, and if I decided to keep this hardware for a good while, you can expect some custom work to be performed on these babies.
Anyone else have experiences with the AES Six Pacs or AE-3 DJH?
This is driving a pair of B&W Nautilus 805s and a REL Strata III. My Teres 255 should arrive later this month, and then I'll hear the real potential of the system.
I plan on going into more detail at a later time, but the first thing that jumped out at me was how black the background is with this amp / pre-amp combo. No hiss. No tube rush. No hum. Just darkness. Even with the volume pot cranked...nothing. Then, out of the darkness comes this amazing detail. Between tracks, I sometimes wonder if the hardware shut itself off.
My only complaints are that I hate the speaker terminal binding posts (that's an upgrade waiting to happen). The bias adjustment is *really* sensitive, so a large knob on that post would be helpful. Also, I'd like some consistancy with the silkscreening on the front of both the Sixpacs and the AE-3 DJH (along with picking one color of LED and sticking with it).
Notice none of my gripes pertain to the sound of this hardware - only the asthetics. These things are easy to change, and if I decided to keep this hardware for a good while, you can expect some custom work to be performed on these babies.
Anyone else have experiences with the AES Six Pacs or AE-3 DJH?