aritomo
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| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I'm using the DiaLogue Premium HP Power Amplifier with my Revel Ultima Salon2. Unlikely a speaker load one would expect with PL as its not super efficient. I do run it with KT150 in ultralinear mode mostly. I also have a Wells Audio Immorata as... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? Interesting thread. I will weigh in (but with massive caveats in the TL;DR section)- My end is low high-end compared to one with a $50K amps (I surmise a $50K amp probably means $100-$200k or greater systems). I.e. my end in $ is just a bit more... | |
| Has anyone compared K150 tubes and the stock EL34s in Primaluna integrated/amplifiers? I've only run in ultralinear with KT150. Have Revel Ultima Salon 2, and have a VTL TL 7.5ii pre using 12AU7 tubes I like for their neutrality (I think they are PSVANE - essentially sorted out chinese tubes).Sounds is very fine, and I have not fel... | |
| Open to buy a new pair of headphones. those headphones vary a lot - have some comparisons based on what I own[1] Mediocre sound - Bose QC-25; meh sound. muffles base, voice is okay for alto type voices (pop/country/folk), mediocre for complex music (classical orchestral); its really t... | |
| Revel Ultima Salon 2 I have had them for about 6 years. Have not felt the need to listen to many others or replace.[1] Very natural and transparent sound - good "balance" base to treble[2] a tad (very tad) reticent in the upper mid register of the human voice, but it... | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old Any ELAC; Any Q acoustics- Own ELAC Uni-Fi UB5 - for about $500 these are super speakers (although need a bit of amp to run them well)- Own Q3050 for use by my wife in her office - they also sound superAnd yes, we have a rather good (Revel Ultima ... | |
| Best bookshelf speaker reccomendations? For value for $ - try the ELAC models - awfully good for 3 digit prices...given some of the limitations in placement and so on when people literally "bookshelf" a bookshelf speaker, these do a great low 4 digit job at a 3 digit price... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? Trying to remember...early-1980's AR5?mid-1980's-early 1990's something I can't remembermid-1990-2011 Von Schweikert VR-4 (very original ones low serial number)2011-present Revel Ultima Salon 2Still own the VR-4, but had them upgraded thru Von Sch... |