charles7
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| Is 24 inches enough space for this class a amp? I've used two solid-state class A amps rated at 25 and 30 watts. I leave the amp on all the time, no problem. As for space, hold your hand at varying heights above the amp to get some idea of how the temperature falls. | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps "LTA MZ3 preamp into SPL S800 SS amp to Harbeth SHL5+ speakers" I have LTA MZ2 preamp into Aleph 5 amp to Revival Audio Atalante 3 speakers. Fits the 20 m2 listening room. | |
| Recommendations for an Amp/Preamp combo excellent musically and very reliable "Coda Continuum No 8 V1 solid state amplifier....My preamp is a Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamp level 2. The technology used in it equates to long tube life. The pairing of the two sound great together, imo." I have the same preamp. My room i... | |
| Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why? Revival Audio Atalante 3. Standmount or bookshelf; rear port. I'll spare you the usual adjectives. The designer combined Spendor and Dynaudio engineering philosophies. | |
| Speaker choice In a room of similar size I have Revival Audio Atalante 3 speakers. I second the previous recommendations of this line. By the way, my amplifier is Nelson Pass's FirstWatt F8. I'm happy with it, but I imagine your Pass XA30.5 might be even more s... | |
| MBL Insolvent "take that wonderful technology and try to make a more affordable product." For example, Linear Tube Audio worked with David Berning and did that with his ZOTL technique. | |
| Recommend a good router/modem combo please If you live in a fairly large metropolitan area, you will find many routers for sale at cheap price. I got an Orbi router plus mesh satellite unit for $150. Music streaming usually uses the UPnP protocol. For it to work well, you want to turn "IG... | |
| First system, bought Yamaha AS-1200, wondering about what DAC to pair it with ? An R2R DAC is basically one sound. If you are confident about that, fine. Otherwise, consider the RME ADI-FS 2 DAC. It is a very good chip-based DAC; it does have a NOS filter setting; and most important, it has a 5-band parametric equalizer. The ... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? My tube preamp is a Linear Tube Audio MZ2. Maybe tube rolling changes the sound, but I prefer a different tool: the five-band parametric equalizer in the RME ADI FS2 DAC. Sometimes I run it flat, and sometimes I run it with a boost in the lower mi... | |
| The Streamer-Dac-Preamp Chain All a streamer needs to do is receive digital audio via your LAN wi-fi or Ethernet cable and pass it on to a DAC via optical or coaxial cable. You just check whether it can handle the file types, sample rates, and frequencies that the source provi... | |
| Pass....Accuphase....or...... FirstWatt is a Nelson Pass "subsidiary." The F8 is class A 25 watts at 8 ohms. Drives my fairly large Revival Audio Atalante 3's, suggested 30 watts, just fine. | |
| Streamers and software russbutton is right. You don't need to buy a dedicated computer which to the user is neither Windows nor iOS nor Linux. You can, for example, • store .flac and such files on the hard drive of a Windows PC • select files to be played with an Andro... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? For accuracy, I have an RME ADI FS 2. It has USB, Toslink, and coax inputs. Among the half dozen digital filters is NOS. And a five-band parametric equalizer if you are into that. "I'm all about analog. low fatigue sounds. full sound with timbre, ... | |
| Heard the $325000 Acapella's Sphaeron excaliburs? Does the owner of these have matching taste and sensitivity to music? The violins sound like they are in the room: in other words, you can't sit in 90% of the seats in a concert hall. | |
| Upgrade from Revival Atalante 5s The sound from your Galion TS A20 amplifier may be as good as the company's web page exults. Still, it is a 20 watt amplifier. Despite my experience that a low-power class A amplifier drives speakers well beyond the limits you'd think from the spe... |