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| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Hi GuysI posted the following thread in AudioCircle but thought it worth repeating here because I need some feedback on what amplifier gain would be best to drive the TAP. It seems that impedance match, source voltage and speaker sensitivity are a... | |
| REALITY CABLES ? Gregg's Reality cables between my pre and power sound more neutral than my expensive Neotech top-of-the-line Silver Ref (equivalent to AZ Silver Ref II). I am beginning to realise that cables are very system dependant. And, while it works for some... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Darkmebius,I believe John Chapman of Bent Audio recommends burn-in at volume 31, and this should take care of the other taps. But I guess if one is really fastidious, then burining in at each step would be best! | |
| Class D amp driving Thiel I would urge you to try any of the class D amplifiers for yuourself - Spectron, Channel Islands, Bel Canto ... to name a few, and to let your ears be your judge! I have tried SS amplifiers from several well known manufacturers but they did not dri... | |
| Class D amp driving Thiel Before the upgrade to the Thiel CS2.4, I was happily driving the 1.6s with my Channel Islands D*200 Monos (class D). The D*200s controlled the Thiels very well and had more than enough headroom to drive my 2.4s!Dennis | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Hi GuysI've been following this thread with great interest! I have a heavily modified McCormack ALD-1 Rev A Gold and recently upgraded my Bent NOH to the TAP (silver). The best way to burn-in the TAP is to crank the volume to level 31 (unity) - of... | |
| REALITY CABLES ? Following from Listener57's post, and taking it one step further, if the top performers in your shootout scored 10/10, then achieving 7/10 for 225 greenbacks gives you a tremendous price to performance ratio. I have tried Gregg's cables with other... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Started with a Bent Audio NOH (passive TVC, silver) and upgraded to latest Bent Audio TAP (TVC, silver). As Fazoid has observed, it was the best move I have made. When I recently swapped an active preamp, I knew just what made the TVC so special! ... | |
| Neotech UPOCC Silver Interconnects vs AZen I am using the Neotech silver top-of-the-line, as well as the topline copper (similar to AZ Matrix II) and their silver digital cable and find them to be simply awesome! I have also heard about the AZ connection. Seems Neotech are beginning to mar... | |
| Channel Islands D-200 or Ayre V-5Xe??? I had the chance to audition both of these amplifiers in my home, driving Thiel CS2.4, using the Bent NOH passive preamplifier (TVC). I must say that the D200s worked very well for me but not the Ayres. Having read glowing reviews of the Ayre, I e... | |
| Amp recommendation for AKG K1000's headphones? Yes, tube amps sound great and I second the Cary 300SEI. If you prefer SS, the McCormack Micro Integrated Headphone amps (particularly with Steve McCormack's ungrades like Rev A) sounded very good. Tho' I have not tried the Channel Islands Headpho... | |
| Please recommend speakers for Cary CAD-300SEI LX20 I own the Rogers LS3/5A 15 ohm version which I brought with me to my dealer's showroom and paired them with the latest Cary 300 SEI. The volume had to be cranked up to between 12 and 2 o'clock but the music which emanated was so captivating! I can... | |
| Can a simple DIY volume knob replace a pre-amp? As a relative newcomer to TVCs (transformer volume control), and having recently acquired the Bent Audio NOH (silver transformer)I can unreservedly endorse all that Ngjockey has said in the above post. As an audiophile once remarked, it is "insult... | |
| Preamp for Mccormack 0.5 mono Paul29, don't ignore Steve McC's earlier preamp, the ALD-1 modded. I have just bought a secondhand ALD-1 with Steve's Platinum upgrade and can truly say it is the BEST preamp I have heard. My search for a preamp took me 4 years and within that tim... | |
| Do I need power conditioning Hooked up my DNA-0.5 Rev A Gold and McCormack ALD-1 preamp to the Hydra 2 and I can honestly say it sounded as if I ha upgraded either or both components! The bass had more impact and definition, background was quieter, decay of the notes was much... |