mdalton
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| Requesting opinions about 4 specific amplifiers British Audiophile loved Atoll integrated - in300 @ $4500 new. tilts warm with good bass control. For amp only, Atoll has am300 for $3900 new. Mos-fet designs, so tend to be slightly warmer. | |
| Requesting opinions about 4 specific amplifiers other ideas: replace integrated with integrated? Simaudio is wonderful stuff; Moon 641? Also, Modwright KWH 225i (hybrid). I suspect both would sound a little warmer than your Luxman. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project @dover yeah, I get that, but 11 3/4” is still 298.4mm. I was responding to the OP’s prior post to make sure he didn’t miscalculate the diameter of his platter. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project btw, 11 3/4” converts to 298.4mm, not 279.4mm… | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Just measured everything. Inside the lip, my platter measures betw 288 and 289mm (so 292, lip included, seems right). The mat I purchased from Herbie's measures about 288, and fits inside the lip perfectly. Having said that, my email records sh... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I used 285mm, 4mm thick, recommended by Herbie’s. | |
| Tube amps under $7500 definitely not expert in this area, but four different thoughts: (1) some tube amps come with gain adjusters. (2) if two amps have same gain, no issue. (3) if different gain, you can lower gain on higher gain amp thru use of resistor on interco... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore just had a thought: what about bi-amping? You could use SS on bass, and would give you more tube choices for treble. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project @lalitk I have the Herbie’s mat on my 401. Honestly, didn’t do A/B with stock mat, but I love overall balance of my setup. The Audiophile Man just did a review of the new Origin Live Stratas mat - - compares it to at least 6 other mats. Worth ... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Yes, Isoacoustics Gaia on Td 124, Track Audio on 401. | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @auroravengeance Yeah, not sure myself. Have only heard Lab12 at audio shows, so really hard to tell. I did see a Part-Time Audiophile review that suggested the integrated was somewhat “warm” and “tubey”, but definitely YMMV. I’m a big fan of... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Lab12 Suara. $5400 (new). 60w. 4 ohm taps. Balanced. Cool factor. | |
| Solid state amp vs tube amps Interesting nobody brought up noise. Solid state amps on average are quieter. You have to spend a lot of $ to get tube amp with a signal-to-noise ratio over 100db (particularly all-tube integrateds). So for those whose aural priorities start wi... | |
| Streamers under $1500 If my memory serves correctly, the WFS mod bypasses the Sonos DAC, right? Sobwhat DAC are you using? | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. Very cool. I totally agree that there can be something special about a well-executed full-range model, a sense of intimacy and immediacy that’s hard to describe. I regretted missing the Voxativ room at last year’s Capital Audio Fest, but was sur... |