roncagg
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| Advice on speaker cables. I just put in Audience OHNO 3 cables to replace my Tellurium black 2 and preferred them in my system (Wyred4sound mINT and Harbeth P3esr 40th anniversary). They are affordable if bought used. | |
| Alternative to my P3ESR Some great insights and suggestions in here! My P3esrs sound better driven by my Wyred4sound 100w class D amp than they did with my sugden a21se sig (which sounds sublime over the Atalante 3 in my main system - those speakers are probably too big ... | |
| Harbeth P3ESR versus LS3/5a by Rogers/Falcon/Sterling/etc I am new to the P3esr having just bought a used pair cheaply ($1k) - at that price I just had to find out for myself how they sound. I was surprised at just how small they are in person. Given that I am really pleased at their sound, very impact... | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions Revival audio’s Atalante series offer some nice options. I have the standmount 3s in an almost nearfield config with sugden amplification and they are extremely satisfying top to bottom. Read some reviews they have an interesting pedigree and tech... | |
| Leben CS300XS Tube Rolling I had to send my leben for repair after borrowing some vintage amperex el84s from a tube enthusiast friend of mine, later found that one of the tubes was bad and that caused an issue in one of the channels. Just a caveat to make sure you know what... | |
| Preamp for First Watt F7 When I had an F7 I used the Manley Shrimp (good impedance match and adds tubes) and the wyred4sound stp-se level 2 (so I could hear the amp characteristics). Both worked well, I think the tubes added something nice/worthwhile. I had the MZ2 mentio... | |
| Higher-End Class A/B vs. Class A Integrateds The Sugden class A integrated amps sound wonderful and are reasonably priced for their sound quality, especially when bought preowned. I downsized from LTA separates (a lot more expensive), and in my system I didn’t lose anything, very happy (runn... | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college +1 Kef lsxII, on sale now for $999 | |
| upgrade path from my current speakers? (Dynaudio Special Forty) +1 on the Atalante 3, have them with my sugden amp and they are superb! | |
| New Pass Labs Go To Reno HiFi and Mark were definitely a great source of info and gear! Anyone know what Mark’s personal hifi rig consists of? | |
| Red Wine Audio - 30.2 LFP-V 3 years ago I contacted Vinnie about this very thing and he replied: The 30.2 LFP-V battery is custom. I try to keep a few in stock at any given time. It is $395, and installation is $75. It is a little tricky to install because it is encased ... | |
| Preamp match for my First Watt F-7 amp. The ones I had with my F7 were the Manley Shrimp (tube pre with low output impedance), Wyred4Sound STP-SE stage 2 (mostly no gain), and DIY Pass B1 (no gain). I wish I’d had the eastern electric minimax or LTA MZ2 I have now, I think those would h... | |
| Upgrade Cart/Subplatter on Rega Planar 2 or Step up to Clearaudio Concept FWIW I went from VPI to the concept wood with satisfy kardon (not carbon) and use the nagaoka mp-200 cartridge to great effect. The concepts can be bought very reasonably pre-owned. Sounded better than a new model rega P3 that I also had at the ti... | |
| Devore 0/96 - Integrated AMP help My Devore Nines never sounded better than with the Linear Tube Audio Ultralinear amp (18W), across the entire frequency spectrum. Better than my previous pairings: Almarro A318B (had beaten all comers ’til LTA), Leben CS300xs, Firstwatt F7, Elekit... | |
| Equipment Report: Linear Tube Audio's New Ultralinear PLUS @dodgealum, remind us which preamp you are using? I love the UL which I have in the older enclosure with vol control, driven by an eastern electric minimax which adds nice body and drive without reducing clarity, at least to my ears (when compared... |