Digital loveNo SET tube amp in the future? posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad, I am glad you are having fun, and I am even more glad, I get to read about it. Please tell us more what a cascade class A amp is. Henry Ho started out making sublime class A amps. ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveAgain, you are referencing your grazzled Duettas. The natural Scintillas are quite the different speaker. On my system, there is no frequency that draws your attention for bad or good. They are all... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveAh Chad, I believe you were sweeping system glitches out. My system doesn't need that. The DAC I have proves the Spragues are not a problem. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad,Your room could use some Bradbury and Bradbury traditional wallpaper. Your horns make the room look like the, "Lonely Hearts Club Band."Do you know how many caps a... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveChanging all the caps, wiring, and resistors would not have made the difference. What I am hearing now with my original Scintillas is everything I could ask for. Yes, that is with the Spragues, and... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveOh, how I wish that would be the case. I would have had to tenderized the ribbons with a hammer to get them to articulate like the originals. posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad, warming up for a big audio party here. This is with my old speakers. The new ones were a bad marriage. I tell you what, though, those horns are a system builder's dream child. I wish I wer... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
The Whiskey RoomI am crazy about old houses. Mine is over a century old. One of my system pics shows the room where my speakers are.I have always been a fan of old Japanese culture. I made tea bowls at one... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad, the Bel Canto is really too much of an amp for horns. I don't know where to point you to a better arrangement. Just a guess, but a sparkling clean tube amp, or Nelson Pass's First Watt mig... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
I'll make an (Audio) Note of that!Hi ya Doug, how are you running the wires from the amp to the speakers? Is the AN speaker better than the Cain n Cain? Or do they both have their better points on different material? posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Simplicity 3.5Stevethe6th, my first Apogee was a Stage speaker on stands like yours. That was my favorite speaker. I liked it even more than the Duettas I replaced the Stage speakers with. Now I own the Apogee S... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveYes, the room is everything when it comes to bass performance. In my symmetrical room, the bass is every bit natural, the same system, but in Rich Murry's open structure house (one of Graz's instal... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital love"settings are very important, and sensitive..." Isn't that the nature of the Trios? And they say positioning Scintillas requires centimeter adjustments for lock in. How ar... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveWhat is capable and woman friendly? Bose mini cubes behind a Ficus. I think we are similar because of the boy inside. We love to play!My wife never speaks negatively about my system... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMy wife took one look at your horns, and asked, "Could he be married?" posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveYou had room for these? I am very happy for you. Good thing you went with the Trio, giving you full range. It is both funny, and disappointing the systems I most want to hear are thousands ... posted over 15 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveI only mentioned the demons because you have a class D amp. To see if I am right, turn the amps around and connect a very thin ribbon SC between the amps and speaker. If it is a stereo (I forgot) t... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad, I don't know if this will be of any help, but here are two observations I have made over the evolution of my system. Insulation on the ICs and SCs produce a distinct hiss even from... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveYou might look at Pass Labs first Watt for solid state, or any of the wonderful SET amps built to service easy loads. posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHi Chad, no response yet over your new Divas. All I can say is, grazzled speakers are a devil to break in. I found playing them hard for several days, then giving them the same period of rest in be... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveHey Chadeffect, when are you going to give us the scoop on your new Divas? I heard grazzled Divas at Rich. He was using, at the time, some Perraux amps. The sound was underwhelming. I really don't ... posted almost 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveSorry to hear of your defection. Of course, you know, this is the end of a beautiful friendship. :) posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital lovedon't bother with their hybrids. posted about 16 years ago | View comment | |
Digital loveMost folks do not have the requisite space for the mighty Avantarges. They are simply not convenient to say the least. With the danger of provoking another shark attack here, I should say t... posted about 16 years ago | View comment |