Albert Porter's SystemSounds like the 750's may be gone already...did you decide early on that they weren't going to get the best out of the Megalines, or were just overkill for doing so? Or am I misreading, and you sim... posted almost 21 years ago | View comment | |
45 SET SystemDude! Sorry not to followup yet on my drop-by threat (we were gone most of August). If it sounds half as nice as it looks you're doing very well for the money - and anyway I see the Professor appro... posted almost 21 years ago | View comment | |
Gunbei's Messy Listening Room"Proac Sunrise"...hmmm - That's only one letter away from sounding like a musical ode to antidepressants ;^) posted about 21 years ago | View comment | |
Gunbei's Messy Listening RoomI too had AZ SC (Satori) and switched to Au24. I agree that the Au24 IC's are very good, but not quite the home run the SC seems to be - funny, since it's the same damn stuff!. (FWIW, on the IC fro... posted about 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAddendum: For the record, a little research has illuminated me to the fact (contrary to my assumption above) that New Sensor *does* market a Sovtek-labelled KT-88 version in the US, and that it is ... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThe guy I got my 185's from was switching to MA-1's (with dynamic speakers) and wound up having to incorporate the Zero's before it was a contest. But if I had the space and the money (and the incl... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemOops - in the first paragraph above, the word "cannot" should have preceded the phrase "personally vouch that the EH [KT-88] is a superior or equivalent tube" [to the SED versio... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemTwo items of possible interest in response to the above observations from Maxgain and Albert:One is that, prior to this experience of mine with the KT-88EH, my survey of several EL-34 types... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes, the KT-88's are more extended (and more smoothly so), but the 6550C's have more of a presence-range 'bite'. I suppose the Mullards could be described as being a bit dark (or at least not brigh... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, I have only spoken to Andy at VTS about the 6350's, and as best I recall he recommended RCA's, but hadn't had any in stock for a while. He didn't seem to think very highly of the newer Sylv... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, as I noted in passing on 4/19, my amps are (merely) MB-185 Sig's. As far as triode v. tetrode goes, when I was using the 6550C's I usually found triode to be a little too homogenizing for m... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemYes, my 6550C's were winged-C genuine Svet's. My substitution to the EH KT-88's happened about 1 year into the 6550C's service, so the A/B comparison results are to be taken as somewhat provisional... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, if you are up for trying a new production power tube, at least as a fail-safe, I recommend the EH KT-88's over the Svet 6550C's that VTL installs. There was really no area they didn't impro... posted over 21 years ago | View comment | |
Gunbei's Messy Listening RoomThe various outputs beyond RCA on the Pearl seem to have been extra-cost options (the most expensive one being the ATT glass optical, which mine doesn't have, nor does my Basic) - if the AES/EBU ou... posted over 22 years ago | View comment | |
Gunbei's Messy Listening Room"Gunbei Damn It!" - funny! :-) Can't get the pix either...are you sure you really overcame your embarrassment? ;^)Besides my also having a messy listening room, I've got the Pearl... posted over 22 years ago | View comment | |
Angela's 2CH/HT SystemI'm sure you have found it as pleasant dealing with Roger Sanders as I have, even though he doesn't go in for a lot the typical audiophilisms. I don't always agree with him, but he is never less th... posted almost 23 years ago | View comment | |
A Woman's PerspectiveHi Wendy - As one of those who 'took something off your hands' that 'wasn't exactly what you were looking for' recently, allow me to congratulate you on the most impressive system you've assembled ... posted almost 23 years ago | View comment |