SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hello Miguel,In all candor, adding your Tripoint Troy to my system is one of the best audio related decisions I've made. It took what was a musical experience I loved with my system and genuine... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Edit, meant to type distant not distance. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Arthur,I played trumpet in my distance past and still own two horns (sentimental reasons) and that experience has me value tone, timbre and harmonics of instruments highly. If a component can't... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
To see and feel the musicThanks for the article Arthur. posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Arthur,I welcome and appreciate your comments. The progression to high efficiency speakers and SET amplifiers 5 years ago is a permanent move for me. The Yamamoto DAC is the spiritual soul m... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
To see and feel the musicHi Arthur,Thanks for your thoughtful response.When you say that "true resolution doesn't exist", the example of us in the room with the musician is true resolution(there's nothing int... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
To see and feel the musicHello Aball,I suspect that we probably have a different meaning or concept of the word resolution.If we were in a room and a musician walked in with his instrument and began to play it, that's ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitDan,My line stage is a mixture of what you'll be comparing (sort of). It's an active unit (two 101D DHT tubes) but it has transformer volume control for sonic purity (according to the builder/d... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitDan,I believe that the minimalist designed active Transcendent could be a very good fit with a good 300b SET such as yours . I look forward to reading your impression and comparison, should be ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Pops,I think you'll like Joe Pass. He has a different approach and presentation from Wes, just as for example Kenny Burrell's sound differs from Barney Kessell yet they're all tremendous gui... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Brownsfan,I've not heard the Triumph monitors but most everything said or written about them has been very flattering. I do concede an advantage to using a preamplifier, amplifier and speakers ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Rockitman's SystemRocketman,Yep, the 300b tubes lack a position key that locks the tube in the socket. So you do need to observe the thin and thick pins. I mistakenly did this myself and once was enough. Cha... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Brownsfan,I've been quite content for some time and just haven't gotten around to ordering the tubes. I'll get around to it in the near future, The standard Psvane 101D are very enjoyable in... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).For fellow Joe Pass fans I have a good recommendation, "Joy Spring". This is a relatively early career recording (1964) but his talent is already apparent at this stage.A later Joe Pass (19... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Hi Dmarkov,I answered your fuse inquiry on your system page. You have certainly owned some very highly regarded preamps! I concluded a long time ago that the Coincident Statement line stage is ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Concert at HomeDmarkov,Thanks for your kind comments, if I was any inspiration then I'm flattered given the achievement of your system. Regarding the Coincident fuses the manual recommends 3 amp slow blow... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Concert at HomeHi Dmarkov,Congratulations on successfully building your system. I'm familiar with some of your individual components and imagine that you have beautiful, realistic and natural sound. E... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitDan,You're obviously doing quite well with your current 300b SET based on the attributes you describe and joy it provides for you. Although there are diminishing returns the SET performance goe... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitFirst Watt and SET, simpler class A circuits with fewer parts wins again. Both of these will keep you happy for many years. Dan when you find an amplifier more natural sounding than a good SET let ... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitSo it is between the VAC or the First Watt M2? Which of these two amps compel you to listen for longer periods of time with more emotional inolvement? posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitDan,There are worse "pickles" to be stuck with, you have 3 amps that you really enjoy. How is instrument tone, naturalness and presence of the M2 compared to your SET? Have fun!Ch... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Haute ~ FideliteHi Toudou,Your system seems very well planed and coordinated. I'd believe that the Wavac SET and Tonian Lab pairing is exceptionally satisfying and reproduces music with emotion and life.Ch... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitDan,The First Watt M2 and your 300b SET make for an intriguing contrast, both good but different. Charles, posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
To see and feel the music"Increase resolution, lose texture" an interesting observation. In my experience as system resolution improved so has texture, tonality and harmonic delineation(musical nuances are uncove... posted about 12 years ago | View comment | |
Meticulously Picked SystemAntonio, I'm not surprised that Samuel Furon would like the Yamamoto DAC and recommend it. I suspect that he and Shigeki Yamamoto would have very similar hearing and listening taste based on th... posted about 12 years ago | View comment |