Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Daveyf,One of the attributes of the Line Magnetic SET according to Steve Huff was the unexpected ease of driving the Evolution speakers at any volume level. In fact he said at low and moderate ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,Stereophile does provide comprehensive measurements. But really all you need to know to help you with determining amp-speaker matching is 1)load impeadance and degree of fluctution.The f... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,Those measurements are found in Art Dudley's SF Evolution review for Stereophile, you can easily Google it. Yes, home audition tops everything if it can be arranged. If not I'd travel to... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Stereophile found the Sonus Faber Evolution sensitivity to be 85.5 db. JA said however that the speaker's load, 6 ohms(nomlnal) and the phase angle s were reasonably benign and not difficult overal... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Thanks Tboooe.Charles, posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,Sorry for disrupting your system page.Charles, posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile..."If the OP likes what he hears, then more power"That's always been the point, it didn't work out for you and so you moved on ( as you should have if you weren't satisfied). Your exper... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...I looked it up to be sure I had the facts correct.It was Dongiovanni who had a Pass Aleph 3 amplifier driving Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage speakers. The Franks suited him remarkably well he repo... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Hi Dan,Daveyf and I have had friendly disagreement before on this topic. A guy in Spain had some Sonus Faber speakers and wanted to try the Coincident Frankenetein amplifiers. Some respondents ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Hi Daveyf,Of course! Some speakers due to their load characteristics would be better served by something other than a SET amplifier, any component has its limits of application. In this case Tb... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Schbert,Hello, well it really depends (how often is that the case? nearly always). Tboooe has expressed interest in a SET and this caught my attention, I honestly think he's going in the right ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Shindo/Altec/GarrardBnrlaw,Congratulations, your system looks beautiful and I would guess sounds even better. The Shindo -Line Magnetic speaker combo has to be heavenly and thoroughly engaging. Charles, posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Some poignant observations in Steve's review.1) width and depth of the sound stage noticeably expanded.2) Sound became more 3 dimensional and palpable. 3) Bass was controlled with pace ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Hi Tboooe,That review could have been written by me in regards to his experience of SET vs SS amps( maybe he's my lost twin brother? ) I know precisely where he's coming from. It all is really ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...John,They're made in Ontario (Toronto area).Charles, posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,If you've seen this my apologies. Stevehuffphoto .com has a very interesting review of the SF Evolutions driven by yep, the LM 518! He loves the match and compares it with the Musical Fi... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Good choice! Another one is the Canadian company Coincident. They have a 845 SET integrated amplifier that's also a big strong bruiser with very good transformers and power supply. Makes a good com... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,The LM 218 uses el84 as the output tube and the LM 219i uses the 845 (bigger transmission type tube). My gut (I could be off base) tells me the rugged and strong 845 tube would probably ... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,Often times people don't use as much power during most listening sessions as they think. A robust 845 SET amp has good headroom reserve as well. Much depends on listening levels, room si... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Hi John,That Allnic has a good word of mouth reputation and is noted for having good drive and dynamics. If your speaker has a relatively benign load and no steep phase angles the Allnic is a p... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Hi Tbooose,Hey, thanks for your kind comments. Yep the objective is to own the components that you'll love to listen to often and keep for many happy years. SET amplifiers can be a complete joy... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
Trying Not To Be An Audiophile...Tboooe,I enjoyed reading your speaker comparison and I for one appreciate your perspective and philosophical base. Most important you have to trust your ears and how you react spontaneously, th... posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Pradeep,Just about every one I listed was originally released on LP. If you can't find them on vinyl, believe me the CD versions sound quite fine. posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Pradeep,I have to definitely recommend Sarah Vaughan "How Long Has This Been Going On?" This one I prefer over "Crazy and Mixed up"by her. Charles, posted over 12 years ago | View comment | |
SET bliss/Jazz Haven (In my home).Correction,"Helen Merrill" also features the great Clifford Brown. posted over 12 years ago | View comment |