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Also as much as I've always sworn by 100% tubes maybe a good hybrid approach seems to work with the 3.7's... ie a musical tube pre paired up with a good transparent (but none too analytical) SS amp... sounds good anyways and noticing a bit of a trend with these :-) Graham Last edited by audiot servant; 12-05-2011 at 04:20 AM. |
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Well isn't that a doozy. Graham, I was about to suggest the Sanders Magtech until I looked at your signature & I see you are an educated man too. From Bill Mclean is it?
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I've for whatever reason, as a long time owner of Apogee's, then 1.6s then 3.6s, now 3.7's, gotten hooked on using big SS amps that are as neutral sounding as possible for driving the planars. Then I tailor the sound with the preamp, cables, etc.etc...in my case an ET5, which seems to have just the right amount of detail with still preserving a bit of that tube "mellowness". is to my sense at least, just right. Looking back, the JC-1s absolutely blow my old Primare A32 away. I never thought I'd say that, as it took me months to realize it. Still though I would like to try a big nasty set of tube pwr amps at some point! Last edited by Rayooo; 12-05-2011 at 06:16 PM. |
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+ 250 (ARC REF that is)... good to have a dream as a bit of a fallback. Last edited by audiot servant; 12-05-2011 at 08:58 PM. |
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Well the cast resistors are in, have been for a week now.. and I've been fighting making this comment for just about that long.
Every ounce of logic or reason would tell me that replacing a 1ohm Mills resistor with a 1 ohm Duelund CAST resistor would result in a difference unmeasurable and undetectable in this universe. Unfortunately, I can't say that. I would swear, after a week of listening, that I could absolutely detect a difference. On top of that admission, I'd be tempted to leave it at that and not make a judgement to whether the difference is in fact an improvement. Well, it is, at least in my opinion. As was stated in an earlier post, the next level of transparency was achieved. |
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Happy Holiday Sal
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Interesting and informative posts, gentlemen. Thank you.
I bypasssed the tweeter attenuators on my 3.6's and bi-wired them, so never care about the resistors/jumpers that came with. Since the 3.7's got different design, your info will be useful because I've placed an order for them (almost 6 months) already. |
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