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In Reply to: RE: Cary vs Mcintosh vs Aesthetix. posted by fantja on December 05, 2014 at 05:10:17
I have read a few comments that the Aesthetix is not engineered properly. The result is excessive noise when certain tubes are used. Aesthetix now only recommends certain tubes for the unit? Has anyone experienced this?
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I'd like to read what else the idiots have to say.
well, not to spoil the party, what does "well engineered" mean? it's one thing to have heard a preamp or whatever at a show or a in a friend's system, but what mantle of authority gives one the power to decide a unit is "well engineered" or not well engineered? plenty of very opinionated "engineers" post here, and have wildly controversial opinions. sorry, i don't buy it. if it sounds good to you, there you go -- somehow or other the piece is designed and executed to get you there, in your room and with your other gear, but identifying it as "well engineered" is, in my view, meaningless.
Agreed...and synergy is a big factor too. Don't think you can just pop an expensive pre in a system and achieve Nirvana. I'll get flamed for this but I found that a pre from the same manufacturer as the amp is oftem the better choice.
Excellent point, SETdude. Do not forget those cables/power cords as well.
Of course Storm is simply recalling a comment. To that, is one looking for a tool to roll tubes or a preamplifier designed for maximum performance around a specific set of tubes?
Lets not forget one of the most popular for the money preamps. The Audible Illusions M3A gained a reputation for destroying some rolled tubes and it still seems popular to some. Even though I disliked most of the other aspects of the AI design/support, I did enjoyed their presentation (for the money) with the original tubes. In my case the tubes outlasted the attenuators. Learning later that the AI was an economically scaled down Bruce Moore design of the Companion preamplifier.
Too many armchair engineers. Don't believe everything you read.
Dan Santoni
IMHO
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