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In Reply to: RE: "In the context of my system ..." posted by morricab on January 13, 2015 at 08:25:45

I got quickly bothered by the LaScala's beamy midrange horn and rough response. But I didn't want to give up on them. I'm very happy about the outcome, they are as dynamic as ever, but are now much smoother, with a wider sweet spot, much better imaging, and above all they're now truly resolving and transparent as opposed to just "sensitive" and "difficult" as they were before, if you see what i mean (letting you hear more of the music and the recording instead of being just amplifier-picky - wich they still are)

The preamp is great, but it has quite a lot of gain wich proved problematic when used with some other power amplifiers but strangely enough seems to match perfectly with the little T-amp. That was my biggest fear. I'm joining a link to some internet pictures of it, if you care to have a look.

I've read about the "lampizated" kenwood already, I would love to do that indeed, problem is I'm not so good with a soldering iron (yet)... changing big caps on a board I might learn to do, but this seems to be more difficult with smaller parts involved, smaller PCB tracks... one day maybe, or i should find someone handy to do it for me.

To answer one of your previous posts (that for some reason I hadn't seen), no I never tried SET amps, budget and practicality (other, non-audiophile people using the system) make it an impossibility so far. Right now very happy with what I have ;)
http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649092422-kornampmacway_s (Open in New Window)

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RE: "In the context of my system ..." - morricab 01:13:43 01/14/15 (2)
I have a Kinergetics KCD-55 Ultra DAC from the early 90s that uses the rare and expensive UltraAnalog 20 bit DAC modules (it made this model nearly double the price of it's sister that used the also very good Burr Brown PCM-63K DAC). BUT the output stage broke. So now I have a Lampizator Amber output stage that I am tapping off of the DACs. I haven't got it all working yet (some technical issues) but I think it is gonna be my last DAC. I also have the Monarchy Audio M24 DAC, which is also superb (BB PCM63K chips tube output, no opamps or transistors) but I think the Kinergetics will beat it.

I have Odeon "La Boheme" speakers, which use a folded horn and a 1 inch compression driver for the tweeter but in a spherical wooden horn. As near as I can tell this results in close to zero coloration form the horn...it is probably the best I have heard from a horn in that regard. They are a bit lower in sensitivity than the Klipsch (98 vs 104) but it still takes but a few watts to get LOUD. I run either a parallel SET with 300B tubes (JJ 322) or my NAT Symbiosis SET hybrid. The NAT is a bit overdamping the speakers so it is a bit leaner sounding with this amp and the JJ is fuller sounding. Horns really don't need the amp to make a lot of damping.
- RE: "In the context of my system ..." - A.Wayne 07:54:49 01/18/15 (1)
  I have a Kinergetics KCD-55 Ultra DAC from the early 90s that uses the rare and expensive UltraAnalog 20 bit DAC modules (it made this model nearly double the price of it's sister that used the also very good Burr Brown PCM-63K DAC). BUT the output stage broke. So now I have a Lampizator Amber output stage that I am tapping off of the DACs. I haven't got it all working yet (some technical issues) but I think it is gonna be my last DAC. I also have the Monarchy Audio M24 DAC, which is also superb (BB PCM63K chips tube output, no opamps or transistors) but I think the Kinergetics will beat it. - morricab
  
  I have a Stax quattro 2 CDP from that era that I was very fond of , very non digital sounding ....havent used in years , should re-cap and give it a go again ...
  Regards
  
  Edits: 01/18/15
  - RE: "In the context of my system ..." - morricab 11:53:49 01/18/15 (0)
    I was looking into that one but I found out that the Ultraanalog digital receivers went Kablooey after some years due to overheating, so I have steered away now from models that used it. Apparently they were great until they died.

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