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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Marantz & Bidat by de charlus on 2013-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
The "Super Mod" The Bidat was originally designed with 3 separate crystal-based voltage controlled oscillators. This was unique because we had the crystals specially made to be 'pull-able' ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers by Paul S on 2012-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
This report is on a new pair of Marantz MA-9S2s, following up on the relevant post in the "Powerful Amplifiers" thread.  I installed the amps in my usual stereo set-up, to make it easier to draw a bead on them.  I still have less than 100 hours on th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: 1st, Read the Owner's Manual (Stupid) by Paul S on 2012-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
OK, back to the meter on the Marantz: It actually reads +/- "exponentially", so "1/2 way" is more like 6 Watts, with the little spikes above "1/2" making it to 30 Watts.  Not 300 Watts.  This dispels the "mystery" of the ML2 playing the same stack at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Usual Mysteries; Long wait; No BS by Paul S on 2014-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
OK, I took both amps to the "local" authorized repair station, only 1 hour and 45 minutes away, and after a long wait they told me Marantz had some sort patent fix for whatever it was, and they'd do it to both amps, but they had to wait for parts fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Wisdom! by twogoodears on 2009-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Very wise, Roman... I - myself and my wallet - both must agree about your feelings and opinions... I've been into tube collecting since early '80s and what I guessed was dear (ITL 50.000 (about EUR 25) for an AD1 or "Luftwaffe" RE604 is now a TRUE ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Emmlabs weekend by de charlus on 2013-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
Romy,Well, in the course of a weekend I typically listen to a lot of music, but there are a few favorite CDs that I like to use when trying to evaluate things:Piano Music of Chopin, Brahms & Prokofiev, Lincoln Mayorga, Sheffield Lab SL505The Lein...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Dominic you provided the answer yourself it seems... by Gregm on 2007-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[quote]If it weren't for the fact that i'm loathe to rehabilitate my marantz gear i'd just as soon collect the parts for a 4-way melq setup over the next couple years and just listen to good music in the meantime. To reiterate; what i want to do righ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: All In by Paul S on 2012-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
The MA-9S2 center channel turned out to be good enough that I have gone whole hog and bought another (new) pair.  I think Marantz (Japan) has discontinued the amp (at least for US distribution), and I did not want to let them slip away.  I will write...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Military Intelligence? by Paul S on 2023-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
"High-efficiency electrostatic speakers"??? Is this not an oxymoron? My friend, Mark, who sometimes visits and posts in this form, has gigantic Sound Lab 'stats. He hates SS, and he uses VTL Wotan tube amps to drive them, 1.200W per channel, and it p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry by hagtech on 2006-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I finally got around to reading this issue.  What suprised me even more than the horns were some of the comments in the interview / round table discussion they had with some dude from Wilson, one from Overture, and another guy.  Big honchos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Care and Feeding of Lowther: How Much Power is Too Much? by Paul S on 2012-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
It just ocurred to me to stir things up by posting here about the fact that my own DEBZs (somehow) absorbed 600W peaks during a recent Mahler 3 frenzy. I remember reading somewhere that some owners of the biggest Horning speakers would run them at 12...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: AMR & Museatex by de charlus on 2013-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
Thank you. This is something that I can look into locally, so that's great. Romy, does your Bidat have the upgrades that John Wright speaks of above, or is it virgin, so to speak? If the latter, do you find such claims - with upgrades, "the best DAC ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1833: Parts and Wholes; Limits and Options by Paul S on 2022-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Agree that it seems more people complain about grid power in US. Also agree that a "good" power supply is just that. Still, it seems like a good idea to have a good power supply as part of a "good" amp (or, whatever...). Some of the "best" amps I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: If You Build It, They Will Come by Paul S on 2012-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Or: Buy a new hammer and - for a while, anyway -  everywhere you look, there's something that calls for a hammer.The electricity today was shite (thanks, Smart Grid!), but I none the less enjoyed some of the music I played.  While playing Brahms' PC2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Looking at "vintage" integrateds by Antonio J. on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
I owned a Luxman LV-117 which I found pretty "right" musically driving some 93dB/w/m JBL's I had eons ago. In its time, there was a LV-103 which was also well regarded, but that I never listened to, so I cannot talk about it. They can ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Care to explore my route? by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-16 
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It sound like the Emmlabs I heard before. A few things. I am not familiar with Marantz CD5004 but I am pretty sure that it is not TL0, in fact nothing most likely is. If you use TL0 then it will be very different result as TL0 push a LOT of more out ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Tuna Fever (Full of Caps) by Paul S on 2008-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
Romy, this is quite interesting; supposedly, the Marantz 10B was a knock-off of this, if I recall the lore correctly.Of course you will give this Grande Dame ('54 - '55 ?) a fair shot with some new parts, apropos?  Especially new caps?I have out...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Rise Times and Jobbers by Paul S on 2012-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
One of the reasons cited for using several smaller caps is rise/cycle time, versus 1 large cap.  I understand it is also easier to wind the smaller caps to the desired high-zoot specs.  Muse caps are said to have very low rates of failure, compared t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Why Keep Fighting It? by Paul S on 2013-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
It's all about Program, right?  What are you mostly watching/listening to?  Make it easy on yourself. Look at the Marantz stuff, and do not expect top 2-channel sound quality.  Surely, there is comfortable spot between slavish acceptance of inferior ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: That would be good news by steverino on 2019-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD player of today… 20 years after TL0 in Didital Things  32 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]John, my technician, his name is Dariusz, tested the original laser and the aftermarket that we got from eBay and he insisted that there is no difference and there was no need to change it at all, at least in my case....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Electrovoice t350 repair for this dummy..... by beng on 2014-09-03 
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      Hi all,                  I have a t350 horn that I recently got out of an old cabinet at a junk shop which does not work. If I connect it to my Marantz 1030 amp it will only play very faintly as if you are listening to cheap earphones laying on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: 20% Market (at Best) by Paul S on 2014-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
Yes, the reality of the Marketplace is stark: ~20% of the people have some money to spend after necessities are met, and 80% have little or no "extra" money. It seems obvious that more "free" money is available as one moves up the income slope, and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Same impressions here by Antonio J. on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
You and I must be of the very few that find CD-R copied discs sounding worse than an original CD, most people find no differences or better sound in copied discs.I have a Marantz Pro recorder (631 I believe) and as a transport is pure crap, not even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Merchants by Paul S on 2013-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
de Charlus, the wine guy I have mostly dealt with for years is supposedly from "The Bay Area", but he was staked by his parents to a business in Rancho Santa Fe, where he caters mostly to the nouveau riche, who happily gobble up anything Parker likes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Cool plan! by mats on 2011-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Too late now for points, but just the other day I tried to imagine your plan. and I was pretty close.Actually, it is a bit like what I have going now;  15" Eminence bass guitarr woofers in a sealed 3 cu ft cabinet,Oris 150 with 8" B&C midrange dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Unravelling the Mix by Paul S on 2012-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
OK, I have one foot back in the water again, a hand-me-down monoblock from a "well-respected movie sound producer", to whom I am connected through dear friends.  Like most "sound professionals", he is fairly dismissive of the way "we" hi-fi nerds go ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Golden age by steverino on 2013-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD player of today… 20 years after TL0 in Didital Things  32 Replies 
It is one of those curious facts that Golden Ages generally occur quite early in the process of some domain of activity and then things slowly go downhill. In other words the Golden Age is followed by the Silver Age then the Bronze Age then the Slag ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Does tube preamplifier VTL would add tube sound to system by muddasir on 2010-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does tube preamplifier VTL would add tube sound to system in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Hi there every one.A brief about system. Marantz transport---Acustic Arts DAC II-----Krell HRC preamp-----Krell FPB 600 class A amp---B&W 802.Previously i  had a pair of carry 805 SET amps which drived Klipsch KLF 30 any how i was getting a good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Back EMF, Ohm's Law, Amps, and The Can by Paul S on 2023-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Robin, I have had recurring thoughts about speaker/crossover/amp "compatibility", and I wound up on the shoals of back EMF. You pointedly mentioned BL, and, on the one hand, you are "right". At the same time, an "easier" (high BL) circuit can very qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Higher power by Amir on 2023-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]"High-efficiency electrostatic speakers"??? Is this not an oxymoron? My friend, Mark, who sometimes visits and posts in this form, has gigantic Sound Lab 'stats. He hates SS, and he uses VTL Wotan tube amps to drive them, 1.200W ...
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