Thanks Amir. I can relate to that - experiences are necessary to understand all those points. I have now sold my tubes preamp & power amps to stick to my original TAD pre / power combo. I just kept a tube DAC besides my TAD CD/DAC. While I'm usually using XLR connections for all my gears, for my...
I also find that the Heléne sounds best on RCA output (while I use XLR for all my other gears) - more dynamic, wider soundstage and more transparent. I don't know why honestly... Maybe the XLR output uses a transfo and the RCA is more "pure" ?
I have KIMBER KABLE KS 3038 speaker cables (Pure Silver) that I use on my smaller TAD ME1 and they are very good. Maybe not as good as cables like Skogrand but their prices are really too high
I went through your 4 parts review (twice) and it's truly extremely interesting and very well written. I'm also considering changing my Aurender W20 for a LDMS Minimax. I'm currently in communication with Lucas and may have the chance to experience a home demo in my system before pulling the...
I had the same dilemma than you and unfortunately there is no black and white answer. A matching CHP preamp for your CHP power amp will ensure that you will have perfect hifi synergie while an AC Preamp could potentially bring you higher in musicality.... I ended buying both (the matching TAD...
You can easily try the premium models from Kimber / Inakustik / Nordost / Kondo / Kharma / … All silver. I'm also in Paris and using the TAD CR1-tx and I can ensure that there is no matching / brightness issue with the beryllium tweeter. Regarding Waycables better to contact them directly...
During my almost 10 years experience with TAD, I have always felt that qualitative silver speaker cables are overall a better match for TAD Speakers. Not saying that cooper cables are not good but silver cables often bring an increase of speed, articulation, refinement, airiness and fluidity to...
I can understand your conclusion if this is what you heard. From my side I have moved from Wilson Audio (WP8 / Alexia) to TAD being impressed by their clarity, dynamics and tonality. I guess that finding a sound that allows us to connect with the emotion of the original performance is the key of...
I’m sure that the Stenheim Ref U2 are amazing speakers, I never had the opportunity to compare it to the TAD R1tx and I let you the conclusion of their superiority if you did the listening test.
I can relate to the inefficiency @90dB and the needs for powerful amps to drive the R1tx even the...