Yup, she’s pretty tolerant, but the look on Rachel’s face when two guys scuttled in with a 2001 Space Oditty prop was scary. I’ll stick on a couple of the tracks from the who, she will smile when she hears Keith Moon smashing some drums.Lol , best line on WBF period![]()
Dying time Brought tears to my eyes. This is what this hobby is about, a love of music and that emotion when a piece comes alive. A good system will reveal more and make that emotion so much stronger. Now find me a quality recording of that concert please so I can Babble like a Baby.yes it demonstrates that damn well. Look up Earl's Court 1975 on youtube, where starting mid-way into the song it becomes clear how they are feeding off each other and how in the end they keep pushing each other.
yes it demonstrates that damn well. Look up Earl's Court 1975 on youtube, where starting mid-way into the song it becomes clear how they are feeding off each other and how in the end they keep pushing each other.
I remember the first time i made a girl cry.Yup, she’s pretty tolerant, but the look on Rachel’s face when two guys scuttled in with a 2001 Space Oditty prop was scary. I’ll stick on a couple of the tracks from the who, she will smile when she hears Keith Moon smashing some drums.
Congratulations! As someone who owned Gryphon for 12 consecutive years (including the original Antileon)...I can say that the sound of pure Class A has stayed with me and our system. Welcome to it!View attachment 152237
First impressions are, who needs two kidneys anyway!
It is really overkill for me, wife is looking really pissed, but tolerating and she thinks it’s on loan.
It is a real shock as to how much can be pulled out of those TAD speakers when the that amp squeezes tight their short and curlies. The bass is sublime, not overpowering but defined. For example I thought I could hear somebody’s engine on idle outside, bopping on occasion, very faint, but there. Put the track on pause and it had gone. I’ve never encountered bass with such detail, even with the essence.
Ok I thought this was going to end like and the music from the speakers as she lay in your arms brought tears to her eyesI remember the first time i made a girl cry.I moved a pair of Martin Logan CLS speakers into our one bedroom apartment.
@UrbinatorThey have been a part of my journey, I had on loan the TAD M2500 for a month, wife did not like it, she described it as too revealing, which roughly translates to makes shit sound worse. I found them too defined, not musical enough.
I’ll be honest I did not explore further, and was tempted by the monoblocks. I love my speakers, but have never gelled with their amps.
Not so much of an opinion as experience, so appreciate your respect, but I’m a grown lad and can take it@Urbinator
While I respect your opinion, it may be that the preamp you had the M2500 paired with was not a good match. I can honestly say that my setup sounds nothing like what you are saying you heard. You may want to check out the M2500/C2000 pairing, it works very musically for me. And you can probably get them at a great price now.
I've heard the older TAD monoblocks and reference preamp with the R1s and they were super good but out of my comfort zone financially. @Amir has a full TAD setup with the reference components and he speaks very highly of it. Maybe he'll come in here and comment.
Regards
Agree, there have been a number of issues, partly to do with the room, which is now much better. I also feel that this Jorma Speaker and interconnect cables were compounding things.@Urbinator
There are many things that change the sound so the subject is so complex.
I think TAD speaker is 100% OK (match) with TAD amplifier in proper setup. TAD systems are not bright and if you feel TAD is “too revealing” I think there is a problem in system setup.
Room acoustics, speaker position, ac polarity, low quality digital source, low quality ac power, low quality cd record, all can change the sound.
You can also listen to class A amplification and let me know what was your feeling.
Compared to tubes, I feel most solid state veers towards the brighter leaner side with threadbare harmonics. But that’s the trade off. If you want a richer sound with fleshed out instruments, tubes are unmatched. I’ve been comparing solid state and tubes for 40 years. It’s never been any different.TAD needs two things - POWER and LOVE
Mola Mola makes great products, but they're certainly on the more leaner and analytical side which might not be the best choice for TAD speakers which do not add much or anything of their own.
We've had great results with amplification from Pilium, Ypsilon and Accuphase here. I can also imagine WestminsterLab Rei (Class A in chassis not much bigger than the Mola Mola Kaluga) to be a strong contender.
/ Marcus
Compared to tubes, I feel most solid state veers towards the brighter leaner side with threadbare harmonics. But that’s the trade off. If you want a richer sound with fleshed out instruments, tubes are unmatched. I’ve been comparing solid state and tubes for 40 years. It’s never been any different.
The Mola Mola DAC in the MAKUA preamp is fabulous, but it’s not going to sound like my Lampizator Pacific. Direct heated triodes give you a 3D sound that solid state is not going to do. HP said as much 40 years ago when I read TAS in my formative years. Nothing has changed since those days.
She should’ve known better than to start a “me or the speakers” argument with an audiophile—some battles are already lost.I remember the first time i made a girl cry.I moved a pair of Martin Logan CLS speakers into our one bedroom apartment. She insisted it looked like 2 ekstra doors in the middle of the room.The relationship did not last long after that. Sweet memories of my first pair of electrostatic speakers and first girlfriend. I still have the speakers upstairs, they have aged well and are still beautiful !
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She kicked me and my speakers out, as far as i remember.She should’ve known better than to start a “me or the speakers” argument with an audiophile—some battles are already lost.![]()
Your loss fashion’s gain.She kicked me and my speakers out, as far as i remember.She became a fashion model right after, her first big campaign landed a very large billboard on the most exclusive square in Copenhagen. I had the pleasure of "seeing" my first love that way every day for about a year !
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