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Kef Blades nice one! Congrats mate. That will be quite different to Maggie's and will probably fill in certain frequencies that the Maggie's tend to miss. Due to the pure ribbon tweeters operating on another stratosphere and the rest of the panel on another platform, certain frequencies are missed o...

Cheers JB mate. BTW, how's that ET5 singing along... should quite mighty fine with your Prem12's.

Have things opened up nicely, and are you getting more of the recording... rather than artifices or enhanced things.
Step above the Rogue?

Hope it's going well mate, enjoy those fine tunes!
Woof! RJ

Correct! Win or lose, we booze!

Not to worry AJ matey, things will turn out just fine. These are a few pending issues that require some ironing out...

Cheers, RJ

*Note*!!!
Each time someone else says "woof!" They have to pay me royalty fees... The "woof" is my line. Thanks

Woof!
RJ

This very topic of changing from 6550's to KT120's has been covered in several threads under the Amplifier tabs. Just go through any of those and there's a wealth of info. I wouldn't say that the KT120's are better, although on specs they're superior tubes. The character of the KT120 is such that it...

Ah! Good one Robbo mate. Yes, I understand your point... I was just making light of it, especially the 100yr saying. We definitely don't want to see looney Putin around for too long. He's caused such a global disaster, not just Ukraine. The silly bugger has to go or got rid of! Absolutely correct on...

100 years...!!! Tubes only last between 6 - 7 years, might be able to push to 10 without serious degradation but even then, I would like to replace them within their required time so that everything is in proper spec. Yes, I certainly hope that Putin accidentally falls down a cliff or something like...

It's not going to get any sweeter... at the G7 summit, which was held just now, all the leaders decided to impose further sanctions on Russia. There was supposed to be a Quad meeting held in Aus between US, Japan, UK and India but it didn't go through because Joe Biden had to head back home to sort ...

Yes that's a good point comparing the prices on both ET preamps. Between the two, and I've owned the ET3SE and auditioned the ET6, comparing side by side, I/ we could handle tell the difference. We had to concentrate really hard and play certain tracks over to properly ascertain the improvement if a...

Ah! Good one Jasmine, must have suddenly fallen off the chair after running out of make-up or filing her 💅... That pricing sounds about right. There was another chap here in Aus-land, who got his ET3 upgraded to the SE version and fitted with phonostage. It's sounding quite good, and he's happy as! ...

Ah! Finally we have arrived. That's fantastic news on the TT rig, and I'm not surprised that it surpasses the digital rig at this level. Overall, digital has come a long way from those awful digital flaws I've experienced since the 89/90's but it still has more to improve. Even when I first heard th...

Correct! I've sort of finalised my list of SS amps... in time to come. Right now, I'm listening to the system with the Pass Labs XA160.8 monoblocks, superb!!!👌 100w plus pure Class A finesse, crazy power! Just like those Relentless amps. However, at the end of the day, still my overall performance i...

Oh yeah! Whenever I get the chance to meet my good mate in Spore, that one demo with those huge impressive Relentless monoblocks driving the mighty Maggie 30.7's was the highlight of those amp's capabilities. Totally different league when driving such large panels, and those require tremendous contr...

Yep, like I said ARC is far too valuable to lose. It's not just another amp brand... it's far far more than that and beyond! As far as I'm aware, there were quite a number queuing up to own ( even one of my very close associates put his hand up), however they wanted to choose the right fit. Can't bl...

It's a bit funny that this thread started out as whether or not CJ is still in business... then ARC nearly went bust and all sorts of speculations were flying haywire like a thunder storm, and now we're talking about AC mains...uh? Anyway, getting back to the original question, yes CJ is very much s...

There are no 10 amp lines in the USA. Our standard is 120 VAC, and minimum code for a house is 15 amp to each outlet. That’s only 1800 Watts. Because of efficiency issues, the regenerator will be lucky to put out about 1500 Watts. It may be plenty, but on a 20 amp line, there’s no debate. Yes, I'm ...

Yes, that's correct on those sort of devices. Including the ones I've used before at our apartment few years ago. The load from two monoblocks would crank the power conditioner all the way to nearly full capacity! So the wattage draw showing on such devices is correct. After all, there's a lot of ad...

Yep, certainly is! All is well in ARC-ville...
And good night.
RJ

Just stick with the ET5, and enjoy it to the fullest. There's really no point in looking at a GAT series preamp, simply because the Prem12's aren't going to sound like any of CJ's LP or ART series amplifiers. If you are considering the GAT route then also be prepared to upgrade the power amps, other...

All is well, not to worry.

Now let's all get back to our fine tunes.
Cheers, RJ