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March 4, 2016, 12:48 AM #101
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March 4, 2016, 01:07 AM #102
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Re: Air Tight is calling me.....
Maybe I am just trying to get you to broaden your horizons and hear something new and different, wallets aside. But on another note, I think you will love the AT gear. I would love an ATM-2 at some point.
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March 4, 2016, 01:11 AM #103
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I will definitely check them out. Promise and you will be first one to know how I like them.
I heard numerous times with ATM2. Great amp and one of best KT88 amp in the market.
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March 4, 2016, 05:57 PM #104
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Paul- do you still have the Tannoys or just the Harbeth 40.1s?
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March 4, 2016, 06:40 PM #105
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March 4, 2016, 07:40 PM #106
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March 5, 2016, 01:45 AM #107
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So Paul,
How the Air Tight's are doing ?Shindo, Nagra, Electrocompaniet, Harbeth, AMR, Mc Intosh, Auditorium 23, Rega, DeVore, JC Verdier, WireWorld, Kimber
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March 5, 2016, 11:56 AM #108
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March 5, 2016, 07:49 PM #109
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Tannoy Westminster GR and ST-200 Supertweeter, Finale Audio 300B Mono's, Thoress Full Function Preamp, Thoress 845 Mono's, Found Music 2A3 Mono's, , Line Magnetic 219IA, Lumin A1, Lumin U1, EMM Labs DAC-2X, Lampizator Golden Atlantic DAC, Sansui TU-717, Kenwood KT-7500, Belden 8402 IC's, Duelund 16GA speaker wire
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March 5, 2016, 07:51 PM #110
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March 6, 2016, 02:04 AM #111
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March 6, 2016, 02:14 AM #112
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Beautiful gear Paul.
I often think about the Air Tight 211 amps. Oh boyFleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
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March 6, 2016, 02:43 AM #113
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March 6, 2016, 02:45 AM #114
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Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
Job INTegrated. Luxman L-595aSE
NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
Burmester 948, McIntosh MCLK12, Kimber Kable, Siltech, Cardas, Avanti Audio cables.
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March 6, 2016, 02:55 AM #115
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Since you told me about this JBL I've been searching everywhere over the net. Sigh
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March 6, 2016, 03:02 AM #116
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Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
Job INTegrated. Luxman L-595aSE
NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
Burmester 948, McIntosh MCLK12, Kimber Kable, Siltech, Cardas, Avanti Audio cables.
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March 6, 2016, 03:09 AM #117
Air Tight is calling me.....
Get that with 211 Airtight !!!
I can't even sleep still listening to my Air Tight Joe
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March 6, 2016, 03:19 AM #118
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Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
Job INTegrated. Luxman L-595aSE
NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
Burmester 948, McIntosh MCLK12, Kimber Kable, Siltech, Cardas, Avanti Audio cables.
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March 6, 2016, 03:50 AM #119
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Hello Paul,
Congrats ! I am happy for you that you found a sound that you prefer to the sound you had with the Shindo's.
Saying though that you prefer the AT to the Shindo is not fair imho for at least 2 serious reasons.
- you did not have the AT and the Shindo's at the same time with the same speakers. You should state that you prefer the sound of your "system" now. I can say without any doubt possible that the CCQs were better than my MC2301s on the Wilson WP8's because I had both amps at the same time, during one year.
Yes, time is an important factor too imho. Shindo becomes addictive with time.
Many other amps will impress more on a direct a/b comparison. The real question is : what are your feelings after weeks/ months / years of listening ? Always for me it ended up this way : the Shindo's are more balanced and relaxed. More natural sounding than all the other amps I got. By comparison, my other amps tend to become tiring with time.
- you know that Shindo amps can be very good with many speakers others than the ones they are specifically designed for but that is like a lottery game. Anyway, the best you get when you "win" is a very good sound. That is what you and me got with our speakers.
Shindo shines really and gives you a very high end sound with Altec based speakers. As Jonathan and others said always and many times, they need very low mass paper cones drivers, without any rubber suspension, high eff and very high impedances.Shindo, Nagra, Electrocompaniet, Harbeth, AMR, Mc Intosh, Auditorium 23, Rega, DeVore, JC Verdier, WireWorld, Kimber
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March 6, 2016, 08:10 AM #120
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Looking good Paul! A friend of mine just got the JBL's I'm going to hear them in a couple of weeks.
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March 6, 2016, 10:02 AM #121
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Thanks Art. Let us know how you like the JBL speakers.
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March 6, 2016, 12:20 PM #122Fleetwood Deville by Oswald Mills Audio, Vienna Acoustics Haydn Jubilee, Wharfedale Linton w/ stands, Klipsch RB-75, Klipsch RP-160M.
Job INTegrated. Luxman L-595aSE
NAD C 658 streamer.
First Watt SIT-3, Job 250 Monos, NuForce STA200, AkitikA GT-102 amp, ASL Wave monos, Dennis Had 45 monos. Absolute Audio Labs PCF 25 amp (improved First Watt F7 super clone)
Topping D90, RME Audio ADI-2 DAC FS, ModWright Ultimate Sony XA-5400ES.
Burmester 948, McIntosh MCLK12, Kimber Kable, Siltech, Cardas, Avanti Audio cables.
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March 6, 2016, 01:06 PM #123Avanti Audio
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March 6, 2016, 06:53 PM #124
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March 7, 2016, 11:57 PM #125
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Congrats Paul.
Beautifull gear and upgrade. Hope u have lots of joyfull time with it.
Made me think of my old days with my ATM2 /KONDO DAC and Burmester 808 MK3 Ref. Preamp setting.
The good old days
still sorry I sold the AIRTIGHT. ATM2.
Cheers from Holland.
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March 8, 2016, 01:50 AM #126
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Thanks Mazzialk.
Wonder I should do some tube rolling or not
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March 8, 2016, 01:37 PM #127
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September 5, 2016, 06:16 PM #128
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hello,
I have Air Tght ATM3 amps and ATE2 for many years. I can say tube rolling with god NOS is very rewarding for better sound. The association of different tubes with different characteristics is a hard work to do on a rather long period of time. Once your tune in balanced to your sound preference your in haeven.
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September 13, 2016, 09:00 AM #130
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Hello Paul,
sorry for the late answer. When I bought mine, 20 years ago, AT didn't made or branded his own tubes.
Before get the funds for buying mines, I saw some arrived at my prefered hi fi shop with Sovteks, some equiped with Mullards from the last generation (unfortunately not the best sounding) and many many equipped with AEG.
Mine were with AEG as a lot after that because AT bought at that time many new unused AEG EL34 speaking. 12ax7 and 12 au7 were Mullards branded Siemens.
For EL 34 the best sounding tubes (in my system and for my tastes) were Mullards XF2 OO. They can be branded in either Mullard, Siemens, Miniwatt, Valvo, Amperex...etc. they are all made in Blackburn Mullard factory if the acid code is B (for Blackburn followed by a number for the year a letter for the month and anither number for the week of the month they were made.
AEG work great but don't have the force and finesse of the Mullards. C SED were good for the medium but not as detailed as AEG. The Siemens (made in ex Yugoslavia seems a bit harsh).
AEG were made in East Germany by RFT. RFT was building his own tubes and also for many others (Telefunken, Siemens, AEG, Haltron etc.). It seems the tolerances were not the same for all but I don't have evidence for that.
The little tubes 12 au and 12 ax I tried many and it appears you can tweak the sound. At that time I use Tesla E83cc (same as ecc803s telef) with CIFTE WAH 5* EAMR (établissement armé du matériel radar).
The choice is very dependant also with the tubes you have in the pre. It's been very long to adjust for me. I've been hleped by a friend of mine that had the same ATM3, so we have compared, talked about exchanged tubes and advices.
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May 9, 2017, 02:29 PM #133
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Gorgeous amps - have always wanted to try a pair of the 211s.
Brinkmann Bardo w/ EMT HSD-006 cart, MSB Reference DAC --> Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL --> Ampzilla 2000, 2nd Edition --> Fyne Audio F1-12
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May 9, 2017, 11:53 PM #134
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Those 211's are great amps. Pair them with the right speakers and you are done, excpet for tube shopping.
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June 28, 2017, 06:19 AM #135
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Air Tight ATC-2 & ATM-2 unboxing
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June 28, 2017, 06:43 AM #136
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really nice system.
sometime i wish i could "beam" myself to another place to listen to that hifi...
cheers
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August 10, 2017, 02:48 AM #137
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For now review is only in Polish, but we put there a lot of photos which are multilingual;-)
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August 10, 2017, 04:59 AM #138
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The ATE-2005 is only a 5.5k (GBP) phono and easily outdid a 12k Music First phono with Kuzma Stabi M and a 1500 quid Transfig cart. Does anyone have any other compare points on ATE 2005
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