audioquest king cobra's
soundfreak1
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Put a pair in last night between my pre and the amp ( see main rig ) heard an imediate diff but wasent sure if in my head or ears! This morning my wife came into my " man cave" and asked if i did somethind new to my system? Said the bass was comming into her room and shaking her bed! LOL. So i guess the bass extention and depth have truly improved as she had no idea i did anything new!!! Killed two birds with one stone, better sound and pissed the wife off at same time!! This IS a good day to die!
Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable
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No day is a good day to die -- just think of all the great sound you'd miss!
On the other hand, who knows what's on the other side. Perhaps, great harp music!
I've used King Cobra's with good results for quite awhile, and my wife noticed the difference, too, when I installed my first pair.
Some things are worth money, and other thing are priceless!
Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One. -
So true so true. I seldom get to her without an overt act, this is satisfiying in so many ways and many levels.i know i will pay down the road but its fun while it lasts.Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
Hey moose just noticed your sig. Im looking at a perreaux sm2 pre, can you tell me about your exp with yours! Please!Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
soundfreak1 wrote: »Hey moose just noticed your sig. Im looking at a perreaux sm2 pre, can you tell me about your exp with yours! Please!
soundfreak1, I've been happy with Perreaux electronics for almost 25 years, including amps and preamps from various generations of their products. They have great build quality and, IMHO, reproduce sound with accuracy and precision.
With respect to the SM2 preamp, I have never used it. I have two SA33s, that I no longer use and an SM6P and an SM6P MKII that I now use in my two "main" systems. The SM2 preceded the SA33s by about five years, I believe. I "retired" my SA33s because they were built before CDs were on the road to becoming more common and pervasive than vinyl. The early Perreaux preamps, IMHO, have a strong phono capability, but they are not so good in providing adequate gradations of amplitude when the source is a CD player. There are about three "clicks" on the volume control that provide "quiet," "moderate," and "loud" volume. If you go beyond the third or fourth click, then the volume exceeds my taste -- and definitely my wife's.
The SM6P, a more recent preamp from Perreaux, solved the problem of volume gradations, but at the recommendation of Martin van Rooyen, GM of Perreaux, I purchased the more recent and current Perreaux top-of-the-line preamp, the SM6P MKII, to control my Prisma 750 monoblocks. As a result, I got not only the volume control I needed, but also much higher resolution, greater clarity and much improved transients.
If you're interested in reading about my experience with Perreaux and Polk gear, check out the thread that I posted on this Forum titled: "Polk Audio SDA Speakers & Perreaux Industries Electronics: My Affair de Coeur."
Perreaux products are great. They appear to last "forever," and they produce good sound -- when used for what they were designed to reproduce.Family Room, Innuos Statement streamer (Roon Core) with Morrow Audio USB cable to McIntosh MC 2700 pre with DC2 Digital Audio Module; AQ Sky XLRs to CAT 600.2 dualmono amp, Morrow Elite Speaker Cables to NOLA Baby Grand Reference Gold 3 speakers. Power source for all components: Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One with dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel.
Exercise Room, Innuos Streamer via Cat 6 cable connection to PS Audio PerfectWave MkII DAC w/Bridge II, AQ King Cobra RCAs to Perreaux PMF3150 amp (fully restored and upgraded by Jeffrey Jackson, Precision Audio Labs), Supra Rondo 4x2.5 Speaker Cables to SDA 1Cs (Vr3 Mods Xovers and other mods.), Dreadnaught with Supra Rondo 4x2.5 interconnect cables by Vr3 Mods. Power for each component from dedicated 20 amp circuit to main panel, except Innuos Statement powered from Silver Circle Audio Pure Power One.
