A Manley Thing
reeltrouble1
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I had the pleasure of playing with my new toy over the weekend.
Here are a few shots of her playing with the boys, using the Opera Consonance as source, stayed strictly Redbook this Weekend.
In Rotation:
LSI 7's
Monitor 10's
Carver Amazings
with
Eagles
Desperado
Zepplin
How the West was Won
Little Feet---Waiting for Columbus
Pet Sounds--Beach Boys
Alison Krause-Live at Union Station
Heart
Alive in Seattle
Janos Starker-Schuman/St. Sains Cello
This one is a keeper, running in either Triode or Ultra-Linear she was smooth throughout the mids and upper's with solid bass, the Stingray could drive the Amazings (Platinum's) to a 90 db SPL in Ultra-Linear and it did sound good but she gave up some of the bass and holographic image I heard with LSI-7 and especially the Monitor 10's. It had been a while since I had listened to 10's and was quickly reminded of what a terriffic rock speaker they really are.
Very pleasing to look at, with a high WAF, I am running two quads of EI-Elite's EL84's, as output tubes and they are all that and a box of chocalate cherries as far as this amp. The tube complement fills out with with two 6414 phase splitters and two 12AT7's as the input tubes. The Opera is a nice match sonically with the Stingray. Four inputs which are nicely marked as the right and left inputs are located on their respecitve sides to keep the signal paths short and isolated.
Hear it soon at a Polkfest near you........................
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Here are a few shots of her playing with the boys, using the Opera Consonance as source, stayed strictly Redbook this Weekend.
In Rotation:
LSI 7's
Monitor 10's
Carver Amazings
with
Eagles
Desperado
Zepplin
How the West was Won
Little Feet---Waiting for Columbus
Pet Sounds--Beach Boys
Alison Krause-Live at Union Station
Heart
Alive in Seattle
Janos Starker-Schuman/St. Sains Cello
This one is a keeper, running in either Triode or Ultra-Linear she was smooth throughout the mids and upper's with solid bass, the Stingray could drive the Amazings (Platinum's) to a 90 db SPL in Ultra-Linear and it did sound good but she gave up some of the bass and holographic image I heard with LSI-7 and especially the Monitor 10's. It had been a while since I had listened to 10's and was quickly reminded of what a terriffic rock speaker they really are.
Very pleasing to look at, with a high WAF, I am running two quads of EI-Elite's EL84's, as output tubes and they are all that and a box of chocalate cherries as far as this amp. The tube complement fills out with with two 6414 phase splitters and two 12AT7's as the input tubes. The Opera is a nice match sonically with the Stingray. Four inputs which are nicely marked as the right and left inputs are located on their respecitve sides to keep the signal paths short and isolated.
Hear it soon at a Polkfest near you........................
RT1
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Looks great Ted. Cant wait to hear it at PF.
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A nice amplifier, and not even outrageously expensive. I do wonder why EveAnna doesn't make a lower-powered, PP EL84 version... I have to think it'd sound better than a PPP EL84 amp, all things being equal (note that this opinion is neither scientific nor rational!).
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I'm surprised that thing powers the Carver amazings at all. The Monitor 10's sound like a reasonable match but you could use something much more efficient as far as speakers go. How much power is the amp?
madmaxVinyl, the final frontier...
Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want...
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Gimme dat!!!
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Beautiful setup Ted!Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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Very nice, Ted! Glad you are enjoying it--that was on my short list for quite awhile.
Chuck:
Maximum Output Power UL mode: 40 Watts x 2 channels 1.5% THD @ 1kHz
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I'm surprised that thing powers the Carver amazings at all. The Monitor 10's sound like a reasonable match but you could use something much more efficient as far as speakers go. How much power is the amp?
madmax
Thanks guys for the comments.
Well I just had to try MM, you know me. I was not expecting much, but remember I am running the Platinum's which are much more effecient that the Originals. That said, I much prefer the BAT gear with the Carver's. The 10's sound excellent as do the LSI7's with the Stingray, of course I have no musical subs, so the 7's will not dig near as deep as the 10's. I might even pick up a sub but have to think about that one, but even old guys can try a new trick now and then.
Conservative rating is 20w in Tetrode and 40w in Ultra Linear, You see ratings of 25-50 on the site, anyway, I put an SPL on the 10's and I was pushing 96db from 9ft away, I was rocking away, no distortion, about 10:00 on the dial. I do not hear a great difference in the two output modes each are very nice.
I would say this integrated offers an excellent dollar value.
I might try some highly efficient speaks, maybe some horns as I do not have any, it would give me something else to spend dough on.
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Sweeeeeet!!!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Very Very nice.
Is it Common Ground?I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D -
Hummina-hummina.Jolida Tube
Polk 11T, 7, 5, 5jr, 4
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What a beautiful piece...I hope I am able to see it in person at polkfest...
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Everyone should have a good EL84 amp.Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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Wow...
Nice gear man!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Have you tried triode vs normal mode yet? I've had two different manleys which were switchable and always migrated towards leaving them set for triode. To tell you the truth I've been very suprised at how little you loose going to half the power. Hardly seems noticeable.
madmaxVinyl, the final frontier...
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Yes, I found the same thing, I did however need to flip it to Ultra Linear which is full power to drive the Amazings as they just required to much power for the tetrode mode, even then they lost that special little magic you get in the last 5% or so. The amp is designed to run speakers at least 90 db sensitivity.
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This I gotta hear...
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Antny is back!
Good to see you posting again.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
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Still good to hear from him again! [been a while]~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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I gotta get down there and get my ears on that thing.
BDTI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
The casa doors are open to you anytime bro. Just say the word. Yea, we should do a home and home type thing, I still have not heard the ESL's.
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MillerLiteScott wrote: »Very Very nice.
Is it Common Ground?
Sorry there Miller missed your question. Yes it is a "common ground" at least EveAnna at Manley says you can use it to play SDA with the regular interconnect.
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