Tír Na HiFi

I can resist anything except temptation.

Diapason wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2017 4:34 pm I wonder are they easy to drive?

My impression from Stereophile was that they'd be hard to drive, but that's the big YGs: Ivan said that the meter on the Pass showed that they weren't drawing much power at all. He said he thought they'd sound very nice with my Airtight ATM-3s driving them!

I bought my Airtight ATC pre-amp in Cloney Audio in 2009. I think it was €5000. A year later I got the ALPS RK 501 Potentiometer (volume control) upgrade, which cost €950. In 2014 I replaced the valves (four in all, sourced at considerable expense from Airtight). It replaced the Jadis JP30MC I'd bee...

I was in Cloney's on Wednesday for another reason, but I'd seen in their ad in The Irish Times that they had some YG Acoustics speakers on dem and I was all agog, having heard so much (and all very good) about them. There they were, a pair of Carmels, YG's smallest, most affordable speaker. They wer...

Listening more is a good one! Mine is listening without distractions: no book, no smartphone. Nothing you add to your gear has the same impact as paying attention to what you're listening to. (I preach this sermon well for one who has to rejoin the confessional queue after every evening!) Following ...

Cool. Now I'm thinking I should get my own Mozart 225!

markof wrote:

This morning it's the Biber "Rosary Sonatas" - fantastic recording.

I've been enjoying that too! Even though I have too many recordings of the Rosary Sonatas already!

Via Spotify: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61DsbtkQ47L.jpg Excellent recording! I got it in 2007 when it came out after a very positive "Gramophone" review, it was their disc of the month. I went to a lovely performance of the Xmas Oratorio in Munich a few years ago. I ...

Given your recent speaker experience I'm sure we can rely on you to do something adventurous!

I notice the tuning yoke on top. How are your keyboard tuning skills? And what temperament are you using?