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In Reply to: RE: Why do my Vandersteen's sound... posted by niws on December 19, 2024 at 19:17:04
By all accounts my integrated is pretty decent. Maybe it is just underpowered?
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After reading your additional comments, I don't think the problem is your amp. I think it may be the dac in your streamer and possibly both your streamer and dac. Maybe even the interconnect cables between your dac and amp could be contributing to the problem. I would consider borrowing a better dac and/or warmer sounding cables and see if that helps. The dacs I use contain a Rohm dac chip that was designed with the objective of reproducing classical music. There are also some ladder dacs that supposedly reproduce acoustic instruments accurately.
What's the source before the amp? Whether CD player, streamer, turntable or whatever, there are better and worse sources.
Also, have you had the amp's tubes tested lately? Tubes, especially power output tubes, deteriorate with age. A set of power output tubes like the KT88 may start going downhill at 1,500 to 2,000 hours, and will sometimes fail before that. Preamp and driver tubes typically last much longer but don't have the near infinite lifespan of solid state gear. I used to have tube amps and ended up buying my own tube testing meter so I could check things out regularly.
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