Quote: Yea, and after using the Ekco in 25wpc mode on a speaker that's no more than 81db sensitive ... and having it fill my room nicely ... I stopped worrying about sensitivity pairings with tube amps also.  I listen pretty loud at times to some pretty obnoxious metal, and that combo...

Quote: I've been very impressed with them both.  Up until then I was pretty much a solid state only guy, but I've been converted.  I was afraid the bottom end wouldn't have the drive and authority I was used too, but even in 25wpc Triode mode, the Ekco has beautiful rich and toneful...

  Quote: There are plenty of reasonably priced amps that sound fantastic with the Cirrus.  Lately I've been using a couple KT88 based tube integrateds, the Eastern Electric M88 which is just under $2000 and the Ekco EV55SE which is around $2600.  They're both a wonderful match.  The...

Quote: I don't recommend against the wall mounting for ANY speakers, even ones "designed" for it.  Wall mounting will always compromise performance somewhat, but the fact is people need to do it sometimes because of their specific living situation.  So either say that's a bad idea and...

Hey guys, Darcy sent me the link to this thread ... and since I can't seem to sleep tonight figured I'd reply.   I'm the person who builds the Vapor Audio Cirrus, my name is Ryan.  I've been a member here for a long time, just haven't posted in years ... and I'm not here now to try and sell...

The thing is portability really doesn't matter to me. I can buy a home cd player and leave it locked safely in my office. If it'll give me better sound quality than a portable and a sub $200 amp, then that's what I'd like to do. And if it will give me better SQ, does anyone know of any home...

Hi all ... I'm an audio nut who until I found this place, didn't have a clue about the whole headphone side of things. For about the last 2 years I've been running a pair of Sennheiser HD445's of my pc soundcard here in the office, it's decent but nothing spectacular. I want more!!! I can do...