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I was thinking the same thing. I should pull the plug on the Pontus. The only thing that’s holding me back is I’ll be the third owner of it. It shouldn’t matter but I was hoping to get the unit off of the original owner.

I have a chance to get a Pontus II for 2k cdn or and Aries II for 850 cdn. Is the pontus worth the upgrade?

Thanks. What about steamer? I was thinking of just grabbing a wiim mini or pro when it comes out. But I’m not sure if that will sacrifice sound quality

Are there many Klipsch enthusiasts in the Toronto area? Are there any meetups? I’d love to connect with other Klipsch fans in the area

I sold my Hegel h590 and now looking to get some tubes for the cornwalls. I have a wilsenton r8 with a pair of heresys in my other listening area and love it I did a comparison of the hegel h590 vs the r8 with heresys and I have to tell you….. what a night and day comparison. The Hegel is a lot more reserved and laid back vs the r8. With the tubes the heresys came to life. The Hegel really seemed to play it safe while the r8 seemed alive and fun. I can’t believe I enjoy a 2k tube to a 14k solid state. my question is does anyone have experience With the wilsenton r800i? Seems like it will be an upgrade from the r8 im currently running a bluesound node to the r8 but looking to get something for the cornwall system. I’m Thinking about a denafrips Aries 2 or Pontus 2 paired with a streamer. does the streamer have much to do with audio quality or is it the dac that determines that? any feedback is appreciated thank you

I’m not sure what kind of amp that is?I’m not sure what kind of amp that is?

I’m not sure if I should go off of the 8ohm speaker outputs on the amp or the 4om outputs. Or if I should run parallel after the speakers daisy chain

I got this one on recommendation from SVS if anyone has a better alternative I’m all ears. Or eyes? thanks

I still need to clean up the wires but here is the turntable set up with the wilsenton. Very nice sound even minus a sub for now

It’s more so how to hook up the speaker line to the line converter. I read somewhere to tap the 4ohm leads feom the back of the amp for the signal. Then I read you could daisy chain from the speaker to the line level. I just do t want to damage anything. Is is my first tube and I’m a total newb thanks

Thanks for t he reply. I’m using an SVS pb-3000. It only has low level inputs. I ordered a line level input so I’m hoping that works. I’m not familiar how to hook them up thin I found lots of instruction on joking up a REL sub but not much on a regular tube. I did hear ocdmikey on YouTube mention it’s a horrible idea to use the speaker terminals for a signal. So I’m kind of lost

Another Update: I Hooked up my turntable and phono preamp and using I’m the preamp in the wilsenton minus the sub for now the preamp in the wilsenton sounds so much better than the bluesound. A lot better. So far the bluesound has been pretty flawless. A couple glitches between the bluesound app and the Spotify app but a quick app restart and it sorted itself out. im really loving the sound of tubes so far!

Thank you. I’m very happy so far.

New update my bluesound node came today. Super easy to set up and have it running as a preamp right now to the wilsenton as I don’t have high level inputs on my subwoofer and I’m using the sub out on the bluenode. compared to using the Hegel as a preamp it’s night and day. The Hegel sounds so much better. I have ordered a line converter so I can use the preamp in the tube amp to see how it sounds before investing into a new dac. any input on which dac to look at would be appreciated. I was looking at the denafrips Aries 12 I think it’s called. also if anyone has any experience hooking up a line converter any input would be great thanks for all the help

That’s what I was thinking. The headroom is nice but I really don’t need all that power

I’ve read it goes down to 1100 watts into 2 ohms.

Good to know. This is my first tube amp so I’m just going on what I’ve read and what’s in the manual. I’ll have to see for myself I guess. I’m happy if it stays sounding the same regardless

Ps: I’m going to eventually sell my Hegel to purchase another amp/preamp or integrated for my cornwall 4’s. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks again

I couldn’t wait for my bluesound node to get here so I ended up hooking my Hegel h590 up as a preamp/streamer/dac to my new wilsenton R8 for now. All I can say is wow!!! How is it that a 25 watt per channel tube amp sounds better than a 300w per channel solid state. I’m in aww. the tubes are still breaking in so I’ll will see how the sound changes but so far I’m loving it! any comments or suggestions are welcomed! thanks for looking

I ended up getting a wilsenton r8 tube amplifier

Thank you. I had the as-801 a few years ago with a pair of klh model 5. It really tuned me off Yamaha as it had horrible synergy. I have only ready great things about the higher end Yamaha integrateds I’ll have to give them a second thought.

Yes I’ve been listening to that setup for a few months now. It sounds great I’m just looking for something better suited

I need some help regarding my 2 heritage systems. I am currently and running a Hegel h590 with a pair of cornwall 4’s i also own a pair of heresy 4 for my living room and I just ordered a wilsenton r8 and bluenode 3 which should be here this week im looking to sell or trade my Hegel for something more suited for the cornwalls (or maybe heresys?) my questions are: would I be better pairing the wilsenton r8 with the cornwall and getting something else for the heresy or keeping the r8 with the heresy and getting an amp for the cornwall (I was thinking possibly solid state as it will get a lot more casual listening (tv, movies, video games) vs the cornwall system which will be music only also, what is the best way to add a sub that has no high level inputs to a system with no preouts? (The wilsenton). any ideas or recommendations are appreciated as I’m lost. thanks everyone!

I’ve been on the waiting list for quite some time. I’m up In Canada tho so it will be a little more with the shipping and duties

That’s a great idea. I have an old jl audio 8w7 in a slotted box just sitting in my garage. Maybe I’ll get a plate amp for that. It’s a 3 ohm speaker I believe tho. Any recommendations for a plate amp that would drive? Thanks