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| Atma-Sphere MP3 or something else? @docroasty "I had the whole stack ie dac3b, hpa4 and ahb2 and the cold neutrality killed the enjoyment of listening to music.." Yep. Had the dac3b too. Not for long, for the same reasons. Another one of those so called "great measuring" compone... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP3 or something else? @docroasty ...As for other amplifiers I've tried.. Audiolab 6000a, Audiolab 8300a, Benchmark AHB2, Pass Int60, apollon 1et400a, kinki M7. aside from the current nad M23, I also have the apollon 1et7040sa variant purifi; this actually pairs very w... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP3 or something else? OP @docroasty - to reconfirm, so are you now using the Cary SLP-05 tube preamp in front of the NAD M23 Purifi Class-D amplifier then? Also, still using the Ascend Sierra II ex speakers, or different speakers now? Curious to know two things. 1) wh... | |
| Good repair tech/shop in Northern California Ask for Luis, he moved from Sacramento to Modesto a few years ago to be closer to family. He’s helped me with a few vintage Marantz receivers in the past. http://www.stereoadvisor.com High-End Vintage Stereo Repair Service since 1982 538 Cha... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions @captelee "Not many on this side of the fence care to research. But reading up on Audio Science review you can hear and learn comments from the guys (and gals) who design and build these things...past the pretty boxes." Dacs fitting the "warm" ... | |
| Parasound vs Coda @christianb5s4 "interested in an amp that offers a bit more refinement in the midrange and treble." While I run a tube preamp when paired with my Pass/Forte’ Class A amp, and yes it sounds nice, and we also understand what your JC5 amp is, ... | |
| Guttenberg reviews Volti Razz Thanks @jond I can imagine that sounded pretty darn nice. Gary does a nice job. I’m enjoying his newly updated SE-I dac now. If I ever decided to part with my own custom design speakers, the Razz paired with his 300B amp would be pretty sweet to o... | |
| Guttenberg reviews Volti Razz @jond Awesome I've heard the Razz, and other Volti models at CAF in the past and really liked them. And that self veneer option is a great idea. jond, do you recall the particular amplification and digital / DAC setup you heard the Razz with? | |
| Cary slp-98p owners! I chose to keep the phono stage [delete] outside of my SLP-98L | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @tonydennison no worries, questioning things a bit more to come up with a solid gameplan is better than making four upgrade moves that could have been done in (1) one step. My response about getting things "checked out", if you had a good local te... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @tonydennison Nothing needs to be checked out with my system, it is running optimally. We’ve been discussing the possibility of upgrading the caps. Gotcha. Then with EL34s in place now, stock caps in the amps and Linestage (which are already a ... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @tonydennison how did the other tube "break"?. Did it fail or get broken somehow physically? By chance do you have any idea how many hours are on the remaining three kt88 tubes? If you proceed - bring the other three KT88s with you to your tech an... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @tonydennison "@decooney TCTubes, awesome. Maybe my first step will be trying some NOS 12AT7, who knows?" Yep. My local tech friend is a 50+ year retired tech for McIntosh warranty service, did Yamaha and Nakamichi service for years too, builds... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @audioman58 "bottleneck is the Xover inside cheap no name parts". @audioman58 Which Hersey version are you referring to? Note: A friend with custom SET amps has owned Hersey 2, 3, and now the newest Hersey 4 version. He is telling me he l... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. In that same Agon MN Audio Society thread @hilde45 posted is a website, and all of these guys built their own preamps up there. Definitely a few audio members around you there. Maybe not tube guys - but these guys will know the locals and who has ... |