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Wireless headphones for tv watching
Sony MDR-RF925RK. My wife has used these over the ear wireless headphones for a number of years for the same reason (watching TV while I enjoy my music). They turn on automatically when placed on one's head and hook up with either RCA cables or a ... 
Which companies deserve a star for Christmas
Kevin Hayes and the staff at VAC.My previous post did not carry the first sentance by mistake. 
Which companies deserve a star for Christmas
Excellent communication and a very reasonable turnaround time on an upgrade (slight delay due to Kevin not being totally satisfied with the sound of the amp on his listening review and having it reworked again). This is the product and company pri... 
Music Hall USB-1 Turntable set PHONO/LINE switch?
Phono setting for the cartridge signal to be directly input to your Yamaha PHONO input. This should bypass the turntables built in preamp and use the Yamaha's. The line setting would output a signal already amplified by the the turntable's interna... 
Review: Merlin Music Systems TSM MXM Monitor
Thank you for the excellent review. It was very interesting to be presented a different perspective (i.e. the music and its origination instruments) and how those are reflected through your system. And the insightful comparisons of the "fiddle" by... 
Best tube rolling options for VAC Ren MkIII preamp
I agree with Jab. I have tried many different NOS versions in my VAC pre and each brought something nice to the presentation. Every time, though, I have found myself back with my VAC sourced tubes. The balance across the board is better IMO. 
Acoustic Signature Calypso/ Rega 301 upgrade path
I originally had the RB300 with a Discovery Cable rewire and the spring removed. A very good arm but after a couple of years I changed it out for an Origin Live Silver (original version)that, in my system, provided better base definition and a cle... 
Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you?
Look at the VAC Renaissance that is presently available here for sale. I am not sure which volume pot Kevin Hayes choose to use but it will be top quality. This unit may fit what you are looking for. 
Pre/Power or Integrated for Focal Utopia Scala?
You may wish to add the VAC line of amps to your list for consideration. They should provide many of the qualities you seek. 
Whom to invite to a Powercord shootout party
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Op-amp replacement for Unison Unico
It also depends, as Viridian alluded to, what opamp you are replacing. If the stock opamps are 2 channel then it will take two of the 627 (mono opamps) on a brown dog adaptor to do the substitution. Also you need to note the direction of the chip ... 
NAD 3020A Integrated Amp
1) The NAD is a nice amp, but so were some of the Sansui offerings, though I am not familiar with the RZ-1000. 2) When does the "SNAP" sound occur? Is it when power is turned on? This could be a capacitor issue and may need to be looked at (I boug... 
Can you hear matched power cables?
Replacing all my PCs with ZU Mothers a few years ago presented a cohesive improvement in my system that I have not even thought about changing. (Though I have changed a few of the items they are attached to. If I could just figure out how to stop ... 
If you have a line conditioner, does noise matter?
Most of the conditioners attemp to "filter" some of the line noise, but not regulate the voltage (except for limiting spikes and surges). Dopogue is correct in that your friend would want a regenerator to control the voltage and truly isolate his ... 
Valvet A3.5 Block with Merlin VSM ?
I have to agree with Cruz as I have a VAC preamp that sounds excellent with the current production VAC tubes. In my EL34 based Shanling SP80s I have tried many different quads of current production tubes including: reissue Mullards, Tung Sol reiss...