gliderguider
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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Exlibris, it sounds like you're a candidate for a higher-level Audio Note DAC. They have all the good stuff you like about the sound of your MSB, but with sophistication. They are real music-lover's DACs. The really good ones (3.1x and 4.1x famili... | |
| What are the best Audio Compnent Racks Available? RixRax gets my vote. Solid, solid, solid. The Sonata design is very elegant. Not the last (or even the first) word in flexibility, but built to last several lifetimes. | |
| Amp advice for Avantegarde HELP Congrats on a good choice, Chris. From what I've heard, I suspect you are going to love that amp. Let us know. | |
| Amp advice for Avantegarde HELP PX25 all the way. The original version of the Audion Silver Night PX25 was what convinced me to move away from 300B amps. I have no experience with 2A3 or 45 amps, but I know that I much prefer the Audion PX25 to my Wavelength Triton 300B amps dri... | |
| Beautiful Equipment Stands? Gunbei, I have a Sonata - you can see it in my system pics. The photos don't do it justice. The universal first impression runs along the lines of "I guess if you're going to worship hi-fi, you need a proper altar." It has tremendous presence, cou... | |
| Quietest amp you ever owned ? My nomination is a tossup between the Tom Evans Linear A and the Wavelength Triton. Both are quieter than any of the SS amps I've owned - so quiet that with my ear inside the 97dB speaker cones I can't tell if they're running. This is with the Tom... | |
| Beautiful Equipment Stands? Gunbei, that may be the case for the RixRax Hoodoo, but the Sonata is another story entirely. To my eyes it's the quintessence of grace.IMO there are very few racks out there that have the elegance needed to function as furniture while fulfilling ... | |
| Beautiful Equipment Stands? While RixRax gets my top vote, you might look at Harmonic Resolution. | |
| CES05: AlexisPark 1562: comments I'm not surprised. I use a pair of Fab Model 1 (the big angular speakers in the background of some of the shots) along with the Murata ES103. I've heard the Brats and Stonehenges as well, and the whole Fab Audio lineup rings my chimes with their s... | |
| Worst Name for A Piece of Equipment I learned recently that the "TG" in Bob Crump's "TG Audio" stood for "Throbbing Gristle". So yes, he made a "Throbbing Gristle Line Sucker"... | |
| Best preamp is no preamp: always true? I've tried two passive solutions in my system - a Bent Audio TVC with copper transformers and a built-in resistor attenuator in my Audion Silver Night. I've tried various configurations: I've used the Bent with five different amps, both tube and s... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The Fab Audio Model 1 driven by Tom Evans Audio Design electronics (Vibe/Pulse/Linear A) are doing things I've never heard another speaker do in 25 years of audiophilia nervosa. It's hard to put into words just how real this setup sounds. Much of ... | |
| fab audio model one vs. coincident total victories I missed this thread yesterday, but Milan emailed me. I thought I would put up a precis of what I told him by email, in case it's of use to anyone else.*************************************************The one place where my experience falls short ... | |
| Reference Transports: An overall perspective As Khaki8 mentions, Audio Note has a new line of transports in the process of being developed and released. It includes three new units - the CDT Two II which has been out for a few moinths, the CDT Three which is just out (according to Peter Q), ... | |
| Personal amp evolution Updated yet again:1980 - Akai something-or-other1984 - Naim Nait (the first version)1985 - Musical Fidelity A11986 - Cyrus II/PSX1994 - SimAudio 40702003 - Sugden Au51P2003 - KR18 BSI2003 - Coincident MP300B2003 - Wavelength Triton Blue2004 - deHa... |