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| What's the best Tube DAC you have heard? Cwlondon,If you are asking about the Mininmax DAC, it only has (1) tube, so cost is very inexpensive. Not sure yet on lifespan, but I don't think they run the tube very high.As far as a second place DAC goes, the Kora, EAD and Counterpoint have re... | |
| What's the best Tube DAC you have heard? I have had or still have:ARC DAC-3 MKIIARC DAC-2ARC DAC-5Kora Hermes (excellent)EAD DSP7000IIICounterpoint DA-10PS Audio DLIIIBenchmark Dac Bel Canto 1 & 2Theta DS PRO GEN III, IV and VCAL Audio Sigma and AlphaMeridian Several different onesan... | |
| What's the best Tube DAC you have heard? The Eastern Electric Minimax DAC with some op-amp rolling is INCREDIBLE! I finally bought one to try and it's frickin' amazing.OPA2604 in the U1 & U2 positions and the AD797B in the U6 & U7 positions for op-amps with a Mullard CV4003 tube.... | |
| It was 44 years ago that... Maybe not to the extent of Sgt.Pepper's but:Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...proved you could sell millions of copies of a double album.Peter Frampton-Frampton Comes Alive...proved you could sell millions of copies of a "live" album. | |
| Sub woofer cable help please... The Paradigm X-30 is exactly what I am using. It works great and has controls on the front of the unit for easy setup. This unit solved my hook-up problems. | |
| Sub woofer cable help please... You might check with your preamp manufacterer first. I did the same thing and once I plugged in the "Y"-adapter to my extra set of outputs, it bridged both channels, (and both sets of outputs) to mono.If the extra set of outputs are just paralled ... | |
| Price for ARC PH3 SE and PH5 The new issue of Tone Audio has a review of the new ARC PH6, but he also has on hand a PH3SE and a PH5 to compare with the PH6. It's a very well done review.I have both a PH3 and a PH3SE and both are superb. I agree that tube selection is pretty i... | |
| What will be the data storage method of the future Maybe the Rolling Stones had it right years ago:"Hey, hey, you, you...get off of my cloud". | |
| MFSL Silver label Vinyl-English Beat- I have every single one of the MOFI Silver Series releases so far. I have not listened to this title yet, but everything else has been superb.I'll try to listen to this one this weekend... | |
| What the heck is "reverse polarity" ? Clark Johnsen wrote a book called "The Wood Effect". It is considered by many the ipso facto of phase and polarity.A good read, if you really want more answers... | |
| Best used VHS player.... I have a Sony 4-head, hi-fi unit that is very good. I hardly ever use it anymore. | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP Sorry, I also might add to try some different interconnect cables too. | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP You could try to dampen the wall behind the speakers and the side walls. You could also get a 2ohm or even a 3ohm resistor and try that, but normally dipoles need some type of acoustic treatment. | |
| 2ce sig ii tilt and listening height The only answer is what sounds better to you? Almost all systems will shift the image and soundstage as you move up and down and side to side. Find the sound you're looking for and "listen to the music". | |
| USED VINYL It keeps the album from shifting inside the jacket during shipping and cutting the jacket (seam splits). |