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| PX25 SET amps-Art Audio, Audion, Wavelength??? agreed with Kenzoe- I ordered an Audion preamp a couple of years ago, and there was delay after delay. The distributor actually refused to refund my $$, saying 'the order had already been placed' over in the UK, even though it was months later the... | |
| SS amp mosfet 'haze' - ever experienced this? Sheffb- you're not hearing the 'haze' I experienced because your speakers are 89 db efficiency- not a bad thing, as I will say the Gamut sounded very good with a set of lower efficiency/power hungry Wilson Benesch Discovery speakers at a local dea... | |
| Preamp for H20 Signature S250 I have a modded SF Line 3- HUGE $$$ capacitors; top-o-line diodes; resistors, etc.- we put $900 in PARTS ALONE into it- result? Well- let's just say it's one component I will never part with, and it will be the heart of any system I build- never u... | |
| 845 or 211 based tube amps? I have owned both types of amps- I found the 845 more powerful and the 211 slightly more refined- if I had to choose, probably the 211 in the long term... | |
| Which Hi-end monitor for near field listening I have auditioned the Focus 788's and the new smaller 68SE's. While they can sound musical, I found the smaller ones slightly lacking in low-level detail retreval as compared to my 97 db efficient ribbon-tweeter speaker (I suspect due to the lower... | |
| Best airy and smooth Power cord for trans & dac second the Foundation Research LC-1, great on the transport as well, but best on the Dac (if you only have one). I tried several cords on my Audiologic 24MXL dac, but ended up sticking with the LC-1. **Note- be careful with LC-1's going into balan... | |
| Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls SACD -long- what amplifier are you using in this system? | |
| Tube Preamp for Dreadnaught & Aerials Dan- I think he was looking for a tube preamp recommendation, not an amplifier... that being said, based on the original question, I would suggest Sonic Frontiers Line 3- fits all the parameters... | |
| Best way to hear sonic signature of a cable? try to listen on the most efficient set of speakers possible- you will hear more of the differences... | |
| How is the EMM Labs DCC2 as a stand alone DAC I will amend Gasman's comments slightly- it all depends on the dac. I also have an Assemblage D2D-1; have also used GW Labs DSP (similar to Monarchy). My 2-ch dac is the Audio Logic 24MXL, which was NOT improved by using jitter-reducing interfaces... | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada Pilotboy- you would have had to have kept the original Customs documents showing the original duties/taxes paid... | |
| Will the Big Ben improve the 24 MXL? NO- mine were the previous chassis. I won't argue that the newer 'vertical style' chassis, although perhaps not to everyone's taste cosmetically, does look somewhat sturdier then the previous one... | |
| HARMONIC TECHNOLOGY Magic 1 vs CARDAS Golden Cross I also own a Sim W3 AND have used both of the IC's you mention- my suggestion- regular Cardas Cross- more neutral than the Golden Cross/Hex Golden 5C, yet still good detail, and the classic Cardas warmth remains. Many don't know or realize that th... | |
| CDP-Front load with Top qualities I also have the Vecteur L-4- makes a great transport, however I use an outboard (Audio Logic) dac and the combo is much, much better... | |
| Will the Big Ben improve the 24 MXL? they were great sonically (except for a slight mid-bass hump), but the build quality is not up to par with what I would expect at that price range- chassis not that solid, and my pair had a problem holding the bias properly; use of resistors that ... |