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| What speakers with Bel Canto Contact Underwood and ask about the Emrald Physics CS 2 | |
| XLR cable with RCA output Be interesting to see if CAT will modify the pre for XLR I/Os | |
| DAC recommendation? Check out Cullen Circuits for his moded ZP 80 and moded PS audio DAC III | |
| Monoblocks to consider? Definitely check into Wyred4Sound. I am using the K 500s on my Magnepan 3.5R mid/bass panels. Underwood HiFi sells them. He advertises here. | |
| CD upgrade opinions? I have repalced 2-3 times more expensive CD players with the Raysonic 168. It has variable balanced tube outs which is so good, I no use my preamp | |
| Referrence 3A's a good match with Lavardin? Should be excellent. Get 2 sets of Clear Day solid core speaker cables- silver shotgun. If you can't afford to biwire now, he will make up matching jumpers. Search here for Clear Day | |
| Sound Fusion mods for Bluenote Stibbert cdp As far as I know they are no longer made. I had a set and while they significantly outperformed the stock columns, the biggest improvement was doing away with the columns. Remove the acrylic top and get a set of 4 Machina Dynamica Promethean sprin... | |
| Have $600 Need input on upgrade for Acurus Amp Wyred4Sound stero amp. Call them for availability | |
| is there a consensus on too short speaker cables? An old friend, who is an MIT insider, once told me that Bruce Brissen says speaker cables needs to be at least 8 ft to propigate a solid bass wave. Cables are too short restrict the ability to play with speaker room placement | |
| Tube amp with volume control vs. with a proper pre My Raysonic 168 ($2500) has an awesome tube output with remote volume control. Good enough to retire my PS Audio GCP 200/GCPS ($3K!) | |
| Mapleshade recordings Cats Are Stealing My Shit is fun. Kendra Shank Afterglow and Datevik (her acapella at the end is haunting) are excellent | |
| Does Raysonic CD128 need to be on top shelf? I have the 168 on the top shelf. It sounds a lot more integrated with Herbes Isocup/balls, but that raises the height. I would say you need at least 8" clearance above the top. And that will get old as you will be contorting to get discs in/out | |
| Audio Research V70 or VS55 power amp You would do better to upgrade the 2B | |
| Power Conditioners I have a dedicated 20 amp line to my system and still benefit from balanced power condtioning. There is a BPT FS on Audio Asylum | |
| Help: getting around balanced inputs on pre/pro? XLR/RCA adapters. Come on guys. This is like running a high performance engine on regular gas. It will work, but you won't get near the performance that's there. Truly balanced architecture DEFINES hi-end. Everything is is a pretender. Wake up and... |