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| Do stands make a difference for equipment? Miguel, what stands have you used and what grounding schemes have you employed with them ala Maher? Results? | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? Miguel, can you comment on your experience with grounding Sistrum stands since that dovetails with what Maher appears to be doing.... | |
| $5000.00 To Spend Looking for Tube Pre-Amp Dragon, I thought pre-amps were a waste of money? (http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1346098814&openflup&23&4#23):I've been forced to reevaluate the role of preamps. The best sound I have achieved is result of adding a ... | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? This is also about the best way I'm aware of to take a direct shot at reducing digital "self noise" inside a component.Bravo. Someone is taking the "discipline" forward through innovation. The whole concept of self-noise is integral to this discus... | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? When your doodads cost as much as your basic electronic equipment, you are in lala land. Even spending 25% on doodads is insane.Conjecture is not germane to the discussion. I will ask you for the second time: what stands have you yourself tried an... | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? Ivan, you bring up another important point regarding your Maher stands: electrical isolation. How is this implemented in that stand? I presume you mean some grounding scheme using leads, etc. I am a big fan of electrical grounding schemes, and rat... | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? The British and American approach to audio stands is very different. The Brits favour a "lighter is better" approach to manage and channel away vibration and jitter. The US approach is a "heavier mass" isolation approach.Not true. Sistrum, a US co... | |
| Do stands make a difference for equipment? A stand is at the 0.1% difference level.Empirical evidence to support that statement? Current system or systems in which you have experimented with stands? That philosophy is a vestige of yesteryear when everyone had their gear sitting on the carp... | |
| Rate my rig ....I am glad someone finally had the balls to say that! In all seriousness, I had a really good belly laugh over that line. I don't approve of the language or spirit of that jab, but in all honesty, we all insult each other on these forums consta... | |
| $5000.00 To Spend Looking for Tube Pre-Amp I have heard good things about Thor over the years. Did not realize it had new ownership.... | |
| $5000.00 To Spend Looking for Tube Pre-Amp Dragon, the latest Dude with Dueland cast capacitors is in another league from even the previous generation of Dudes. I experienced that transition. As for the CLS comparison, that was in a Coincident system, so synergy cannot be ignored. Either w... | |
| $5000.00 To Spend Looking for Tube Pre-Amp TRL dude. Price is supposed to go up soon, so not sure if it will fit your budgetary constraints.... | |
| Review: TRL, Inc. Dude & Samson Tube preamp Doug's practical, real world experience with Krell and TRL is pretty striking: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1269910227&openusid&Agear&4&&st50Warrants some further investigation for any Krell owner.Knghifi, ... | |
| Review: TRL, Inc. Dude & Samson Tube preamp Nobody opinions mean squat except for your own.If that were true, this site and its many threads would not exist. I have stumbled into great sound beyond of said opinions.... | |
| Review: TRL, Inc. Dude & Samson Tube preamp Here is Doug's review: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?ramps&1310278484&&&/TRL-Inc-GT-200-Tube- |