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Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Nope....at least no buttons that are relevant to this discussion.... 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Tvad, that's fair. Fiddling/experimenting is part of the hobby and I respect those who do fearlessly without concerns regarding the outcome. There is a constant tension between a desire to get off the merry-go-round and fiddling. I am currently of... 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Tvad, you stated: "Don't know the goal of the Dude, but if it's other than absolute transparency (and from owner's comments it seems that this is true), then a comparison would be apples to oranges..."I don't think that statement holds water. I wo... 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Nice system Bugred. 99.9% of people who buy Dudes keep them. I know of one owner who had a noise issue (that turned out to be a capacitor gone bad), but he had that fixed and is uber happy....Where do you live? If you are in Charlotte, NC, you are... 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Waiting for the Marconis? Sounds like you and Bill spoke. Good deal. Enjoy.... 
Pure Vinyl/Amarra
I will be calling them.... 
Pure Vinyl/Amarra
One source of irritation I have with PM (which I purchased) is that after being on for a while it will stop playing after a given track. Using my Iphone as a remote, I then have to click play on the next track. Is anyone else having this issue? 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Bill, no surprises with that shootout. Most Dude owners sound like shills due to our level of enthusiasm. A friend of mine did a shootout with his older generation trl pre-amp and a concert fidelity (20K) pre-amp that many consider SOTA, and it wa... 
Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp
Gallant, those are good observations. Those monster caps seem to take time to warm up. I have experienced the same phenomenon with my intuitive design speakers. Furthermore, the bass is very "present" and tuneful without being bloated. 
Tripoint Spartan
I believe it takes Miguel several weeks to create a Spartan and the material costs are relatively high. 
can mundorf supreme caps be used for AC filtering
Hifisoundguy, Mintzar misspoke. 
Pure Vinyl/Amarra
Splaskin, I agree with you. Memory playback and Hog-bypass is money.... 
Pure Vinyl/Amarra
Dave, what DAC were you using? 
Pure Music Question
Nice.... 
can mundorf supreme caps be used for AC filtering
According to Miguel (Tripoint guy), there are no caps in the Spartan...just a FYI.