alonski
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| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? UPDATE:Well folks, I spent a lot of time with the VAC Sig mk2a flagship preamp at two recent highend shows... and now it's the end of november and I still can't get its unbelievable sound out of my head... So today, (drum roll, please) I bought on... | |
| VAC Ren Mk III / Sig mkII Preamplifier with SS Amp Before buying my VAC preamp, I spoke with Kevin Hayes about matching it with my SS Electron Kinetics Eagle 2a, a very high current 100wpc amp that I fell in love with at first listening. He read the specs and said it would be a perfect match. Was ... | |
| Is it worth buying a headphone amp? The K702 are the best bargain in high-end headphones. They are open and clear and fast and musical and to my ears simply blow away anything in their price class. Yes, it took over 300 hours of burn in to fully tame the initial high frequency brigh... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Hey JWM,OK, now you're just showing off! Just in case you ever upgrade from your 2A (frankly, at this time I don't know what you could upgrade to), drop me a line if you'd want to part with it. I'm pretty sure it's the best preamp I've ever heard.... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? fPlanner: "Huge difference and afterwards had a hard time believing I had been perfectly happy with just 1" Yeah, I know that feeling. I'm leaning towards getting another Phi 200 and then, maybe, explore upgrading the Caps in my VAC preamp.Has any... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Dev and Podeschi,Congratulations on your superb choices. I covet your Statement 450s, both the stereo and the mono blocks. When it was in the VACtory, Kevin told me that I own the best Standard LE with MC he's ever heard (I'd love for him to hear ... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Podeschi and Mbump: I'm still waiting to hear Keith's phono stage... I've been to two big shows recently and could not find a VTPH2 anywhere. But George with his Andros was everywhere, and I really like the Zesto sound. I spent over an hour playin... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Jfrech! This is all your fault and I'm very grateful. The sound improvement for the reasonable price is really amazing and very rare these days.Thanks for the invite. Likewise, if you find yourself in the San Francisco area, drop me a note and com... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? An Infomercial... Now why didn't I think of that? You see, Podeschi, that's why you were elected the club's Strategic Marketing Director (in a landslide victory I should add).I also had a ground loop issue that I never fully solved, even after I i... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Podeschi,Nice to have you in the "smitten-by-the-1131" club. It's always interesting to share our impressions boldly and openly on these threads... but when your A'gon friends start spending money based on our impressions, one can certainly get a ... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? In case anyone is still interested in the SUT audition... I've got over 25 hours on this puppy and it's rocking my world. Right now I'm listening to Shelby Lynne's tribute to Dusty Springfield and I'm lovin life. I've been thinking about how lucky... | |
| Best kt88 for VAC Avatar Super All right, our first customer! Only 19,988 more Brownies to sell and I'll have that second Phi 200.Thanks Maineiac for supporting this good cause. I'll ask our corporate CPA if your Brownies could be tax-deductible. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Al, thanks for the kind words. Yes, my VAC has both MM and LOMC built in. I'm using the low 1:20 ratio setting, which is what Bob recommended for my cartridge. That, I believe, translates to a load impedance of 118. I also use the Ground Lift swit... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Jfrech, I would love to do a blind A/B with the EAR and Bob's. At twice the price, I'm really curious about the MC-4.Again, thank you so much for your original suggestion to try a SUT. I owe you one!Alón | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Hey Podeschi, this little jewel box is blowing my socks off. I'm really looking forward to hearing your impressions of Bob's SUT in your system. Indeed, your description of more "meaty and weighty" music with your current SUT is valid in my experi... |