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| Benz Ebony L retip Thanks for the all responses. Based on the feedback I am leaning towards SoundSmith, also convenient as I live in Connecticut. That being said, plenty of time to cogitate on this one. Will also contact Expert. Again, appreciate all the suggest... | |
| Sota Star series III questions An infrequent forum visitor but I've owned a number of SOTA's over the years, Series I-III and still have two Oakland Star III's. SOTA put out a newsletter dated September 1989 which indicates that you have a Series III version. They were made b... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona Auditors/Cremona - Integ Amp I was using a Pass Labs X-1 linestage and VAC PA-160 MkII power amps. The VAC's were run with 6CA7 output tubes in triode. In truth, I could use a bit more power but the sound was all you could ask for. | |
| High end amp recommendation in China I'm in Shanghai as well. Moved here in December and downgraded my system a bit. Living in Luwan. Where are you buying your CD's in town? I end up buying music in Tokyo and HK when I visit. You have any good leads on rock, metal, blues, well anythi... | |
| Manley Laboratories Amps-what do you think? They were my top choice under your earlier ML Summit post, ie Manley's Neo-Classic 250. Also the amps with which I would replace/supplant my VAC's if I came up with the money.They were more than your indicated budget at that time.I've not owned th... | |
| Which Mono block amps for ML Summit Speakers? While not having an on-board amp for the woofers, the interface, ie electronic xover, is the same as the Summit as it relates to driving the panels.I also missed the Antique Sound Labs Hurricane and the Cary v-12 mono's. Again used.I have no view ... | |
| Which Mono block amps for ML Summit Speakers? I've owned both Maggie IIIa's using their passive xover and Martin Logan Monolith IIIx's. The latter used the Krell designed electronic xover, allowing one to drive the panels with a separate amplifier, not unlike the Summit's.The ML panels are mo... | |
| Threshold S-150 Should I buy?? I had a pair of MG-IIIa's, using the Maggie passive xover. I had two Threshold's, the SA3 and the S/150. I swapped them in and out, between the woofer panels and the mid/treble. My personal opinion is that the S/150 is quite short of power for the... | |
| CDP or Transport/DAC- Need help I spent a lot of time in the Northeastern part of Italy and developed an incredible taste for the red wine in Piemonte area. I was in Verona for the World bicycling championships. Great town, food and wine, never mind the racing. Same experience i... | |
| It's Time To Change ARC SP-11 Tubes When..... I had the same pre for about 10 years. Initially I left it on 24/7 and changed out the tubes very 9 months or so. Later I did like Thorman, turned it on when I got up and off when I went to bed. I also usually got different tubes for the one's ass... | |
| Can I use British type mains cable in Europe? The answer is yes and yes. It will be a three conducter cable, I assume IEC plug on one end and standard 3 prong UK plug on the other, so the wiring itself works. Secondly, yes, you can use a plug converter, widely available to go from UK to Schuk... | |
| Tone arm cable for SME V Thanks for all the responses. Some food for thought and target's for the piggy bank to meet! :-) | |
| Electric power in Europe I just got back from 6 years in the UK. Rather than run stuff on a step down transformer, I had my line stage (Audio Research), DAC and CD transport (Classe) and amplifier (Bryston) converted at the respective manufacturer to 230V 50hz. Cost was a... |