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| Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC I think nobody auditioned this dac yet ? | |
| Questions about Preamp Tubes I agree with the comments that tubey sound could be obtained by only tube power amps.SS preamps give cleaner (less thd )sound but tube pres give more opennes and palpability (basic tube characteristic) | |
| Anyone here with Experience on Leben's separates ? I am happy owner of Leben CS660 amp since 1 year, I have replaced the stock Shuguang KT66s with Gold Lion reissuesand I use solid state preamplifier (Accostic Arts) instead of Leben pre and driving Coincident Total Eclipse speakers.I am happy with... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Mtkhl,thanks for your information, wow its price nearly two times more expensive than AA drive1 MK2, so Audio Note CDT3 might be a good contenderwith its cheaper price... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter I have compared Stealth sextet AES with BNC terminated both are latest versionthe BNC ended is belong to my friend and my AES one is between AA Drive IIand AA DacII MKIV, Stealth cables both are very good performer BNC one is more solid,it has mor... | |
| KT66 anyone? For more extended band and detail go with Shuguang and more midrange bloom and meaty sound go with Reissue Gold Lion.These are the best new production KT66 tubes.I hope this helps to you. | |
| Cd player or Dac with 'analog' volume control Wadia and Bel Canto use digital volume circuit not analog preamp section or volume control | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective George,It is a good question indeed I will be happy to learn his comments on dacs alonetoo. However this topic is reference dacs titled,comments were presented mostly on same brand transport dac combos,and IMO Teac transports(which Esoteric uses)a... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Branimir,Thanks a lot for your test report,though I have AA dac mk4 not tube dac andonly listen Esoteric combo in my friend s system (not in my setup doing A/B tests) I have similar observations mostly with yoursEsoteric is more powerful (more upf... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Branimir, I thank you for your detailed comparison AA and Esoteric transport/dacsCould you please write your observations about human voice(female especially)violin and other string instruments comparing them if you have listened such instruments ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Teajay, I know very well Shuguang 12AX7 tubes (I am still using them in my Unison Research tube amp)which AA used in Tube Dac,they have syrupy and blury low mids and upper bass as Branimir indicated. I guess you got better result replacing the sto... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I have listened Esoteric combo in my friend system many timesI had Chord Dac64 paired AA Drive1 MK1 transport then I hadReimyo DAP777 dac paired AA Drive 1 MKII transport and currently I have AA Dac MK4 with AA transport after I purchased AA dac m... | |
| Any comment on Opera Audio Consonance M15 speakers Trelja,your detailed comparison answered more than I ask,I really thank you.I agree with you that both speakers are very very good contender for tube power amp and big listening room owners.I will first replace Solen caps with Jantzen Z superior c... | |
| Any comment on Opera Audio Consonance M15 speakers Mrjstark, thank you for your detailed observations about M15I think my 40 watts tube amp might be good match with M15 and my SS Accustic Arts preamplifier is also fine for me, I am curious mostly about imageheight and lowest bass region which my T... | |
| Any comment on Opera Audio Consonance M15 speakers Audiokinesis,thanks a lot for your input,I would be happy if Trelja or someone else know these speakers and comment on themBen |