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Need help for ALON I problem
Yeah it will take some tries to get either Carl or his wife. I called many times to get a part. Keep calling them until someone answers the phone. Also take a picture of the driver and contact madison sound or miller sound to see what they can off... 
Santana
Pehare and Ceb222 most of the guitar work on the thrid album was performed by Neil Schon who is now with Journey, Carlos does the basic riffs and his solos were amoung the best since Neil pushed him a little harder then he now plays.Great album no... 
Need help with Copying CDs with my PC
Extra actionYou're way over my head. My dell pc came with Roxie CD creator and it always sounded fine. Since the new hard drive, the dics don;t play right thru the CD Rom drive, almost like the belt is slipping. I recorded a song to the hard drive... 
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
Three? I thought I counted four! Come on, I'll punch your fist with my jaw!@#%$*&^)(!@(*#@*#^@%@%@( OK?? 
Rocky Mountain Audio Fest
Keep it in the family Slappys! 
Looking for DAC suggestions
DO a search on Agon this topic has been recently covered and in the past.Happy Listening. 
Pass Labs X-1 Preamp Questions:
The X-1 is not an overall warm preamp, it is neutral sounding to my ears. The best power cord I tried was the Elrod Sig 3 on it. It added a slightly warmer mid range with a little more body. I never felt the bass was less than solid in fact I foun... 
Best Speaker for Loud Rock w/ tubes
Talon Ravens 
What is meant by the term "B stock"?
It took me about 2-3 months to get my Sony SCD-777ES SACD player refunded from Sony. You have two options with Sony, if the item is a current item, they will replace it with a new one free of charge, option 2 is if the item is no longer in product... 
FedEx, and HELL VTL to the rescue
Yep the good old FedEx shipping label lets you put multiple items going to different locations. Big dumb me asked, are you sure this will work, the items are going to two different places in different states. Yep, I was told, so now you know the r... 
Amperex 6922 white labels with counterpoint SA 3
Tried them on he SA-5000 in the preamp line stage section over the Amperex Bugle Boys and Orange Globes. The 6922s were more open sounding, not as warm and lush sounding, more dynamic and better balanced. Don't have a phono to test what you are as... 
CAL Alpha burned down:what's next upgrade?
I emailed RX8man who used to own the CAL Alpha DAC and used it with a CEC TL-2X transport. I sent him my Audio Logic 34 DAC and he sold the Alpha the next day and bought another 34 DAC here on Agon at that time. The used Alpha DACs are around $400... 
Chord 64, ECD-1, Audio Logic, Dodson DAC opinions
I also compared the Benchmark, Birdland and Wavelength DACs to the ones I mention above and although these are very good, they IMHO did not offer the same sonics as the AL or Chord. I also tried a preamp by the person who mods the Benchmark and wh... 
"only one shot"
AR VT-100 MII over the MKIII. The other amps don't really compete IMO.Happy Listening. 
Chord 64, ECD-1, Audio Logic, Dodson DAC opinions
I had the following DACs in my system. I slightly preferred the Chord 64 to the Audio Logic but I did not get a chance to experiment with NOS tubes in the AL. I thought the ECD-1 was the biggest bang for the buck using my Sony SCD-777ES as a trans...