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Expert repair of Vintage Tube Amplifiers
You can contact me for help. 
spectron musician III mark 2 repair
What is the issue?  I can probably repair them.  I am in New Jersey. 
First Watt J2
@kalali - I will build you a Class A power amp for under $1K that will beat up on the First Watt amp.  All point-to-point wired. 
Audioquest SKY Interconnects
@tubegb they are used so unless they owned many pairs probably not. 
Audioquest SKY Interconnects
@dustsailor I did you the Audioquest Diamondback for the filter I built as I had one single cable and just decided to use it.  It worked fine and I did not have anything to compare it to but the original MP filter.  To our ears, the one we built w... 
A moderate priced dac
@audiomaze if your question is directed at me, I was speaking of the tri vista dac.  The v90 is a $300 dac that I would probably not attempt to work on.  Parts cost would probably be more that the dac cost!In general there are a few standard optio... 
Audioquest SKY Interconnects
@geoffkait - thanks that is why I posted this as I remembered something about this years ago.  They are not selling the cables as new but used cables.  I emailed the seller and he responded by saying authentic but still probably not correct.  I gu... 
Audioquest SKY Interconnects
@kijanki - the seller said the cables re used and are AQ not copies.  But how do I make sure?  I did try the King Cobra model many months back but they just did not sound good, not open and dark sounding.  The only interest I have in the Sky is th... 
A moderate priced dac
Buy the MF DAC and send it to me for upgrades.  Nothing listed above will compete once I get my hands on it!Happy Listening. 
Speaker Recommendations - from Vandersteen 5As
Same here.  The sub had great tone but may have been slightly exaggerated.  Room, set-up,???   The Aurender also sounded very nice witht eh Codex.  Hopefully we can set up another date so more people can come. 
VPI Cuing arm falling too fast
Just contact Matt at VPI directly and he or his staff will provide the quality service you need. 
Good CDTransport (player) without DAC?
I have heard the majority of the above transports and a few more. To me and most of the people whom we auditioned a bunch of transports we all still prefer the CEC. The current TL5 model is a great sounding transport new on eBay for a little over ... 
Recommendations for a new integrated amp for Vandersteen 3a speakers
I agree with gdnrbob - I met him at Audio Connection and listened with him.  The belles was very good.  I would contact Johnny R there and ask him as he plays with these thins all day. 
Speaker Recommendations - from Vandersteen 5As
@gdnrbob  keep me updated on your plans.   
Is integrated the future for 2 channel audiophiles?
I just don't think you can get it all in one box and come out with the sound quality, at least what I am looking for from my system.