bigwavedave

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SF Owners - worthwhile to upgrade a Line 1 to SE?
I haven't personally tried the upgrade but my local sonic frontiers dealer says for the price you get a nice new special edition face plate. He recommended changing the stock tubes to the siemens E88cc's that they use in some of the special editio... 
Can foam insulation jackets wrapped on cables harm
you should keep an eye on your cables for discolorations as you could have a chemical reaction between the materials. some foams tend to release gases long after they have been manufactured. other wise more insulation won't hurt 
Need more bass response
I have a similiar problem with recordings, some of my favorite rock albums suck on my system. When I had inexpensive solid state gear my rock collection sounded decent. I think the problem is the quality of the recording possibly and the fact that... 
Meadowlark Heron i compared to Revel F-50 or F-30?
I auditioned a pair recently, they sounded pretty nice. I would say they lean on the warm side, some may like it that way. 
s.s. preamp matchup to mccomack dna1 rev.a
The rest of my system consist of a metronome tubed cd player, jm labs 920.1 speakers and acoustic zen silver reference ic's, satori shotgun speakercable and tsunami pc's. I figure it is going to be a matter of trial and error but need some directi... 
anyone a b test krel krc3 against sonic frontier
How long have you owned your krell pre, does it ever give you ear fatigue?Dave 
reliable tube sources
No Kevin Deal wouldn't deal with me because I hadn't purchased my gear through him. He didn't have it in stock at the time I wanted it and didn't give me a time it would be in. 
sonic frontiers line 2 owners
It has been 4 weeks now that I have had this piece in my system and it is either painfully slow to break in or in need of better tubes. Sonic frontiers has not responded to any of my e-mails for help, I have mailed them each week since I hooked up... 
reliable tube sources
The tubes in my preamp are the stock sovteks, vocals sound pretty good but everything else is lacking in a big way 
sonic frontiers line 2 break in?
Thanks for the ideas, I kept the cd player going while I was at work today on repeat mode and It is already opening up. I must say I was really bummed out when I first hooked it up but It is starting to sound like the unit I read about in the revi... 
sonic frontiers line 2 break in?
I have been leaving my whole system on for two days now, I don't leave the music playing when I am not home though. My system sounded great with the demo model cj it was sad to have to return it. I am hoping this sfl2 will open up. 
NetFlix long Waiting time
Long wait yeah but what about the quality of the discs, mine in the bay area were scratched to hell and back it was suprising that they even played. Good idea but they need better availability and a way to ship them other than a silk sleeve. 
Sunfire Theater Grand ll
I auditioned the sunfire theater grandII and listened to it in two channel mode and thought it sounded flat and muffled, was not impressed for the price range. I also auditioned a conrad johnson pfr preamp that was so superior, i was amazed at the...