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| The Ultimate SACD Machine Paulfolbrecht,I'm a big backer of the VSE-modded Sony players. I'm obviously biased as I had one (a level 5 777 ES), sold it, and regretted it greatly. I considered it one of my greatest mistakes in this hobby. About a year later, I bought another... | |
| $3500 to spend on a tube preamp....ideas? I've said it before in other posts: the Herron gear has tremendous synergy when used together. Get the Herron preamp. | |
| Spectral preamps Yup, the above responses are correct. You don't even need to use MIT cables. | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Hi Rossop,Just out of curiosity, what speakers do you have that you are biamping using the (4) M1's? Do the M1's do an adequate job on the low end, i.e., have enough grunt?Bill | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Hi Kclone,As I stated earlier, I am running Keith's M-150's along with the VTSP-2 right now, the preamp being a very recent acquisition and the M-150's being in the system for about the past 2 years. I bought them, without any audition, on a recom... | |
| Need a new power amp: Herron vs. Classe/Spectron Thanks for the feedback everyone. I did eventually pick up a non-upgraded Musician 3 Mk II but it was not my cuppa'. As I posted in the Herron preamp thread, there is some serious synergy between my Herron pre and the M-150's, so the Herron monobl... | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Thanks for the info, Sflazor and Kclone.Bill | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Is anyone out there using any tube dampers in their Herron pre's? Also, what about isolation devices underneath the pre? Right now, I just have mine sitting on a Flexi-rack made out of hard maple shelves, about 1.25" thick. Thanks.Bill | |
| suggestions for a warm cd player not too much $$ There's a VSE Level 6 modded Sony 9000es just up for sale today on the Gon. Pick it up and be happy. That's a steal of a price.I have a 777es with the Level 7 mod and Terra Firma Lite clock that cost about $3k total. I'd put it up against CDP's co... | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Lewinskih01, if Tvad is reading this thread, he could advise you regarding the LL2 and First Sound preamps, not sure about the Joule. IIRC, he said the LL2 is very system-dependent. If he doesn't pipe up here, you could always email him.Bill | |
| Herron VTSP-3A Kclone and Sflazor,What amplification are you using with your VTSP-3A's? I', running my VTSP-2 with Herron M-150's right now and I'll tell ya, there much be some sort of synergistic effect going on because the M-150's sound like they've been put o... | |
| upgrades to Spectron Musician III Mk 2 Thanks for your responses everyone. From what I can gather here, it seems like I ought to go with the Bybees first. From the Spectron website, it looks like I have some time to listen to my plain vanilla amp for awhile before sending it off for th... | |
| upgrades to Spectron Musician III Mk 2 Isanchez, Dob, anybody out there??? | |
| Need a new power amp: Herron vs. Classe/Spectron Thanks for the replies. I've been thinking off an on for some time about the Spectron. As soon as my tax refund check arrives (any day now), I'll be picking one up.Bill | |
| HDMI or 7.1 out for best AQ In the responses above,Drewmb stated the HDMI output would have the prepro do the decoding while Kal stated the Oppo would. Which is correct, or are both correct? Also, I could then then use a non-Hi-rez capable prepro with the Oppo and still get ... |