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| Preamp with most dynamic contrast? If you can go single-ended, check out the 10A or 11A tube preamps from Steve Sammett at SAS Audio. They are a steal at $2K and $3.5K. I currently own the 10A, wouldn't even have thought about selling it (in the near future) except for the fact tha... | |
| Budget Amp for Avalon Eidolon I personally know of one person who used to run his Eidolons with Atma-Sphere MA2 Mk2.3's. He sold the amps to me only because he had a modded Jadis preamp (single-ended only) that he did not want to part with. He kept his Joule-Electra Rites of P... | |
| Balanced preamps with Atma-sphere MA-2's Thanks evryone for your responses thus far. And, yes, I am thoroughly enjoying th MA-2's. They are simply glorious.Have any of you compared the AS MP-1 to the Aesthetix Callisto? If so, what are their similarities and differences?What about any of... | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used I am a fairly new owner (approx. 1 1/2 months) of a pair of Dynaudio Confidence C2's. These speakers, given top-notch gear driving them, will put out incredibly natural sound with very good soundstaging and depth. I'm currently driving them with A... | |
| Dynaudio Confidence C1's and Special 25's While I cannot give you any impressions re/listening to the Dyns with Mac gear, I have heard the Special 25s and C1s a number of times.An audiophile friend of mine just sold his Special 25s. He drove them with an ARC VT200 power amp and SAS 10A (a... | |
| Pre-Amp decision from a Newbie - Need Help If you can swing a few extra bucks, look into an AVA (Audio by Van Alstine) Transcendence 7 SLR tube hybrid preamp for $1200.00 new. It is anything but tubey-sounding. It has (2) 12AU7 tubes in it used as voltage gain devices only. With the stock ... | |
| Any experience with the Scott Nixon Dacs? Go to Audio Circle. There is a whole circle dedicated to Scott's products there. | |
| Aero Capitole as pre-amp for Spectral DMA-150? Actually, I'm surprised the ARC preamp works as well as you say with the DMA-150. I used to own a DMA 200 and before I was able to scrape up the cash for a Spectral preamp (DMC 20 SII), I ran a ARC SP-6C into it. It didn't match well at all. I bel... | |
| Which SS amps sound like a tube amp? Over on AC, there is one person using all AVA tube hybrid electronics on his RM40's who states he is is audio nirvana. While not tubey sounding, you can roll the tubes to suit your taste. Just my 2 cents. BTW, I own an AVA Transcendence 7 preamp, ... | |
| The Fastest most musical amp I used to own an all Spectral/MIT system driving speakers very similar to JM Labs Utopias. This system was extremely fast. The MIT cables actually opened the sound up tremendously,i.e., they did ib no way slow things down. The one complaint I had ... | |
| Spectral and xlr cables Jdwek,If at all possible, go with the xlr cable b/t the pre and power amp. This made a noticable improvement on my DMC20 and DMA200.Bill | |
| Assemblage 3.1 vs. EVS Millenium II DAC Hello, everyone. I talked with Ric the otheryesterday about the Millenium II DAC. I hope I don't get in trouble with Ric for posting this, but he actually recommends going with his newly upgraded Sony 9000es over the separate DAC unless your syste... | |
| Assemblage 3.1 vs. EVS Millenium II DAC Thank you, Tim. I will give Ric a call. | |
| "Tweaks" vs. Audiophiles Albert, your response was exquisitely eloquent and thought-provoking. Thank you very much. | |
| To tone control or not to tone control I am in full agreement with Greg and Sean. Tone controls will only add distortion. That is one good reason you don't find them on high end pieces. |