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| David Berning preamp..looking for suggestions I recently borrowed and tried one of David Berning's ZOTL-One preamps with a phono stage and compared it to the phono preamp I have now, a two box unit built by DIY guru Charlie Phelps that he and mutual friends believe is better than any commerci... | |
| Reference 3A De Capo BE Review An excellent review to which I say AMEN. I've owned the first generation De Capo which has the crossover-less design and the same woven carbon fiber mid-woofer. I'd never heard such bass out of any speaker even near that size, not only deep but na... | |
| Fusion Audio Romance series cables The discussion here led me to try Fusion power cords. I'm glad to verify the other opinions being expressed - the Romance cords really are outstanding. They flat out killed some Lessloss cords I was trying, making them seem uninvolving by comparis... | |
| Review: JM Labs Diva Utopia Be Speaker I ditched a pair of Divas and thanks to this post I know why I did it. I had owned Mini-Utopias (pre Be tweeters) before and loved them, so I was confident the Divas would be better. But it was a mixed bag. The Devas were less colored and more tra... | |
| Pangea power cords An audio friend gave me an enthusiastic recommendation about the Pangea power cords and had me over to hear an A/B comparison with the excellent cord both he and I have been using. This cord was made using 12 AWG cryogenically treated CryoMax III ... | |
| New Gallo 3.5's I was talking about the Gallo 3.5s with a person at Mapleshade and he said that the Chinese manufacturing facility that produces the Gallo 3.1s insisted on a large price increase. So part of the big price jump with the 3.5s is a function of improv... | |
| New Gallo 3.5's I'm the friend who brought his stock Gallo Ref 3 speaker over to Dave Pogue's to compare its sound to one of his mounted on the Mapleshade stand. Dave is not exaggerating about the amount of improvement the bases make. It's huge. Mine are on order... | |
| Mapleshade boards under speakers Dave Pogue, who made a comment here back in July, just got Mapleshade custom stands for his Gallo Ref. 3 speakers. The stands are big 4" thick maple platforms with the really heavy Megafeet and Heavyfeet under them. I brought one of my Ref. 3 spea... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Just a quick note on the use of Stillpoints with the Lenco. I've kept the bolt feet on, but they sit on a layered base of maple and acrylic with large size Stillpoints under the base just below where the bolt feet rest on top. Adding the Stillpoin... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Thanks much to everyone who's responded, and especially to Raul for the gold mine of information. Now to buy a few cartridges! | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced Thanks for the tip on "Raulirugas'" posts. I've never encountered anyone who's tried so many cartridges! This is just the kind of information I'm after. This line of discussion is especially good:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1... | |
| Koetsu Restoration The suspension finally collapsed on my old Koetsu Rodewood Signature. Soundsmith did a suspension reconstruction plus the ruby cantilever and optimized contour diamond. It's hard to compare by memory, but there's no doubt that the rebuild has a hi... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II It sounds like what's needed is to run the experiment. Is that possible? Can a Verus motor be substituted for a Lenco motor, or can you imagine a way to A/B a Teres and a fully modded Lenco? | |
| Shuguang 845B vs Shuguang 845M I've tried all the versions of Shuguang 845s. I like the 845Cs best. The 845Ms were reputed to have problems, but mine kept going for 2 years. The Ms and the Cs - both metal plate - have a similar sound, with the Cs being a little more transparent... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Jean, I suspect that you're racing right now to finish various projects for people before you sail off for your Mediterranean travels and adventure with Srajan. Before you leave, I want to express appreciation for your sense of adventure, all the ... |