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| Retailer in Austin, TX Give Brian Kurtz of Sound Mind Audio a call to schedule a demo, 512-377-2834 or 512-922-6043, and tell him I said hi.Brian | |
| NORMA Amps Haven't heard them but wonder about cable recommendations. Spectral demands their components be used with MIT, or else the warranty is void, I strongly suspect due to bandwidth limiting so the components do not go into oscillation.On the other han... | |
| Stand out phono stages Vicks7, I would put the similarly priced Constellation Audio Orion phono stage, designed by John Curl and Carl Thompson, up against it. | |
| Budget USB cable? 07-12-12: Hotmailjbci read the belkin gold series has gotten great reviews. 25 bucks.A little over $3 shipped on Amazon. | |
| 1988 Sound Labs electrostatic model A3 pair Jeff, you are welcome to call me for info. I have been a Sound Lab dealer for several years, located in the Chicago area.Brian | |
| Battle of affordable pre-amps: Rotel vs Parasound Dhl, that's not altogether true. Given the choice, John Curl prefers discrete devices, but he has designed products using op amps, some of which have won product of the year awards.Parasound dealer. | |
| Gryphon Colosseum vs. Karan M2000 monoblocks Sonics notwithstanding, there is entirely too much controversy associated with Karan especially in terms of distribution, so it would be off my list. | |
| Thoughts on the First Watt SIT Amps I heard one of the SIT amps recently, and it sounded very good, fuller and richer than other First Watt amps also demo'd.One concern I might have is how many of these SIT devices exist. It's not the same as availability of NOS tubes. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Nandric et al., if it is important enough for you to know about the source of said ruby bearings rather than go on speculating, I will be happy to put you in touch with David Shreve, so feel free to contact me. Out of consideration for his privacy... | |
| Abbingdon music research AMR cd-77 is how good? Washline, you might want to contact the AMR distributor, Avatar Acoustics, to find out who is and isn't an AMR dealer. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Nandric, if Herb Papier had something to do with Rabco, I stand corrected. In any event David Shreve would probably know. Meanwhile, he has replied to Kisawyer and myself, so there's a very good chance Kisawyer will have his arm back up and runnin... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Nandric: Yes, this is the same person. As Mosin said, David's one of the good guys. It's a privilege to know him. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm David Shreve, located in southern California, is still around after all these years and repairs and modifies these tonearms. Feel free to email me for his contact info.Brian @ | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? Yes.Brian @ | |
| Kudos to Parasound service Glenfihi, so you know, Parasound does have some authorized service centers around the country.Brian |