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| is RMAF worth a trip Small correction: the site is at http://www.audiofest.net. | |
| is RMAF worth a trip RMAF is heavily consumer oriented, while CES is largely for the trade. RMAF is more laid back than CES and easier to get around. This year's event is sold out, which should give you an idea what others think. While not every manufacturer will be r... | |
| Microsoft Excel for LP, CD, Tape inventory? Guinness, a solution to the cost issue is to use Open Office which includes their database program, Base. OpenOffice.org software is free and very robust. Download it and you won't look back. | |
| Einstein The Tube pre vs Nagra PL-L or VTL7.5 II I recently visited a customer to let him audition the Einstein The Tube in his system. He had the MBL 6010D on loan to compare side by side. The Einstein, even with the stock tubes and power cord, was the clear winner: much more emotionally involv... | |
| Stolen SoundLabs - just in case... Hey Duke, it's good to hear you remembered where you parked the car. :-)Brian | |
| Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp? Nsgarch wrote:You are not unhappy with tube amps, you are unhappy with the ARC tube amp. You love the sound but don't want maintenance/reliability headaches.I tend to agree. Don't give up on tubes just yet. Peak Consult speakers work well with tubes. | |
| New Accustic Arts V3 Tube Dac anyone heard? The Accustic Arts tube DAC has dual 32 bit mono DACs for left and right channels, a Class A power supply with 84,000 uF of capacitance, dual encapsulated toroidal transformers, and a heavy gauge solid aluminum chassis. The hand selected tubes are ... | |
| Best Interface Between Vibraplane and Maple Board I would try the EAR material as Steve Klein suggests, because he distributes the Vibraplane and probably has as much experience with it as anyone. If you don't know of a source for it, you might ask him. You probably want just a thin sheet (a few ... | |
| Heard the Abbingdon Music research CD player? Karel, try plugging the AMR direct into the wall and let us know how the sound compares. | |
| What kind of outlet wall plate do yo use? Albert, the price on a CTC Blowtorch has never been negotiable, no insiders discount nor accommodation. The price is what it is, because it has always been a labor of love with low markup. I own one and knew Bob Crump better than most people and k... | |
| How many have heard the Beveridge Electrostatics? Tony D, it couldn't have been the 2s you heard driven by ARC amps, as the 2s had built in amplifiers.Sanibelsteve, when do the commercials stop? Have you read the posting rules here? | |
| Wood v. Metal for stands. Is there a clear winner? Dpac996, here's an easy experiment. Take everything off one of the glass shelves, then take a key or small screwdriver and strike it, not hard of course. Does it ring? Of course it does. Ringing indicates vibrational energy that will find its way ... | |
| Anyone familiar with Hegeman/Morrison speakers I visited Don Morrison ("Morrison," as he likes to be called) in Toronto last year after making some deliveries to customers. Yes, he is a one man operation, an interesting chap, very nice if eccentric. Considering the modest associated equipment,... | |
| Acoustat , Hafler TNT and Jim Strickland The TNT amps work, but I wouldn't say are the definitive choice. You can also use Acoustat direct drive tube amps (Acoustat X et al.) with the speakers, bypassing the transformer system altogether, although the amps aren't that common and the 6HB5... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs John Curl - Dennesen and Symmetry, to name two, although the products were not power amplifiers. |