bpwalsh
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| How good is the Lector CD player? The Mk II is user upgradable to Mk III by changing out a chip. | |
| How good is the Lector CD player? Fanfare Int'l (Victor Goldstein) was the former distributor for Lector. Aaudio Imports is the distributor as of a few months ago and has been ordering product regularly, although demand has been high. As a dealer for Lector I am eagerly awaiting t... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive or Einstein The TT's Choice I have the balanced version of the Einstein phono stage, while others I know have the single ended version. I haven't heard them side by side, although Sabertouch's description of the differences is in line with what I have been told. The dual pow... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive or Einstein The TT's Choice Rich, let's just say all the other Einstein components are tube based, while the phono stage isn't. I would put it up against *any* phono stage, tube or solid state, regardless of price.Brian | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive or Einstein The TT's Choice The Einstein phono stage, available in either single ended or balanced version, has two pairs of input connectors, one pair of which are used for plugging in the load resistors. Four pairs of load resistors are provided: 40, 85, 150, and 300 ohms,... | |
| Consumer Electronic Show ? Nrchy, you are putting words in my mouth. I have been attending CES for well over 20 years and will continue to attend.Brian | |
| Consumer Electronic Show ? Nrchy, the purposes of RMAF and CES are quite different. RMAF is consumer oriented, while CES is for the trade. At CES some high end audio companies choose to have static displays only, although most try to demonstrate. Show conditions being what ... | |
| ASR Basis Exclusive or Einstein The TT's Choice I haven't compared the Einstein against the ASR, but it has stood up to other competition here. Dead quiet, dynamic, great weight and image density, very musical and harmonically fleshed out. Einstein has been around in Germany for at least 15 yea... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? I would put the Einstein up against any of them, not just because I'm a dealer.Brian | |
| TG SLVR Power cord; substitute or something better Tplavas, there are significant differences with various types of silver. Classifying it as bright and hashy may be accurate for some but certainly not for all, and in my experience it can reveal harshness elsewhere in the chain. By the same token,... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Frankg, while you're at RMAF there are some others you should check out, such as the new Accustic Arts transport and DAC. I don't sell them but have heard some good things about them.Brian | |
| Pipedreams vs. Soundlabs Thanks, Rwd, I try to explain things as clearly as possible. I've been into high end for going on 35 years and have seen many companies come and go, especially speaker manufacturers. I try to stick to what I know best and avoid criticizing competi... | |
| TG SLVR Power cord; substitute or something better Tplavas, the wall plug used on the SLVR is a silver plated Pass & Seymour extra-hard use spec grade unit, not hospital grade, while the IEC plug is a silver plated Schurter, I believe. Bob Crump spent many years comparing many devices and taki... | |
| TG SLVR Power cord; substitute or something better I'll save you the trouble of contacting Frank. Frank was not involved with Bob Crump but came into the picture after Bob passed away, although he and Bob were acquainted. Frank has not made any changes to the products but meanwhile has been experi... | |
| TG SLVR Power cord; substitute or something better I am a TG Audio dealer. I have no trouble getting orders filled for SLVRs and other TG cables, since someone else is building the products these days. As best I can tell they sound identical to what Bob Crump used to build.Brian |