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| Dali Helicon 400mk2 vs Sonus Faber cremona I have auditioned both of these speakers. I think what you heard captures pretty well what I heard in my auditions. I really liked both speakers. For me, the Dalis had a bit of a problem in not being true to timbre with solo piano, which was a sho... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes I bought my Elrogs from True Audiophile. They distinguished themselves with excellent responsiveness and customer focus. I also heard the horror stories in their attempts at taking care of their customers who experienced tube failures. I can say t... | |
| Adcom GFA-5500 Musical Concept Mods I owned this amp a long time ago, and it was a bit bloated and harsh when new. I would move on. I'm not sure what the cost of the mods might be, but in my opinion, you can do much better by selling and buying something else. It is hard to make spe... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Charles,I received my replacements about a week ago and have listened to them sparingly while awaiting delivery of the PS-10 so I can limit the voltage going to the amps. That said, the replacement tubes most certainly sound better than the origin... | |
| Shipping Set of Speakers across country There was a recent thread on this. I recently used Adcom and my speakers (similar size and weight) arrived without a blemish. I believe Wilson uses them. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Rob,The WE14 tentatively seems to be working out well, as does the Belden. I am getting about 3-5 hours a day of burn in listening to Chopin during dinner and watching movies with my beloved wife in the evening. I even ordered some opera dvds yest... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Al, Thanks so much in particular for this comment."Regarding natural vs. artificial materials, it stands to reason that the characteristics of the insulating materials surrounding a conductor can affect the sonics of a cable in various ways. But I... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Good review. As I read it, I thought of the analogy with video. I have movies that I have watched dozens of times, but not one of those has any special effects. They are great stories with great acting. Special effects are nice for a one off watch... | |
| CV181 6SN7 ModWight CD Player ? Wig, Keep us posted on the BTs. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Rhanson, "All that's golden does not glitter." Giving these a try surely requires slaughtering every sacred cow in sight. Were it not for Rob's endorsement, who I know to share my sonic value system, I would have dismissed all this wire as someone... | |
| Hear sibilance on Krall, Famous Blue, D. Fagen? Rebbi, I notice the AN Kit one uses a 5U4G rectifier. I have 5 pieces in my system that use this tube, and I have done some fairly extensive tube rolling with this rectifier. Some 5U4GBs, especially, can give me excessive sibilance in my system. I... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Charles, Yep! Piano is so hard to get right. She heard 26 years worth of LvB sonatas without ever having been fooled. Is it live, or is it Coincident? | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Rob, I laughed at your statement about your wife commenting on the change in sound. For me, a similar event occurred when I got the TEIIs. I fired them up and my wife asked who was playing the piano. I knew right then the Magnepans were going to go. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Nonoise, before i pulled the trigger on the WE 14 I seriously considered the Supra based on your previous comments. It is good that someone is using a similar design in current production cables. The NOS WE wire is going fast. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price OK, I got about 8 hrs on the WE14s yesterday. The roughness in the treble is gone as is the nasal tonality. Even during this brief burn in, the musicality of these cables (I'm talking PRAT now) manifested itself. They are very smooth and grain fre... |