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| Black glass KenRad 6SN7s take the cake The Clear Glass KenRad VT-231's and 6SN7GT's are not even close to the Black Glass versions. It's a night and day difference. Compared to the Black Glass, the clear is 2 dimensional, thin and quite unnatural sounding. If you've been listening to t... | |
| What's the deal with palladium?? Trelja, you're the man! Thanks for giving such a fantastic overview on this! | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving BbTuna - the EAD is hard to find. As I stated in the post above, I cannot find one myself. I think the reason why the EAD T7000 is so good is that it was completely overbuilt since it was a first generation Laser Disk Player. Newer models are crap... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Kana, The EAD T7000 is old and flakey making it a hassle to use. The drawer on most T7000's closes before you can get the cd in the tray. So.... when using you have to hold the drawer with your left hand (as it pulls against you) and drop the CD w... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak_m, the EAD is good isn't it? It's mysterious how other MUCH more expensive transports can be completely blown away by this thing. When it comes to digital, I've had them all and the EAD transport (T-7000) absolutely smoked everything else - e... | |
| Phono Preamp Help - 47K Ohms - 100 Ohms .. Huh? Consttraveler - how is the Coph Nia??? I've read a bit about them and I'm curious to know what you've compared it to. Care to share? | |
| What's the deal with palladium?? Palladium is a poor conductor but... in audio, conductivity is not THE most important thing. The hardness of the metal and the frequencies at which it resonates play a large role in the sonic characteristic of any given cable design. When building... | |
| quattro fil xlr or cardas golden cross Actually... in some solid state systems the Cardas Golden Cross and the Nordost Quattro-Fil are quite complementary. When I had an all Electrocompaniet system, I liked the QF between my EMC1 MkII and the EC4.7 and a run of GC between the 4.7 and t... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Twl - I am in full agreement about analog. I always thought if I threw enough money at it, I could make digital sound "right" and truth is (as I've discovered), my expectations were not realistic - in the least. Analog is right - out of the box.As... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak_m, I have to believe the EAD T-7000 Transport will kill the Metronome. Sorry to say but its true. The EAD beat out many transports under 10K in my own system. :( Plug it into the metronome DAC and get ready for something special! Also, I have... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Asa - phono is astonishing and I don't even have the Syrah phono stage (yet). Simply using a Black Cube into my Chardonnay, I've acheived sonics that surpass all previous attempts at making digital sound "good". I haven't listened to a CD for abou... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak_m here is the quick cure (your MFA's are good amps)I know Scott Frankland - he does good work.1) Take the Hydra OFF of the amps. 2) Use any PC you have two of on the amps (hopefully you can use the BMI's). If you have been using Shunyata's on... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century T bone - the remote operates smoothly. Mick uses an Alps pot for the remote controlled preamps.I fully recommend against having your preamp customized - beyond the remote.Most every "option" I asked for had a problem. My first Chardonnay preamp wa... | |
| Phono Preamp Help - 47K Ohms - 100 Ohms .. Huh? Viridian - analog rigs seem to be a wee-bit tweeky to set up correctly but the sound is for the most part, exactly what I always hoped digital could be. And it was easy to get to that level vs. spending 10's of thousands on digital + associated ca... | |
| What power cord to use with a Cary 306/200? Hey Tok20000 - Eljif would laugh at me for saying this but the Shunyata's with "star dust" are super good at making digital sound better and work nice on any CD player at any price (Accuphase, AudioAero, Wadia, Electrocompaniet, Audiomeca or even ... |