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| Preamp Deal of the Century Pkaram, the best phono stage I've listened to was my Aesthetix IO Signature DIRECT to an amp... WITHOUT ANY VOLUME CONTRL IN BETWEEN. It was insane! I set the jumpers to 60db gain and let her rip!The purity of the sound was remarkable but the expe... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Larry, I thought about trying the UNIverse and discussed with SORAsound but...I was scared it was going to be too bright. Especially after hearing a Koetsu Onyx Platinum. My table is a bit forward sounding in the upper mids & this is appare... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century A few revelations happened today... I got a new cartridge to replace my Shelter 901. I settled on the Benz LP Ebony because Judith Spotheim, the maker of my turntable & arm, OEM's the cartridge and highly recommends it as a great match - plus ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique - thank you very much. I'm actually looking forward to the move to Charlotte. The difference in cost of living should afford me a great listening space! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thf & Larryrosen - Sorry, I don't have any experience with the Cabernet but would expect it to outperform the Cortese (Sauvignon) line stage particularly due to a better / more refined power supply. I've read good things about the new PX4 tube... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Tom! It's good to be back! The past several months have been very hectic. Now it looks as if I'll be moving from California to Charlotte, North Carolina within the next month or two...so it's not over yet. I'll do my best keep up to speed w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Thf, Sonically they are very similar but the Cortese is more refined, precise and has better bass extension. The highs are more controlled and sweeter with the Cortese. The tonal balance of the mids is difficult to distinguish between the two p... | |
| Problem with Supratek Preamp or Musetax Bidat DAC? Hi Outlier - My Cortese/BiDat combo did this from time to time after I had disconnected the DC power cord to moved/reposition the Supratek. Carefully disconnecting and then reattaching the DC power cord on the Supratek seemed to correct the proble... | |
| Moray James Digital Coax You're correct, it does look like a piece of crap but for some reason the cable sounds fantastic.And please, be careful with it in your auditions... They break!I don't think he has a model number for the digital cables. The packaging I have just s... | |
| Moray James Digital Coax Moray's contact information is: morayj1@juno.comThe Moray James digital cable is the best I've found for use with the Museatex gear - particularly the BiDat. In that application, the MJ provides for an outstanding organic texture, with depth and d... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I use Mullard CV181 / ECC32's in my Cortese. Take note, they are electronically different than 6SN7's. You can see photos of 'em in my system - good looking tubes to be sure. I think they sound very nice - much like the TungSol Rounds. Regarding t... | |
| Supratek chrome plated chassis cleaning? I have had success using a "micro-fiber" cloth, the type used for camera lenses and therefore available at camera/photography stores. This seemed to work well for my Chardonnay but I suspect that frequent polishing will eventually rub away the chr... | |
| Is Exemplar the answer? Tvad?? What is an EA Electro? Are you referring to an Electrocompaniet EMC1? | |
| Denon 3910 Universal Player - Opinions? The pictures look very interesting - I appreciate your honest thoughts regarding "build quality". I couldn't find the internal photo of the 3910 on the Crutchfield website so I've added the one I've been using for planning mods.Photo Links: Onkyo ... | |
| Denon 3910 Universal Player - Opinions? Ears. Nice review. People keep saying some of these players have "better build" than others. I am curious, on what grounds is this being determined? |