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best preamp ever - cost is no object
Ralph,Are you familiar with the many tube saturation devices in the Pro Audio world? These devices are design with just this purpose in mind. Beyond changing the tube saturation/distortion characteristics there are devices in the Studio world that... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Herman, the genius comes from the use of innovative circuit topologies but it is true that in general audio circuits are simple in general terms compare to complex circuits designs used in control circuits, automations, instrumentation and data ac... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Ryan,Here is just a few of the things which are different about my current system than the one that you heard four years ago:1. To begin with the Transport has been changed to a Forsell Air Reference Mk.IV air-bearing transport.2. The whole digita... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Norm,Look it up at Texas A&M University, College Station as I earned a degree in physics and a separate degree in Electrical Engineering there. I know that you are retired now but perhaps you still know someone there who has access to the reco... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Ryan,Where did I mention a graphic equalizer? I have never own a graphic EQ but that is exactly what a Cello Palette is; try to tell Tom Jung of DMP, Shawn Murphy of Hollywood/movie scoring fame, Mrs. Wilma Kozart of Mercury Living Presence fame t... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Ryan,You are talking to someone with degrees in both Physics and electrical engineering. I believe that you do accounting by profession correct?As I said in my post above:It is not that I think that all tubes and power cords sound the same; on the... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Norm,The time has come for the student to teach the professor a lesson. With my last post I set a trap for you. In asking you to “verbalize” what make a tube or a power cord better than another, you yourself will arrive at the conclusion that the ... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Norm,What is it about the cables and tubes that you prefer and that make them better? Please "verbalize" what makes your choices better?I do agree that tube technology is different but what matters is the end result isn't it? The way in which a tu... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Ralph,I would agree with you 100% if the reason for swapping the tubes was because of the tubes being microphonic, noisy, suffered from defective construction or were not reliable but I don't believe that is the case here. I believe that Fred just... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
You just don't get it! Tweaks such as tube rolling and such are there for the people that want to extract the most out of their system but do not want or have the funds to spend on more expensive solutions, based on substance. In the case of your ... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
"A couple thoughts":Fred, I don't want to come across like I'm picking on you so please don't take it personal but even at $100 per tube it still sounds to me like you and other tube rollers are trying to play an expensive game of trial-and-error ... 
Review: Acapella Triolons Speaker
Ryan,My current system sounds much more refined, neutral, extended and 3-dimensional than the system that you heard three years ago. Much has changed, just look at the pictures under my system here on Audiogon and you'll soon realize that the room... 
Review: Acapella Triolons Speaker
Can someone please explain this statement to me:"Whereas some loudspeaker makers are producing designs with drivers that can produce sub-octave lows and ultra-frequency highs, believing such designs would be the most faithful in sonic reproduction... 
best preamp ever - cost is no object
Fred,When you start recommending $1000 pairs of 6922 tubes and $2,400.00 power cords like you have been doing on this site you really need a reality check; swing by my house and I'll show you what $9 6922 tubes and $5 stock power cords can do when... 
Review: Acapella Triolons Speaker
Docsavage, While in Shanghai, China on business last year I was able to listen to not only the Acapella Triolon's but the Acapella Excalibur's and Sparon's driven by Audionet Amp II's, FM Acoustics and Halcro monoblock amplifiers. I left the audit...