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charles1dad

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Wyred 4 Sound experience with 804Ds
Ullodea,This cool character could simply be a unique finding with your system. Overwhelmingly most have found this amp to reside in the warmth camp. 
Shindo preamp with Mcintosh MC252
Nitewulf,Based on the qualities you seek I think you would be very happy with the Shindo Aurieges. If you find one used go for it, the used ones are sold pretty fast when available.Personally I`d prefer Shindo to the MAC preamp.Good Luck, 
Review: Stealth Audio Cables Varidig Sextet Reference Interconnect
Mitch,If you have an opprotunity, consider the ASI Liveline IC. This was compared to the very fine Stealth Sextet and found to be better for much less money per Srajan Ebaen`s review of the liveline in his 6 moons review. Just a thought. 
Do people buy MAC gear for the blue meters
No need for MAC owners to become defensive,Tater`s main point is his friend NEVER listens to the system. 
Need a transport recommendation
Tony,I did`nt make any direct comparisons to those top tier transports. It was`nt necessary as either a component sounds good or it does`nt. To my ears it was wonderful. You can read a comparison review by Grateful(PWT vs Acoustic Art Transport) o... 
Best 300B
Abill,The KR 300b tubes were always considered a good sounding tube, the problem was premature tube failure with poor company support. Perhaps your 1990s vintage tubes are of better quaility than current production. Where would one find these olde... 
Need a transport recommendation
Rsf507,The PS Audio PWT sounds exceptionally natural, open and transparent. The use of buffer and memory storage is well implemented, highly recmmended. Top level performance for a quite reasonable cost. 
DeVore Silverbacks
Oops, meant Silverback not Silverbach. 
DeVore Silverbacks
4musica44107The Solovox is a single driver speaker, correct? would you be giving up the frequency extremes with this change?The Solovox does seem to be a interesting approach. I`d love to hear how it sound reproducing acoustic jazz and vocals as c... 
Maggies with Tubes?
Hpower,If the Audio Space 300 has a well built and stiff power supply along with premium transformers your chance for sucess with these speakers are pretty good. As others have stated above, those factors matter greatly, and mean much more than ju... 
Full-range/horn loaded on a budget?
Sakahara.I`d be very interested in an update on the Tron 300b and Tonian Lab speaker. Whats `s different compared to the Horning Agathon? Personally I`m very curious to hear the Tonian Classic 12.1 the uses that legendary PHY 12 inch wide band dri... 
Wyred 4 Sound and Thiels
The detailed review in 6 moons concluded that this amp has a rather warm and full bodied character, seems pontentially a good mate with the thiels. 
Coincident Dragon Amplifier
Almarg,I think it will be difficult to find an amp with the power and scale along with the true sonic character of a DHT tube that the dragon provides. It`s a brillant design that sounds fantastic.Not quite as nuanced as the Frankenstein MK2 300B(... 
Sonus Faber Stradivari amp: X600.5 or X1000.5 ?
Raquel,Well stated words of wisdom, but only if genuine music quality is the objective as opposed to spectacular Hifi. I`ve come to belive that the advent of inefficient speakers has been counter productive for the persuit of natural sound. It for... 
what impacts the sound quality more amp or pre-amp
Dvdgreco, As others have stated above, all components within a system matter, the weak link will drag the overall performance down every time. But to answer your specific question, in my experience I`ve had more profound change in the sound/charac...