chelillingworth
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Source Rotel RCD 971 Player Upgrade or DAC I owned a 971 for a couple of years and enjoyed it, a solid player. I then used it as a transport with a Bel Canto Dac 1 then upgraded to 1.1. The outboard dac is able to extract much more detial and portray a much more robust soundatage with more... | |
Favorite Tube Amps, Reasonably Priced I use the new Rogue Audio Tempest Magnum with my Virgos $2695 Integrated. It is a huge step up in quality from the stock tempest with a much larger power supply and output transformers. It renders a huge soundstage with great detail and is able to... | |
Depth of sound stage--I need help I own the 333es which is a good enough unit but really does lack the resolution to presnt the ambient cues to give you a 3D soundstage. When compared with a bel canto dac I had it most notably lacked depth. I have since sold my bel canto and had D... | |
CD storage binders redux I use a sony 400 cd changer for storage and background listening. read the review at onhifi.com You can link a couple of them together. In my experience with any bainder you in danger of scratching your cd's either from the sleaves themselves or f... | |
Sony 9000ES: DanWright or StanWarren Mod I had Dan Wright modify my 333es and the results are stunning. I can't speak to the effect of Satn Warren's mod other to say from what I hear his work is well respected. I would recommend speaking with both Dan and Stan about their mods, price and... | |
Where do you buy SACDs online? The best arewww.acousticsounds.comwww.amusicdirect.comwww.superaudio-cd.com does seem to offer some imports unavailable elsewhere. | |
Looking for alternative to Sonus Fabers I would highly recommend the Meadowlark Kestrel hot rods. Read up on them, there are a few used pairs. They match up beautifully with your dac. | |
rogue 66 vs the99 the 99 is worth the extra money in a quality system. More neutral and much more detail. | |
Bel Canto 1.1 - Convince Me. They were very fast with the upgrade, less than a week. | |
Bel Canto 1.1 - Convince Me. THe upgrade is $150 including shipping back to you. The upgrade was well worth the money and made an audible improvement in performance, overall openess, detail, and weight and definition in the bass. | |
Stereo preamp for HT bypass Rogue Audio 66 & 99 @ $1295 and $1995 Talk to jonathan@goldmanaudio.com | |
Hardwood audio rack Pierre sprey of Mapleshade records has done extnsive listening experi,emts with different woods and swears by maple. Give him a call he is very knowledgable and sells some great tweaks as well | |
Help Integrated Amp for Soliloquy 5.3 Try the Rogue Audio Tempest 40W triode 60W ultralinear, with remote. It has passive preamp outs to send to a sub. I recommend jonathan@goldmanaudio.com he is a great dealer and woould be able to give you some more info. | |
Rogue 66, Blue Circle 21, Kora Equinoxe Rogue 66 is an awesome value. | |
Shearwater Hot Rod vs. ProAc 1.5 The Shearwater Hot rods are superior in every way. Much larger and deeper soundstage, more detail, much better drivers. |