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| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? Unison Research Unico CD player , it has tubes -:) | |
| Heads Up: ARC is introducing the new SP-20 in Fall I own an ARC LS27 & a Ref 150 , I have over the last 40 years owned other ARC gear as well as stints owning VTL , Conrad Johnson , Threshold and other stuff . I can honestly and unbiasedly say that the current set up transports me closer to th... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Nglazer , I concur with Tbg , the biggest initial difference that I found was between cd player and line stage , so closer to the source seems to be the way to go , at least as starters . | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz Tbg , I'm running an Audio Research Ref 150 power amp which is balanced input only , so no choice in that respect . I suspect that when the balanced version of the CT1 does become available that the result of being able to run the CT1's from sourc... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I 1st heard the CT-1's between my Cd & preamp , if was revelatory , the 1st cable that I can actually say seemed to be free from any type of colouration , so clean that the sound initially appeared to be a tad lean , until true bass signal was... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? After many years I have finished with an ARC Phono 6 , I like the way you can change the loading from the remote control and at my age ( 58 ) I can't justify spending more as my hearing ain't what it used to be . | |
| VPI TNT MkIII - pluses and minuses? I am on my 4th VPI , I started out with a HW19 , then a TNT Jnr , then a TNT Mk 1 with a MK4 platter and lastly I have a TNT 5 ( at least I think its a 5 , it has an opaque platter as opposed to the earlier composite ones ). I would steer way from... | |
| Wilson Audio Sophia I vs. II vs. III I haven't heard the Sophia 1's but recently had the opportunity to upgrade from the Sophia 2's to the Sophia 3's . I frankly was amazed at how much improved the new version was , it is also more user friendly , eg , the access to the crossover res... | |
| Wilson Sophia 3 I have a pair of Sophia 2's and the paint on the top of the right cabinet has started to crack quite badly , I am the original owner , so these problems are still coming to the surface ( no pun intended ) , I have every confidence of a happy resol... | |
| Wilson Sophia 1,2, or 3? I own the Sophia 2's with ARC LS27 & a Ref 150 , the sound is very good but I believe the Sophia 3's are an obvious step up from the 2's and a major step up from the ones . But , the Sophia 3 does not have the silk dome tweeter of the new Alex... | |
| Review: Audio Research D-70 mkII Tube amp Hi Davey ,I was ' in the wilderness ' for a few years and missed the VT100's etc , when I came back it was with the ARC CA50 integrated amp , I then jumped to the VS115 and then the Ref 150 & an LS27 , I think that combo certainly bests many o... | |
| Need recommendations for a Cartridge under $2K Thankyou everyone for your recommendations , I will see if the Delos is available locally , otherwise the Dynavector XX-2 looks like the one ... Cheers . | |
| Review: Audio Research D-70 mkII Tube amp Thanks for a trip down memory lane , my introduction to the joys of tube components was an ARC SP8/D70 Mk2 combo driving Acoustat3a speakers , I wish I had stopped and gotten off the upgrade merry go round then .... I loved my D70 but curiously wh... | |
| speaker cables for Wilson Sophia I use Harmonic Tech Pro 9 Reference SE and I thinkits a very synergistic match , I found the earlierpro 9 ref ( non se ) to have slightly lesswell defined bass . I have not tried anythingreally expensive as no point listening to whatI can't afford... | |
| Experience with Unison Research Unico CD player . Hi Mechans ,Thanks for your reply , I aim to try a 1 metre H T Magic link 2 between Cd & PreAmp , don't have any spare balanced interconnects at the moment . Tempted to try Nordost also but prior experience has shown a tendency towards brightn... |