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Amp or blocks for Total Eclipse
I drive my Super Eclipse lll's with Nuforce 9 SEV3. It reallylights them up. 
Balanced Tube Preamps for Nuforce Ref 9SE V3
Brf,Do you run your Cary in balanced mode? SS or tube amp? 
Balanced Tube Preamps for Nuforce Ref 9SE V3
Atma,I thought the MP-1 was out of my $7500 range? Am I mistaken? 
Balanced Tube Preamps for Nuforce Ref 9SE V3
Brf,The Cary is on my short list as is the Rogue Hera2. I must admit I like the fact that the Cary has a headphone amp built in. It is a nice bonus. Do you have a Cary in your system?Chris 
Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ?
GAS Ampzilla was a stunner! 
Best of XLR cable?
JPS Superconductor 3 are great and the JPS Aluminata is even better if you have the budget. 
Windham Hill an audiophile label?
I have a lot of Windham Hill recordings on vinyl and CD. Good recordings for the most part. We use them for dinner music mostly. 
How good is the BAT VK40?
I am running a BAT VK 31SE with my Nuforce Ref9 V3 and it is a great combination. Have you considered upgrading the Ref 9 to V3? Magical upgrade in my opinion. 
Allnic Gel tube dampers
Jake,I would second Herbie's dampers. Very good value and nice people to deal with. 
Nuforce V3 mod
Worldcat,I would have to agree with your assessment! I just took the v3's up a notch by replacing the fuses with the Isoclean units. The level of realism just got better! Although I did replace all fuses in the system so we can take it FWIW! We kn... 
Nuforce V3 mod
6 Moons Review on the V3 upgrade. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/nuforce12/v3.html 
Nuforce V3 mod
Joe,It has been a while since I have heard a top flight tube amp in a system. Most people I know with nice systems use tubes on the preamp and some sort of solid state for the amps. I think I will go out on a limb and suggest that we would be hard... 
Nuforce V3 mod
I had a chance to do some critical listening to the V3 vs a V2. Equipment was a Marantz CD player feeding a Benchmark DAC, a Joule Electra 300 ME preamp and a pair of Revel Studio 2. The first thing that struck us was the large increase in height ... 
Coincident speakers
Cedar,Are your speakers wired for 12 ohm or 6 ohm. Could be the reason the SET worked better in your system. JMHO.Do you use a tube linestage? 
Nuforce Ref 9 SE
I bought my Nuforce 9SE v3 from a dealer that is driving a pair of ribbon speakers. The amps themselves are not bright but very detailed and have a wonderful spacious soundstage. They seem to be best mated to tube pre-amps and are only at their be...