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| Conrad Johnson, Krell, Creek integrated amp?? I would suggest considering the older Krell 400i vs. either the older 300 or the new S300i. But that is based on my preferences in performance. The older 300i was nothing special, with the S300i being a pretty decent improvement over it. But I sti... | |
| Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02? Ralph, I had seen a similar comment in an ad listing that your amps do not require all of the tubes to be installed to operate. Is there a minimum number of tubes, ie. half or something like that which is required? Is this true of all tube amps (f... | |
| Best analog sounding cd player under 5K David12, so sorry to hear of your troubles with the modded Opus 21. Knock on wood, I never had a single issue or hick-up with mine. I kept it a good while too and eventually contacted Steve before putting it up for sale to see if he had any looker... | |
| Best CD between EMM Labs & DCS Kops is referencing the software upgrades, which EMM Labs also offers (again software upgrades). neither DCS and/or EMM offer free physical or equipment upgrades. I am sure this is what Kops is conveying, just further clarifying. | |
| Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02? Ralph, thank you very kindly for your reply, more timely than my checking back in with this thread. This information may very well change my requisites for an amp, which I am in search of at this moment to drive a new pair of speakers I am getting... | |
| Best CD between EMM Labs & DCS 2010: Realizing the OP has moved on. I owned both and at the same time. To clarify, I owned the DCS Purcel and Delius and the EMM Labs CDSD and Dac6e combo.Both are wonderful and are more alike than different. The differences that does exist are n... | |
| Best analog sounding cd player under 5K While this is long past the OP posting, many people review these threads to gleam information for their current day purchases, as such, I am offering my "limited value" two cents worth based on posters Qs and stated goals ("analog" sounding - or a... | |
| Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02? Atmasphere/Ralph, that is a very interesting comment. I have not heard that before but would be anxious to hear more. Of course, I would love to own one of your amps, but even used, they are outside of my budget :-( You indicate that such a mod is... | |
| What effects soundstage more .... While this is years later, my experience confirms the OP that the harshness in the Pass 2.5/250 is pretty normal. The 250 can be a bit harsch, as Nelson Pass will completely attest to and hence the move to the 250.5 which was much smoother and sub... | |
| Best Isolation Platform with Audio Aero Prestige For my Audio Aero Equipment, I find that the best location or platform to keep this equipment is directly on top of the UPS box, so it is that much easier to ship it back for innevitable repairs ;-) | |
| Audio Aero Capitole - 6021W subminiature tube ?? I suspect that the polarity and pin set-up between the two is NOT the issue. Do a search on invert in the preamp/amp section and you will see from some pretty knowledgeable people (amp designers, etc. . .) that such an issue is not going to cause ... | |
| 35 and 40 ft runs-Balanced will be expensive "Just because a studio or pro uses something, that does not make it "good". "A properly designed truly balanced preamp to a properly designed truly balanced power amp's sound is not affected by a properly built balanced cable. You do not need to s... | |
| NOS Tubes In My Aesthetix Calypso Having owned this preamp twice, my experience and that of many others has been that the Mullard 10M gold pin (12AX7) tube is the top of the top for this preamp. These are rather expensive tubes at about $600 per pair +. My second favorites where t... | |
| Audio Research LS-16 Mk2 vs LS-17 preamp Well Mapman, we should get together as I have a LS16MKII on its way to me and we could do a simple comparison to see how noticeable the difference is in SE v SE and SE v Balanced. I am in tne midwest. | |
| Power Amplifier conundrum. You should just buy the $325 threshold amp for sale right now (10/26/2010) as it will be an elevator ride over where you are currently sitting with your amp IMHO. I have no affiliation with the person selling this amp, but as long as it is in good... |