clio09
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| A balanced passive preamp? If you're willing to stretch it to $2250 the new Bent TAP would be the ticket. There are occasionally balanced versions of the Sonic Euphoria that come up used as well. Promitheus is another option. To my knowledge only the Bent has remote. | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference? Depends on the relationship between the transport and DAC. One thing I learned is the ability to slave the transport to the DAC so the DAC clock is the master reduces jitter more effectively than if the DAC is slaved to the transport where clocks ... | |
| BAT, ARC, VAC, Shindo? I went from the VAC Avatar SE to Auricle MB70s. I use a Rowland Capri with the MB70s. I have to say I prefer the MB70s/Capri combo but as Tvad said its a different sound, not necessarily better.If you like the VAC sound and your Super has HT bypas... | |
| Oil for TT bearing - any advise? Marvel Air Tool oil was recommended for my Scheu table. | |
| Poll - Active vs. Passive preamp Never had a problem running my vinyl rig through a passive. At the time I was using a K&K SE phono stage (65db) and Dynavector 20XL with my K&K TVC. However, I do see where vinyl could present an issue. | |
| Poll - Active vs. Passive preamp John does indicate the new Bent TAP has buffered input settings, but one should rarely find them to sound better than the non-buffered setting since most sources used today will have enough output voltage to drive the passive.I believe the new Pas... | |
| Load Settings for Dynavector 20XL? I used the K&K SE with mine. | |
| Cary SLP-98 v. Manley Shrimp I never knew it had silver wire. Sure sounded sweet to me with those luscious Cary mids. A favorite among preamps for me. | |
| Need some work done on a cd player in Denver area My suggestion would be to call the local dealers and see if they have any recommendations. Soundings and Audio Unlimited come to mind. I have dealt with the latter so you might want to talk to John Barnes and see if he has any recommendations. | |
| Joule electra Pre Amp -tube rolling Paul, Since you had this unit of late I would suspect Jud is out of the Sylvanias. In either case I'd go with what Jud uses. | |
| Joule electra Pre Amp -tube rolling IIRC, for the linestage Jud uses the Sylvania 6350's. Same as he does for the LA-100 preamps that have this tube in the circuit. From what I've heard he has a pretty good stash of these tubes. | |
| Have you used a Yamamoto HA 02 to drive speakers? I looked into doing this when I was considering buying the Druids. I contacted Srajan at 6moons who has both the HA-02 and Druids, but uses them in different systems, He tried the HA-02 with the Druids and reported similar results as Samadhi. In o... | |
| Unity gain with tube buffer? Ralph,Thanks for the response. The volume control in the M-60 is an interesting option. Does this have to be done with a new unit or can used one be upgraded?You comments on TVCs are also interesting. I had been leaning towards getting the new Ben... | |
| Joule electra Pre Amp -tube rolling Just get the tubes from Joule. Jud Barber has an inventory of NOS tubes that he likes to use in the LA-100 preamps. Usually it is either an RCA or Ge for the 5751, Sylvania for the 6350, and Raytheon for the 6EM7 (although this one varies a lot). ... | |
| Unity gain with tube buffer? Ralph,Can you elaborate more on the passive control option for your amps?Since I have Duke's Jazz Modules coming (have the Stormbringers now) I have been considering the M60s (although the S30 was what I believe Duke voiced the with) as an option.... |