clio09
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| turntable in the $5,000 range I think Thom at Galibier has come up with an excellent package for the price with the Serac table. Not only that but Thom's 18 month trade up policy is hard to beat as well if you want to move up the Galibier line of tables in the future.FWIW - I ... | |
| Are passive preamps better? Why not try a pair of Endler or EVS attenuators. These are stepped attenuators that include custom RCA jacks. One end is male and plugs into the RCA inputs on your amp. The other end is female and is where you will connect the output cables of you... | |
| What is the best place to buy tubes? Andy at Vintage Tube Services. | |
| turntable in the $5,000 range Galibier Design has the Serac table with Artisan Audio tonearm, Dynavector 20X (L or H) cartridge, and Anvil (record weight) for $4700. Run don't walk. | |
| K&K phono stage The K&K is the quietest phono stage I have heard in my system. I bought mine used so I did not have to build it. They occasionally pop up here. Kevin Carter will build it for you as well if you buy one new.Mine has the DaCT volume control whic... | |
| DAC for my Apple / Airport express...suggestions Someone recently told me about the TC Electronic Konnekt 8 as I just bought an Apple Mac Book. The price is certainly right. | |
| Need help Cary CD-308 or Naim CD5i Sorry, that should have been CDP, not DAC in my last post. | |
| Need help Cary CD-308 or Naim CD5i The 5i does not have digital outputs. I looked at this DAC previously and while I think it sounded fine in an all Naim (save speakers) system, in my system it sounded too dark. I have not done a comparison to the Naim, but the Cary 308 is a nice p... | |
| Battery powered amps TRL is Tube Research Labs. They make custom built tube and solid state amps/preamps, as well as modify audio components, especially digital gear. You can contact Paul Weitzel at 509-787-5405. As a point of reference I own the D-225 amp and Pre-1.5... | |
| Review: Lessloss Lessloss Filtering Power Cord Power cord I recently heard these cables in my system when Liudas from Less Loss stopped by and visited me Monday on his US tour(I think he heads home on the 19th). Prior to the visit I just purchased on Audiogon a used Less Loss 2004 DAC Mk II/CEC TL-51X (s... | |
| Review: LessLoss LessLoss AC cord Power cord Having just purchased a used CEC TL-51X/Less Loss 2004 DAC combo here on Audiogon, I learned that Liudas from Less Loss was here in the US doing a tour to promote some products. He stopped by to visit with me yesterday and we spent 2 hours listeni... | |
| Phono pre for 35mv cart that runs 6dj8 tubes?????? K&K Audio SE. The new version is configured to accept 6N23P/6DJ8/6922/7308. The older version uses 6N1P. | |
| Silver-plated or single metal IC's? Some of the best cables I have had in my system are (not listed in order of preference):1. CRL/FIM Silver - these are actually high purity solid core copper designed by Paul Weitzel originally for FIM (not the current CRL brand being marketed). Th... | |
| Which sub $2k CD player would you recommend? The Original CD MkII with Level 2 Mods as advertised by Moon Audio here (mods done by Kevin Carter at K&K Audio) looks very intriguing. I may be giving it a test drive myself. | |
| Suggestions on Balanced Pre-Amp for Claytons Glide3,I'm interested in the Reflection Audio with inboard phono. Have you heard the phono section before or just the linestage version? |