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| I Didn't Do My Homework Space Tech Labs also makes a balanced transformer. | |
| Where to find quality "stock" power cords The Volex cords worked me for. | |
| E.A.R. 834P Talk to Mitch Singerman, he is an expert at modifying the 834P. He will be able to give you some good advice on it. I believe his mods include Hovland caps and JJ tubes, among other things. | |
| DAC or CD Audio Note will offer a non-os approach to digita-to-analog conversion and should be heard in comparison to upsampler DACs. Go to their website, as well as Sakura Systems (47 Labs) and read the papers on the non-os philosophy. It is well worth inv... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale I certainly do not doubt that many have had excellent dealings with Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio. Considering the source willing to put their reputation on the line for the man says something about him as well. However, I can only go on my own expe... | |
| Can anyone recommend a smooth, rich CD player? I recently listened to the TRL modified Sony DVP-NS900V in a system with VMPS speakers and the sound was fabulous, a great match. Also, this player was used in the VMPS room at CES as their primary source. Brian Cheney purchased a unit of his own ... | |
| does anyone know how to contact mitch singerman (310) 823-5145. I dealt with him a few months ago so that number should still work. | |
| Silver vs Copper cables Lkdog,"Clio09 above is mentoring me a bit as he has much more experience than I owning and auditioning IC's."Thanks, for the compliment, not sure how good a mentor I'll turn out to be though. I am definitely interested in hearing your impression o... | |
| Can anyone recommend a smooth, rich CD player? If you can locate a used Sony DVP-NS900V send it off to TRL for their standard mod package and for about $1000 or so dollars you'll have exactly what you are looking for.Otherwise, if your existing CDP has a good transport, try a non-os DAC like t... | |
| Springs for homemade isolation stand Placing a 2" thick piece of maple on top of HVAV cork sandwiches (the cork is sandwiched between rubber) works well. | |
| Silver vs Copper cables I would agree witht he previous post. Silver done right (Ridge Street Audio for example) can sound very good in the right system. I have a mixture of silver (RSAD) and copper (CRL/FIM) ICs in my system and use copper speaker cables (Alpha Core).No... | |
| Tube pre- or amp: does it matter? I started with a tube preamp as well. I then moved to a tube amp, but eventually went back to a solid state amp as a result of speaker efficiency. Done right a solid state amp and tube preamp can sound very nice together. In addition to proper imp... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale Agreed on Upscale. Bought some Mullards from him and they were noisy out of the box. Wouldn't take them back either. | |
| Help search for a phono stage that fits my system I have a Benz L2 cartridge rated at 0.3mV. I'm using a Hagerman Trumpet (MM only) with a K&K Audio (Lundahl) step-up transformer. The step-up allows for multiple gain and load (you can plug and play resistors freely with no soldering) configur... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale Andy at VTS and Brendan at Tubeworld (although he is a bit pricey). Also, Audiogon member Whoppadeedoo has supplied me with some excellent tubes at very reasonable prices. |