clio09
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| Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome Timo,Cheese and brandy? Whatever happened to beer and brats? | |
| Upgrade Question for CDP I had considered the Cary CDPs as a one box solution prior to going the seprates route. I'm using an Alesis ML9600 as my transpot (also can be used as a HD player and CDR) with my Audio Mirror DAC (D1 not the new D2). I had both modified by TRL (s... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations Joule Electra amps seem to work well with Merlin speakers. The Stargates are in your price range. | |
| Anyone done TRL mod on Ah Tjoeb? Go against better judgement. I did and have never looked back. You really have nothing to lose with the money back guarantee. | |
| Hard Drive based system Ecruz,Keep us posted. During the first 150 hours you'll hear things starting to change, then the next 300 hours you will get a another wave. After that the changes are much more subtle, but noticeable for 500+ hours.I have mine on my rack now so I... | |
| Nakamichi Cassette Decks I currently own the 680ZX, 550 (2 of them), and 480. I preferred the 680Zx to the Dragon and think it could be one of the best decks Nak built. I also own a Tandberg 440A and that is quite a nice deck as well. You can occasionally find them on eBa... | |
| Tube Preamp Isolation Go to an HVAC supplier and buy the rubber/cork/rubber blocks that are used under AC compressors. These are the same as the Mapleshade Isoblocks, but will cost you a lot less. | |
| Cary SLP98L Tube Rolling In my system it was well worth the time and expense. As I said in a previous post, the Cary is most likely voiced to the Chinese 6SN7s, so they won't sound horrible, but in my system when I swapped in excellent NOS 6SN7s it was clear to me that th... | |
| Wish me luck Mitch Singerman in LA is well known for his EAR 834P mods. I'm sure if you contacted him he'd be glad to discuss the mod package he installs. Hovland caps are part of his package as is a complete re-tube. Mitch is a great resource. | |
| Need Copper Cables for 18ft Runs: Bang for Buck AlphaCore Goertz MI-2 Veracity should work for you. Excellent cable at an affordable price. | |
| TRL Audio Mirror D1 Signature Jman66,I can tell you that the FET output, hexfreds, and Auricaps aren't going to make a significant difference between the stock units. However, the TRL modded unit will outperform the D1 and although I haven't heard it, I'm confident will also o... | |
| HFNR and antiskate on SME 3009/III I used the Wally antiskating tool to set up my TT. I confirmed the results with the HFNR test tracks. Just out of curiosity I tried Nsgarch's test. This method works as well for me. I even set the antiskate to the opposite setting and saw exactly ... | |
| DAC choice advice - hard-drive based system I have to agree with Pardales comments on both accounts. Listen to as many of DACs as you can, and rememeber, each of us is just lending our opinion. You ultimately have to live with the choice.I also have to say that I usually am impressed with w... | |
| upgrade to the original birdland Not sure what the rest of your system is or your requirements for sound improvement, but I found the Audio Mirror non-os DAC to be superior to others costing considerably more. I'm not familiar with your DAC which is why it might be helpful to und... | |
| DAC choice advice - hard-drive based system A couple areas I would steer you to are the Audio Note and Sakura System (47 Labs) web sites. There is some good information here on the non-os philosophy and why these designers consider it superior to upsampling. In the case of my DAC search (wh... |