clio09
Responses from clio09
| 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... | |
| Cary SLP98L Tube Rolling Vintage Tube Services - Andy BouwmanTube World - Brendan BieverI have had excellent results getting 6SN7 tubes from both these sources. | |
| Speaker cable help I'm using AlphaCore Goertz MI-2 Veracity on my Spendor 1/2e speakers and they are working out great. You could probably get a set for $400 new.www.alphacore.com | |
| Suggestions for bang for your buck speaker cables AlphaCore Goertz MI-2 Veracity cables are excellent copper cables for the cost. They should be within your budget. | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 I use the HRS damping plates, mainly on my speakers, and am anxious to try the Nimbus dampers under my amp and preamp. | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Reb1208,What phono stage did you have TRL modify? I have thought about sending them one of mine to modify.As to ERS, I have spoken to Paul Weitzel and asked him if I should use ERS in my DAC. He said NO, further adding that they actually remove ER... | |
| Used Preamp for $2000 to $3000 I second the Joule Electra, either the LA-150 or LA-100 MkIII. A couple used ones here now under $3k and $2k respectively. The LA-150 gives you greater dynamics and extension from top to bottom, but the LA-100 possesses a bit more of the tube soun... | |
| Cary SLP98L Tube Rolling I recently sold my SLP-98L, but tried a number of tubes in it while I had it. One person you may want to speak with is Andy at Vintage Tube Services. He knows this preamp well and can make some nice tube suggestions. One suggestion he made to me i... | |
| Hard Drive based system Joemt,You ask a good question. Since TRL does not provide any details of their mods it might be difficult for me to get any more information. However, when I got the original modified unit Paul Weitzel told me I'd be much happier with it as a tran... | |
| building zobels Kal,Does the quality of the resistors that make up the Zobel with the Alpha Core cables matter as it relates to sound quality? I was wondering if it made sense to use better quality resistors, although with the way the Zobel is integrated into my ... | |
| Hard Drive based system Ecruz,I couldn't resist and I bought one as well. I'll probably send mine out after the New Year. | |
| building zobels Bombywalla,You bring up an interesting point which I am not sure of myself. With the Alpha Core Goertz MI-II Veracity cables I have, the Zobel network is integrated in the cable and is positioned where the spade terminations are. I hook those ends... | |
| narrowing down my decision If you buy the Audio Mirror once you listen to it after it has broken in you will not consider it a budget piece. You will consider it a great deal. I used mine with a Cary V12i 50 watt triode push-pull amp and it worked fabulously. My transport i... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Jsala,My speakers are not very efficient either, Spendor 1/2e, but the amp is getting the most out of them now. After some initial issues with break-in, I think the Joule and the D-225 work nicely together. I am using the CRL Silver on my transpor... |