clio09
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| New dac or cd player I agree with Gmood1, lots of very good DACs out there for $500 or less new and used. Look into some of the non-os filterless DACs which will give you even more bang for the buck versus upsampling DACs. | |
| New dac or cd player Audio Mirror DACs are in your price range as are several others. The Audio Mirror is non-up/oversampling filterless design so if you want an upsampler you'll need to look elsewhere. | |
| Tube Phonostage help My cartridge is a Benz M2 (0.8mV) so I can tell you from experience the EAR won't do it for you unless you go to a low output MC. I would not recommend using the MM setting on the EAR with a MC, only due to the fact that the load is set at 47k ohm... | |
| Tube Phonostage help Look into the Hagerman Coronet (I settled on the Trumpet and if you want to stretch your budget this is a good choice) or K&K audio phono stage (I use their step-up with my Trumpet) as well. I can't recall on the Hagerman or K&K, but Decwa... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 I asked the same question as well. TRL offers a money back guarantee on their mods. Paul Weitzel also told me no one has taken TRL up on this guarantee, which says a lot about their work. | |
| Best phono preamp? Want world class the best There are several options for you here, both tubed and solid state. I have just gone through a review of several phono stages for my system and learned a lot from the experience. I have recently settled in with a Hagerman Trumpet tubed phono stage... | |
| Review: TRL Audio Mirror D1 Signature DA converter Bigkidz, I never had a chance to listen to an AudioLogic although at one time it was on my list. After I decided to go the non-os filterless route I lost interest in it. You could be right that the TRL Audio Mirror may not beat the AudioLogic, but... | |
| Review: TRL Audio Mirror D1 Signature DA converter Rx8man,Talk to Paul Weitzel at TRL about the AudioLogic they modified for another Audiogon member. I think you will find the conversation quite enlightening. I would love to hear the comparison to the modded Museatex. There is something gravitatin... | |
| TRL Audio Mirror D1 Signature Deb,If you go to my review you will see more details. Right now the only comparison being made is to the stock unit.Prior to deciding on the stock Audio Mirror I auditioned a number of DACs, most in my system, but others in-store. They included: A... | |
| Best DAC under $2K You may want to read my review of the TRL Audio Mirror D1 Signature DAC. For $1100 new (cost of DAC + mods) you will have to spend $5K or more to find anything that will compete with it. Just to show you I'm not that biased, Gmood1 suggested the A... | |
| audio mirror dac Ray,My review has been posted in the Product Review section. | |
| Looking for a crystal clear / dynamic tube preamp I am using a Joule Electra LA-100 MkIII (dual mono with dual volume controls and remote). They are available used in your price range. Jud Barber of Joule can supply you with a set of NOS tubes is you need them. The preamp is surprisingly quiet, v... | |
| I received my new table today Congratulations on your purchase. I have been a long time SOTA owner (Star Series III and now Nova Series V) and also agree that the quality and service of SOTA is fantastic. I hope you enjoy your SOTA and vinyl for many years to come. | |
| audio mirror dac No familiarity with the RAM mods, but mine was just modded by TRL and I just put it throught the 500 hour burn-in. Details to follow in another thread. Cost is $550 and the DAC is now in a completely different league. | |
| Need MC Step-Up Transformer advice? I use a Benz M2 (0.8mV) and have found the K&K step-up that uses Lundahl transformers to be a good match. These come in kit form but for a nominal fee Kevin Carter will build them for you. You can also have the output cables hardwired (I chose... |