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bb tweeking again. help me
I have used cat litter in the past to fill speaker stands. I find it works best in combination with lead shot. 
How many types..
Add Transcendant to the list. 
Time to upgrade CD transport and/or DAC?
You may want to consider non-oversampling DACs if you decide to upgrade in that area. There are many excellent ones out there and for very reasonable prices. Check out the Audio Mirror D1, a great deal at $550 here on Audiogon. If you want to do s... 
Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome
I had a chance to meet Dan Wright and hear the Modwright preampm at RAMF. It was paired with Dusty Vawter's CIA D-200 amps. This set-up sounded extremely nice and I was very impressed with the preamp, which was also used in a few other systems at ... 
Cary 303, ModWright Sony 999ES, 33 & 45 Vinyl
Good point Schipo, I'd be interested in knowing the phono stage, tonearm, and cartridge as well, since all of those are integral to the analog set-up's performance 
Cary 303, ModWright Sony 999ES, 33 & 45 Vinyl
I have the Miles Davis Kind of Blue 45rpm recordings from Classic Records and agree the sound is excellent, especially compared to the 33rpm version. I will have to look into more of these recordings in the future.As for vinyl versus CD/SACD. I re... 
About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone
Nrchy,Many email or discussion board threads have auditing capabilities built in at the server level (the level of detail varies however). Perhaps someone at Audiogon can talk to their IT department (or whoever they may outsource their server admi... 
TRL Marantz Sa-14
Sbayne,Dang! Why didn't I think of asking Pardales that question? You snooze you lose. 
Advice needed please.
Bradz,If you can't reach Paul by phone send him an email. He is fairly quick at responding, but bear in mind that TRL is also in the medical field and they are sometimes busy on those projects in addition to audio projects. It is actually to the c... 
Advice needed please.
Tube Research Labs (TRL) has modified my digital gear, including the Audio Mirror DAC. They have an extensive amount of audio experience (building tube and solid state gear, as well as cables) and have modifed several CDPs (see the TRL Sony595 and... 
TRL Marantz Sa-14
Pardales,As you have most definitely read in these threads TRL mods, including those on the SA-14, require a significant amount of time (500 hours is recommended) to fully break-in. I can understand your disappointment after 50 hours, my TRL Audio... 
Is a HO MC cartridge a good choice for me?
Don't demagnetize the cartridge. Many recommend against it. There is a thread here on Audiogon that goes through this in more detail. I sat in on a lecture by Wally Malewicz (Wally Tools) at RAMF and he recommended no demagnetization at all, not e... 
ANTI-CABLES by Paul Speltz: Anyone Using Them?
Lots of people based on what I found from a forum search here when I was upgrading my sspeaker cables several months ago. I ended up going with the Alpha Core Goertz MI-2 Veracity, but the Speltz were very intriguing and many people here seem to e... 
Advice needed please.
Bradz,The TRL SA-14 might be in your price range. They come up for sale used on Audiogon for around $1200 or so and with the cost of the mod might be in the neighborhood of $1800. I too like Gmood1's DAC. I checked out the Audio Sector site but co... 
phase inverted preamps...about
I have a Cary SLP-98L and a Joule Electra LA-100 MkIII and both are phase inverted. The Cary Manual sats to make the switch on the amp end. I don't have a Joule manual but was told to do the switch at the speaker end. So there you have it. As Ghos...