clio09
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| Cary Preamps I had an NEW preamp and the DC-33 battery operated amp. I traded those in on a Cary SLP-98. The NEW preamp was great and Dennis Had also recommended sending it in and having the tube circuits converted to accept 6CG7s which he said are similar to ... | |
| Need help with finding a new phono stage. C123666,Thanks for the advice. Right now here is where I am at: Yesterday a 3 month old Whest PS .20 popped up on Audiogon and I grabbed it. This was thought to be out of my budget at $2500, but I got a sweet deal on this one so I could not refuse... | |
| Anyone have or heard the Whest PS.20 There was a 3 month old Whest PS .20 listed on Audiogon yesterday that I snatched up. I had targeted this phono stage for some time, but the retail cost was out of my budget. I had already placed an order for a Decware SP-1.5 and now I'll have the... | |
| Can you have too many tubes? I actually think that you can have too many tubes. My amp, preamp, and phono stage are all tubes. When I upgragded my digital set-up I looked hard at a tube CDP, but ended up going with a solid state transport and DAC. Now I am also looking into a... | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 Kowrath,Still a great deal at $700 - $800. I'd stay on top of Vlad about the $499 price, he just offered me a sweet deal on his PP1 preamp ($1200 MSRP) so he is definitely negotiable. | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 Evan,Trust me, I had the same reaction to Audio Note and Shigaraki from a price and performance perspective, but the research and concepts they presented convinced me that the non-upsampling filterless design was the way to go. That is how I ended... | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 Evan,Trust me, I had the same reaction to Audio Note and Shigaraki from a price and performance perspective, but the research and concepts they presented convinced me that the non-upsampling filterless design was the way to go. That is how I ended... | |
| Schroeder Model - 2 Dmailer - Just spoke to Thom and will work with him on the Schroeder. Sirspeedy - Thanks for the advice on the Graham. I neglected to mention this has the upgraded Graham cable that I think sells new for $750. I don't know if this makes a differen... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Jsala,What brands of cable did you try? I'm using CRL Silver on my TRL modded transport, but am curious as to what others are experinecing with other brands. | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 Evan,www.audiomirror.comVlad is out of stock right now which is why his ad on Audiogon is not running. He is gearing up the next production run. His website is light on marketing, but the description of the D1 and the benefit of filterless and non... | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 It was the Bel Canto 2. I also listened to the Shigaraki 4715. Both of these DACs are in the $1400 - $1500 range new. The Benchmark DAC 1 and MSB Nelson Link III, both $995 new. The Audio Note 1.1x and 2.1x ($2000 - $2750 new). Of all of these onl... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 What differences? Seriously, I can barely tell these days without straining my ears, both with vinyl on my SOTA Nova (Kuzma Stogi, Benz M2) and my Revox B77 (reels). The digital still comes across with less ambience, but perhaps a tad more detail ... | |
| Which DAC? SFD-1 MKII/Bel Canto DAC1/MF A3.24 In addition to your existing options you might want to consider a non-upsampling filterless DAC like the Audio Mirror D1 for $499 new. I have heard the Bel Canto and while it is a fine piece of equipment I was not impressed with it versus others I... | |
| Musical Fidelity X-10 Tube Buffer Stage Decware makes an item like this as well. It's called the ZBOX. I just bought a phono stage from them on a 30 day trial and saw the ZBOX while surfing their pages. I used to own the X-10 and it worked well with my Quad 77 CDP. When I upgraded my di... | |
| Want to experience tubed CDP? I have heard a lot about Vincent products and a friend of mine who is a dealer in Denver sells their products. I saw the CD player in one of his listening rooms and we gave it a trial run. It sounded very good and looks good as well.I have heard t... |