dragon_vibe

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Price No Object Amps
Is it even possible to build a 2 million dollar Amp would be my question. How much Engineering knowledge would be put into it to justify such a price tag. 
What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion?
Sorry mike I misread your post. 
What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion?
I found that the Atma-Sphere Amplifiers sound warmer if you change out all the 6SN7 Tubes provided by Ralph. The one Ralph gives with the amplifier are Chinese made tubes which to me sound a little bright in the upper regions. Once I swapped these... 
What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion?
Tenor has a bad reputation in Asia. They also gave OTL in general a bad reputation. Most buyers don’t understand their were tons of companies coming out with OTL and only to go out of business as none of them could figure out how to make a Stable ... 
What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion?
Simple fact is Most OTL on the market are not built Like Atma-Sphere. These companies that try to work on OTL cant seem to figure out a Stable build, Atma did this decades ago.The Simple answer to OP issues is, If you want OTL Stick to Atma-Sphere... 
Price No Object Amps
The Atma-Sphere Nirvana Amplifier or the MA1 or MA-2 or the MA-3 
Price No Object Amps
I think the Atma-Sphere Amplifiers are world class and should be in the list. Some of these are overated amplifiers and over priced.  
2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy
Neotech Cables. 
Zu Soul Supreme Recap -- Owners, what are your preferred system pairings with them?
Atma-Sphere M60 would pair well. 
Stay away from the nad
It has a built in timer :-) 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
If you want my opinion on someone who owns the M60, The New Nirvana OTL Amp from Atma-Sphere and the MP3 as well as the MP-1. Their is nothing that comes close to OTL Sound when paired with the right speaker your more or less at the end of your jo... 
Dedicated Line Noise Filter?
Get your Self a Industrial Power Conditioner IMHO, Nothing will beat a Elgar 3006.. Atma-Sphere Sells these Pre-conditioned and tested. The ones on Ebay are crap. You should speak to Ralph about this he can advise you on the matter. 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
This sort of sales talk should be reserved in private chat i think. Otherwise this thread will end up as a sales force for certain products. No Offense to Exogal or anyone else just a pleasant reminder.This would give other Dealers/Manufactures ex... 
Oppo UDP - 205
I have the Oppo 203 and 205.  203 is used for bedroom205 is used for Cinema room.Merlot DAC is used as my current reference, which will be replaced by a New upcoming DAC priced at 24K from Playback design. Prioror to that I had the MSB DACS, Plati... 
Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini
Build your own, Buy the Clock Cards, USB Cards from SOTM. Use HDPlex Power Supply, Optimise the computer as best as you can. Alot of info on computeraudiophile site. I did this and it outclass my 10K Server.