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| Best tube rolling options for VAC Ren MkIII preamp I agree with Jab. I have tried many different NOS versions in my VAC pre and each brought something nice to the presentation. Every time, though, I have found myself back with my VAC sourced tubes. The balance across the board is better IMO. | |
| Acoustic Signature Calypso/ Rega 301 upgrade path I originally had the RB300 with a Discovery Cable rewire and the spring removed. A very good arm but after a couple of years I changed it out for an Origin Live Silver (original version)that, in my system, provided better base definition and a cle... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Look at the VAC Renaissance that is presently available here for sale. I am not sure which volume pot Kevin Hayes choose to use but it will be top quality. This unit may fit what you are looking for. | |
| Pre/Power or Integrated for Focal Utopia Scala? You may wish to add the VAC line of amps to your list for consideration. They should provide many of the qualities you seek. | |
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| Op-amp replacement for Unison Unico It also depends, as Viridian alluded to, what opamp you are replacing. If the stock opamps are 2 channel then it will take two of the 627 (mono opamps) on a brown dog adaptor to do the substitution. Also you need to note the direction of the chip ... | |
| NAD 3020A Integrated Amp 1) The NAD is a nice amp, but so were some of the Sansui offerings, though I am not familiar with the RZ-1000. 2) When does the "SNAP" sound occur? Is it when power is turned on? This could be a capacitor issue and may need to be looked at (I boug... | |
| Can you hear matched power cables? Replacing all my PCs with ZU Mothers a few years ago presented a cohesive improvement in my system that I have not even thought about changing. (Though I have changed a few of the items they are attached to. If I could just figure out how to stop ... | |
| If you have a line conditioner, does noise matter? Most of the conditioners attemp to "filter" some of the line noise, but not regulate the voltage (except for limiting spikes and surges). Dopogue is correct in that your friend would want a regenerator to control the voltage and truly isolate his ... | |
| Valvet A3.5 Block with Merlin VSM ? I have to agree with Cruz as I have a VAC preamp that sounds excellent with the current production VAC tubes. In my EL34 based Shanling SP80s I have tried many different quads of current production tubes including: reissue Mullards, Tung Sol reiss... | |
| Vinyl cleanliness The albums that I bought new during the past 40 years 90%. The used albums that I have bought about 50%. Many of the extra "sounds" are not from surface contaminates that can be cleaned away, but from permanent vinyl damage either from poor cartri... | |
| Recommended tube preamp with HT bypass? I will second the VAC. If you can find one with the full MM/MC phono section it would possibly eliminate another piece of equipment for you. The phono section is excellent, but like Rhljazz I am partial to the VAC sound as I have a Standard LE in ... | |
| MintLP Protractor Issue. Anyone else? Mine is also almost 2 years old and stored in the same fashion. It appears the same as the day I received it from Yip. I would contact him to discuss the change. | |
| Good tube preamp for McCormack DNA 500??? The VAC Standard LE would be an excellent choice. I have used mine with both SS and Tube amps and found it to perform extremely well. The Remote controls volume and mute, but does not change input source. It has a HT pass through and possibly an e... | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system Many excellent recomendations. I would also suggest looking at the Zu Audio website and independent reviews on Zu's previous and present offerings. Very easy to drive and could fit the description of the sound you are seeking. |