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Dartzeel NHB-108 v Coda S5
My reading of the S'phile Coda review was "enthusiastic but ultimately a 'qualified' thumbs up." Did I misread it? 
Guitar Solos
Jerry on Positively 4th Street from one of the Live at the Keystone releases. Short but oh so exquisite. 
It's Time To Change ARC SP-11 Tubes When.....
What model of tube are we talking about? 
Review: Sony SCD-1 Audiocom-UK upgrade
I can't answer that. $2000 is about what I spent for the one mod I had done. I like the way it sounds, but I have no idea how it compares to your unit or to the digital SOTA these days. (If we weren't a couple of thousand miles from one another, w... 
After Quad ESL's?
When someone finally makes a decision and is pleased with it, it's just so nice when you folks chime in to say he should have done something different. How thoughtful of you! 
Proac Response 2.5 vs D25
Great report. If Fried would just get their dealer network together so I could find a pair to hear in Northern California. 
Anyone know anything about Eleanor McEvoy?
When I was in Ireland on a golf trip in 1993, having dinner in a pub, they were playing some really great music. What is that, I asked. They showed me the disk and I picked it up at a record shop the next day. A Woman's Heart. Features Eleanor as ... 
Review: Sony SCD-1 Audiocom-UK upgrade
JD, I have the transport mod and the output transformers on mine. Not sure if he has added anything in the past year, but I also yearn for greater front-to-back depth. 
Review: Sony SCD-1 Audiocom-UK upgrade
Interesting. Do you think this is tubes vs. SS thing or that the modified SCD-1 is not all you thought it was, or what?I have a Kern-modified 777, by the way, but it's the only digital I've had in the system since I got the mod, so I have been cur... 
First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons
Nice to see you here again, Karl. (Maybe you've been around and I just missed it.) 
Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier
I give up, but not before I making one more comment:I have driven variable output CD players into a host of power amplfiers from Pass, ARC, CJ, and others. No one would ever describe any of these as an "integrated" amplifier because they had no pr... 
The most detailed speaker cable??
>Are we all fools?Maybe. REG would say you (we) are, though he probably wouldn't use that term. If you blindly trust only what you hear and you don't also THINK and QUESTION, then I would have to agree. Rsbeck, please don't go away. 
First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons
Sean, next time I'm in Chicago, can I come over? 
Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier
>If it doesn't need a gainstage preamp, then it is already an integrated amp. Clear so far. This is where I'm confused, Steve. Let's say my CD player has attenuation and I run it directly into my basic amplifier. Where's the gainstage preamp? Y... 
Review: Portal Panache Integrated Amplifier
Newbee--well said. Steve is waving his arms excitedly but not making any sense, at least not to me.