elberoth2
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| ARC Ref and tube rolling Cmalak - unfortunately, I did not have a chance to try NOS 6550 TungSol Black Plate in the Ref 110. Those tubes are very hard to find, and are VERY expensive. Last time I checked, Tube Store was asking $500 - each ! 8 x $500 = $4000. That is way m... | |
| Who has heard the new ARC ref 2 phono? Ref 3 was launched in 2004. | |
| ARC Ref and tube rolling I have tried the NOS 6550 TungSol Black Plate from the 50's (not the new TungSol reissue tubes, which are crap IMO)in my Ref 3 and it was a major upgrade. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I had written abot that in detail in another thread. My... | |
| What Cables does ARC use at Audio Shows? For most of the time, they use Shunyata cables. They also use them at the factory, when voicing their products. I have once seen them exhibiting with Kubala Sosna Emotion cables. | |
| Proceed CDD - repair or not? Any feedback from Pinvan ? | |
| V-Caps for Simaudio's preamp and power amp? If they were tubed units, I bet they would. | |
| Proceed CDD - repair or not? Here it is:http://www.pinvan.com/CDMPRO/cdproducts.htmlHope it works for you ! | |
| Proceed CDD - repair or not? I have heard a rumour, that this is indeed possible. You need 12.1 pickup. | |
| Reference Audio Mods to Meridian 508-24? Do not need to have $17k ... sell you 508.24 and get yourself sth like ARC CD-7. Had both, ARC is much superior in all areas. The resale on ARC stuff will be much better than modified Meridian (or any modified gear for that matter). | |
| Shunyata ICs and speaker cables anyone? I would agree that both Shunyata Orion spc and Antares ICs are great sounding cables. | |
| Meridian vs. Audio Research CD Players A friend of mine had a very similar expirience to Luna's. He traded in his 508.24 for G08, only to sell it 4 months later. He bought another 508.24, which he finds much more involving.Personally, I have owned in the past 506.20, 508.20, 508.24, AR... | |
| Proceed CDD - repair or not? A friend of mine tried to substitute the CDM-12Ind in his No.31 with the new supposedly "backwards compatible" CD-Pro2 drive, without success.My guess is that ML modified sth in those drives. | |
| Krell KPS20i to current RBCDP, Enough difference? That is true - KPS-20i i a bit noisy. CD-8, MBL 1531 on the othe hand (both build around CD-Pro2LF module, are dead quiet.CD-8 and 1531 are not in the same league (sound wise) IMO. CD-7 was already better sounding than 1531 (I switched from 1531 t... | |
| Krell KPS20i to current RBCDP, Enough difference? Both ARC CD-8 and MBL1531 will bring you a HUGE improvement over KPS-20i. Resolution, purity of tone, soundstaging, texture - you name it. The only area where KPS-20i is still hard to beat IMO is the bass slam.I have CD-8 and dCS Puccini in my sys... | |
| ordering from Michael Percy Audio Great guy, but sometimes slow to respond.Second that. |