ericthered

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Garbage in - Garbage out?
I'm an infrequent poster here and an admirer of Albert Porter's rig. Thanks for all the comments. 
increase transparency for philips sacd 1000
Sold the Jolida yesterday-go figure. 
Looking for a quality CD/DVD player under 1K
Buy a new Philips SACD 1000 off someone in the Audiogon classifieds for @ $500.00. It's a great cdp for redbook, a DVD player PLUS you get multi-channel SACD playback. It's a tank and a bargain. 
What Speaker are Great for Rock and Roll $5K-20K
It's Buggtussel with two g's-does anyone own a pair of those fine looking speakers?? 
How much does your system retail for?
talk about dedication-nice work everyone!! 
Tubed pre-amp w/ balanced outputs?
BAT pre-amps and Sonic Frontiers pre-amps do and they're very nice 
Why bi-wiring is bad
One might ask oneself why certain well-respected speaker manufacturers like Thiel and Dynaudio don't provide biwiring capabilities with their speakers when binding posts cost maybe 5 bucks each maximum. But don't ask me; I recently went from a sin... 
What is the best 12ax7 NOS tube ?????????
Do power tubes have much of a sonic signature? I'm curious as to what the sonic benefits are of rare and expensive NOS power tubes (EL34's in particular) costing sometimes hundreds of dollars each compared to new ones that run about 25.00 a pair o... 
What is the best 12ax7 NOS tube ?????????
NOS Telefunkens are nice.I have three in the front end of my Audiomat integrated. Great sound and they last forever. However buyer beware as there are a lot of fakes floating around out in tubeland. You may want to check out www.audiotubes.com as ... 
Integrated Amp. for Platinum Solos?
having also previously owned the Solos, they indeed like a lot of juice. I first powered mine with a Classe CAP-80 integrated=120wpc @6 ohms which was OK but then switched to a 300 wpc PS Audio amp which really let the Solos sing at a whole new pe... 
Diva by Swans 6.1
Take a look at the 80's on auction here-no reserve for these fantastic speakers and there's only one day left -I bought a pair from the guy who is selling them 3 months ago and love them. good luck. 
Best Find Ever???
sold it the next day for 175.00 
McCormack ALD-1 question
Thanks for the response Steve-it's a great pre-amp and I also own the DNA-1 deluxe (bought from Chstob when he went multi-channel) which I think is a fantastic amp. 
TMC Cables/Interconnects worth a flip???
I would check out Tara Labs IC's-smooth sound at very reasonable prices-their cd IC is excellent-good luck