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MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
Curious if your evaluation of the LaVoce S3 was in your system and with it fully broken in? If so, what does the LaScala do better in your view? 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
Clear but not necessarily consistent.  
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
@teajay " Orchid ....just a great sounding DAC at a more affordable price point, that would be great in many less costly systems."Your recommendation of the Orchid in your Six Moons review did not state or suggest that it would be great in a "less... 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
teajay - Given your assessment of the Troubadour vs the upgraded Orchid and the Lampi how is the stock Orchid still a "great piece" ?  You note the that upgraded Orchid is better than the stock version, yet you characterize the upgraded Orchid and... 
How many speaker companies?
Give it a rest 
Is Rethm Gone ?
Atelier13 Audio in Nashville still has the brand on its website including a new monitor due out in Q2. You might want to call them and ask615-881-0427 
Cambridge Audio CXC Series 2
mcstin Curious what you feel is missing with the CXC? 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
I don't have either DAC, but wonder if your assessment of the Amber might have been different had you had the ability to get it to the 200+ breakin hours given comments grannyring has made about its sound has he has gotten closer to those hours 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
I may be misinterpreting what each of you are saying about the Amber 3 but it seems like to distinctly different takes on this DAC's soundcal3713 - " more detail or "wake up" your system, I think you would prefer the Amber 3."grannyring " My pre... 
PrimaLuna preamps. Use of 5R4GY tubes instead of 5AR4 / GZ34. Yes or no?
yukio,Simply either go by what is on the website or call Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio, he is directly involved in PrimaLuna beyond selling them 
Battle of the unknowns... (cable companies)
+2 on Audio Art Cable 
MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3?
+2 for Brent Jessee 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
The Stanley Clarke Band - last night at the Germantown Performing Arts Center (Germantown TN) . Really good performance and exceptionally talented band members 
New tube preamp
If you type in Linear Tube Audio in the Forum search you'll find some prior threads on the Microzolt; and if you do the same with Supratek you'll find some threads that might help you get your answers 
Wadia being sold for a third of it's retail
May simply be that they are not carrying the brand "anymore"  and hence moving the piece.  Wadia is not on the list of brands they carry