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| Magico V2 vs. Sonus Faber Cremona M Jtein,For an excellent integrated amp look at what Gryphon has to offer. If your voltage is 220-240v, you'll find used ones on Europe as Gryphon is more common there. They are also popular in the orient.Frank | |
| Why no professional reviews of Evolution Acoustic Not a review but Bob Levi (Positive Feedback) gave Jonathan's room at The Show "best of show by a very wide margin." He was using the MM 2's.Frank | |
| Parasound JC 1 or Musical Fidelity KW 550? I've owned the JC 1's and Pass X 350. I liked the JC 1's better. The JC 1's do take a very long time to break in and don't sound good until they do. They're a bargain for the sound that you get. Better still is the Gryphon Encore but it's about $8... | |
| Gryphon Encore vs DM-100 I own the Encore and have only heard the DM-100 in an unfamiliar system. My impression was that the DM-100 was bright on the top end but again, it was an unfamiliar system. The Encore is a great amp.Frank | |
| Best preamp for and EAR890 / ESL57 rig Giovanni. I took delivery of an 868 line only about a month ago. I took a chance and bought it on Bob Levi's high recommendation. I love it. It's dead quiet and more musical than my previous ARC Ref. 3. Output impedance is 600 ohm. It's a balanced... | |
| Digital remastering of CD's As KOPS suggested,check out SHM-CD. Stands for super high material CD. It's an improved CD material. Makes for better bits and eliminates laser splatter. See Bob Levi's report on Positive Feedback.Frank | |
| DarTZeels for sale Where's all these Dartzeels for sale? Thought I might get a deal so took a look and only found one seller, selling his amp and pre-amp. | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Hi Grant. Do you know if the tubes are fresh? Might be worth while to try all new tubes before letting it go.Frank | |
| ear preamp It's been about 4 months since last post on EAR 868. Can anyone now give comparisons or comments on the 868? | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp John,I really enjoyed your review. Wish I could express myself as well. It reminded me that I forgot to send you a pair of E180CC/7062 D getters to try. I'll get them out right away.Frank | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Rgs92. Luxman has a new preamp with tone controls also. As we all know audiophiles look down on tone controls but will spend $100's and even $1000's on cables to do the same thing. I for one would welcome tone controls if it could be done without ... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player I'm using my Playback Designs with Lamm 1.2 Ref. monos and Talon Firebird Diamonds. Not that I wouldn't want the Darts and MM3's but I'm happy with what I have.One can come to trust a dealer after a number transactions. If a dealers recommendation... | |
| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra Andreas Koch up until several months ago, was a partner/designer and vice president of EMM Labs. Before that he was with Sony/Philips. I believe he was in charge of the Sony Sonoma DSD workstation project which uses EMM gear.Two different times I'... | |
| Opinions of the EMM DCC2 SE I have to agree with Radioheadokplayer. I too own the DCC 2SE but wondered if I could do better pre-amp wise so I bought a Ref. 3 to try out. Real close. Ref. 3 a hair better but sold it as it wasn't THAT much better. The Ref.3 is very neutral for... | |
| Hybrid - Tube / SS amp capable of sub 1 Ohm loads? Gryphon Antileon Signature0.5 Ohm 5000 watts1 Ohm 1100 watts2 ohm 600 watts4 ohm 300 watts8 ohm 150 watts.s/s amp pure class A dual mono stereo. 200lbs. |