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It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You?
@hickamore"With what specific components?" I started out dipping a toe with a little Chinese Sugden A21(original)clone from Douk Audio that cost $200.00 & a Class A DAC/Headphone/Pre Amp from Burson Audio.. When I was in a position financially... 
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It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You?
VERY first time I plugged a tube buffer into a Solid State integrated amplifier..Up until that point I had only read about imaging,sound staging,tonal color, yada yada etc..etc... OMFG,it was ABSOLUTELY & UNEQUIVOCALY the single greatest epiph... 
Class D Audio
You folks are being DECIEVED!  Tom's REAL NAME was Tina up until about a year ago when SHE transitioned to male after her fiance Jerry sold his Prias & bought a new Corvette,then came home with a new Class A amplifier!Sources tell me Jerry rec... 
Hunting for an integrated for thiels cs 2.3. Anthem, Hegel, Bel Canto?
While I have not heard them since they went to the dark side with a switch to Class D amplification,Peachtree Audio gear would fit your needs nicely & has the added benifits of having user switchable voltage so would work World Wide...  
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I’ve always liked one I saw years ago in Stereophile.. 2 friends are discussing ones new speakers..So how do you like them one ask..The new owner replies,I don’t know,they haven’t been reviewed yet...  
Technics MK2 > Pear Audio Blue Integrated Amp
I'm not into vinyl so this may not be correct but it sounds like you have a bad mismatch between the output impedance of your source & input impedance of your PHONO STAGE..  
What’s your opinion about Dali speakers?
I’ve owned Dali’s before & demo’d most of their line about 5 years ago..I didn’t care for the ones with the hybrid tweeter array.I felt the treble seemed disconnected from the mids & bass..I did like the simple 2 ways with silk tweeters &a... 
Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier
If you really want experience the magic you have read about,I suggest the Musical Fidelity A1 reissue integrated amplifier..Available well under $2k new,about $1250.00 gently used & will get you about 90% of what a $3500.00+ Class A will...Oh ... 
Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier
There is NO DOUBT about the magic,natural warmth,wonderous sound staging & imaging of a good tube amp BUT you can get the exact same thing from Class A Solid State.. Also the average price of a Matched & Balanced quad(4 tubes) of current p... 
Vibration dampening
I second the Auralex SubDude II..I used the V1 in a home theater for years with excellent results & still use SpeakerDudes in my bedroom system...  
Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier
DON'T do it!!  IMO the cost of having to retube every few thousand hours these days is FAR outweighed by ANY sonic gains from a tube Amplifer when a Class A Solid State amplifier from Luxman,Sugden or Pass Labs does EVERYTHING a tube amp does!!!  
???DAC/Headphone Amp With FIXED Analog Out???
hahahahaha,actually posted this on head-fi.org & got the same answer,along with a much less expensive choice in the iFi "Zen Dac III"...Thanks..  
Recommendations for a headphone amp / DAC to pair with my Focal Utopia's
Second the Audio GD R28 BUT in the NOS version(Non Oversampling)...