fsarc
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| Give me your best amp pair up with VSA DB99's How about one of the VAC Phi 30/30 amps or the VAC Phi 110/110 for sale on Audiogon right now? My VAC Phi 220s are as musical and emotionally involving as they come. | |
| Vandersteen 3A Sig vs. Von Schweikert VR4 Jr. I USED to own VMPS- you're right it's no contest. Cdw57 also forgot to mention the endless fun with the putty and the pots. | |
| Review: Valve Amplification Company VAC PHI BETA Integrated 110 Tube amp Excellent review Scott- I think you have captured very nicely how I feel about my Phi 220 monos. I first fell in love with the VAC Phi Beta 110 at HE2004 when VAC partnered up with Von Schweikert and Oracle- fabulous sound. After selling my Aesthe... | |
| Any fellow VAC Phi 220 owners out there? Thoughts? Just curious Tvad, what power cable are you using on the VAC power supply? It's funny you mention Revelation Audio because I was thinking of trying the Precept.http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?cablpowr&1112491114 | |
| Vandersteen 5 and 5A owners I had the opportunity to have the RCA filters in my system temporarily, but the speakers were new so I can't give a meaningful comparison to the XLR filters. My 5A XLR filters currently have AQ Sky as the pigtails. I run a 1 meter pair of AQ Sky f... | |
| Best monoblock tube amp with Vandersteen 5A I'm getting incredible sound with the VAC Phi 220 monos. | |
| VAC Phi 70 good match for Vandersteen 5As? I plan on listing my equipment on the systems page, but here is the rest the equipment used with the 5As and 220s.Vandertseen Model 5A (Bird's Eye Maple- stunning!)VAC Phi 220 monoblock amplifiersEMM Labs DCC2 DAC/preampEMM Labs CDSD- SACD/CD tran... | |
| VAC Phi 70 good match for Vandersteen 5As? It's been a while, but I finally received my VAC Phi 220 monos to drive my 5As. After a wonderful discussion with Kevin regarding the Phi 70 and my 5As, he felt the Phi 220s would actually be the better amp sonically. One thing I questioned (as ot... | |
| Comparing Wadia vs. Meitner No offense taken here. I've owned both in my system long term and have no problems hearing which one is much better. For the record, I'm using the CDSD and my 861SE GNSC did not have the Speed of Light mod. Read my disclaimer above. It is silly to... | |
| Anybody tried EMM DCC2 into preamp? I'm with Jjwa on this one. I thought my Aesthetix Calypso was much better than the DCC2 as a preamp..........until the DCC2 broke-in and I added the CDSD. The DCC2 with the CDSD is anything but thin or veiled. It took quite a long time to open up,... | |
| Any opinions on the new Transparent MM Rex- you should give a double run of AQ Kilimanjaro a try with your 5As. With my 5As they are simply THE best speaker cables I have used. They opened up the 5As in an absolutely incredible way. I'm also using Sky from my EMM DCC2 to my power amp. ... | |
| Ayre V-5x vs. McCormack DNA 225 I have 5As and compared the Ayre V5x with the DNA-500 in my system. While the V5x is an excellent amp, the DNA-500 bettered it in all areas. Soundstaging, imaging, midrange clarity, and freedom from grain are incredible on the DNA-500. I would ima... | |
| Comparing Wadia vs. Meitner Well, after owning/listening to the Wadia 861b SE with GNSC Statement Mods for about 1 year, and recently acquiring an EMM Labs DCC2/CDSD, it is (as much as I hate to say it) no contest in favor of the EMM Labs. My previous setup was the Wadia/ Ae... | |
| Mixing Tenor hybrid with SS multichannel for HT ? On my DCC2 the volume level is "input specific" and retained for that selection. For example, if you have the analog input set to "99" for the HT pass through, when you switch to a digital input, the volume also changes to the last value selected ... | |
| Calling Wadia 861 GNSC Statement owners I've just added a Elrod Statement II and it is a superb match- great synergy. I like it better than the Kimber PK10 Palladian. I have also decided on an isolation platform from Critical Mass Systems- http://www.criticalmasssystems.com/Joe Lavrenci... |