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| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I hear you-one Sasha White built custom Speedvagen with Campy Record and Enve wheels and one Rob English custom built with Campy Record and Enve wheels. Could have gone Super Record but I had to show some restraint. Both weigh right around 15 lbs.... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp You can’t "demo" an amp at a store. Or a preamp. There is only one way to really make a comparison and that is level-matched, and hot, playing the exact same music. That’s how we do it. The aural memory isn’t good enough. I have really good ears a... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp By the way...congrats on a bad-ass preamp. I would also guess you will get the matching amp at some point and it will look and sound beautiful. Every time I get something a little nicer I'm always happy years later. That's for sure!!Thanks-very... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Btw, Uncle Kev, being a man of average bordering on above average intelligence, I get your Rolex analogy, but don't agree it's true most of the time, particularly with the reputable brands. Look inside the Oyster case of an ARC Ref 6 and tell me t... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Kevin;You're a good guy too! I could not agree more about Rolexes and anyone who even casually reads the watch boards knows that what you say is true. Do you know about the NOMOS Tangomat? German made rather than Swiss, but movement is made in-hou... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Roger Modjeski, when addressing my audiophile society, noted that high quality line stage preamps are something that manufacturers should have under control, the principles being well understood. Not that I have Mr. Modjeski's credentials (de n... | |
| Audio Research GS150 Musings "So is the GS150 really just aREF150 with new looks? �As withmany designs from Audio Research,the GS150 is an evolutionary stepfrom the REF150�, explainedWarren. �For while the two amplifiersshare many common aspects, **therehave been numerous p... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I'm biased (pun) as hell. After strongly considering the PL Dialogue and AR LS28 I decided to go whole hog with the Ref 6 which I paid for but don't even have yet! Next week. I hope to get an ARC Ref 150SE too. I can't afford either but my sons ar... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I have not heard an ARC Ref 6. I am sure that it sounds great. But...way out of my price league. I do know for sure though...that at five times the cost of the PL...I would bet dollars to donuts it certainly does not sound "five times better" than... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I confess to not having heard the Dialogue Premium. Watch Fremer's videos of the ARC factory tour on youtube. It takes a week to hand-build a Ref 6 at AR's Minnesota factory. Every transistor is stuffed and soldered by hand, all assembly in every ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp That all sounds very familiar with things written on the same subject in the past Aolmrd1241 but my criticism of the PL Dialogue Premium in not limited to the high amount of second harmonic distortion it puts out. PL puts out entertaining-even ref... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Any "shoot-off" ought to be with the 5x more expensive ARC Ref 6 and the twice as expensive Ref 150SE. Why? Because PrimaLuna claims to be giant-killers so walk the walk! I have no doubt the PL stuff presents tremendous value but also no doubt it ... | |
| Audio equipment and cars...enthusiast thread... I have a '17 VW GTI Sport. 3600 miles so far. It comes with a lot of nice features but the stock sound system is very average. So I upgraded. The product I chose is best described here http://www.audison.eu/index.php?page=product&id=76 I firs... | |
| The best coupling caps in power amp ?? Mundorf, Infinicap ?? I upgraded the coupling caps on my NOS ARC VS110 (I believe they were WonderCaps) with TRT DynamiCaps. It took a good 200, maybe 400 hours for the new caps to fully settle in but I am very happy with the improvement. Are the TRT's the best to be h... | |
| LAT International A lot of the big value cable "manufacturers" are more aptly called cable craftsmen/cobblers. I started out many years ago with LAT and since then have bought Grover Huffman, Homegrown Audio (I believe now out of business), Clear Day, and my favori... |