garyalex
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| High Output Preamp for First Watt SIT-3? I don't know if this is in any way helpful. I built the DIY version of the First Watt M2X. I used my Cary SLP-98P preamp with it. Lots of gain with front-panel level adjusters for each channel. It sounded great. | |
| Border Patrol DAC SE>SEi Upgrade? Looking at the website the upgraded version appears to be available as an option. You might want to email Gary. He really is a good guy. | |
| Border Patrol DAC SE>SEi Upgrade? I've got the SEi version. It was upgraded by Gary from the original. The difference in the sound is as Gary states: it's warmer and even more natural-sounding. After listening for a while my feeling was that the cap upgrades got the sound clos... | |
| Anyone use Koetsu with Harbeth I have a Koetsu Black. It was in my system when I (briefly) owned a pair of Harbeth SHL-5 30th Anniversary Edition. As good as the Koetsu Black is, and it's really good, it didn't help with those Harbeths. I found them kind of boring no matter ... | |
| Borderpatrol Dac SE I had Gary Dewes upgrade my BP DAC to the SE-i version. As great as it was it's now even better. | |
| The "Broken Blue Point Special Club" Breakage can only improve the sound of that little screecher... | |
| Power supply upgrade to Brinkmann? I have the Brinkmann Bardo. I asked their NYC dealer for a price on the RoNT tubed power supply. Current price is just over $5000. For a power supply. And yes, I know this thread is almost five years old. | |
| My list of seller red flags We all started with zero feedback. If you're fortunate the deal will complete with satisfaction on both sides. But what if a buyer wins an auction then doesn't pay, or is slow to pay? Or, the buyer is unreasonably demanding and wants a refund f... | |
| My list of seller red flags I agree with everything you listed except for "no trades". Why do you consider that as wrong? I've included it in some ads in response to experiences to prospective buyers who email a list of items they think I'll accept in lieu of cash. | |
| Audirvana vs Roon I used Roon for about a year. It worked well but after a while I began to wonder why I needed it. I decide to try Audirvana, which is considerably less expensive. Based strictly on sound quality I saw no reason to continue with Roon. I dumped ... | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Steve repaired and retipped my Dynavector 20xHO. He did a superb job. Next time I need this kind of work done Steve will be my choice instead of Soundsmith. | |
| Amplification Recommendations for LS3/5A Hi celtic66,I have a Mitch Singerman-modified EAR834P phono stage but I'm really trying to simplify and reduce the number of boxes and cables. That's why I was hoping for a high quality phono stage. I'm very familiar with the Rogue Cronus Magnu... | |
| Amplification Recommendations for LS3/5A Thanks Yogi. I'll take a look. | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... John Lee Hooker - "The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker". Next to Muddy's Folk Singer, the best sounding blues album I've ever heard, sonically and otherwise. | |
| My Cary amp - the story of a hum and a bug I owned that same amp. I had the same problem as you. I emailed them and got the following response: "If you look at the picture, this is the inside of the SA-200.2 looking at (1) amp module. You will see I have circle (3) wires connected to ... |