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Shakti Stone?
David-You might want to check out some VPI Bricks they cost $80 a piece and do the same thing as the Shakti plus mass damping. I use them on my CAL Icon CD player, my Ayre V3 amp and EAR 834P preamp, on my Audible Illusions M3A I could not use the... 
Ayre V3 owners. What preamp do you use?
Thanks Blbloom- I have the first upgrade and they recomend that you deleat the ground and reverse the polarity. I did both and it does make a difference. 
Ayre V3 owners. What preamp do you use?
Drubin and Bob budus- You are right... That was my mistake the output impedence is what I should have been concerned with and it is as Druvin had mentioned only 1.2K ohms. I've also spoken with the people at Ayre (Who are really GREAT they bother ... 
Ayre V3 owners. What preamp do you use?
Thanks All...What I'm wondering is if the early reviews that stated the V3 to be only a good amp as oppossed to outstanding amp when run single ended was before the upgrades that Ayre made. Many say you need to run this amp balanced to get the mos... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
I have also heard that there customer service is lacking (Big Time). At this point I have not had to send mine back for any service. As luck would have it my dealer has both AIM3's and just recently added the entire Rouge line. As soon as he gets ... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
Second-Just wondering? Have you seen alot of these on the used market? I remeber back in the day that preamp got some great reviews. Do you have any additional info on it, I will check out there web address you had left in your earlier post.Thanks... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
David-I'm not looking to stir anything up here. As far as "grandstanding", don't take that personally, it's more of a reaction to what a lot of people do on this site. At this level of preamp I'm sure that one is better or different than the other... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
David- Give me a break. In your post you had stated that the 99 kills the the AIM3A period. Are you that insecure that you feel the need to make such an extreme statement. From what I have read the 99 is an excellent preamp, I would love to hear o... 
Best Sounding Passive Preamp
If your looking for a passive, you should really go to Rick Schulzes site tweakaudio.com his EVS passives are the best out there and very reasonable. Back in the day I had one in my system and it was great. In the end I had to go with tubes but I ... 
Krell FPB200 or Levinson 334 ?
Do your ears a favor and go with Jeff Rowland or Ayre Acoustics! 
Best solid-state amp made anywhere
Ayre Acoustics ! Not the most popualr kid on the block, but a least this kid has soul. 
Best Turntable at $1,500? Please Advise.
Normaly I would not respond to posts. I think that to many people are looking to wave the flag for there own equiptment, which is fine. But this time I'm going to do a little flag waving myself. Get the Basis 1400. Trust me the Basis does not Walt... 
Hum from new amp?
Take the reciever of the Belles and plug that amp striaght into the wall! 
Between Ayre V1 & Jeff Rowland model 10
I left you a post on the Maggie site. Best-Gary 
Tube amp with Maggi 1.6?
I know that I am most likely repeating myself here (as I have said this in other posts) but I have had great sound with my 1.6's driving them with an Ayre V3 amp. I have tubes in my preamp a Audible Illusions Modulus 3A (latest version) and phono ...