grannyring
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| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? Best tubes I had for the unit came from Upscale Audio. The Gold Lion tubes they offer with all the sorting and testing upgrades. They were the most dynamic and quiet for me. | |
| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? They give instructions on how to do it with little tape strips. Very easy to do. The tape strips hold the disc in place, place the unit on the platform , then remove the tape strips. I've done it many times with no problems. | |
| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? This one,http://www.starsoundaudio.com/ComponentPlatformsDetail.php?SP-SA-103-3-SA-103-4-10$449 is the price. Mine were B Stock at $369. | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes Sure, all gear is flawed. | |
| How bad is the damage to my speakers? Speakers are find, you would know almost immediately if you damaged them, blew them, etc... | |
| SS pre sounds like tubes The Vibe does indeed share the same sonic rightness as the better tube preamps. I liked the SoulMate preamp even better however! | |
| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? Where did billandsol go? Great stuff for you here! | |
| What's the greatest bargain in audio racks these days? Rebbi, look at VTI. Very low,price and the quality is just fine. | |
| Upgrading coupling caps - which ones first? The Mundorf caps are not in the same league as the Jupiter or Duelund in any important sonic attribute. However, they do need at least 150 hours of burn in. Mundorf are good mid tier caps, but lack the natural musicality of the top tier Jupiter an... | |
| Upgrading coupling caps - which ones first? Please let us know in what way you would like to change the sound. Those dac output caps will have a big impact on your overall sound. | |
| Harbeth 40.1 - Need some tips on placement from current owners. My system consists of of a DIY tube preamp with beefy power supply, the amps mentioned above, Luxman DA06 dac and PS Audio memory player transport. All my wire is Western Electric NOS from the 70s. Thick gauge for the power cords and speaker wire ... | |
| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? Also, to achieve even better performance than the upgraded Signature footers buy the Star Sound Apprentice stand to go underneath the unit. It by itself is an amazing upgrade. It will give better focus, improved imaging, tighter bass and better s... | |
| Aesthetix Romulus Signature Upgrade Worth the $3,000 ? The answer is easy based on you saying you spin CDs. I owned this player and you only need the upgraded caps and resistors on the analog board to get the whole Signature upgrade when spinning CDs . I replaced the cheap yellow caps with Jupiter co... | |
| Harbeth 40.1 - Need some tips on placement from current owners. Claim to flame? Ha that is funny! Meant to type claim to fame! LOL6550 tubes. Salectric | |
| Harbeth 40.1 - Need some tips on placement from current owners. Von Gaylord Legend Triode amp. 50 watts monoblock amps that are spectacular. Ray updated these for me last month and they sound as good as any DHT amp I have owned, but with power! That is their claim to flame. |