helios1033

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Accuphase A50v and Magneplanar 3.6
Hi Mac, living in Rome, ciao!! my system here ( 8011 has been sold, use temporarily Gamut D200 MKIII) http://www.milossaluciano.com/alemails%200408.htm 
Accuphase A50v and Magneplanar 3.6
Macdadtexas:living in Rome....this is my system. Ciao http://www.milossaluciano.com/alemails%200408.htmnow, 8011 MBL ( fantastic amps) has been sold, and temporarily use a Gamut D200 MKIII  
Preamps with two pairs of balanced outs?
Mark Levinson 32 
Calypso owners, what did you trade up to?
I have had the Calypso for one year, then I went to ARC LS25MKII, big gain on the low notes and soundstage, now I have the REF2 MKII, one of the great preamp ever made 
ARC LS 17 vs LS 25 Mk II
I had a 25MKII, now upgrading to REF 2MKII, it's a one of BETTER preams heard. 
Opinions on Audio Research LS17 & LS26
I have just taken an LS 26 instead of a LS 25MKII, and my opinion was in the negative: the bass is slow, very heavy. Then, I worked on cables and valves on getting a good improvement. I speak only for low range, medium-high on the 26 is better tha... 
NOS tubes for Aesthetix Calypso
Have had serious problems to mount on valves NOS Siemens (1960), the machine goes in protection or if it started emits a strong noise of current from the loudspeakers. As soon as return to normal Tesla or Sovtek, all it returns normal. You have id... 
Levinson turn-on thump... normal??
No, he is not normal, this happened with my old Audio Research 100.2 built in 1996 without delay protection to the start button. Mine 431, instead, release when it switch power off a small noise of current from the tweeter, like a “tzzz tzzz”, but...