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| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps Since you are using the Nuforce P9 already, moving to JR Capri is most probably a lateral move, high quality solid state pre-amp to another solid state preamp. You may be better off keeping the Nuforce P9 which ia already among the best SS preamp ... | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps The problem with small companies that's kind of run like a one-man show is that you do not have support reliability. Just check out their bad publicity on head-fi forumA complainI rather spend more money with established companies, who cares forei... | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps Forgot to add, more eye-candy close-ups of the Audiovalve Eklipse on the Korean online store below.http://www.sorishop.com/goods/209/items/g_9736.html | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps You want to see the backside of the Audio Eklipse...Here is the grande view ;-)Back view of the Audio EklipseLooks as good behind as it's in front.And according to Mike Wright, it beats the Conrad Johnson Act2 that costs 3 times with the correct N... | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps Check out this German beauty...it's a steal for their build quality and suits your budget perfectly Audio Valve Eklipse Tube Preamp | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Eye candy photos of Accustic Art Reference Drive2 +Accustic Art Tube DAC2 comboHK Hifi Review coverDemo setupI have heard the combo and it's stunning.;-) | |
| Lack in harmonic richness You have among the best front end source in the world, don't even think of stepping down to the Ipod/Itransport as mention in your other thread. The other equipment you mention seems OK too. Try this.... many have done in the Far East where I come... | |
| New EMM Labs DAC 2 or Accustic Arts Ref Tube DAC To DCStepMany tube equipment when sold also do not provide you the best tubes, the reason being that it's quite hard to find the best tubes which are NOS, new old stock, which are no longer in production. They are limited in numbers, and the price... | |
| New EMM Labs DAC 2 or Accustic Arts Ref Tube DAC Dazzdax, I am not technically that competent to tell you why but if you can write to info@accusticarts.de and I am sure one of its designers, Stefan Schunk (son of the founder) will answer you. Though he's German, he's quite well versed in answeri... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter "GTE Trinity DAC"...heard of it as the most expensive DAC ever made, costing EUR44,000. TNT-Audio got a write-up on it 2 years ago, it seems that that they were offered for review, but they kind of turned it down (read their final conclusion)http:... | |
| New EMM Labs DAC 2 or Accustic Arts Ref Tube DAC Both are too new in the market for any to have tried yet. But based on the old versions of EMM compared to AA, I would recomment the latter. Firstly, the chassis of the AA is a solid piece of aluminium artwork compared to EMM industrial cheaper lo... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Special Edition?? This is the first time I hear the news that the Tube DAC2 has an SE brethen. Any weblink to this news where I can get more info on what makes the SE version so different ? I have still yet to get my hands on the Reference Drive2,... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Well like Teajay, I have heard the AA Tube DAC2 and Drive Mk2 combo against Esoteric X01D2 with external Esoteric clocks combo, dCS Pucinni, emmLabs combo equipment that have combined prices many times the AA combo, and still preferred the AA Tube... | |
| Help me decide on cryo option. I know that Micheal Wolff ((who makes the Wolff cables http://www.wolffaudio.com ) hates cryo. Check Cryo suppresses dynamics and rolls off highs | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter My goodness, horrified to know that this reviewer Mr Sommers is comparing brand new SOTA digital equipment with his antique digital setup, namely his PS Audio DLIII and Wadia transport and then hear little differences. Guess I don't want to find o... |