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| Aftermarket Fuses oregonpapa ...Yes. I have found that if a system gets well-recorded piano and a woman's voice right, pretty much anything else is on point. Then get string bass right, and.. Nirvana!I love the VTL preamp So much, that I got curious about how that ... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses oregonpapa ...The AR Ref 6 IS an amazing piece, and quite a bargain at around $15K, and a steal if found used. I probably would have had no complaints about the Ref 6 had I not been able to drive my amp directly with my Berkeley processor. Especia... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses About 9 months ago, I was trying to optimize the performance of an Audio Research Reference 6 preamp which was feeding a D'Agostino S-250 amplifier, a particularly synergistic pairing. I tried both the Synergistic Research Black and Blue fuses in ... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses As the OP, I am truly disappointed. Has Anyone Read The Post? I had hoped this could be a discussion about "This is what I hear if I put Fuse A into Component B." There are enough threads on Audiogon that discuss whether there is any merit to afte... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 True shame about the Berkeley upgrade, and not good for business, one would think. I was afraid that might happen when the upgrades crawled to a halt late 2016. That's why back in Feb 2017, I bit the bullet and traded my Berkeley Ref 1 for a Ref 2... | |
| Gryphon vs. D'Agostino When I had the Ayre KX-R Twenty, I had a few amps around. I had a pair of Ayre MX-R Twenties, a pair of AtmaSphere MA-1 3.3s, and an Audio Research Ref. 75 SE. The Ayre preamp was not easy to part with. It was extremely transparent, and dynamic. I... | |
| Gryphon vs. D'Agostino System Synergy is So Huge! What works well for me might not work well for you. | |
| Gryphon vs. D'Agostino Hi Aldenberry,I have not heard the Gryphons. I talked to a friend who has, one who has heard a Lot of equipment (even more than me), and whose opinion I trust. He told me that Gryphon might be the best solid-state amplifier right now, but at the ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 power cord Thanks jafant. I haven't heard Transparent's power line, other than at shows, but I have heard their interconnects and speaker cables, and they are Excellent. Between Sain line systems power cord, Synergistic Black and Blue fuses, and cryogenicall... | |
| New or Old CD Player? @monkandmozart. Why the dissection of the Reference 8?? Why not? I think the most important aspect of a component is how it Sounds. And I thought there might be some who would like an opinion on how the Ref 8 sounds. Otherwise, we can just all sit... | |
| New or Old CD Player? I've owned the Audio Research Reference 8 CD player for a couple weeks now. I figured I should at least give a few words on how I think it sounds.First I dropped it into my Big Rig to get a feel for how it performs. It is highly musical and does n... | |
| New or Old CD Player? Believe it or not, there's a CD playback system called the dCS Vivaldi 2.0 that costs $120K. Google it. | |
| New or Old CD Player? I've heard a lot of good things about Luxman. Mike at Suncoast Audio tried selling me on a Luxman D-08u. Said it was the most analog unit he's ever heard. I settled on the more detailed T+A unit. But Luxman should be a brand for consideration. | |
| New or Old CD Player? 2psyop, I was open to suggestion, and still am. The CD8 made sense for the reasons I detailed earlier. But I still have not heard the unit, and that's what matters. If, for some reason, I don't like the CD8, I will sell it and again be in the mark... | |
| New or Old CD Player? I do have an opinion on the Esoteric K-3X, since I did own one for awhile. My overall impression of its sound is very detailed and musical, but can be a bit clinical. The sound can be tailored with variable sample rates and digital filters. The di... |