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| What preamps outshine the Aesthetix Calypso? It seems a bit odd that this thread never brought up the obvious step up from the Calypso: the Callisto Signature. If you think you're impressed with the Calypso's power supply, have a look at the Callisto's. A dozen updated parts to make a Calyps... | |
| MIT Oracle MA Digital AES/EBU I think if you get it cryo'd, it might only take 100k years. By then, K-S will have a line called the Afterglow. Just be patient. | |
| MIT Oracle MA Digital AES/EBU If only in the Emotion series and not in the newer Elation series, you will have to wait for the upcoming Orgasm series. | |
| VAC Signature MK2a pre "phono tube questions" Sorry Inna, but not a chance. No manufacturer listens to my system in my listening room. Tube selection is not about one component but rather for the entire system. What Vladimir might be able to suggest to "optimize" your LAMM product n the test ... | |
| VAC Signature MK2a pre "phono tube questions" My point was missed entirely. People new to tubed gear ask such questions. Those with much experience, especially those with a stash of coveted tubes from yesteryear know that the only way to determine if the tubes they have will work .... is to t... | |
| VAC Signature MK2a pre "phono tube questions" Dev, I am surprised that you would ask such a question. From all your reports here, you have a wealth of knowledge and experience. There never is any "right" way of doing things and this includes the tube set that we ultimately run with in any giv... | |
| Preamp-power amp interconnectors advice Inna: You are right. He's heard enough criticism. Now he's on his own. | |
| Preamp-power amp interconnectors advice Prophos: If you're not willing to take the positive suggestions and advice as well as a very different viewpoint here than yours, you're on the wrong site.Your priorities are indeed your own. But to claim dynamics and bottom-octave bass and any ki... | |
| Preamp-power amp interconnectors advice Prophos: You seek advice for a solution to deal with your flawed electronics. And yet you dismiss the idea to change these products. I can understand the convenience of "control", but compromise the performance of a system in the year 2011 for the... | |
| Tube Phono Stage vs Solid State What do you think? I can't imagine any phone stage as overkill in any system. I think a lot of products, including cartridges, get a bad review, rating, first impression, etc., because of compromises in the system when the system owner has decided that product X is ... | |
| What's more important: phono stage or amp Kind of? | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective There are a lot of USB->SPDIF and USB->AES/EBU converters out there so do not limit yourself to only DACs with a USB interface. With a name like "tubesrule", I suggest the Manley Reference or The Wave DAC. Eveanna would be proud. 8-) | |
| Questions About CAT JC-2 Very true Brian, but most tube amps don't even begin to come close to the CAT in dynamic contrasts. Once you hear this, it's hard to go for something else. | |
| Questions About CAT JC-2 Well, even with the updated resistor set, that I assume will react quickly and breakdown due to a tube failure, I am still cautious to leave these amps "alone". Maybe had I not had a melt-down before the resistor update a few years ago, I might be... | |
| How far have power conditioners evolved? Same as ever? Elizabeth, such a statement implies either your system lacks resolution to hear the benefits of some of the great PC units out there, or you have not tried them. But they are hardly the same as ever.Many must be tried to determine if... |