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| Arc-PH-5 what tubes should I use Paying $90 for new RAM tubes is ridiculous when these are likely Sovtek or EH "hand-picked" tubes. You can buy 6 or 7 of these at places such as here for $90 and surely 4 will be fine for your PH-5. I'd bet that all would be as good as the RAM or ... | |
| Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Jafox, Markwatkiss - I think you are too hard on ARC.Yes, perhaps, but my comment was not so much based on the claim that the next product is "better" than the last. It was about a newer product down in the line outperforming the top tier products... | |
| Has anybody heard the new Audio Research LS 27? Called the Audio Research and they said the new LS 27 sounds better than the Ref 3 and very close to Ref 5.This is a common comment here on A'gon.....the latest LS2X is "better" than the previous RefY. This does not say much about a company's flag... | |
| Tube Preamp with adjustable gain Th ARC LS5 MK I and II have a 30/12 db switch. It's only got balanced connections though. | |
| Troubles with Sound-Smith return communications? Turnaround time has always been a problem with SoundSmith. Best not to do business with them until they sort out their operational problems, which have been a problem for the last three years.Nonsense! I had three cartridges re-tipped by Peter in ... | |
| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? IOW if you can hear differences in the cable between the line section and the power amp, then the cable is not being controlled.Hmmmm, now there's a pretty serious generalization. I have heard significant differences between IC's in the critical l... | |
| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? I ran a 30-feet Purist Dominus RCA-RCA IC from Aesthetix Callisto Sig line stage to CAT JL-3 amps for a few years and had no problems with noise, radio station pickup, etc. My experience with this one setup nullified many of the theories regularly... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Come and get it. 3D and synergy and it's best. | |
| Dartzeel Phono Preamp? Why does it have to be Dartzeel? To "integrate" with a Dartzeel based system? | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Sorry Mr Tennis but I disagree. There might be 1000s of great italian restaurants out there but there are maybe a dozen "great" CD players out there. And to read about a comparison of a handful of these I find to be of great value.these tests are ... | |
| Gabriel Gold vs Marigo vs NBS Rtn1: Stunning system you have. Absolutely beautiful to see the match with the speakers and rack. And great picture of Scott and Steve. I always enjoy getting together with JD and Scott to discuss our latest audio news. Much much fun.And thank you... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Yes Sabai, I have followed your comments here. And right out of the gate, you wasted no time to bash the report of the shootout. I found it rather disrespectful and ignorant as you disregarded much of what I and others found to be of value.I could... | |
| Gabriel Gold vs Marigo vs NBS Bsimpson: As I read your latest post here, I have to wonder if you are making the same mistake that I was making a few years ago. For a short time I was using a long pair of MIT ICs from line stage to amp and a pair of Coincident speaker cables. A... | |
| Gabriel Gold vs Marigo vs NBS Yoby: When my system was loaded with NBS Statement back in 2005, I very much liked the Kubala-Sosna Emotions but ultimately I went with the Purist Dominus throughout except for speaker cables, Purist Opus. The Purist cables had incredible dynamic ... | |
| Gabriel Gold vs Marigo vs NBS Bsimpson: You are pretty much the only other person here, other than myself, that was disappointed with GG cables. I took a lot of flack in the GG thread but it did not matter. In my system, I heard what I heard, and I described it in detail. And ... |