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| Audio Research Amp Shootout Great report. It is always fun to do such comparisons and identify the various strengths/weaknesses and maybe find one heck of a good value in the group.As for comparing amps of various prices, the higher price models do not guarantee a higher lis... | |
| High End and cables and tin ears.... Next time you are with your friend, have him point out the sonic differences between a pair of cables. It's a learning process to recognize / observe the differences that can exist.There's often much discussion that cables do not and can not make ... | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Sherod,I was fortunate to have JD visit me again this last weekend. And he brought a friend who's quite the electronic wizard with audio gear as well. After we tried yet another round of 3 of JD's latest prototype ICs, I mentioned to him that I re... | |
| Review: Jade Audio Pure Solid Gold Interconnect Thank you Rf_gumby for your comments. I have learned much about many tube types from a few A'gon members. Their willingness to share experiences and to provide suggestions of other tubes to try have much to do with the results here. Achieving tona... | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Sherod, I got the Chinchilla this week. It has the fat RCA connectors as described in the IAR review. Before I tried this cable in the SA-2-to-Aria link, I had to hear it in the Aria-to-CAT amps link. The preamp-to-amp link has been the most sensi... | |
| The best small bookshelf speaker you ever heard? I remembered contributing to a similar thread here a couple years ago. | |
| Review: Jade Audio Pure Solid Gold Interconnect Swinfrey,Thank you for sharing your experiences with what appears to be the next generation of Jade cables. JD is not only a dear friend, but he's also quite the devoted audiophile. He's clearly on a mission to take music systems to the next level... | |
| 30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp? Just to chime back in here, I ran a 30 feet RCA Purist Dominus IC from line stage to amps for a couple years and had no hum/rfi issues at all. What people echo from what they have read vs. what they have experienced are very different things. Push... | |
| 30 ft rca run too long for a phono to preamp? I would first do everything possible to make things work for the turntable at its current location. If this is not possible, I would suggest moving the preamp along with the turntable to the new location. The phono stage's voltage output (at line ... | |
| XLR Connector Comparison Dave_b - You paid $6k for those cables or they "retailed" for $6k? I guess I will have to buy a pair of these Monster cables and put them up against the Jade Audio cables. 8-) | |
| Audio Research SP 11 vs Audio Research SP 16 For what the SP-11 seems to be selling on the used market, $2000-2200, the LS5 and PH2 can be had for only a few hundred $$ more, and this pairing is far beyond the performance of the SP-11. If you do not use a phono source, then no need for the P... | |
| More of a Tube Sound In a Tube CD player Lithojoe, I don't see the value to bash Tvad here. He provides many great contributions here. His observations on relative tube differences in the above post is an example of this. You could have contributed to the thread by sharing an example or ... | |
| Review: Aria WV5 XL (Line Stage only) Tube preamp Sherod - Thank you for the tip here. This may be just what I have looked for from the SA-2 to the Aria. I will give these a try and report back vs. the Silent Source Silver Signature.Bob - I did some testing tonight on the Rebuilt vs. Stock SA-2. ... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Dgarretson, Thanks for your input here. I had the PH2 for 6-7 years and loved it. This was the one sleeper in the ARC product line that truly was an outstanding product. I only "upgraded" to the BAT P10 as I wanted more phono gain and benefitted w... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? I have tubes only in my DAC. All the layering, spatial clues, and tonality of the tubes are expressed,You just keep on convincing yourself of this.I tried the H20 amp in my system a few years ago and the one thing that the old and lowly backup Cou... |