jafox
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| Who is the KING of MONOS? .....but you can't make him drink.From so many lame responses here, I'd say many here have already had too much to drink. I'm with Audiofeil on this one.....STUPID THREAD! | |
| Is there a qulaity DAC that has USB and coaxial. I would focus more on finding a DAC that really nails it for you musically. If it does not have a USB input, there are many USB-SPDIF or USB-AES/EBU converters out there. Empirical Audio is one product to consider. It is not cheap but it is top pe... | |
| Spending on dac vs amp Spend only $250 for a used DAC? Geez, how horrible that will be! And in a system of otherwise fairly decent performing products? NOT! You're pushing your luck to find any DAC, new or used, for less than $500, and probably closer to $1000, that wil... | |
| Old vs New Magnepan 1.7 vs Tympani IV You should include as a third choice good deal on a 3 series .... used pair of 3.3 at less than $1500 or 3.5 at less than $2k. | |
| AR Ref 300 Vs 300 Mark II Sonic differences... I would take the 6922 input any day. And remove the Sovtek tube, throw it in the trash and try out any number of tubes such as the Telefunken, Amperex PQ, Valvo, etc. | |
| best position of components in relation to spkers? I have been following this thread. The dominant view here seems to be to remove the components from between the speakers. My experience is much different here.For many years I had the rack on the back wall with only the mono amps (CAT JL3) next to... | |
| Counterpoint upgrade or Virtue Audio? The last time I visited his site it said they were only going to do repairs in the future.That is only true for the top line stage (SA11) and mono amps as the cost to update these is more expensive than buying the new products under his Aria compa... | |
| Best ARC tube amps for classical music? Correction: Low impedance and efficiency does not make an Audio Research tube amp happy. | |
| Counterpoint upgrade or Virtue Audio? Mike indeed is doing updates but only on some items as shown on his site. However, I think you would do better if you sold your existing Counterpoint items and used this money along with the money you would spend to update these and look for deals... | |
| Audio Research Preamp Experts? If you don't care about phono performance, it makes no sense to chase something like the SP-6, 8 and 10. They were outstanding in their days with phono, but their line stages are dreadful compared to the clarity, lower noise and greater dynamics o... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Hi Earflappin: I'm in San Clemente. I'm loving it....the weather and just a few minutes from the beach. I grew up in So Cal but it feels kinda strange to be living here all these years later. I won't get settled into a house here until next summer... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Great review John. So nice to see your contributions here again.It's great to see that the NWO design has successfully incorporated the ECC182 tubes. The ECC99 was dreadful in the Denon APL player. There is no way I would ever go back to that afte... | |
| ARC Tube preamp suggestions none of the Audio Research linestages short of the Ref. 3 fit that description.WRONG! The LS5 is way beyond the other line stages here when it comes to lush and warmth. The LS2 and LS16 are sterile as h*ll. The LS7/LS8 are good performers but were... | |
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| Pre Amp Wars/Advice Good stuff that Counterpoint gear. The 5.1 has a cult following and for good reason. Other products such as the SA2 had similar issues with the PS. I got my SA2 PS rebuilt with updated parts and the wimpy external transformer replaced with the Pli... |