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| Transparent , Kubala , Luminous , or RS Poiema Can you elaborate? You seem to be saying that linear cables are the key,No, I am simply saying that compensating for a system's resultant tonality flaws is not best served by applying tonally colored (non-linear cables) to achieve a perceived syne... | |
| Transparent , Kubala , Luminous , or RS Poiema or is a carly simon box set the new reference standard for critical listening?Since I was the one who made reference to this as a musical source for component audition, I thought I'd inject a few comments:Each day I play different music and it jus... | |
| Organic, Texture, and Palpability - Please Define Man oh man I have having a most difficult time behaving myself here but I will. But Albert, don't set me up again like that! | |
| BAT to BAT - What's Best? Not having a remote or an active linestage is stupid in today's world..the best gear yields nada to the would be purists.Thanks Dave_b, but I get along just fine without a remote, thank you.....nothing stupid about it. I had an ARC LS5 and a BAT 3... | |
| BAT to BAT - What's Best? I do wonder why the Aesthetix Calypso at $4,500 comes stock with a full function remote, while a Aesthetix Callisto Signature at $11,000 comes with no remote at all......seems strange.I went with the Callisto simply because it has far more tubes. ... | |
| Please help, I'm worried about my Koetsu Urushi Ingemar, I have a Rosewood Signature and it too rides very close to the LP surface. So your experience is not unique here....hope this helps to ease your concern. | |
| ARC LS 25 Mk 11 Bypass you could do this yourself with a simple A/B switch and forget about a theater through pass inputTrue, but I still want the tube line stage there to make use of my 2-channel analog sources. And I do not want to fuss with disconnecting the IC-pair ... | |
| ARC LS 25 Mk 11 Bypass This whole discussion hints at a feature I have wanted from tube preamp manufacturers out there: implement HT pass-through WITHOUT the need for the tube unit to be powered on. Why is this so difficult? If all we want is to route a pair of inputs d... | |
| Get Power Conditioner -downgrade my expensive PCs? Awwww nuetrality. Are we talking of a power cord's tonal neutrality but which obliterates the 3-dimensional portrayal of instruments .... or can I get all this in a $100 (or even a $10) power cord too? | |
| JADE AUDIO Cables I must say that the Jade cables are largely trial and error.Is this not true for just about everything in the world of high-end audio?There were many prototypes before he settled on the Vermeil and Gold.Knowing JD quite well now, I am sure that is... | |
| CAT Amp Power Tube Options... I too am running with Winged C's (in JL-3's) but have also wondered what benefits KT88's might bring as they were wonderful in the ARC VT130 amp I had several years ago. With the CAT amps, I would be more concerned about reliability and longevity ... | |
| Phono Preamp Vs. Transformer for Moving Coil I think you will not find a consensus on which way to go. Some people claim SU transformers cause dynamic compression and others praise them because of their low noise and tonal neutrality. The BENT AUDIO TX-103 step-up device as described by Arth... | |
| Shipping Aesthetix Calypso/tube gear, in general It is ALWAYS good practice to remove the tubes from their sockets and return them to their boxes. You can then wrap all this in bubble wrap and then put this bundle back inside the amp IF it is secure. If all judgement leads to shipping the tubes ... | |
| Calling all Aesthetix Callisto / Io Owners Rmaurin,>>Why did you install NOS tubes?After owning the ARC SP-10 and LS5/PH2 for a combined 15 years, I was familiar with the sonic differences between some brands of 6DJ8/6922 tubes. The Amperex were much more to my liking over the stock ... | |
| "Reference" Preamps I have some relative comments concerning the Callisto Signature to three other models in my own system: Calypso, BAT 31SE and CAT Ultimate II. The Callisto Sig and the Calypso have very similar tonality and frequency extreme coverage but the Calli... |