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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Wow! Already there are audio diehards upgrading the CD Duplicator. I love it. By some time next year I will throw in the towel and just leave well enough alone for a few years as was the case back in the mid 80s into the early 90s.As for the AA Ca... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Exlibris: I have had the Manley Ref DAC for several years and for a long time, it was not at all close to the weakest link in my system. But this last year I have changed from a BAT 31SE to Callisto Sig, Wolcott Presence to CAT JL-3, Magnepan 3.5 ... | |
| Power Amp Tubes Blowing - what's wrong? Your situation is not unique. Could this simply be that the tubes have reached the end of their life? In just the last 2 months I have also had 2 power tubes fail in my CAT JL-3 amps. These tubes just happen to be 2 years old. And with previous AR... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I don't mean to hijack this DAC thread but I'd like to chime in on the Callisto and running balanced. When I switched to CAT amps, I had no choice but to change over to RCA ICs as these amps are single-ended only. And then when I got the Callisto,... | |
| New tube amp for ML Prodigy CAT, VTL, ARC???? Chris,I have not heard the JL-1's but yes, they have gotten much praise from the beginning. A pair of these sold several months ago here for around $8k. You don't see them here too often. But the JL-2 is often for sale here at this price and I hav... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Ginas: The last time I heard CJ gear was in 1995 when I too was preamp shopping; I ended up with the ARC LS5 II but the CJ Premier 10 was also a most impressive piece. I simply prefered the dynamics of the ARC at the time.When I see JD (Jadem6) I ... | |
| What does 'Fast mean? Newmanoc: Would you please enlighten us with a definition of each of the following terms in the context of the audiophile community:Pace -Rhythm -Timing -Thank you for your time.John | |
| New tube amp for ML Prodigy CAT, VTL, ARC???? I have a very different take on the CAT vs. ARC than Bozo. But then again, that is no surprise as I have not had much in common with anybody with orange hair. 8-)It's very difficult if not downright impossible to make any blanket statement about t... | |
| Conrad Johnson ACT2 against Audio Research Ref 3 Ginas:A'gon member, Jadem6, has just put his SCD-1 through yet another upgrade so I suspect he can offer much information for you. He and I are in the twin cities metro area. I will see him tonight and finally get a chance to hear these latest cha... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendation The comments by Dfhaleycko make a lot of sense. Rather than focus on the power, focus on getting an amp whose sound mates well with your system. A pair of Atmasphere MA60s or the BAT VK60 would be worthy of serious consideration. If at a later tim... | |
| The last 5 ????? Wow great thread. I thought Jadem6 was only at 90% so I went ahead and bought the green wrapping paper and red ribbon and bow to deliver a Callisto Signature for Christmas. But hey, if he's at 95% ...........And yes, for most of us, the big issue ... | |
| Best preamp for CAT JL2 amplifier Eavr11: I tried several times yesterday to reply to your message to me earlier this week but my cable ISP kept responding back that your email address provider was not accepting the message. So earlier today, I sent my reply to you through the A'g... | |
| Best way to ship Maggie 1.6's? Do yourself a HUGE favor and investigate companies other than UPS and FedEx for such a large and delicate product. You can pretty much forget about any resolution with damage with FedEx and it is not a very pretty process with UPS either.I have to... | |
| Sovtek 6550 - Can they really be THIS bad??? A few years ago I changed the Sovtek 6550s to JJ Tesla KT88s in the ARC VT130. Wow, the musical enjoyment was dramatically improved.....until a tube blew. These KT88s did not seem to have a very good reliability. Several went out around the 6-mont... | |
| 3 great choices Warmer sound over detail - In the $3k range, consider the BAT 31SE. And can even be found with the very decent built-in solid state phono stage for a couple hundred $$ more. |