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| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier I must chime in here as I was the one to corner Hooper for further details as to why he made the changes that he did. Hooper's reply was exactly what I requested: an honest response to his experiences in HIS system with what HE prefered. There wer... | |
| CAT amps........Opinions please Hello,I own a pair of JL-3 signatures and owned ARC amps for a number of years before. My favorite ARC amp was the VT130. It had a lush midrange warmth and an exceptional 3-dimensional quality. But it was a bit weak in the lowest frequencies. I di... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier Hooper: Wow, now that was what I was looking for! The details on your system changes, and their sonic results, put everything so well into perspective. Thank you much.Oh yes, I love the JL-3s. I have read the highest praise on the CAT amps for man... | |
| Review: Ensemble Dirondo Transport & Hi-dac Transport Wow indeed. This is one of the great reviews here in a long time. Well done.John | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier Oh no, the man wants two Dove bars. And you should have asked about the ice cream sooner as I was just at the Ben & Jerry's factory last week. All I can do now is promise you the goods if and when you ever make a visit to Minneapolis.What I re... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? Growlar: I like your idea of the evolution process. You will indeed enjoy the heck out of the SP-10. And then some day if you have the itch, persue that next level of refinements. But I guarantee you that so many newer products that you will audit... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? Rcprince: Yes, with the LS5 being truly balanced XLR ins/outs only, this does have the potential to change things for someone whose system is all RCA connections. At the beginning, I used adaptors for my single-ended CD player and tuner. The '-' p... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? Holy cow, I never could have had success with a 0.2mv cartridge with my SP-10. Mine was an unmodified MK II, and like I mentioned above, used RAM tubes. Perhaps the Sovteks or other available tubes of today are quieter which allows for higher gain... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier JTinn, I think Sean brings up a good point that there should be some sort of identifier for Audiogon members who are dealers. Of course we all have our own musical and listening biases, but when a member also has a business bias, it throws a wrenc... | |
| ARC ph1 compared to ph3 Hello,I owned the PH2, which was the balanced version of the PH1, for 8 years. At about year 5, I borrowed a PH3 from my boss who was also a big ARC fan at the time. The PH3 was at first so nice as it brought the presentation more upfront in the r... | |
| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? Another vote for the SP-10 if you are dead set on this or the SP-11. I owned the SP-10 for 8 years and loved it, even with its rolled-off frequency extremes, rather high noise floor, and yes, constant replacement of the phono-stage tubes. But oh m... | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Another vote for Live Rust | |
| HELP best analog system brand new for $5,000.00 Oh man, what I could do with $5k on the used market! If the phono stage was not part of this it would be easier.You don't give any details on whether this is your first time into phono, or if you are finally moving up from your long-time $99 BIC t... | |
| Who thinks they got the best deal on Audiogon? I got a great deal on a long (32') pair of NBS Statement XLR cables and sent them off to be shortened and re-terminated with the remainder used to get several smaller pairs as well to wire my entire system. It would have cost a fortune to get all ... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier This is an amplifier I would love to learn more about but with the original review here, and the one in Stereophile, I still have no idea what the sonic strengths are. Ok ok, it has great clarity. Great clarity compared to what? Ok ok, it is natur... |