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| 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... | |
| Thiel CS6 to Von Schweikert VR4 JR - Am i Crazy? If the 3.6 is considered one of the warmer sounding models, then no wonder Bundy is wanting more here. I guess it all comes down to what our reference point is to warmth.If you live in Minnesota and it's 55 degrees in March, that is considered war... | |
| What Preamp should I use If you enjoy the clarity of the Adcom GFP-1, you are in for a real treat on the later generations of budget preamps. I would not recommend the GFP-555 in any version. Adcom made some fairly decent amps and tuners (which I used in the 80s and 90s) ... | |
| CJ LS17 vs ARC LS15 Have you considered the LS5? If you want more body, warmth, the LS5 is THE ARC line stage to do this. It has a 3-dimensionality, bloom and harmonic richness the LS15 can not touch. Look for a MK III as these have a more natural top-end than the MK... | |
| Thiel CS6 to Von Schweikert VR4 JR - Am i Crazy? You seem confident about your sources so I would suggest another speaker for you to consider - a used pair of Talon Khorus. These are in the $3-4k range on the used market. I was a long time Magnepan 3.3 owner but wanted a more dynamic speaker so ... |