jasonbourne52

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Arty Fax
What is the source of that quote?  
How do you make a final decision on a DAC
Go to Audio Science Review and look at the test results. Choose a DAC within your budget with the least distortion and best linearity. No magic involved!  
What defines mid-fi versus high-end?
Mid-Fi: Any component not worthy of being included in Jay's Audio Lab $500K system!  
Looking for an integrated amp to replace my Cayin A-50T
Here's the bargain of the year: Topping PA5 integrated Class D amp! Clips at 110wpc@1%. Plenty of power! The price: an astonishing $349! From the company that makes the great D30 and D90 DACs. The PA5 measures almost as good as the $3500 Benchmark... 
Turntable Identification
Thorens 124  
Best Amp for Type AA Klipschorns (1978)
Topping PA5 Class D amp - 50+ wpc - $349!  
Vintage Integrated Amplifiers With Great Sound
JVC X-1 Super Class A integrated. About $200 on eBay. I have one. Same circuit as the JVC Super Class A power amp - just less power!  
Looking for a new (preowned OK) line stage under $5K: suggestions?
Audio Research SP10 - which some consider the best tube preamp the company made!  
RGR Model 4 Pre Amp ....HUM QUESTION
The RGR 4 was in 1980 a giant-killer preamp designed by Robert Grodinski of pro-audio RG Dynamics fame. Sonically as good as - or better! - than the then- current champ - the $4500 Levinson ML7. So for $650 one could buy a SS preamp in the same so... 
New Analog Technology???
The HDvinyl process of using a laser to cut a spiral groove in a ceramic disk to make a stamper good for thousands of vinyl pressings without degradation would be a major advance in analog mastering! NO MORE LACQUERS!  
RGR Model 4 Pre Amp ....HUM QUESTION
Tone button IN means the tone control circuit is engaged. Just leave it IN to eliminate hum. Probably just a quirk of some of the RGR 4’s. Any other owners notice the same thing? My first RGR 4 back in 1980 was hum-free for all its life (20+ years... 
RGR Model 4 Pre Amp ....HUM QUESTION
@rocky1313 : Thanks for your post! Otherwise I would have done an unnecessary cap job on the Andromeda amp - and still had the right channel hum problem!  
RGR Model 4 Pre Amp ....HUM QUESTION
I too have the same hum problem with my RGR 4. It is only on the right channel. For awhile I have been plagued by a right channel hum coming from my Sumo Andromeda amp. I was resigned to replacing one or both power supply caps. After reading your ... 
Pre Playback Wipedown
+1 for the DiscWasher brush and D4! I use both.  
Original Cary 300B Monos Reliability?
Check and adjust bias on the 300B when replacing it and periodically thereafter.