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| Hales Transcendence 5 speakers endgame? Hi mitchb,I have been enjoying my Hales Transcendance 8 speakers for 21 years also. I have upgraded everything in the system over the years except the turntable and arm. During this time of improvements I never once thought about changing the sp... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Not sure where my response went I left last night. Maybe it will show up. In response to your question I did not audition the H-300 as I was not interested in an integrated. My focus was on preamps. My posting on this thread was only in response t... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? I did not audition the Hegel H-300 as I was not interested in an integrated but I could have. Neither of the Hegel preamps are 10K and above in price so they are not in line with the title of this thread. However their performance is. I previously... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? I own the Hegel P20 preamplifier. I paid $2800 for it. Sonically it is superb in my system and sounded equally as good at my dealer demonstration. Bounced it directly against the Hegel P30 which is $7,500. The comment about the P20 being 90% of th... | |
| Graham IC70 v. Furutech Silver Arrow Different presentations between the two Furutech's according to this reviewer at The Audio Beat.http://www.furutech.com/a2008/reviewc.asp?r1_no=138&r2_no=556I use a Hovland Music Groove 2 but have always wanted to try other phone cables in my ... | |
| Digital S/PDIF RCA cable recommendation I am listening right now to a Nordost Blue Heaven 1m RCA S/PDIF digital cable as I evaluate two DACS on loan from my dealer. They are the Hegel HD 20 and the HD 11.What I am hearing tells me this cable is not a weak link. I believe it is about $20... | |
| Vintage Tube Services Still in business? I had read awhile back that Andy was planning to retire. However I have no knowledge though that he has actually done so. That being said I was unable to reach him once either for quite awhile. I wanted to order some tubes. When I finally did talk... | |
| musical fidelity nu-vista 3d cd player Hi Grayf,I got the PSVANES from Grant Fidelity awhile ago. They were the only source I knew at the time. Also they did offer selecting and matching which I wanted as the 12AX7 tubes in the Calypso are the ones that make the most difference in the ... | |
| musical fidelity nu-vista 3d cd player I was also interested in sending off my 3DCD player to Musical Fidelity for the tuneup/refresh that they offer, but it appears at the time I checked that it is only performed at their facility in England. With the VAT tax plus the service and ship... | |
| musical fidelity nu-vista 3d cd player Hi GrayF,Thought I would chime in. I own the musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 3D cd player and it just always sounds so good in my system. I was just listening to it and am always still impressed with its sonics as when I first bought it new around 2003 ... | |
| Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth" Hi Jimbojrjb,I had the same issue you have on the same songs on the same album plus on one other album on one song. Possibly maybe on more albums but not discovered by me. Used 2 different copies of the Mofi "Into the Labrynth" too. Same thing.The... | |
| Can the output of an ARC PH-7 be turned down? Hi Handymann,Excellant purchase selections BTW. As already mentioned the only reduction of gain that I can offer you is through the Calypso. The adjustable shunts need to be on the 2 inside positions to reduce the gain by -12dB.The non reduced gai... | |
| Tubed Linestage Hi Handyman,Just a thought. I used to have a ARC PH3-SE for many years. I had it modified by the Great Northern Sound Company and rolled NOS tubes in it. Though improved from stock it always seemed to have a certain "edge" or detail to it as you d... | |
| MIT oracle v2.1 question. Hi Mjglo, I have MIT Oracle V2.1 interconnects in my system and I am using a pair between the phono stage and the preamp. The interconnect has an Adjustable Impedance System which is controlled by a sliding switch set to the following positions:Lo... | |
| QRP pressing of "Tea for the Tillerman" Good to know. I have a QRP pressing of Muddy Waters-Folk Singer arriving tommorow. I forgot that I had this pre-ordered. Got a nice e-mail notice out of the blue that I had a record arriving and just in time for the weekend.Hoping QRP records all ... |