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Beatles Reissues on VINYL Finally
Like I said get the original Parlophones and enjoy the best LP sound that there is. 
Playback Designs
That is why there are so many manufactures out there. You obviously hear very differently than I do. I had three friends who have great ears and all thought the Modright tube Modded Oppo creamed the MPS-5. What modded Oppo do you really have. 
Playback Designs
It bettered it in every way except one. The MPS has a touch deeper bass. The Oppo was way more organic (musical), more natural. The top end was more refined. The soundstage and depth were fantastic. The MPS was flatter, leaner, and was tilted more... 
Playback Designs
I had the MPS-5 cd player and I like my Modright Tube Modded Oppo 95 better. 17,000.00 vs 3,000.00 
Beatles Reissues on VINYL Finally
I will wait for the blue ray discs or direct downloads 
Beatles Reissues on VINYL Finally
I'm not interested in vinyl mastered off of a digital recorder. I'll keep my original Parlophone pressings and call it a day. 
Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks
When you get the Viva amps let us know how you like them. I only heard them at CES shows and they always sounded wonderful. I know you will love these. Enjoy 
Magico S5 review
I think that dealer is nuts. I would never let someone have a home loan for that long. I don't care that he is buying them he can wait until they come and I would not leave the show room empty. This guy is not a good businessman. 
Preamps waste of money?
Dracule1 isn't that kind of like a good integrated? 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Grannyring no one is saying that parts don't make a difference. Atmasphere said a well designed circuit is more important than just the parts alone. This thread is not talking about parts, but about amplifier specs. in deciding whether you want to... 
Neodio NR22 Cd player - thoughts?
can't find the link either 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Its obvious that when comparing preamps that not one sounds exactly like the other. I don't know about the distortion thing, but there must be certain specs that we can't or do not know how to measure as of yet for these differences. I agree with ... 
World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above?
Charles some people never get it. This guy been a phile for years. 
ZYX Airy 3 Best SUT
Dougdeacon I am using the Universe copper and I don't load my phono stage at all. I am using Aesthetix Io Signature. I found by loading I lose the air and dimension of the soundstage and the high end becomes duller. So 47K sounds great to me. 
French Speakers?
The best French speaker I ever heard was from a company called Leedt. They used a gas filled Piezo tweeter shaped liked an egg. I heard these several times at many CES shows using the original Audio Mattiere Amp and preamp. This was many years ago.