jwm
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| Audio Research Reference Linestages I own the VAC Sig Preamp and it uses no feedback but does not sound lean and is the most musical line stage I ever owned. It replaced the AR Ref 2 Mark 2. | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages You don't make sense. If the REF 5 is leaner how could it be more musical? I think you are getting your thoughts mixed up. | |
| Where to use Isolation devices I tried herbies rubber cup and black ball footers under my Modright Sony 5400ES and did not like the results. I then placed black diamond racing cones into each of the herbies cups and wow this improved the SACD player ten fold. It got rid of the ... | |
| would the Sony SCD 5400 Ex make a good transport? Sorry called the PD 5 player. | |
| would the Sony SCD 5400 Ex make a good transport? Podeschi I owned the Playback Designs 7 cd player that retails for 15,000.00. The Sony Modright 5400 easily beat the PD and is 5 times less costly. | |
| Preamp upgrade - Shindo or VAC? As Kevin Hayes always says welcome to the family. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? I was just blown away tonight. I just replaced two of my RCA 6SN7 in my PHI 300.1 with Sylvanias in there place. So now the two middle positions are the RCA's and the two outer areas are Sylavanias. This seems to be the best combiantion of both tu... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? I agree with Chales1dad, the most impressive upgrades were the addition of amp and preamp. In my case it was the VAC Phi 300.1 Monos and VAC Sig. Preamp. This upgrade made more of a difference then source. All new digital products I tried in the p... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 I finally finished the comparison of the Playback Designs cd player vs the Modright Sony XA5400ES. The Playback did sound better after the 500 hour mark. I probably ended up with 800 hours on it. In the end I sold it. I thought the Modright was mo... | |
| Manual vs. Auto Bias Kevin Hayes at VAC does not like any of the auto bias circuits out there. He says sound is compromised somewhat and that is why he does not have it. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? In the VAC Sig 2A preamp tube rolling makes a big difference in my opinion. In the 6DJ8 position I like Brimar (England) ECC88, Amperex 6DJ8A Frames Flying Saucer Getter. In the 12AU7 position I like Mullard (1950's) 12AU7 2 Support D Getters, Fre... | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? I think you will be overjoyed. Yes let us know what you think and of course as Kevin says welcome to the family. You will want to experiment with tube rolling. I like RCA 6SN7's from the late 1950's in the input stage of the amplifier. The preamp ... | |
| Coincident Dragon Amplifier You won't be disappointed the VAC's are great. You may want to upgrade to one of their preamps as well. | |
| Any expereince with Coincident Frankenstein II Amp Why don't you just upgrade your dragons to mark 2 | |
| Has anyone heard Sonicweld Diverter 192 Does anyone have experience with the Lindemann, Sonicweld, wavelength wave link, etc. Some are asynch. and others are not. Opinions please. |