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Best "RedBook" player out there
"The company was then taken private and now calls itself McIntosh Group."McIntosh Group consists of McIntosh, Audio Research, Sonus Faber, Wadia and Sumiko.   
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Tekton 1812http://www.tektondesign.com/1812.html 
Choosing tube power amp
What is the rest of your system? I think those two amps are designed with different applications in mind.   
Rega/Totem combo wow!
I don't have personal experience but I recall reading that Parasound amps sound good with Totems as well and their Halo line of integrateds get good reviews. Might be worth an audition.   
Integrated Amplifier with the Good Bass and Extended Highs
dragon_vibe, that's too funny... 
Looking to upgrade amp, need help.
There's an Esoteric AI-03 up for sale for $2K that should sound better than the NAD. You have lots of options with that budget and it just depends on what aspects of your current system you're trying to improve. A better DAC or cartridge, or even ... 
Soekris ApS dac1101 another discrete R2R Multibit dac.
Gentlemen, this is not productive. It sounds like this thread opened a can of worms. I think this sort of arguments are best done off line.  
Rega/Totem combo wow!
They really do sound big. If you have the room to leave a couple of feet of space behind them, they can create a nicely believable soundstage much bigger than you'd expect from their tiny size cabinets. Part of it is the element of expectation whe... 
Rega/Totem combo wow!
I heard the Elicit-R and Rainmaker combo a few months back in NYC with a friend.who was looking for a system for his relatively small apartment. They did sound great but he ultimately picked the Arro. To our ears, the Arro just sounded so much ful... 
Soekris ApS dac1101 another discrete R2R Multibit dac.
Sorry I don't mean to hijack this thread but as a potential Soekris customer - not diy but their finished but yet to be shipped DACs, is this an isolated case of diy poor information disclosure or a broader/more frequent case of irresponsible cust... 
Denafrips Terminator R2R Multibit, ultimate pcm redbook converter??
For those of you with the DIY knowledge and skills, I noticed a discrete R-2R DIY model on the Soekris site - model dam1021, priced at 179 Euros. I don't quite understand all the technical details but it seems like it is technically comparable to... 
Preamps with two main-outs
Previous post should read "multimeter" not millimeter. Autocorrect in action... 
Preamps with two main-outs
With the amplifiers off, I measure "continuity" at the input ports on the Vincent but not on the MC2200, using my very basic millimeter. Didn't feel comfortable sticking my meter probes inside the ports with the amplifiers turned on. I think we ca... 
Preamps with two main-outs
shadorn's comment about input impedance triggered a question I've been meaning to ask: Can the generally published spec for amplifiers' input impedance, e.g., 47K ohms for the Vincent, be simply measured at the input ports, presumably with the amp... 
Preamps with two main-outs
I’ll take the measurement when I get home this evening. Sorry but I can’t make out much by looking at the schematic but it’s nice to have it so I appreciate you posting it. P.S. Had to look up what "dog’s breakfast"..no clue what it meant. Cool sl...