khaki8

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Attention: Dunlavy Audio Labs out of business
LPgal, Just enjoy your speakers. I have Cantatas and had the crossover upgraded with better parts. They sound twice as good. Dunlavy is one of the best sounds out there even though it isn't the most beautiful. Enjoy. 
Review: Audio Note CDT 2 Transport
Kevin, Keep going with the Audio Note gear. Try an amp if your speakers can handle the 10-20 watts they put out or try the M3 preamp or an M5. These will amaze you with sonics similar to the digital equipment.You need more tubes in your system. 
digital glare - problems/solutions
Get any Audio Note DAC or CD player and you will have less GLARE to begin with. No filters or upsampling. 
transport/dac combo beats any one-box player...
I've never really liked listening to CD's and spent most of my time listening to my MR 71 tuner and vinyl. I got the Audio Note 3.1 balanced. I love listening to CD's now. Very open sound and no digital GLARE. 
Help On Dunlavy's
Unsound, I had my Cantatas upgraded by Blackie Pagano of Tubesville here in New York. He only upgraded parts and didn't change any circuits. What I got was a 100% improvement. Parts make a huge difference. I love the Dunlavy sound and these are n... 
New TT for around 2000--- need some advice
Get the Teres. It is elegant to look at, simple to set up and works easily. There is a wonderful simplicity to it and it sounds much better than the Michell Orbe I had. A great value and Chris is a great guy. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Bwhite Did anyone ever suggest to you that you might be taking this thing a little too far? Ziplock bags as a tweak? My God man have some respect! 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
The SC111-A is the Cantata in a different box. 
Lyra Helikon SL-Worth upgrade?
I have the SL and it was dramatically better than a VDH Frog. The Helikon is a big league cartridge. I would highly recommend it. Check with the guys at immediasound.com about the differences between the helikon and the lyra. I hear that the SME t... 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
Jadem, The mod was done because I really liked the sonic signature of the speakers. I wanted to improve on what was there. The mod created a speaker with the identical sonic signature as before but with dramatic improvements evenly up and down the... 
Opinions on Audio Note ANj speakers
I have the E-SEC top of the line Audio Notes. They are the most and only satisfying speakers I have ever heard. You just listen to the music and don't care about the equipment.My affliction with audio disease is finally coming to an end! 
Review: Audio Note DAC 3.1 Balanced DA converter
I just got my 3.1x balanced a few days ago. It is everything the reviewer said and more. I like listening to digital now.Very natural, great soundstage,supremely extended dynamics and no digital GLARE. 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
The sound was so dramatically better. The first thing was the music was much more forward. There was more treble more bass and smoother sound. Sorry about my lack of description earlier but I hear things as a whole not the individual parts. The wh... 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
All this stuff about Dunlavy saying the parts are great is BS. I know what I heard in my speakers- they were at least twice as good. Every designer says it's the design of the circuit that's more important than the parts. The reality is that the b... 
Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs SC-IVa
I have the Cantata's the smaller brother to the 4A. I had them modified with high end caps by Blackie Pagano at tubesville.com What I got was a 100% improvement. He said the parts used were really cheap-he did not change any circuits just parts. I...