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| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 10-04-14: Onhwy61In a free society a person should be able to do his homework whenever he wants to and it's nobody's business but his own.Are you serious? You have issues with my suggestion?I could care less what Pakwong does with his $$ and probl... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 10-04-14: PakwongThe fact is, though having trouble with the Ref 150, I'd still recognized it as a great amp after solving the matching problem with the CAT preamp. But as recommended by some of you here, I feels that the Ref 150 would be better m... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Minorl +1 | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Brownsfan,I have a few questions for you.1. Have you replaced stock fuse in HAPZ1 with after market? What's the correct fuse direction?2. Has the Vtuner issue been resolved?3. What 6922 and rectifier tube are you rolling? Thanks! | |
| Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue How many caps failed? I've own tens of thousands dollars not ARC equipment and components fails too. Shot happens. Are your statements on the white caps based on facts from ARC? My Ref250 is months old and has a combination of white and gold caps ... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? I was told materials used in making NOS tubes are no longer available or banned so quality suffers. Telefunken 12ax7 and 12au7 ribbed plates are my favorite. Telefunken e88cc is very good but I prefer 60's Siemen e88cc. In my components, Siemen e8... | |
| Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue This is something they should sell you a cost.How can ARC stay in business if sell at cost?Seems like they are making a profit off the back of a defect.It appears to me Veerapaneni had a cap failure and not all white caps are defective. Nothing is... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Tomcy6 +1 | |
| CATSL1 best pre under 3K? For the $$, checkout Audio Valve Eclipse. For a little more $$, an used Doshi Alaap MKII listed for $4500 just got sold.Also try to demo CAT in your system before dismissing it. GL! | |
| Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue 1200-1300 is reasonable. How do they sound compare to originals? Did ARC perform the fix? | |
| Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue Veerapaneni, how can you tell if the amp has old or new capacitors? I have a fairly new ARC 250 so wondering what capacitors I have.Probably a dumb question but is the upgrade kit free? Similar to a recall if Teflon caps are defective ... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Excellent mature question Tomcy6. One resorts to personal attacks when trapped in a corner/discussion. Pathetic! | |
| has BAT priced itself out of the market? 09-26-14: SchubertIn the USA there is little supply and demand pricing in general, from real estate to food its a what the market will bear economy.What the market will bear is supply and demand. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 09-10-14: AlmargSteve, I'm surprised at your question.What I'm talking about is the fact that depending on the quality of the design digital noise can couple between different parts of the circuitry in a component, via grounds, stray capacitances,... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES or NAD M51? JazzontheH: Where did you get your power supply upgrade for the touch? May be the cheapest solution to upgrade fever :-)I use a Touch digital out to my DAC for internet radio. I replaced the SPS with a Channel Island VDC-5 MKII linear power supply... |