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RCA or XLR Between Digital Separates? Like 99.9999% of the questions, it all depends on the component and cable. Last month I demoed an expensive highly regarded DAC at home for a week and found AEB/ESU was much superior to RCA eventhough the RCA digital cable is 3X more expensive. Th... | |
Any other Sony SS-AR1 owners out there? 12-12-11: AudiozenI was considering buying the SS-AR1's, and feel sorry for those who took the plunge, and will be buying the Aerial Acoustics 7T's as soon as my sound room remodeling is complete. I heard the AR1's while I was in southern Calif. a... | |
Looking for a softer tube Siemen e82cc/12au7. It has a vivid and clear midrange. Excellent dynamics and a controlled top end. Check Upscale Audio for exact description.I will be selling my backup MQ in platinum grade that I no longer need and was purchased from Upscale.BTW... | |
Preamp hissing detectable at low volume? 11-05-11: VishlaThank you all so much for your responses! This rushing sound is audible from my listening position during idle, and it is evident to me during quiet passages. And thanks for your thoughtful instructions Viridian. I am a little nerv... | |
Why Not More Conversation about VAC? What about v1 and v4? | |
Tube Research Labs Latest Dude Preamp Cdente, glad everything worked out for all parties. From my experiences (MANY MANY purchases) with Paul, he's one of the good guys in the business. Everything he builds are competitive with anything in the market regardless of price, HONEST, helpf... | |
Dartzeel NHB-508, Any Price Info Yet? 01-17-10: Rtn1OK. $135k. Let me scratch that off the list.Rtn1 (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)C'mon Rob, OT OT OT ... LOL!! | |
Any opinions on new type of amps from BMC, Hegel, Agon is an open forum. Any Joe sitting behind a monitor and on a keyboard can be an expert, dealer, Queen of England ... so frankly I don't care about disclaimers but use my common sense exercising CAVEAT EMPTOR in consuming the content. If someon... | |
Sony SCD XA5400ES tube rolling? The Sophia Electric 6sn7s arrived today and I will compare them to Shuguang BT CV181-Z in my MW Transporter.If anyone finds Mullard GZ32 or GZ34 too sweet, check out Sylvania 5U4G green label blackplate. It's very neutral, transparent, detailed, c... | |
Magnepan 3.7's versus 20.1's? We have a 1.7 and 3.7 so is a 20.2 in the works/soon? | |
Reimyo vs Audio Note 3.1X vs Lampizator DAC ? Rpv, any experience with a level 5 and the amount of improvement over a level 4? | |
Modern Linestages This is our flagship amplifier. I had the idea of 'something' for a long time but it was pretty nebulous. But along came a customer that wanted something beyond our MA-2s, and was willing (he said) to wait, **but also to pay for it**.If anyone is ... | |
Modern Linestages 08-30-11: Pubul57True, it is not infinitely elastic, but it can stretch pretty far, why you often seen 10 different tiers of cables running from $3/ft to $3,000/ft - you just never know how much demand there might be to have the very, very, very, ... | |
Modern Linestages Doesn't matter how far it stretches, it still obeys the supply, demand and price principle. | |
Modern Linestages If price rises, demand will decrease. There are fewer buyers that can afford it no matter how much status it bring you. If you can't afford it, you can't afford it. |