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SACD Player with hi-rez digital input
dCS Paganini dCS ScarlattiAlpha dac (no sacd)Weiss Medea+Weiss Vesta (no sacd) 
direct or not?
Puccini performs excellent directly with tube amps, you should try it if you can, but have the option of going back. 
Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads?
Emre,I like very much Soulution products and think are among the very best.But when combining different brands pre-power better test it first in your system. 
Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads?
Emre,The general opinion among many friends and dealers was that Magico in Munich was dissapointment; although it is curious no one mentioned it.But Europeans audiophiles who've heard Magico M5 were dissapointed; I had friends ready to buy it but.... 
Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads?
Lloyd,I have also used Arc Ref3 with Gryphon, the soundstage is huge and the match is very good indeed.The only thing is that it is kinda different flavor from CJ....so test it.If your dealer has both Stealth and PAD he should let you make A/B com... 
Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads?
Lloyd,In reproducing high performance audio the part of the cables must be the lesser; in fact if absent is better.We do not need sonic singature from cables but deliver undistorted signal (as much as possible).Already you are having a "nice" soni... 
Powerful Tube Amp for SF Strads?
@Lloydelee21 what is your preamp?I use with my antileon Stealth Dream power cords, tried many , but Dreams are among the best, so far...@Emre did you really liked the Magico M5 in Munich??? A more affordable amplifier is Spectron Musician IIImk2, ... 
dcs Puccini break-in
Since Puccini has esoteric transport, more hours than usual needed for break-in, of course the first 120 hrs are criticall as with all cdplayers but after 400hrs you'll notice more improvement.Has anyone tested audiophile fuses to Puccini? 
The best no-compromise digital options?
just a remark please, dCS (any) is better to enter it also in CD format.The ring dac is red book at first, of course dCS excells too in SACD.As for dvd-a it's dead to invest so much money on a machine and the already dvd-a library is too small. On... 
new reference in the german Stereo: Einsten the ..
Image Hifi and Hifi Reords are way better magazines than mass market Stereo and Stereoplay....Both of them raved about Puccini and are very serious to do so! 
dCS Puccini Clock
the right position is under the player, the Uclock has its form for holding the Puccini which needs some ventilation.\the alumunimum boxes are very solid constructed. 
dCS Puccini Clock
I have found Stealth Dream Digital very good match with Dcs Puccini, with the clock siltech spx30 was good too. 
dCS Puccini Clock
If someone needs to combine cd-8 qualities and dCS Puccini qualities and get the most of it, then get the Puccini and Stealth Nanofiber interconnect! It's a magic combo with musicallity and all the detail and openness.And if like upgradeabillity a... 
dCS Scarlatti vs Wadia 931+921
Asuming both are equal; while you're thinking or searching put also another question to yourself; which one has more reliable transport and is upgreadable through the years.Such investment IMHO must be future-proof, reliable, with long warranty an... 
Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp?
Only music through the latest ViVa Solista mkII, after many auditions and search of Musical integrated this one stole my heart....it's like a real pre/power combo like Krell FBI, but on different sound spectrum, closer to music and more evolving, ...