lancelock

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Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ...
Cool_jeeves,what phono amp are you using?my Art 9 is also breaking in beautifully. 
Best tube dac available?
You guys are going to laugh but I just got the Oppo Sonica. This is a $799 DAC but i also got the Modwright Truth tube mods and it sounds incredible. It does have the new ESS ES9038PRO SABRE DAC chip. This unit throws out a huge sound stage. 
Tekton vs Decware
Do yourself a favor and try out a Linear Tube Audio MZ2-S to drive them. I am using the 1 watt from the MZ2 for my Decware ERRx radial speakers and it's the best yet. 
the Q-Up
The Q up worked great on my old Scout but will not work on my new Technics SL1200GAE. The shape of the platter doesn't give a position to mount. 
Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus!
Janehamble, the Teo GC's are better than my very expensive Morrow Grand Elite Reference IC's so rest assured. 
Tekton Impact
Powerglide, I'm not sure what model Mark has. They are small/mid towers and I didn't see them on the Tekton website so maybe discontinued? 
Tekton Impact
I also have no way to hear the DI's. I would love to hear a pair if anyone is near Maryland or D.C. Mark Schneider has some Tekton speakers In his listening room. I'm trying to get him to get a pair of DI's so I can hear them. 
Tekton Impact
I was visiting Urban HiFi/Linear Tube Audio in Takoma Park and they had a pair of the Spatial M3's in their listening room. I must say they sounded very very good with the LTA gear. If I didn't already have a pair of electrostats that I like very ... 
Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus!
meambler,others on this thread I believe have followed the same path and are perhaps better at describing the differences. I can say they are more natural and organic sounding and the difference was not subtle. I still think the Graohene Extremes ... 
Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus!
I thought I was done when I changed everything over to a Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme cables and then I went and did it, I tried the Teo. Crap! It's better than anything else I've tried and I've owned the very expensive Morrow Elite Grand... 
Tekton Double Impacts
I have been reading this thread with interest in the Double Impacts and then I read someone is powering them with the one watt MZ2 so Just for the heck of it, I hooked up my older Micro ZOTL2 amp and MZ2-S as preamp together to see what kind of SP... 
VPI Scout Set up
I would suggest the Soundsmith Zepher MI cart. This combo was very good when I had my Scout 1.1 and the Zepher is made for the Unipivot arm. I no longer have the Scout but I still have the cart. 
Speaker recommendation for married couple
I have 3 different systems. My wife likes the least expensive ones in our living room. Decware ERRx radial speakers, she's says these are the best even though I have Janszen hybrid electrostats in my listening room that I feel are clearly superior... 
Tekton Double Impacts
Charles1dad, if I were an EE maybe I could scratch the surface of explaining David Bernings designs but they are very complicated. These amps are unlike any other tube amp I have ever owned and they also seem more powerful than conventional tube a... 
Tekton Double Impacts
The double Impact speakers will be in my near future. I do already have the ZOTL40 and MZ2-S. I concur the MZ2-S with the NOS Tung Sol black glass oval plates are special in this preamp/ amp.i also powered my 93db radial speakers with the 1 watt a...