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| Power plant and power cords upgrades a real wow? The results you get from upgrading cords and/or power conditioners/regenerators will depend greatly on the weakest link in your system. Example: all those reviews on Audioreview by people who claim Martin Logans or Maggies.....are mediocre at best... | |
| Small integrateds: red wine, bel canto or wyred? My favorite small integrated amp is the Audiosector "integrated amplifier". Check them out at audiosector dot com. These are as close as I've heard to single-ended triode from solid state. The sound (with suitably efficient speakers) is certainly ... | |
| Good/bad idea? Oppo in 2 channel w/out preamp? Hey, thanks for your advice/experience Kal and Jeffga. Sounds like it's worth a shot. I'll post my experience if I do purchase one of these modded Oppo's. Best wishes. | |
| Good/bad idea? Oppo in 2 channel w/out preamp? Kal-as to how much attenuation I need-as much you would need if this was your sole volume control (as it will be I go with one of these Oppos) | |
| Good/bad idea? Oppo in 2 channel w/out preamp? Sandstone-my amps are VAS Audio Citation Sound II which are Cayin's upper end (upper end for Cayin anyway) EL34 monoblocks based on Harmon Kardon's originals. See the ToneAudio online review to get an idea of quality of these amps. 12au7's are Amp... | |
| Good/bad idea? Oppo in 2 channel w/out preamp? So Kal, have you actually heard the Oppo driving an amp directly? I recall HiFi+ doing a Wadia review awhile back and fearing that their volume control (also digital) would compromise sound at lowish levels but they didn't detect any sonic degrada... | |
| SET vs ICE vs GAINCLONE vs HYBRID vs other? Doron,I haven't posted on this in awhile but thought it worth updating for those interested. I sold the JAS because it was an absolute monster in size and put out a hellish amount of heat. I also had a hum issue with my main speakers which didn't ... | |
| replacing Patek integrated with more powerful amp? Glenalan-do you hear a loss of transparency in the bridged version compared to the regular Patek? I recall asking Mr Tim Rawson about bridged chip amps awhile back and he felt the bridged ones lacked some of the magic....been awhile so not certain... | |
| replacing Patek integrated with more powerful amp? Hi Glenalan-have you actually done this or heard of someone doing this? I know bridging the Pathos amps produced better than expected results. Since balanced inputs would be necessary, is this something that would need to be done at the manufactur... | |
| replacing Patek integrated with more powerful amp? I appreciate the input so far. Actually though, I figured I'd be hearing about the Creek Destiny and the Exposure 2010S(2) as these usually get high marks for their transparency. Mind you, the only amp I've heard that bettered the Patek for transp... | |
| Power Cord with great tone I've heard a cord recently that sounds close to what you've described and the manufacturer is in London with an in home trial/money-back offer. The Robusto from Sablon Audio (sablonaudioDOTcom) is warm, rich in tone, weighty in the lower registers... | |
| Looking for a very focused power cord I see it's been well over 2 years since this posting was active but I thought I'd offer my experience on focused power cords since then as it may save another time and $$$.Of course my system has morphed numerous times since then but here are a fe... | |
| Are PCC189/7ES8 tubes useable in place of 6DJ8? Hhmmm.... That's about what I thought. I've been using the PCC88/7DJ8 with very good results as an alternative to my Ediswan 5358s when I want more extension on top. It's just that the PCC189s are sooo cheap on Ebay. It's hard not to try them. Tha... | |
| SET vs ICE vs GAINCLONE vs HYBRID vs other? It's been over a year since I originally posted this. I thought I'd offer my experience(s) since then. The Wyred ST-500 is gone. It's excellent for the money and about as hassle-free as it gets but it's not SET nor is it close. I purchased a Patho... | |
| CPD orSACD player w/built in remote volume control Thanks Riley804. I tried a search of the forums before posting but, apparently, I typed in the search wrong because nothing came up. There are some interesting options listed. Mtrot-the Oppos certainly are a decent option, especially modded. I hav... |