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Gryphon Mikado Signature CD player
John, Can you compare the sonics of the Mikado Sig with the MBL 1600 seriestransport/DAC? 
AMR / EMM / PLAYBACK Designs
Frank, How would you compare the PD with the APL? 
Dehavilland 50A has anyone purchased one?
Anyone compare the 50As with Jadis JA 30s or JA 80s (60 watts)? 
Viva vs. WAVAC amps
Has anyone compared Jadis amps, such as JA 30 or JA 80 mono blocks withViva amps? 
Fosgate Signature Phono Preamp
Reb, That's very interesting and quite an advantageous cicrcuit for the user! Yourcomment regarding the Sylvania 6x4 producing great bass slam now makes the Fosgate a real possibility for me. 
Fosgate Signature Phono Preamp
Reb, Don't you need to match your tube brands, V1,2; V3,4; and V5,6 to avoidleft and right channel discrepancies in gain as well as tone? 
Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti?
Has anyone heard the Stahltek Vekian as proposed in the opening of this thread? 
Anybody own or hear the Wavestream linestage?
Samuelg, do you own the Wavestream phono stage as well? Your description ofthe linestage seems very much in line with what I hear from the phono stage. 
C.J. PV-5 vs PV-10's 11's and 12's
How does a PV9 and Premier 3 compare with these preamps? 
Has anyone heard the Herron VTSP-3 linestage?
Tympani, can you elaborate on the sonics provided by the NOS Amperex tubesas opposed to the EH stock tubes? I have generally found various vintage Amperex 7308/6922 tubes to my liking....greater body and weight with anatural musicality. I have bee... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Has anyone compared the ARC CD-8 with Playback Designs? 
Phono stages belong to which tier?
Aoliviero, I have owned the Lamm, Steelhead, ASR, Einstein, Jadis, Thor, Joule, PH7,Doshi Alaap, BAT (fully loaded)....and find the Wavestream to be the mostmusically satisfying. 
Anyone ever seen or heard a Cary Audio CD-302 ?
Have you tried speaking to Dennis Had? This sounds incredible to me....youwould think the Cary personnel would at least be curious about their ownproduct!!! 
Has anyone heard the new Cary 303T?
I called Cary Audio and spoke to Jason. He corroborated what Krisjan stated; the306 Pro is the top of the line at 8K and the 303T is 6.5K. When I asked aboutCary's ad in Stereophile stating the 303T to be the best player on earth, Jasonreplied "it... 
Has anyone heard the new Cary 303T?
I guess a call to Dennis Had is needed. Maybe he will describe the 306 Pro as the best player in the solar system.