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| What amps do Electrical Engineers own...why? Well my AE is one of the best AE's in the Southern Hemisphere & designs and builds his own tube and solid state amps. Check him out - http://www.clarkeaudio.com/ | |
| Tube Pre-Amp Recommendation My advice would be look for a good 2nd hand Ayon CD-5s on the 'Gon. You should be able to pick one up for about $6k on a haggle. The CD-5s has a more musical sounding dac than your Oppo & factory stock the built in preamp sounds better than an... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Well they say the best integrated amp is the integrated amp you would buy today if you were in the market. My first choice would be a Vitus SIA-025. Lots of power, smooth analogue sound & sounds tube-like. Knocks the socks off any other integr... | |
| Amp, On A Budget? If your speakers are moderately efficient (ie: 89db or above), i'd look at the Nakamichi Pa-5 Stasis amp on the 'Gon. The guy is asking $349.00. These amps were designed in consultation with Nelson Pass & have quite a following. My only cautio... | |
| Review: Boulder 1060 Amplifier Hi Tom, stay tuned! I'm picking up my last pair of Jorma Prime xlr's this weekend to complete my setup, so i'll be posting my initial impressions soon.Cheers,David. | |
| Review: Boulder 1060 Amplifier Hi Bob, my system is coming full circle after some big changes, so I haven't had a chance yet to assess the changes. I've got a buddy helping me set up my system this weekend, so i'll have my first chance to sit down and compare the 1010 to my Ayo... | |
| Review: Boulder 1060 Amplifier I spotted a new review of the Boulder 1060 by Ultra Audio which reflects my own experience with this amp. Congratulations to reviewer Ryan Coleman on a well considered and most interesting review! - http://ultraaudio.com/index.php/equipment-menu/2... | |
| Review: Boulder 1060 Amplifier Hi Grindstaff, I like the sound of the Boulder 865. I would say it has a similar character as the 1000 series, but everything the 800 series is, the 1000 series is just a bit more. When you go up a series in the Boulder line, it is not a small dif... | |
| Newly Modded KWA 150 to SE @Mcondan, all I can say brother is, find a Dealer who has a run in Modwright KWA-150SE connected to some decent speakers and you'll understand what I mean by "killer bargain". The SE is *that* good. Imho it is easily comparable with any amp up to ... | |
| Newly Modded KWA 150 to SE Congratulations on a good investment JG :) The KWA-150 in the 'SE' spec is one of the real killer bargains in high end audio I reckon (shhh we better keep it a secret). It is a very musical amp, looks great & sounds warm and tube-like. The 150... | |
| DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777 Essential, the CDP-777 was the complete package with a superb transport, extended K2 processing, special Kitamura Kiden power supplies and Harmonix isolation. If I didn't need a preamp when I was buying my cdp, the Reimyo would have been top of my... | |
| DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777 Thanks for your feedback, I suspected the Reimyo was a killer, as it should be for the coin! It used the best transport ever made. DH, the upcoming Vitus SCD-025 will be all-solid state as with all other Vitus players & will be a highly optimi... | |
| DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777 DH, d'oh re: the tubes. i'm keeping my CD-5s as source/dac for the next 12 months, then plan to upgrade to the (yet to be released) Vitus SCD-025. | |
| DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777 Hi DH, that's the only *recent change to their reference player, the above mentioned improvements all came in when the CD-5s was released. I'm skipping the update as well as I don't have any desire to connect sources via USB at this point. | |
| DAC Accustics Art - Ayon CD5S - AMR DAP 777 DH, Ayon recently upgraded the spec of the USB board to 24/192. All new CD-5s models sold now come out in that spec. I believe Ayon are also working on an upgrade board for earlier spec CD-5/5s owners which they hope to release in the near future. |