mepearson
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| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? Thanks for the responses so far. I have heard of the famed Barclay and Crocker tapes. I even bought a Teac outboard Dolby unit (cool looking VU meters on it too)for use with the Dolby encoded tapes. I haven't bought any dolby tapes yet, but I am s... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Cjfrbw-my system is all tubes, all 32 of them when everything is working. The SA-2 has 8, the SA-5.1 has 8, and the Quicksilver MS-190 has 16. So, my experience using the Sowter 8055s is through all tubes. The other point is, I have tried to be ca... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Cjfrbw-I don't agree with your defense of transformers, but then that is why we have this forum. I find the exact opposite to be true of your last two sentences. I find the SA-2 to be very natural by comparision to the Sowter 8055 transformers and... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Darkmoebius-how long does it take for mc transformers to break in? I didn't like mine the first time I heard them. I probably have 50 hours at the most on them now and they sound the same-real "nice" if you don't know any better. There is a "jump"... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Nkj-Curious as to the differences you hear between the IO and the ARC SP-8/SA-2 combo? If you ever want to the sell the SA-2, let me know. My brother is looking for one.Mark | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Awesome responses guys! I can see a preference starting to emerge from those that love the sound of music that transformers can't compete on sonics with an active head amp, they only offer reduced noise. I would love to hear the MCP33 along side t... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Michael,My 5.1 has had the line stage upgraded, all rca jacks replaced, one set of tape outputs was converted to another set of main outs, the phono stage was upgraded, and the mc transformers were installed. Quite a lot of upgrades.As for the SA-... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE If I had a Counterpoint SA-9, I would not have mc transformers installed. What I find ironic about Alta Vista upgrades for the SA-5000 and the SA-9 is that Mike removes the SS components from the phono sections so that now they don't have enough g... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE Thanks so much for your response. I will check out the threads. |