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| Looking to find out more about the Audio Refinements Complete A power amp... Audio Refinement was indeed offered by YBA. The Complete integrated is very refined integrated though not in production for some 15 years (longer?). Originally sold for ~$1000. A high value piece for the money at that time. I had one in my system ... | |
| Cables from TT to phono stage to preamp You likely made a greater improvement by changing out the IC between TT and phonostage than you might gain from changing the phonostage to preamp IC. Is the new IC of lower capacitance than the IC that was replaced? What is recommended capacitan... | |
| SACD or not It seems that the OP doesn't own SACDs. I am in agreement with the post by Chayro. I would purchase a dedicated CD player or transport with DAC. At that budget the best way to get the most from his CD collection. | |
| Please help me decide... Buy a quality 2-channel integrated. The Yamaha A-S501 is a good one at your budget, has built in DAC. You could use your disc player as a transport into the DAC if it has coax or toslink output. | |
| Budget of components With that budget one could easily spend 50% of it on speakers provided the speakers were 'the ones' for ones environment. Not saying one would need too. Room size is a major factor driving speaker price. I would identify the desired speaker/ampli... | |
| Hegel or Pathos? Dill, I suspect that this tube would also work with the classic MK II which I still own.I wonder how the Pathos Logos would compare to a pair of Classic IIIs used as Monoblocks? | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Pengun What is a good DVD/CD burner to purchase? My explorations seem to indicate that many do not hold up well. | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Hope to hear additional thoughts from those experienced with/ interested in, my quest. Leaving for a backcountry excursion with my son. Will get back to all after the 16th. Thanks! | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Rodge, Thanks for the heads-up on the Sparkler. They have two options for player/transport, the 503 and the 507. I will keep Sparkler on my radar. Interested in the transport version. I remain inyerested in the Tubadour for it tube output stage. | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Jtcf, thanks for your thoughts on the CXC and the Tubadour. Wether I purchase a transport 1st or not I am truly interested in the Tubadour DAC. As of now it seems to be what I am looking for. I do have to admit that I would be purchasing it 'space... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Jazzman, I very much appreciate your encouragement to not underestimate the role of transport. It is most likely that my DVD player used as transport is the weakest link for Cd playback, not the BDA-1. Thus, I am thinking towards the purchase of a... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Jazzman, yes the transport matters. I probably should go that route 1st. Always a debate. I am going to take my time with this. Given the quality of the BDA-1, I could purchase a transport 1st. Then swap out the DAC later.Given I have the DV137 I ... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Dan, I am sure your Arcam/DAC combination sounds great. As does my Arcam/DAC. I am just looking to maximize what I am getting from my CD collection. Also thinking now is the time to replace the BDA-1 while it will still provide me ~$700 on the use... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Thanks for the quick response lowrider. Yes, I figured that given HDMI was designed to transfer audio and video that all cables within were not needed. This would require that the same pins in transport and DAC be used for the digital data. I wond... | |
| Need a SACD DVD player on a low budget. If not needing BlueRay, the Arcam DV137, which I also own, is a very nice player. It once sold for $2000, however became highly discounted with the advent of BlueRay. These can be found used at your price point. A very well built unit. Very good ... |