mglik
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| Best Full-Function Preamplifier I use what I consider to be not just a preamp with a phono stage but a “vinyl playback machine” the Atma-Sphere MP-1. A tube device, it has 6 tubes for the preamp line stage and 10 tubes for the phono. However, currently a fully loaded MP-1 sells... | |
| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations Can’t post the link but there is an Artisan Fidelity Lenco for $2999 on Usaudiomart This is an amazing TT for a steal. It is Pearl white if you don’t mind that. Lenco has been mentioned. I own a very similar TT. It is the best I have ever owne... | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade That is, Ralph’s statement on tube amps being on life support. | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade @ghdprentice Was using my AGD Audion MKIIs. Actually, I now have ARC Ref 80S. Very similar to George’s Ref 160S. And between the AGDs and the ARC I thoroughly enjoyed Ralph’s Class Ds. The AGDs are beautiful sounding and very musical. However... | |
| The most natural sound in the world. Grounding is the issue at hand. TriPoint makes very pricey devices. I am considering the new Shunyata Altiara which is reasonably priced. Only concerned about how to connect it to my components. Only my TT has a dedicated ground post. For my... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Tube smoothness and musicality with SS detail and impact: Atma-Sphere Class D. $5400 Killer! | |
| Toslink I am limited by my smart tv to only output Toslink. To my DAC. TV sound suffers. There was a Digital conversion box suggested. But inputting Toslink and outputting coax will still limit quality to Toslink. Is that not correct? | |
| What new gear have you just bought? Darzeel CTH 8550 MK3 dCS Lina DAC dCS Lina Clock Artisan Fidelity Lenco L75 | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My listening habits lean heavily toward voices. I lived most of the ‘90s with Quad 57s. Not exclusively, but greatly with voices, their transparency and tone is beyond compare. It just sounds “right”. When I found a pair of Electrostatic Soluti... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Quad 57 from Electrostatic Solutions. Think they are now $6K. I have owned Tannoy Westminster Royals, ATC Anniversary 50, etc. Once you hear the tone and transparency of 57s there is no going back. | |
| MM or MI Cartridge? I feel privileged and fortunate to have a Grado Epoch3 MI cartridge. It instantly replaced my, highly regarded, Lyra Atlas SL. By that I mean it did not “cream” the Lyra, but it greatly surpassed it in, the always vital and central, musicality. ... | |
| Magico's M9 Talk about diminishing returns! But I would be very interested in hearing the M9s in a well set up system. Believe such a system exists at the Magico factory in Hayward, CA. Does anyone know the details of this system? I don’t know of any amp ... | |
| How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music? The performance and arrangement are certainly most important. I do, however, most enjoy acoustic instruments and voices. Heavily processed Pop, etc. can surely be a lot of fun. And the performance of my system can also be evaluated with any cont... | |
| direct stream 2-Stereophile review I have ordered a DSD MKII. Ironically, only ordered it when ARC went into receivership, Was going to buy an ARC DAC 9. But now that this unusually negative review is out and ARC looks like they are coming back, I will probably cancel my DSD ord... | |
| New Class D amplifiers It is a difficult choice between the AGD Audions and the Atma Ds. I may keep both. Speaking generally, they are greatly characterized by the nationality of their designers. Alberto, being from Italy, has created amps that, very much, have a roma... |