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| Audio Research Ref 5 preamp Dev, you just wrote it much better than me! But I got a similar improvement in my ARC system CD8 + Ref5 moving it to a Finite Element Pagode Master Reference rack.This rack is unhappily very expensive, but was one improvement I could hear! Curious... | |
| Oracle Premier Mk III vs Delphi V The Premier III is a better turntable than the original Delphi - heavier, a completely re-engineered bearing and a better suspension. If you fit an upgraded DC motor and an acrylic machined mat to your Delphi you will get a fantastic - perhaps bet... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 preamp I wish I could say that the improvements of the Ref5 are slight versus the Ref3, but IMHO they are not. The Ref 5 has lower noise and higher resolution, but also handles dynamics in a more musical way.I have measured the noise and distortion spect... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 preamp >how the heck can these guys justify charging more then the>Ref3 list price when it's less work etc. Just consider that the usd/euro rate is less than .70 today. I owned a Ref3 and now own a Ref5. It was a mystery for me how ARC could sell t... | |
| Why 6H30 Tubes? >However, it has commensurately high current demands on main>B+ and heater supplies, so costs are roughly comparable to>a unit using three to four 6922s for each 6N30P.Shure, and using 4 tubes in the ACT2 compared to the 10 of the ART inc... | |
| Why 6H30 Tubes? My 2 cents - I have owned several products with 6h30s during the last years: 1. They last between 5000-10000 hours2. They are rugged and reliable3. The 6h30 has low plate resistance4. Good quality ones are easily available and inexpensive. | |
| Mark Levinson 23.5: camac or RCA? Camac / Lemo connectors are used in nuclear and laboratory instrumentation mainly because they are small and reliable and can be inserted and picked easily many thousands times.The same hardware that costed a few bucks for laboratories was sold fo... | |
| Mark Levinson 23.5: camac or RCA? The original Lemo adapter sold by Mark Levinson is very well built and will not degrade the signal more than the thousand tweaks you are not using in your system :-) . IMHO using the adapter is better than re-terminating the cable with Lemo connec... | |
| Mark Levinson 23.5: camac or RCA? Much easier to buy a RCA female - CAMAC single piece gold adapter and keep your RCA cables untouched! | |
| ARC REF 3, Nagra PSA, & Phase Inversion Were you using the unbalanced (RCA) output of the preamplifier? If so, the REF3 usually sounds better in the inverted position. | |
| Krell KSA 250 - Advice If the electrolytic capacitors are the originals you should consider replacing all of them - it is not too expensive, and you have an amplifier that should last for more 20 years if you use high temperature types. Be sure that your preamp can driv... | |
| Audio synthesis dax 1994 Does it have the UltraAnalog 20 bits DAC? I owned such unit many years ago and it sounded excellent. Later I went into a Forsell combo that sounded more musical in my system and currently own an ARC CD8. | |
| CJ GAT Preamp VS ART 3 which one is the best? More does not forcefully mean better. I had an ACT2 series 1 and a series 2 side by side for some time. The series 2 was really better in my system. But the power supply of the series 2 is simpler and has less components than the series 1, everyth... | |
| Cello Stradavari Premiere I would suggest emailing audiogon seller Porschecab . Dan is a friendly person and he knows everything about Cello! | |
| Shunyata ICs and speaker cables anyone? I have a full set of Orion / Antares XLR - they sound very good in an Audio Research system with JMLab. |