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| ARC 210's w/BAT VK52SE vs ASR Emitter Exclusive II Curious that in Europe a pair of ARC210s costs almost the double of an ASR Emitter Exclusive II and sounds accordingly ... I owned an ASR Exclusive II combo some years ago and it was excellent. But it will not give you a "tube sound with bloom and... | |
| New phono preamp or tonearm? Redsectora,I found your thread because we share the same admiration for the Orion speaker cables!IMHO, you already have an a very good cartridge and phono stage, but the turntable really deserves a better tonearm.Do not be mislead by the age of th... | |
| Best integrated for SF Guarneri Homage? Surely , Yter cables from Franco Serblin, the designer of the Guarneri.Apologies for my mistake. | |
| Best Solid State for Avalon Isis Although I have no experience with the ISIS I heard the Avalon Eidolon Diamond sounding excellent with the inexpensive cj Premier 350 and ART preamp.The well known hifi critic Martin Colloms lived for a long time with cj premier 350 and and ACT2. | |
| Best integrated for SF Guarneri Homage? I do not know what is the current model, but I had an wonderful time using a Jadis DA60 with the Guarneri Homage. Do not forget to try the Iter cables with them. If you need more bass a Rel subwoofer can do wonders! | |
| How do you break in a preamp I use the Purist Audio System enhancer CD to break in all new electronic devices and cables. Although I never compared it with other break in devices, considering the terrible noise coming from the speakers it should be efficient! | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 The two 6h30 problem drift was solved with an upgrade kit that was fitted by my distributor free of charge, after I noticed some hum in the CD output when used in single ended mode. This was traced to a defective 6h30, but after this upgrade I had... | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 The CD8 output is 1.8V RMS RCA and 3.6V RMS XLR . The CD7 is 2.7 and 5.4V RMS respectively. I am using the Purist Audio Design System Enhancer CD for break-in, so I hope that after 100 hours the CD8 will be listenable. I went through two CD7s and ... | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 My CD8 is now spinning the Purist Audio Design System Enhancer in repeat mode and I will wait at less 24 hours before listening to it. I just measured it and did a spectral analysis to be sure everything was correct and comparing it to the CD7 cou... | |
| dCS Puccini Clock Elberoth2, I am very curious about your opinions concerning the Puccini versus the ARC CD7. I have tried several CD players, but always returned to the CD7. Although it is not as detailed as some of the competition, it is airier and handles large ... | |
| Amp and Pre to match Wilson W/P 8 and others If you want attack, impact and airiness go for a conrad johnson premier 350 with an ACT2 preamplifier - I had them with Wilson system 7 some years ago and it was really impressive. At that time the cables were Transparent Audio Reference XL - a ve... | |
| Amp and Pre to match Wilson W/P 8 and others Recently I heard a WP8 Audio Research CD7 ref3 ref 110 system - try to listen to it. There was a coherence in the whole system that after some minutes made me ask "Why more?"... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Albert, You raised the issue of the tube power supply - I think it would be not be a wise move, as low voltage - high current power supplies and tubes do not combine. Using a battery super power supply could be very interesting, but however one sh... | |
| Sound Labs - Opinions One of the problematic zones of some very old Sound Lab speakers is the contact between the connecting wires and the resistive membrane - made using a strip of aluminum sheet at the bottom of the panel. Sometimes the mylar membrane becomes damaged... | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 It seems ARC is replacing the bypass element of the regulator (2x6h30) with a 5881. Considering they have to fit an adaptor board, the 6550 would not fit as it is a high tube - the 6881 is much shorter. |