mikelavigne
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| Integrated with good headphone output among headphone lovers, the Japanese built Leben CS-300, which includes a number of variations (CS-300x, CS-300xs and just the plain CS-300), is generally considered to be the best integrated headphone amplifier.Leben CS-300xs thread on Head-Firev... | |
| Playback Design with Link Reference BNC Cable WOW Radioheadplayer,could not agree with you more. for those already lucky enough to have the PD and the dart pre those Evolution BNC's are amazing. they do require considerable break-in to reach their optimal performance. i've used my Nordost CBID1 (... | |
| EMM-Labs XDS1 vs Esoteric K-01 i've owned the Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD/server dac digital player for almost 4 years. it has an Esoteric disc drive, and has multiple digital inputs so works great as a music server DAC.if you are considering those players i recommend also c... | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator does the Equi=Tech meet Canadian code standards as well?typically Canadian power grid issues mirror US standards so it's likely ok. but i would e-mail Equi=tech about it. | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator note of caution. if you are dealing with installing an isolation transformer into your home make sure you follow local code requirements.....or your home owners insurance won't cover you in a fire related to power.the Equi=tech is fully UL rated a... | |
| Isolation Transformer or Power Regenerator stop fooling around with 'stand-alone' power iso or re-gen systems. instead; do both at a much more effective level (both in performance and cost) with a 'whole system' isolation transformer. get an Equi=tech Wall Panel System and enjoy the lowest... | |
| alternative power supply for Garrard 301 still loving my Loricraft PSU 301 AR. | |
| Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne The wooden puck underneath the speaker?the pucks are Wave Kinetics isolation footers. the tt in the picture is also Wave Kinetics.i don't have the speaker footers, but i do use 7 sets of Wave Kinetics A10 U8 'gear' footers in my system and they ar... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Ralph wrote;All these responses and no mention of the type of amplifier used, which is something that should be considered carefully with any speaker in this category.you must have missed my post above where i specifically wrote about amplifier fl... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range i'd recommend auditioning the Evolution Acoustics MM3's. they do list for $3000 over the top level ($45k) of your budget at $48k. to my ears they perform at a level equal or better to any other $100k+ speaker. don't discount them because they don'... | |
| Vintage Phono Stage? pros and cons i agree with Myles; current SOTA phono stages are much quieter than vintage. and with phono stages, it's almost all about the noise floor.almost every sonic aspect of performance is improved with lower noise. and whether we like it or not, the bes... | |
| Technics: PLINTHS: Dobbins, Porter, or Thompson? i've had three plinths from Steve Dobbins; a Technics SP-10 Mk2 like you are asking about, a Garrard 301, and a Technics SP-10 Mk3. i sold my Mk2 plinth when i got my Mk3.now i've traded my Mk3 for Steve's new tt, 'The Beat'.Steve does more than b... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? Albert,i don't know about your arm so i cannot really help you there; although a varible dampning like that should help to allow you to tune it. my perception is that the Colibri really loves a 'fast and neutral' arm, whatever that is, to keep up ... | |
| Cartridges better than Colibri XGP? of the Colibri's i've owned; the most 'explosive' is the copper windings/polycarbonite body XCP (i've owned 4 of those--2 series 1 and 2 series 2), the most detailed is neck and neck between the XCP and the XPP, which is platinum windings and poly... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Will a 100 Ohm impedence on my Atma-Sphere MP-1 pre be too low for a cart with an 18 Ohm internal impedence?.when Steve Dobbins was in my room recently he set up the Allnic Puritas on the Reed. i cannot remember the VTF he used but it was still br... |