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| Opinions - The Absolute Sound Mceljo, If you are interested in music also, and not just gear, you might check out HiFi+, which offers not only better pictures than TAS but also better music reviews by far, and finally a flavor for what the Brits are up to. The subscription cos... | |
| Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston Mr T, your comments are right on, however, I find it unfortunate when I read where a reviewer pans or praises something based on hearing it through a system that is in some way suboptimal for the piece being reviewed. In Stereophile, at least you ... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Hi guys, I have been communicating with Kevin and my upgrade is underway. The result will be an as-new Erato II with the new style faceplate shown on their website. I am still debating whether to have the attenuator module installed. When I asked ... | |
| Why larger gauge speaker wire for low frequencies? Thanks all. I have always wanted to try the AU24, but haven't yet. I have enjoyed the AZ and HT cables that are both made from individually insulated PCOCC solid core copper wire (although I believe the AZ may have a small percentage stranded wire... | |
| Best budget $300 Balanced IC Recommendation With even basic soldering skills, some patience, and a bit of heatshrink, you can make a very nice sounding pair of balanced IC's in your price range by purchasing high quality bulk IC cable from Furutech, Neotech, VH Audio's own Symmetry cable, a... | |
| What's a "large" room I suspect they base this on volume. However, the lowish ceiling heights of 1980's and earlier basements may make things more difficult. More importantly for you is getting the room accoustics as good as possible. I suggest determining where your s... | |
| Lector CDP7 vs Primare CD31 buy a Prima Luna Prologue-8 all tube CD player. It will bury the Lector and PrimareNot so sure about that...read the whole review and be careful with system matching. If you are still upgrading, using the Prima Luna may limit some of your preamp c... | |
| Lector CDP7 vs Primare CD31 There are two PCM-1704 BB 24 bit DAC's (with indipendent board pcb for real jitter reduction)If you dig on the website, there is a pdf with a picture of the Mk II DAC board showing the two BB PCM-63 DACs. These were replaced with PCM-1704's in the... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING Just out of curiousity but why whould anyone put tubes in a CD player?Mordante-below are some comments from the Modwright website that Dan makes about his top modded Sony 5400.WHY TUBES? WHAT ABOUT MAINTENANCE? WHY THE 6SN7?Vacuum tubes are best f... | |
| Lector CDP7 vs Primare CD31 I have owned 3 of the Lectors and have never had a single problem with the door, but my gear is kept in a relatively dry room - either heated in the winter or air conditioned in the summer, with a dehumidifier. I have heard of others having the do... | |
| The Cyclicality of Black Vs Silver Black for me...Clayton, Lamm, Lector no other choice, and that suits me fine. | |
| Just a stinkin fuse... Hi Chuck, I haven't checked in on your system in awhile. I believe I purchased some Starsound Sonoran PC's from you a while ago. Not using them anymore but I see you still have the Starsound speakers. Those crossovers look killer with the Dueland ... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Carlos Santana has to be my top pick for pure musical enjoyment. | |
| hardwood floors, area rugs, and spiked feet If your situation changes so that the speakers will not be on the rug, try spikes or cones (e.g., Audiopoint, Mapleshade, etc.) with coupling disks by Audiopoint (or similar) sitting on Herbies Big Fat Dots between the disks and your hardwood floo... | |
| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Thanks Defride, for weighing in - any information is helpful. I have been considering the Erato II in order to simplify my system by running all solid state equipment that should better serve my erratic listening habits. I have been curious about ... |