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| WBT Topline or Nextgen RCAs for Pass X250 Hmmmm...one wonders if the NextGens have actually been listened to, or if this is similar to the "reports-of-my-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated."I installed NextGens, and while I cannot speak for the toplines (never heard 'em, so it wouldn't b... | |
| WBT Nextgen update listening evaluation 2 I agree about the WBT 0110 NextGen RCAs. I had a pair of Discovery Signature cables fitted with them on Wednesday of this week and it is only Thursday night now. I have to say, for a mere $109.00 investment, plus the $40 my electronics repair guy ... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Guidocorona, thanks for the suggestion that this might be what I'm hearing.I suppose it's possible. It's just that it seems unlikely that it would show up on nearly every cd in the collection, especially given that I've had some of these cds since... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Rackon:It's possible that the FS and the Valhalla aren't the best of friends, but in this system, it does show up regardless of the interconnects.Trust me, Artg, I'd love nothing better than for the system to NOT sound a bit hard on brass crescend... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? And here I come again to address Drubin's curiosity about my "preamp of choice." I don't really have one at this point. And I still own my First Sound; it's just that occasional glare bothers me more then it once did. I think some of that is that ... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Here's the thread, by a First Sound Presence Deluxe MK. II with 4.0 power supply ( a step up from mine). Notice he notices the lack of "sweetness" in the First Sound also.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1088683556&read&ke... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Tvad:I don't mind anyone suggesting that it might be other components. Unfortunately, that's not the case. I've changed every single component in the chain and the brashness is there on nearly every record with brass instruments (but only on forte... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Presence Deluxe MK. II, updated 2004. I am aware of the Vishay resistors and their strengths.As far as the tubes, none of them changed the "bite." The 7308 tubes are warm, but this just softened information. The 6922 Amperex PQ USA gold pins are t... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? One other thing: I was reading an old TAS where Gordin Rankin of Wavelength was interviewed. He made the statement that he decided not to use Holco resistors because they had a slight "edge." This may contribute to that "bite" in the upper midrang... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? My experience mirrors that of the poster who suggested that the preamp's sound is just a bit lean. There is also a slight bite in the upper midrange/lower treble that has not ever disappeared, regardless of the fact that I've used different speake... | |
| Rotel 1072 & Arcam 73 comparison This is an old thread, but I thought I'd make mention of one small thing.I don't know much about the lower line of Arcams, but the FMJ cetainly had no problem that I could see with the higher frequencies. If not waaaaaaaaaaaay extended, they were ... | |
| Purist Audio, Elrod or Shunyata power cord? John:I just re-read your statement:"...For that matter, I felt that the Virtual Dynamics Nite and Shunyata Taipan power cords were more dynamic than the Shunyata's noise reduction cords. Shunyata even admits as much on their website. That is why t... | |
| Purist Audio, Elrod or Shunyata power cord? Thanks for your insights into the sonics of the Elrods and the Shunyatas. I have't heard the Elrods on MY equipment, so I can't really comment. I would need to hear them in my system first, and I think that should always be the case in anyone's sy... | |
| Purist Audio, Elrod or Shunyata power cord? I would perhaps disagree that the King Cobra V2 robs the sound of "dynamics." I might suggest that it is less refined than some other cords, but lacking dynamics??? Not in my book: I was afraid it was going to blow out the woofers on my amps, it w... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 auditions out there? latest model I think the thing to remember about the Benchmark is that Atkinson compared it to the Arcam FMJ 33, which is, according to all who've heard it, quite lovely. If the Benchmark is in the company of the Arcam, it's quite, quite good, especially since... |