mrjstark

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Tube amplification for Lipinski 505's?
Why would you want to change to tubes? 
CD players with no or configurable upsampling
Yeah, I should probably add IMO to my post. And no Ckoffend, I won't recommend anything that would add nothing to what I've said.At the end, it's in designer's hands to voice his/her gear in one way or the other. I own both and just report what I ... 
Usd 4k speaker recommendation pls
More info would help.Amp, taste, room, etc. etc.etc.Impossible to recommend anything without the basic reqs. 
CD players with no or configurable upsampling
Consonance Linear CD120, Consonance Reference 2.2 linear, Srajan Ebaen from 6moons owns one and loves it. Here is the review conducted by him about this CDP and the differences between Linear vs Upsampling CD players. 6moon reviewAs to the sound b... 
Alesis masterlink arrived
Thanks Peter and do keep in touch. 
Alesis masterlink arrived
Peter, did you tried recording some analog yet? 
Battery Powered Preamps
The only reasons that drove me into buying Dodd and then Isabella/isabellina preamp/dac were, *my annoyance with filthy power *lowering the floor noise*overall sound quality - it simply sounds phenomenal*innovative, yet simple approach - my kind o... 
Battery Powered Preamps
In my opinion, you are right on. I'm headed to the Rocky Mountain Audio Festival this week-end specifically to listen to the Red Wine Audio SLA battery components. Aside from the Signature amps, they've just released the Isabella preamp - which in... 
Preamps with HT pass through?
It is just over your budget and it is tube preamp.Not exactly what you are looking for but definitely worth a look. It has HT by-pass. The unit does not have to be "ON" for this function to work so you save tube life in a long run. It is battery p... 
Best Budget interconnect cables for cd to preamp
Thanks guys, it saves me walking back and forward to my basement. Of coarse you are right....those are the cables which otheres and I were referring to.Mariusz 
Best Budget interconnect cables for cd to preamp
On the AR, I have an extra set of NOS Acoustic Research Pro Series VIDEO cables that I never used with my home theatre. I know it would be tacky to tie 1 of the 3 cables off, but any reason these couldn't be used as Audio interconnects, if for no ... 
Single driver speakers - opinions
Hi Jeff,thanks for your email.The surrounds and center look very nice. It is cool that you did not forget about those who might think of using your speakers for their stereo rig but still have an option to expend to 5.1 SACD or AC3. Without a doub... 
Best EL-34 Amps?
There you go......Vintage has potential and some followers, myself included. Depending on the taste of caurse, one can successfuly build the system around classics like Dyna, H.H.Scott, Fisher etc. Good for you Mrtennis.......finaly a step forward... 
Starting over
The shanling is way too weak for anything but the most efficient speakers. Going with any of the Music Halls will get a lot more power and you can get a class A amp which will get you a lot of warmth. I've seen them used for $500-700. 50 watts wi... 
Single driver speakers - opinions
Hi there,here is a little tease A prototype double spiral horn Design will be based on the double spiral horns prototype by fellow DIYer. The actual spiral will be more advancedLoading top and bottom of the speaker equally with dispersion wood tun...