normie57
Responses from normie57
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Costliest mistake was buying heavy & super expensive interconnect and speaker cables early in my hobby years....tens of thousands of dollars later I have happily settled for system cables totaling $3k and sounding much better and not pulling m... | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Yes; I purchased a VAC Renaissance mkV with phono. It is wonderful driving my GamuT D200i, adding a more natural tonality to the midrange than my D3i. It loses nothing in speed or accuracy to the D3i and has a great MM/MC phono stage. The D3i is a... | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Thank you mulveling! A very informative and helpful assessment. I aspire to own a Master but the steep price difference between the Ren V and Master will keep me at the very capable Ren V. I’ll give a look at ARC as well. | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Thank you ebm! I know VAC is a great company.Knowing how expensive VAC Statement products are, I just wanted to know how far up the preamplifier line was necessary for statement-like sound👍 | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Thanks for weighing in Suncoast_audio.....much appreciated recommendation! | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Any VAC owners fortunate enough to move from Renaissance mkV to Sig IIa SE or Master Preamplifier? Would really appreciate your opinions.....thank you and stay well! | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Thanks for your informative response three_easy_payments! I also read a review of the VAC Master which compared the Sig IIa SE with the Master. Although the Master proved superior, it was not striking according to the reviewer. So, it certainly ap... | |
| VAC Preamplifiers Thanks Jab! I now recall a video from CES 2017 where Mr Hayes claimed that the, then new, Renaissance mkV was approximately 90% the sonics of his Statement preamplifiers at 20% of the price....very good trickle down effect...still a major $14,000... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Thanks Mulveling for your stellar impressions of VAC preamplifiers. I too have been most impressed with VAC line and phono stages (full function or separates). I believe VAC uses a garden variety, $30-50 motorized blue velvet ALPS potentiometer in... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Thanks luxmancl38; appreciate your input on the CL-1000. I’m sure it sounds remarkably natural. I’m looking forward to hearing it at FL Audio Expo in Tampa, early February. I do believe it may be compromising not having remote volume and mute at a... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Thanks atmasphere for your response. Quick question if I may. A number of years ago I owned an MP-3, the sound of which I really enjoyed. However, I found the manual stepped volume attenuator (24 position I believe) insufficient to dial in the cor... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Thanks atmasphere; two box units are certainly ok. Actually all the VAC preamps have outboard power supply. The Luxman CL-1000 is a single box full function preamplifier. Further suggestions are welcome. Merry Christmas! | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier I appreciate your kind opinions and will broaden my search beyond Luxman and VAC, as I certainly have plenty of time before the CL-1000 is even available. The Luxman would be my first preamplifier without remote volume, and the most expensive as w... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Thank you audiotroy for the Zesto information, indeed worthy of consideration. As gestalt mentioned, audition will be a must, especially with the Luxman CL-1000 being such an unknown to me vs VAC. Unfortunately my local dealer will not bring in a ... | |
| Reference Full Function Tube Preamplifier Yes, the Luxman CL-1000 has an excellent internal phono section. Online images are inaccurate I’m afraid. There are two selectors on rear of unit for impedance and capacitance loading.Both the VAC Renaissance Sig IIA SE and Luxman CL-1000 have int... |