obrennan1963

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Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Thanks for the update Brownsfan. I agree with Charlesdad comments: your CSL will continue to improve as you use it. Mine has been used for about 300 hours and I can see a significant difference. It sound even more natural, musical than before. Bel... 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Browsnfan, have you finally a move to buy the CSL. If not, keep us posted. I'll be curious to hear about your own experience. On my side I am still as excited as I was on the first day! 
Nagra VPA 845 retubing
Thanks for all of your replies. Very useful. Considering your inputs I think that the wise choice would be to buy tubes from Nagra.My VPAs are old, but they're not the first generation: they have on the front panel the button that you can press to... 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Charles1dad & BfrCharles I agree with your comments re. quality of electronic parts and finish. A friend of mine who's much more knowledgeable than me had a peek inside the linestage and found the design brilliant, well executed and rugged. Al... 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Hi guys. Here's an update. I hesitated for a while as nobody in my network had one and I couldn't really hear it beforehand. I had however heard their 300B amps and I really like it. I was also interested in the TRL Dude but could hear it neither.... 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Still haven't made my final choice. I had put money aside to buy the preamp but got an oportunity to replace my Quicksilver V4 by Nagra VPA amps and I simply couldn't pass. So it slowed things down a bit with regards to the preamp purchase. As soo... 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
Thanks Lissnr and Jwm for the input on the Dude. I have also read about it and it seems to be quite a performer. Jwm I was wondering: what were the reasons that made you prefer Coincident? 
Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000
thanks for the information guys. That's very useful. I am also under the impression that it is a fully balanced preamp. But I'll check with Israel. With regards to amps I'll be using Quicksilver V4 tube monoblocks for now and my source is a DCS Pu...