papagiorgio
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| Any High End Tube Preamps with *gasp tone controls? After all of the postings, if you are still interested in a High-End tube preamp with tone controls, you should take a look at the AIR-TIGHT ATC-7. I talked to the Jack Miura (the current owner and son of the founder Atsushi Miura) at AXPONA abou... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Broadly speaking, there are often a lot of other design variables between two SS amps beyond just the bias level of the transistors. A lot of the high end Class A amps are designed to have very little feedback, which enhances the high linear accu... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? About two years ago I got a very good deal on a used Soulution 720 which includes the phono stage, and is a world-class pre-amp. I can honestly say that this was one best system upgrades I have ever done, and that is factoring in the cost. When ... | |
| USB sucks +1 to steakster and Rix. Since the USB ports of most server devices also provide output power for USB peripherals, they inherently introduce some noise from the music server's power supply into the USB output. That noise is nowhere near enough t... | |
| USB sucks USB does carry and introduce a noticeable amount of noise into the DAC, even with high-quality USB cables. I have found much improved performance by putting an intermediary device in between my music server and DAC. Today, I have my Mac Mini Roo... | |
| High Powered Holographic Amplifiers I have to echo what a lot of others have already advised. About 5 years ago I moved into a new house, and bought new amps and speakers. Initially, I was very disappointed with the stereo imaging, and thought something was wrong. With advice fro... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! I like the added point that Dimorra made regarding separation of components onto separate legs at the breaker box. When I did my setup, we specifically put the dedicated 20A "analog" circuits onto the second leg to keep them separate from the com... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! About 3 months ago I had two (my amps and sources are about 20 feet apart) dedicated 20 amp circuits installed into my audio/media room. It did make a very noticeable improvement in reduced noise and distortion that comes through as much clearer ... | |
| LOUNDSPEAKER FOR $10,000.00 PER PAIR I will echo what jdt7385 said on the Revels. I have Salon2's, and they sound truly incredible once I got my room acoustics sorted out. I have listened to the F228 BE's, and they have most of the best traits of the Salon2's. If precise imaging a... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? I really enjoyed my Rega Aria as phono stage in that price range. It was very clean, quiet, great dynamics, and very flexible in its setup. I used mine with a Lyra Kleos cartridge on 66dB gain, and that sounded great! | |
| Yanni or Laurel? I think that there is a system reproduction difference. I listened to it a half dozen through the stock speakers on my flat screen TV, and it is VERY clearly Yanni. However, if I play the exact same clip through my home theater speakers, it is v... | |
| Dose your Rega rp8 sagging issues I did a bit of testing to understand where that 1mm or so of flex is coming from. If I apply force to the spindle to the point where the the spindle touches, I can measure that almost all of that movement is coming near the the rear foot. Of the... | |
| Dose your Rega rp8 sagging issues Ugh. I have an RP8 that is just over a year old. I noticed that the spindle looked like it was touching my granite shelf as well. If I remove the glass platter completely, it looks very close to touching. I can slide a thin piece of paper under... |