path7man

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Review: Sainline Systems AC Power Cord Power cord
I have to zealously agree with Mr. Freeman as to the impact and effect that Mr. Sain's power cords have on the performance of your components. I have had both the base and, now, the reference level in my system running to dCS Verdi and Delouis as ... 
Traps vs Equalizer
I have actually had the Rives' folks design my room. And, I can categorically state, that there was never a mention of their PARC component whatsoever. They tackled the node problem with a combination of Mondo Traps by RealTraps and diffusion/abso... 
Your "DREAM" piece
Despite great affinity for some of the "dream" pieces mentioned by my Agon peers (Portman, Zeta-Jones, and Anderson models.....not sure the manufacturers on those though....) my dream audio piece would be the complete dCS stack for the digital sid... 
Tube Pre-amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6
I would suggest Audio Research....depending on budget either their LS25 or Reference......to my ears, and with my 3.6's, it doesn't get any better.................. 
Do you remember your first cd?
First CD: Aerosmith's Greatest HitsFirst LP: Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies 
Room Conditioning
Both myself and an audiophile friend have gone through this exercise with the help of Richard Byrd at Rives Audio....the results he gets with the recommendations for acoustic treatments from him and his team are outstanding...... 
Best Dac/Transport Under 50,000
I would seriously examine the dCS setup using the Verdi Transport, Purcell Upsampler, and Elgar DAC...this setup will even take redbook CD and convert to DSD/SACD type output...closest to analogue that IMHO exists....price tag for system roughly 3... 
Maggie 3.6R driven by Antique Sound labHurricane??
I drive my 3.6's with an Audio Research VT220....the sounds are incredible.....in addition, a audiophile friend drives his 20.1's with Audio Research Reference monoblocks.........sounds are even more incredible.......both, of course, are tubed amp... 
Inconsistency in System
Thank you everyone for your responses...I will be trying some different things to see what cures the ailment. Since my preamp is only approximately 5 months old and I do not run all the time, I don't think it is the tubes though........ 
SS amp to mate with an Audio Research SP-16L
I use a Muscial Fidelity A308 amplifier with my AR LS16 MKII preamp connected by Transparent Ultra interconnects. Speakers are power hungry Maggie 3.6's with Transparent Super speaker cable............listen to classic rock primarily...........fin... 
Any DAC better than the MF A324 Upsampler?
Owned the A324 for over a year and quite frankly loved it. However, as another post has said, the Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 21 blows the socks off of the A324.........given its list of $2600, you might find one here in the $1500 range, however, y...