phaelon
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| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Youre a lucky man Mitch. Im sure that you entered into the modification process hoping to gather as much relevant information as possible. IMO, this thread is a great example of Audiogon working. I cant think of an angle that hasnt been covere... | |
| Speaker appearance verses musicality. 01-24-11: Shadorne"My guess is that, for the most part, appearance is at least 50% of the buyer's decision. This hobby is not purely about sound quality.01-24-11: Trelja"It's obviously still very early in the year, but in my opinion, this will wi... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? "01-13-10: Ejmac70During the modified period, there was greater top-end sparkle; however, the unit also lost all of the musical characteristics for which one selects a Jadis product! To be clear, I do not recommend this option. I extracted the ab... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Mitch2, Unlike with cars, swapping out parts in audio components, even for superior parts, does not guarantee improved performance. One reason is that, even when you choose parts rated same value, they dont operate identically to the part they re... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Agree with Tvad 100%. | |
| Here I go, shooting myself in the foot Elizabeth, the impact that my current tube compliment has had on my ability to connect with the music, in contrast to the supplied tubes, is so profound that it's almost depressing to consider the possibility of not being able to replace them with... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? I recommend adding "RHB Sound Dezign" to your list. | |
| Most soulful female vocalist I put Billie Holiday's vocals in the same elite class as Miles Davis' horn playing. Different styles for sure but, to me, they are kindred souls using different tools in different ways. But that's not why I'm posting. I'm listening to "The Essenti... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Rgurney, Would you elaborate a bit on the Royal Princesse's improvement over the Carbon Princess? The Carbon Princesse's have so thoroughly trounced my Golden Dragons that comparison seems silly. In addition to the improvements that I was expectin... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K The Vaughn Cabernet and the Coincident Technologies Reference Extreme both have great reviews that make them sound very similar. They also seem to be mentioned together in these forums. Could somebody who has heard both, make a comparison? The Ref... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I received a replacement set of Sophia Carbon Princesses that were tested for lower emissions. They are biasing just fine. I wish I could make more appropriate comparisons, but for now, all I can say is that they are significantly more detailed, e... | |
| Best high-efficiency speaker under 10K Thank you Isochrnism. I know that there is no substitution for an audition but one of the shortcomings that single driver speakers seem to be labeled with is that the do a relatively poor job of reproducing dynamics and complex passages. Did you l... | |
| Verity Audio: To Nagra or not to Nagra? A dealer friend sold both Verity and Nagra. I wasn't very impressed with either, except when I heard them together. This is back a little while so I'm not sure if it was the Fidelio or the Parsifal that I liked paired with the VPA. | |
| Coincident Dragon Amplifier Almarg, I apologize for posting off topic, but I'm so enthralled by your room that I had to say something. How tasteful; you have everything working together for a warm, classic look. I could listen to my ipod in there. | |
| conrad johnson comparison MF200 VS. Premier 4 I count myself very fortunate in having a friend who is a gifted tech that has worked with some top amp designers. cj's services are not cheap. I would not recommend buying vintage unless either you are tech savvy or you have a good local tech tha... |