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| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @thecarpathian Way more than 40 Wilson Audio speakers for sale on Hifishark. I guess all their speakers are crap too? BTW, perhaps you failed to notice that almost all the Tekton's for sale are their low end models? There was exactly 1 Moab, 0 ... | |
| Has anyone heard the BACCH-SP "purifier" 3D audiophile imager? A friend lent me the Bacch SP adio to use for about 6 weeks. It is a fascinating device. It is also hugely overpriced. The Bacch4Mac is a cheaper solution and probably nearly as good for a purely digital flow but it is still fairly expensive. ... | |
| Excellent Solid State or Hybrid Monoblocks Recommendations I am also a fan of the BHK 300 mono blocks. I have used them with Tekton Moabs, Magnepan 3.7s and now Magnepan 20.7i's. I heard a friend's 3.7i's being driven by a D'agostino S300 amp and even though his room wasn't very good his 3.7s sounded a ... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) If knowledgeable people aren't coming over to listen to your system and tell you that it is amazing then it probably isn't and you are deluded. | |
| Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper vs. Cardas Clear interconnects @dbt Sorry, I read your post a little too quickly and made the assumption it was about AES cables. I have a VPI Super Scoutmaster turntable, Skyanalog Ref cartridge, Allnic H-3000 phono stage, Berkeley Reference 2 DAC, Audio Research 5SE preamp, ... | |
| Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper vs. Cardas Clear interconnects I have the Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper XLRs which I felt were an upgrade from Harmonic Technology Magic Link 2's. I also have the AZ Absolute speaker cables which are great. I didn't carefully compare them to anything else but my system certain... | |
| Help me pick a Dac I have carefully listened to 6 DACs in the last 6 weeks in a system set up to do level matched A/B or in one case A/B/C comparisons. The differences in DACs are generally small so any "upgrade" you make may not provide you with the improvement yo... | |
| Allnic H 7000 XLR out. No idea about the technology but I run my H-3000 with balanced cables and it sounds fantastic. I didn't try the RCA outputs because my best cables were all balanced. You should let your ears be the judge of how it sounds in your system. | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? When I was using a 2A3 tube amp the best tubes I had was were the Kron 2A3SQ that I bought directly from the manufacturer for about 600 euros. They outperformed a variety of NOS tubes. But NOS 2A3 tubes are still relatively cheap so I would sugg... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-5 Preamp Tube Replacement. @immatthewj I have the LinLai E-6SN7 tubes in all 6 sockets since I used the SLP-05 balanced. I don't use headphones so I have cheap throw away tubes in the other two sockets. It has never been clear to me if you could leave those sockets empty ... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-5 Preamp Tube Replacement. @couger4u The Linlai E-6SN7 tubes fit fine in the SLP-05. I tried a variety of NOS and new production tubes and I liked the LinLai tubes the best. They are very transparent and neutral with excellent top and bottom end extension. I think they e... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-5 Preamp Tube Replacement. The Linlai E-6SN7's were my tube of choice in the SLP-05. As @immatthewj noted you only need 4 of them if you aren't running balanced. My SLP-05 sounded a bit better with balanced ins and outs but not as good with mixed inputs but your experienc... | |
| One DAC to Rule it All I use the DBX DriveRack PA2 to control my subs. In my opinion you are doing it wrong. Take one output from your preamp and send it full range to your amp. Take the second output from the preamp and send that to the DBX and use the software on t... | |
| I found my new reference album Her first album, Outside Child, is very different but also fantastic. Both records are very well pressed. | |
| New Phono Cart with Character Needed What kind of "wows"? The Denon DL-103 is a very musical warm enjoyable cartridge but it isn't going to blow you away with its 3D soundstage. I never used it with my P6 and it might not be a good match for the P3 tonearm but there is a reason why... |