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| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Forgot to mention that the Wavetouch Grand Tetons replaced a pair of the Tekton Lore-S speakers in my Small-Room Reference system. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps WaveTouch Grand Tetons are a no-brainer if you can find a pair in your price range. You could contact Alex at Wavetouch as he may have some older or B-stock GT's. From my experience with them I would say they will pretty much best the DeCapos in e... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Zd542 the older QS V4's cannot use KT150's without significant modification but the newer ones are set up to be able to use 6550's through KT150's, I believe. | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? One of my friends has a Lampizator 5 and it's a very good sounding tube DAC. I don't think it is as quiet as DirectStream or nearly as finely nuanced. But that being said, I only heard the Lampizator in his system compared to the DirectStream in m... | |
| KT 150 Amp Options Jedinite24, I am surprised to hear that the Jolida 502P amp can handle the KT150 tubes. Recently I was speaking with Jerred, a tech at Jolida, and he told me that Jolida is working on producing an amp that is designed for the KT150 tubes although ... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? I have a DirectStream DAC that I bought new when it was first introduced over a year ago. Many of the "glowing" and over-the-top reviews were done with DirectStream's original or early firmware. Since that time, DirectStream's firmware has continu... | |
| Sold in one day I guess someone had their eye out for that amp. I saw another non-SE REF75 on here for $6300 and it's a couple of days old... | |
| Favorite phono stage in the $500-$800 range? Definitely the Ray Samuels F-117 Nighthawk battery powered unit. It's tiny but it sounds amazingly good. The battery will run for around 48 hours of playtime before recharging is needed (when new). I love the sound of this unit and for the money I... | |
| Anyone seen audiophile lisence plates passin' by? I would imagine that "Id Doc" means psychiatrist or even hypnotherapist... | |
| Anyone seen audiophile lisence plates passin' by? Yeah, Forbidden Planet... that's where the telekinetic Krell lived before the "creatures from the Id" destroyed them...What a great old movie. I have it on VHS! The really weird thing was to see Leslie Nielson playing a straight role. | |
| Newb on the loose How about you actually do some of the research yourself?Here's a good resource for you to get you going in the right direction: http://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_database.php | |
| Is my preamp useless? I think you should do as Larryi suggested and run the PS Audio DirectStream direct into your amps and use its volume control. It's an excellent volume control and the quality does not diminish as volume is lowered. That way, the comparison will sh... | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? I don't know, but I am bi-wiring my Legacy Focus SE's with two pairs of stereo speaker cables (took the jumpers out) and it sounds great (smoother and tighter in the bass). I think it's a bit more musical as well. The interesting thing is that the... | |
| Turntable sibilance The Michell VTA adjuster available from musicdirect.com works pretty well if your arm doesn't have and adjuster.http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7336-michell-rega-vta-adjuster-for-michell-turntables.aspxIt should make a difference you can hear. Also h... | |
| SACD & other Formats Things are way better even in Red Book than they were in the first decade of CD playback. I have a couple of pretty good turntables/arms/cartridges and phono preamps mainly because I have a lot of LP records from back in the day.Although I definit... |