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| Review: Primaluna Prologue 1 Tube amp tpsonic, Actually, I did the whole thing with a mid-level Harmonic Tech cord. I never even unwrapped the stock cord. However, I've got some others to try. One of these is a Cardas Golden Reference which I have high hopes for. Thanks. | |
| Review: Primaluna Prologue 1 Tube amp Rar1, Thanks for the comments. I considered the Prologue 2, but for a secondary system thought I'd be careful about spending the extra few bucks on an unknown improvement to an amp I hadn't heard to begin with. I think it would be worth checking o... | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? While I cannot see a day where I'll have the money for something like the Phi 2.0, I can well imagine being at the price point of the VAC Standard LE. Does anyone have experience with this "budget" version of the VAC product? How is its phono stage? | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Just to weigh in with my 2 cents or less, I recently had an opportunity to spend about two hours at a high-end dealer in Milwaukee while on a business trip. Ultrafidelis, I beleive was the place. Very nice guys and very accomodating. I heard, at l... | |
| Washington DC I'm in Fairfax, actually right near the line with Herndon. I'd like to meet some more crazies in the area. I'm a 45 year-old shrink. I'm also blind, but my ears seem to work ok. Let me know. Peter | |
| Newbee needs cartridge help I recently purchased a Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood on Audiogon for around $500 new. It has a list around $800. I'm using a completely different table, Linn LP12 and Ittok arm. It's a winning combination though. It's a moving magnet by the way. My gue... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Danielk and others, I've done some reading and taken a step in the right direction by ordering a Hydra 4 which should be here in the next few days. Maybe that will get me on the road to better amplification. The question I want to throw out there ... | |
| Which Solid State Amplifier is Making you Happy? Danielk, That's a fair question. No. The room is on a dedicated circuit, but the audio system shares through a modest Monster line conditioner, the $400 one. I've made some overall improvements to the system by upgrading power cords, adding the li... | |
| Rowlands vs. Levinson Amps. Can we throw Pass x.5 series into the mix here? I am a big fan of tubes, but only in the preamp I've had too much down time from the big power tubes in my history! The current Stereophile has a quickie review of the Levinson 431. I want something ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? --Some comments on my analog vs. CD playback I thought I would gratuitously post some observations I've made on my Modwright Sony 999, now that it is broken in, compared against my analog rig. This is unscientific in every way and includes only on... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Jayctoy It's largely from your comments that I ordered the Modwright 999. What a great machine! What do you find warm up time to be like with your 9000? Now that my 999 has been playing discs almost non stop for a little over a week, it is ounding... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Avguru, I'll have a look for some comments on AG about the SA-11. I came close to buying one just about the time I found this thread which steered me in another direction. Also, and I'd like your comments if you have any, it was about the time I h... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? On a topic more closely related to the original title of this thread, has anyone played with the Mccormack Universal player? It got a weird mixed review in the most recent Stereophile. How does it stack up against the DV50 or any of the modded pla... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guido, How very lucky for me that neither of my children have inherited the disease. How also lucky for me that my wife never had it, not even the slightest trace of it. I think their serendipity explains the existence of the purple boom box in my... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Doc Luke I have a Musical Fidelity X10V3 here which I used on the output of my unmodified Denon 2200 for a while. I also gave it a try between my amp and preamp. While it does do some fairly nice things in the face of an otherwise harsh source, I ... |