pubul57
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| Experience with high end fuses???? It has been beyond my ability to notice any consitent, identifiable improvements with these specialty fuses. But that might say more about my hearing than the fuses. To me it is just part of the hobby and if you can excited by the prospect of addi... | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? I agree with the amp argument, since I think the amp/speaker is the most important match when choosing components and like others, I think the differences between $500 and $5,000 CD players is much, much smaller than the differences between $500 a... | |
| Einstein The Final Cut vs. Graaf GM20 Mono Fosse, I understand. Not knowing the Einstein's, I would say that if it has the magic of the OTLs I am familiar with (Joule, Atma - not that familiar with the Graaf), that it should work very well. For my taste, and apparently yours, OTLs are the ... | |
| Einstein The Final Cut vs. Graaf GM20 Mono Fosse, I understand. Not knowing the Einstein's, I would say that if it has the magic of the OTLs I am familiar with, that it should work very well. For my taste, OTLs are the best sounding approach to amplifier design, IF you have speakers that c... | |
| What amp should be used with merlin vsm's? Jim, I have been using the Music Reference RM9 Special Edition and the Atma-sphere M60s, and while different, I like them both and no way I can decide to sell one off, they both work there own kind of magic with the Merlins, there is something spe... | |
| The mighty CAT preamp Well, it seems to me that any of those pieces would sound pretty darn good, you are in good company with any of them IMHO and good to know you found the right combination for your taste. I do think that anyone interested in gear of this caliber mu... | |
| Einstein The Final Cut vs. Graaf GM20 Mono Not that there is anything wrong with the Einstein, and I never heard it, but isn't the Atma-sphere M60s (or Joules) on your short list for the Merlin's? Nothing I have tried has worked better with the Merlins - they do seem to be designed as a go... | |
| The mighty CAT preamp Jwm, what amps and speakers were you using with the CAT, VTL, and finally the ARC? I don't know if you were going forward or backwards, but you seem to have found the sound you like. What was the system context? | |
| The mighty CAT preamp I too made the move from the CAT to the Joule preamp which works very well with my Music Reference RM9 SE Amp and Merlin speakers (I also use an Atma-sphere pre with my Atma-sphere amp - they world especially well together). When I had the CAT pre... | |
| EL34 Replacement Tubes I second the Winged C El34s, matched by Jim McShane. These work wonderfully well in my Music Reference RM9 Special Edition. For an even better tube (at twice the price) I would get the Siemens NOS EL34s from Ram Labs before they are all gone -- th... | |
| What amp should be used with merlin vsm's? Not surprising that you are having success with an EL34 tube based amp and the Merlins. This tube seems to be a winner with the speakers; and then there are the OTLs.... | |
| What amp should be used with merlin vsm's? Which CJ are you using? | |
| Question on DACs........... Maybe I missed it, but if you had the SuperNait, what would be your digital source? Th Cambridge would be used as a transport? | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? Hi Dev, I asked about the CD7, which you liked, and like the TubeDAC uses tubes, and I wonder if why they work so well for you, and for Teajay, stems from that a bit; not sure if your power amp is tubed. I agree about the problem of anyting being ... | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? Dev, did you have the ARC CD7 prior to the TubeDAC? Did you have a chance to audition the latest versions of the EMM and or Berkeley? I'm sure the Scarlatti is good (I would hope so), but really viable for me. I think all of these are likely to be... |