rb99
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| Exemplar Denon 5910 owners I had the Exemplar 3910 and 5910 - both outstanding DAC/Multi-Players. The 5910 is a beast! Very well made.John does amazing work with choke power supplies.The 3910 and 5910 both take the 5965 , 6829, 7062, E180CC, or CV8431 family - John loves... | |
| Cayin 265ai or Bada 3.3se This the best amp I have ever owned! And I have owned to many to count: including the top of the line Krells, PASS Labs, Ayon, Response Audio modded (Teflon capped) Hurricanes, four other versions of the Hurricanes, a CARY SLI80 F1, Dared 300b mon... | |
| Anyone else using SR Tesla? Installed the Tesla Apex ICs and Speaker cables today. I had been running DR X2 and RR X2 prior to the upgrade. The factory had burned in the cables for 72 hours before shipping them out. After letting them settle in for a few days I will write a ... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Scottyw: Thanks for the feedback on the review! It's hard to put into words what your hearing with these cables sometimes.Leica man: I think you are on to something - I have noticed the settling-in issue with the old SR cables I was using. This wi... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Tesla Apex update:These cables definitely need extensive break-in, even after the factory treatment.They are great out of the box, but start to close in at around 75 hours. This lasts until the 150 hour mark where they begin to open up again...the... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Installed the Tesla Apex ICs and Speaker cables today. I had been running DR X2 and RR X2 prior to the upgrade. The factory had burned in the cables for 72 hours before shipping them out. After letting them settle in for a few days I will write a ... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Scottyw - thanks for the review.Just sent in my Designer Ref X2 ics and Spker cables to be upgraded to Apex. It'll take a couple of weeks - I will post the results. The upgrade for the ics is a $1000 for a 1 meter pr. The speaker cable upgrade are... | |
| Good DAC for multiple sources I highly recommend Pacific Valves Moded Lite DAC 68. I use it in an office set-up for a second system. It's tube drive using 6922s and upsamples from 16/44 to 24/96 then a second level to 24/192.It has three switchable inputs. I use it for SAT Rad... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Leica_man: "I don't bealive "Stereo Review" has ever reviewed cables "when" they were in publication"You are right I meant Stereophile - wow I am really dating myself with that reference.I stand corrected.I don't put alot of weight on those review... | |
| Conrad Johnson Act 2 series 2 First Impressions Tim, same here. Too many choices! I think an APL NWO 2.5 or an M1 is first.I'm actually thinking of selling my garage baby to finance all this.Good Luck! | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? "By applying a two million volt signal to a cable at a specific pulse modulation and ultra high frequency for an exact duration of time we transform the entire cable at a molecular level through a phenomenon called Quantum Tunneling."Now that's wh... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Spoke with SR today - the Telsa website should be up next week. The price for the 1 meter Apex (top of the line)ic is $3400, $4000 for the two meter. The performance of these cables exceed the old Absolute Ref which cost $4750 for the 1 meter.Even... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? Joeyboynj, I use a combination of Designer Ref and Resolution Ref X2s and have been very happy with them. Previously I had used Nordost Valhalla, which I found airy but slightly lean.Where can I get information on the Telsa line (SR Telsa website ... | |
| Conrad Johnson Act 2 series 2 First Impressions Tim,Thanks for the detailed discription on the 2.2 upgrade.Do you know if the 2.2 upgrades will make the unit the same as a "new" 2.2, or are there some things that can not be duplicated?Much appreciated.Bob | |
| Act II tube rolling Gthgmg, I would try a silver treatment to the tube pins, AC connectors, and RCAs. I had alot of luck with QuickSilverGold, but SST is very good as well.It significantly increased the dynamics, but initially brightened the sound. The brightness dis... |