reb1208
Responses from reb1208
| BAT Solid State Amps? When it comes to BAT, ARC and CJ. In my experience, make sure the piece has a tube in it. | |
| Audio Research 100.2 vs. 150.2 I had the 150.2 and it is really a very bad amplifier. High distortion, clipped easily and even went into oscillation. I am being very candid here in my post because I really want to say much more. | |
| Mark Levinson 390S or Resolution Audio Opus 21 Dude, no one was saying anything bad about the 390S. Relax. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Have you thought about trying out a turntable again? Much less smoke and mirrors in that side of the industry. Although there still is the 3,000% mark-up on cartridges. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? It's been that way since the very first machines that used tube output stages. That was almost 20 years ago. | |
| Sony Legacy SACD Players - SCD-1, 777ES, XA-777ES Are there still people on this planet that are unaware of reliabilty issues in just about everything Sony makes. IMO. Talk about a vaccuum, cause thats the only way you wouldn't know. I have avoided any Sony purchases for close to 15 years. Well, ... | |
| Used Preamp that sound as good as newer Klyne is good. The Classe on your list is too. So is the audible illusions. | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Wow, what a journey. Thanks for taking me along. I have experience with 5965 family of tubes. Also the 6H30. Sounds to me like you prefer the sound of the 6H30 transformer coupled in a super short signal path. Thats what I conclude, cause tis what... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? And not only me of course. There are so few machines out there that can drive me away from my analog rig . Albeit, it is worth only 10K, but in the end even my set-up is mostly superior to digital. And how many digital discs are properly encoded a... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? AVGURU, fanatstic job in reviewing. You really gave us what I believe is a accurate reflection as to what you heard. I trust your ears. Now, be gentle in your post on SA11. Remember it is only a $3,500 stock piece of Japaneese consumer electronics... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? "There is nothing out there in its stock for that outperform(s) it."Does this include a stock analog system ? | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Now it is being suggested that "the actual transport is not that important". Oh my.............?????? | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? and cd players. Back in 1990 I had a Cal Aria Mk3 cd player with tube output. It was very musical but had limited resolution. I spent a great deal of time moding that unit myself. I can still clearly remember the space/ambience and layering that u... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? You guys are out of control!!!!!!!! I think the whole industry must be watching this thread. Incredible.....I'll put my 2 cents in about what I heard in the Meitner gear. Easily the most open and non-compressed sounding digital I have heard. Run t... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Cary is about to introduce a new machine. Reportedly will have completely seperate signal paths for cd and sacd. Don't think it will support dvd. |