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| Passive pre with Bryston 7B ST?? While I can't speak to the 7B amps I did try a Reference Line passive with my 4B-ST and while I found the sound to be clean I thought my amp was best served by an active preamp. Seemed to my ears to work better with the BP-25 and even better with ... | |
| New gear from Parasound??? I've heard of one "big ass" amp that the people at CTC (makers of the Blowtorch gear)have designed for Parasound and is reported to be arriving some time in the future( a couple of months??). If this is the particular product you are talking about... | |
| who are the best people to do equipment mods? Richard Kern (www.audiomod.com) did a great job modding my Sony 333ES player. Not sure what else he works on but its worth looking into for a quote. | |
| Help with CD player If you can find an Arcam Alpha 9 for that money, or hopefully less, it may be a very nice match-up. This player has the Ring DAC thats in the current offerings from Arcam (CD 92 and FMJ CD23) and does a great job of getting you all the info in qui... | |
| Buy a hi-end CD player/transport now? Aroc - as a follow-up, my "Kerned" 333ES did in fact walk all over my stock DI/O. I never got a chance to have the DI/O modded so I can't compare but given that I did compare the 2 units there was a huge difference in presentation. I'm not convinc... | |
| Stock Power Cords? I don't believe that all stock cords are made cheaply. Some manufacturers believe that the cord they supply is sufficient to do the job. Only by trial and error will you determine if an aftermarket cord will enhance the performance of a particular... | |
| CD Player Modifications. Is it worth the ? As an owner of a "modded" 333ES player I can speak from some experience... I think the money I spent was worth it for a variety of my own reasons but my advice to you would be not to mod the NAD and my reasons are:1. It will void the warranty and ... | |
| Power cords I think we can all agree, at least those of us who believe that pcs can make a difference, it is very component dependant. I have had some some success using inexpensive aftermarket cords on my preamp's power supply and my cdp but in a variety of ... | |
| Heart CD6000? The American distributor is Frank Stuppel who can be found at www.fsaudioweb.com. | |
| Richard Kern Modified XA777ES SACD Review - long I'm slightly green with envy - slightly because I have a recently "Kerned" 333ES cdp and because my main rig is 2 channel therefore I have no need or more importantly can't afford to get the quality out of a multi-channel rig that I have in my 2 c... | |
| bryston 14bst vs mark levinson 336 As an owner of a Bryston 4B-ST I can say that I have heard that some owners or those that have auditioned this amp have drawn attention to its "aggrssiveness" or "forwardness". I however don't feel that way. If you have the inclination to believe ... | |
| Mike Elliot-Alta Vista Audio I agree with Sean about the folks at Bryston. From Chris Russell, the VP, right on down the line they are indeed the benchmark that others should be measured against! | |
| The Canadians that visit the site Angela - I guess the same could be said of Americans and their frequent use of Unhunh (sic)... | |
| Tubes plus SS I have a Rogue 66 tube pre mated with my Bryston 4B-ST and really think there is a nice synergy between the two. The Rogue replaced a Bryston BP-25 preamp (SS) that while I found to be more revealing and accurate didn't provide the warmth and musi... | |
| mods for Sony SCD 333 I had Richard do a Level 1 (changing out of 48 resistors & capacitors and installation of an IEC) and the Super Clock upgrade. SACD is better but redbook is much more musical than stock and stock plus ART DI/O! |