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| Power cord for tube preamp w/SF Cremona Auditors? Thanks for the kind words Lloyd, I appreciate it.I do have 650s, but also HD800s and Beyers & Denons.The 650s (& previously 600s) were my mainstay for several years. | |
| Power cord for tube preamp w/SF Cremona Auditors? Good question Lloyd. Good point. I think I may just leave everything alone with the Cremona setup because when things are working well (which it goes w/o saying is very hard to do),I am loathe to change things (as they really are magic, with these... | |
| stepped attenuators Preamp: Apex Pinnacle (a combination preamp & headphone amp).The Rothwells didn't sound too good to me. The Goldenjacks are somewhat better, but still are not for me. They mush images together and take away some of the (very valuable) roundedn... | |
| stepped attenuators It sure seems like a scary & risky prospect, but is it crazy to find a good technician (I guess somewhere in the U.S.) who could either replace the attenuator or reduce the gain in a high-end preamp? Or is it better just to sell the unit and m... | |
| stepped attenuators Is there anyone out there that could reduce the gain on a preamp if the manufacturer will not do it? | |
| Placette RVC vs. Placette Active? Thanks Larry! By the way, I also owned those Stax Omega phones I see in your system. (I later switched to dynamics and good headphone amps as technology progressed).I was actually considering either using the Placette on its own or adding it betwe... | |
| Experience of Accuphase brandnew C-3800 ? Head fi has some discussions on the C3800. | |
| Lamm 2L Reference vs CJ GAT Is CJ shrinking? It's funny how limited the Conrad Johnson preamp lineup is. There is the GAT (just 250 units CJ says), the ET3 & ET5 (with just 1 tube in these?), and the Classic.It looks like a company planning to shut down.Preamps I thought... | |
| Can Redbook CD Be Saved With my EMM XDS1, Redbook sound often just like Hi-Rez.I never would have believed this possible before the XDS1,but it's true, with headphones or speakers.I was an SACD lover before, always complaining about redbook's big inferiority to SACD, but... | |
| Shunyatas New CX series After a bunch of experimenting with various generation Anacondas, the best combination I found is:Anaconda CX from wall to V-Ray II;Old Anaconda Alpha VX on my EMM cdp;Anaconda Alpha Helixes on my preamp/headphone ampand power amp. | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona vs. Cremona M again, I know Yep, the Auditors are VERY sensitive to upstream things (like power cords and XLR/RCA choice), and positioning like crazy, but they do reward greatly when everything falls into place, like something I would guess to be much more expensive to my ea... | |
| Sony SCD XA5400ES tube rolling? Brimar 6NS7s (cryo'd for me) are the best 6ns7s I have tried after some experimenting. I got mine from Brendan at Tubeworld, who recommended them to me. Nice and warm and resolved and evenhanded. | |
| Small monitors/bookshelves for classical music Oops, missed your price point Hl10027, sorry.Quad 9Ls (or 12Ls) actives are nice if you have preamp-outputs somewhere in your system.I have both on computers & like them a lot.The 9Ls can be found for about $500 used and are very silky and wel... | |
| Small monitors/bookshelves for classical music SF Cremona Auditors. They make real magic. I have the original ones & never heard the current Ms but if was looking for speakers in the size range you describe (or any size range, as my little Auditors are that wonderful) I would give the Ms a... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Bose 901s ?Well I should hope they could get it right after 41 years of trying (maybe longer). |