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AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts?
I was there Friday afternoon but missed ..I'd really like to hear any impressions of the new Abbington Music Reference DAC! 
amarra or pure music..?
I use both Pure Music and Amarra Mini; most of the time Pure Music. I've tried Fidelia. If there was a difference, it was not worth the lack of convenience.I've also briefly tried Audionirvana--from just a brief listen, I thought this sounded very... 
Best 300B
I've been very happy with Black Treasure 300B's (and the 6CA7's), but I purchased a pair of Synergy/Create 300B's....these are very, very good also in my setup and just a bit different from the BT's. I think they are more linear, a bit more extend... 
Tulsa, Oklahoma
I live here in Tulsa as well; current rig is mac mini, J Keny box modded (battery pwrd) HiFace feeding the bnc input of an Eastern Electric tubed DAC (the new one using the Sabre chip), with a Grant Fidelity 300B SET integrated amp, pwring Daedalu... 
Review: AudioPrism Ground Control Tweak
Well, I pulled the trigger and bought a pair of the std GC's for my speakers (Daedalus Audio DA-RMa's); I was pretty skeptical, but after reading Ozzy's experiences (and strongly considering that he appeared pretty skeptical at first as well), I f... 
Recommended Speaker for Triode Amp
I have the DA-RMa's & now power them with a 10wpc SET amp. My room is 14' x 20' with high cathedral ceilings. They will easily reach 100db at about 1 o'clock on my volume control with no stress or strain. I absolutely love these spkrs; I've ow... 
Need help with IC upgrade Cardas Golden Cross
I've used (and still use) a number of Cardas interconnects, Cross, Golden Cross & Golden Presence. I'm a big fan and have found Golden Cross to sound great in many setups. I'm really liking the Golden Presence as well; seems to have a bit more... 
KCI Pure Gold and the benefits
I've been absolutely loving my Silkworm+ interconnects for a few weeks now; the best I've ever had in my system (and that includes quite a few of the big names)! And I echo the sentiments about John; just a pleasure to deal with and soon you feel ... 
Accuphase or Musical fidelity for Focal Micro Be
Nvp,In my experience, the E-530 was considerably smoother and more refined than the E-408 (and bear in mind that I thought the E-408 was a great amp). Besides being pure Class A, I think the pre section of the E-530 was quite a bit more transparen... 
Accuphase or Musical fidelity for Focal Micro Be
I have the original Micro Utopia's (now in a secondary system) and have powered them with both the E-408 and the E-530. Although I have since moved to tubes, the Accuphase integrated were the best I've owned (including JRDG, BAT, Sim Audio, Pliniu... 
Loud buzz and hum in my REL subwoofer
I had a similar issue with my Strata III some time ago; turned out to be a bad connection in the neutrik connector. I would definitely try a different cable before moving on.Best of luck.Randu 
Amarra for iTunes at RMAF...
All: I've been playing around with the Sample Manager demo version this weekend and think I like the files I've upsampled. I first converted to 24 bit, then upsampled that file to 96k (I'm limited to 96k as I use the MW Transporter; Transporters w... 
Compatible SLI 80 power tubes?
Mark,I've rolled lots of tubes in my SLI-80 this past year. Love RCA 6L6GC blackplates (I bias around 60-65), Tung Sol smooth blackplates (75) and GL & JJ KT77's (65). Responses from Cary have been 75 milliamp per side regardless of tubes, but... 
6L6 tube recommendations requested
Lloyd,I've rolled quite a few types of pwr tubes, both NOS and new production, in my Cary SLI-80 integrated this past year. While not my absolute favorite new production tube (that goes to the Shuguang Black Treasure 6CA7, but 12 of those would be... 
What is it about the Cary SLI-80?
I agree that there often seems to be SLI-80's available, but possibly because lots of new ones are sold. I can tell you I'm on my second one! I had the stock SLI-80 5 years ago; decided to get away from tube pwr and went with some really fine soli...