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| Are All Mullards Created Equal? I believe the 5AR4s from the 50s to early 60s, built in England and Holland, are most desirable. Fat base, brown base, and metal base perhaps more so. These will be at a premium, but supposedly, they are indestructible. | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . I also agree with Frogman's description at the global level. Composer's such as Scriabin and Bruckner reveled in the sonic soup.Now, here comes the controversial part. While resolving low-level detail is part of it (and I've gone off the deep-end ... | |
| What makes the Bloom around instruments . . . I don't have anything by Dire Straits to hear that particular organ with the Pass XA200.5. But I would say that the organ and choir at the end of Mahler #2 would leave you speechless and sobbing uncontrollably. | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player There are more high end CD players on the market now than in any other time in history. The sweet spot for ultra high-end seems to be $15-25k, but there are well over a dozen state-of-the-art systems in the $50-100k realm. Right now, Vekian is get... | |
| Esoteric Digital Separates Hi Eli,You are correct that the Troy is not a power conditioner, and I apologize for being unclear. I was looking for a method to decrease the noise floor in my system, and tried the Powercell first, with everything plugged into it. The Powercell ... | |
| Esoteric Digital Separates Hi Eli,Let me clear the air on the Tripoint Troy. To say that this is like the Ground Zero with a nicer finish is like saying a Kia and a Ferrari are both cars, with the Ferrari having a nicer finish.I'm not going to argue the price, because it is... | |
| Esoteric Digital Separates Zephyr, We are in agreement that there are many overpriced/overhyped cables with too many compromises, along with many value cables with nice performance. I do believe there are some game-changing cables out there that bring an improvement beyond ... | |
| Esoteric Digital Separates Anyone considering separates should understand they are opening a can of worms. I have spent more money on cables, shelves, and footers to optimize my digital components, than the cost of thecomponents themselves. While I have absolutely no regret... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Avalon Time, demo pair may be available at AudioFreaks in UK. | |
| TAD Reference loudspeakers-How good are they? Weseixas, The Avalon Isis remains ideal for me. In the reproduction of classical music, both large and small, I have not heard better. I think the TAD Ref 1 might be good if your collection leans more heavily on jazz and pop. They are not as holog... | |
| Hi-Fi Tuning gold fuse on Parasound Your experience is the opposite of mine with the gold. I hear increased depth and texture, a slight midrange warmth without haze or detail obscuration, music congeals better, and the highs and bass are not truncated.I wonder if you are unmasking a... | |
| Wadia S7i direct to amp "How do you know that the source material was not recorded so as to sound "constrained, 2-dimensional, and less involving"? "Huh? | |
| Can all power cords be classified as 1 of 2 types? Rgs92, You are absolutely correct. I have been listening to a good number of PCs (up to $6000 retail), and there is always a compromise or two somewhere. What's worse, is that PCs can negate some of the desirable attributes of other components. I ... | |
| ARC-Ref210 vs ARC-Ref610T at medium levels ?? Hi Dev, did you order the new VAC amp? Does the siren song of a mega tube amp beckon once again? | |
| ARC-Ref210 vs ARC-Ref610T at medium levels ?? My opinion is not to get the big amps unless you really, REALLY, R-E-A-L-L-Y need the power. The cost difference would be much better spent on a Tripoint Troy, great power cables, and a great preamp. These supplementary components would give you f... |