sgunther
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| Do you remember when Audiogon was just a bulletin board classified ad site? Yes and I liked it a lot better back then. | |
| Aesthetix Atlas + Calypso I had the Pass Labs Aleph 5 and Audio Research VS 110 driving Audio Physic Virgo speakers and the Rogue M-180 driving the Martin Logan Summits. I can not really comment on the difference between Atlas and Pass/Audio Research because they were driv... | |
| Aesthetix Atlas + Calypso In the spirit of full disclosure I have the Atlas amp with the black face plate listed for sale. I have moved from the Standard Calypso and Atlas to the Signature version of each over the last few months, hence the Standard Atlas is for sale. I wa... | |
| Advice on using a laser for speaker positioning I found Jim Smiths's Getting Better Sound book and DVD to be very helpful and at $39 very low risk. | |
| Tone arm upgrade The Transfi Terminator linear tracking air bearing arm is about $1000. I found it to be a real revelation compared to my tricked out RB300. There are several good post on the Agon forum and reviews. | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I highly recommend Jim Smith's book and DVD "Getting Better Sound" as a guide to system setup. I think it cost $39.95. | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I have been very pleased with the Aesthetix Calypso standard version approximately $2500 used and now the Calypso Signature version approximately $3500 used. They perform best with NOS tubes, good news is that there are only four tubes. Things rea... | |
| Some Musical Truths "the knack to know when and the gift to know how" | |
| best value current production tonearm Another vote here for the TransFi arm. I have used it for over five years, first on a Michell Gyro and for the last two years on Vic's Salvation TT. The set-up is different but not at all difficult if you are not a klutz and follow directions. The... | |
| How do you respond to this question? It sounds good plus it is pretty cool to be on the point of the hipster spear with something you enjoyed long ago in your youth. | |
| Just heard Glenn is leaving Aesthetix Ditto very helpful and great customer service. | |
| Solid State amps with tube preamps I have the Martin Logan Summits which I used with an Aesthetix Calypso tube preamp and Rogue M-180 tube amp for several years. I recently replaced the Rogue M-180 with the Aesthetix Atlas amp which has tube input and solid state output. The change... | |
| Tubes for my Aesthetix Calypso I have been using NOS RCA 5751 tube in the 12AX7 spot and prefer it to 12AX7. Also using the NOS Amperex white label 6922. If you are using stock tubes now you should experience a significant improvement. Check out Joe's Tube Lore on audioasylum i... | |
| Does HiRez really sound better? Nonoise,You have a pretty nice vinyl rig how do CD, Hirez, PCM and DSD compare to it? | |
| some of the best speaker cables under $250 Try the Grover Huffman's you get a 60 days no questions asked trial. I have used Harmonic Tech and Tara Air 1 in the past and like the Huffman's as well or better. |