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| Recommended phono stage to pair with an Anthem D2V I am using the Anthem AVM60 preamp which is obviously a much newer model than your D2V, however I have been told the D2V is a little better for analog reproduction work, so it should be very close to my experience with the AVM60.I have had multipl... | |
| Whest Phono Stages Three EP,May I ask if you have actually heard the M1 mono blocks or are you basing your experience on some other Class D amp? The reason I ask, I know of almost no dealers who have M1's in stock due to the very high cost of them. I bought my pa... | |
| Whest Phono Stages Lew, I was not trying to imply that loss of vacuum in tubes happens quickly, I was only saying that it can happen gradually over time, as in years. But it does happen and the internals of the tubes do also alter with time due to heat as tubes get ... | |
| Whest Phono Stages @Three EPIf you are fortunate, you may find a used Whest out there to run for a while... I'd suggest the Whest Two as it won't kill you on price. Don't expect it to perform like the upper level Whest preamps, but it will definitely play like them... | |
| Whest Phono Stages Lew,I suppose that technically a tube being a voltage device vs. a SS device being a current device it yes will be inherently quieter from my recollection of this stuff. But tubes will lose vacuum with time as there is variation in the quality o... | |
| Whest Phono Stages My perspective is that clean, well designed solid stage devices are pure and uncolored, especially when the devices are hand selected and hand matched as in the case with the Whest preamps.Tubes, which I have lived with for decades in various Amat... | |
| Sales or clearances happening now millercarbon…………...thumbs up! :)I do tend to get my reality checks every time we hit these events | |
| Sales or clearances happening now Personally, I smell a rotting rat with this event; the markets were in my opinion very overblown due to a decade of funny money pump and CEO's using it for buy backs to enrichen themselves. Now they are at it again with more, much more unlimited ... | |
| Sales or clearances happening now This time is no different than any other bubble which blew itself up; it always takes the unforeseen event to stick the balloon; it was a pandemic this time around. Those who have large amounts in the stock market get nailed, people who own that... | |
| Whest Phono Stages T-E-P,If you log onto the Whest Audio website and look at the customer testimonials, you will find hundreds of actual user reviews and most will list their system and what they had been using for a phono stage prior to the Whest. It will give a g... | |
| Whest Phono Stages I had the Whest Three Signature for a number of months; it was so good that I moved to making a purchase of the 2019 PS.30 RDT SE which is basically a hybrid. It has the exterior case of the 30 RDT series and the rear panel, but the internals are... | |
| best phono stage under 10k Whest is currently not using any US dealers; you have to buy directly from them if you are a US resident. I found that to be a fairly simple and seamless purchase. James spent a lot of time with me on e mail as I wanted some special customized o... | |
| best phono stage under 10k I have said it before and I'll say it once again. I have done a lot of research with guys who actually owned or used many phono stages including the Whest Audio phono stages. They all said nothing came close to the Whest in performance. Then I ... | |
| best phono stage under 10k I second the suggestion on Whest Audio phono stages.Built with beautiful design internally, Clarity Capacitors, full suspension on the main boards to isolate the electronics from the case, hand matched discreet components, on and on.... I am on my... | |
| confused and don't know what to do This is an interesting thread as I just tweaked my system over the weekend to add in HT. I have a rather high end two channel stereo set up in my large living room. I have been pretty much 100 percent analog music driven; however I grabbed a dea... |