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| Verity Audio: To Nagra or not to Nagra? I use the Viva Aurora 845 SET amps and Viva pre-amp combo with my Parsifals. Absolute sublime combination. Previously had the Kharma CE speakers which also was a great combination with the Viva's | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Kharma Ceramique 1 , have had them in my system for last 4 years. I have heard many other dynamic speakers but these are the best period, they're keepers. The other 2 speakers that I would keep for ever are the Soundlabs and the Avantgarde. | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? 1)Kharma Ceramique 1 (probably best dynamic speaker period at any price)2)Soundlab A13)Avantgarde Duo4)Consider Silverline Audio, very impressive for the money. You can't go wrong with any of the above. Pure Musical Utopia when coupled with the ri... | |
| Best Phono stage for a .3 mv Ruby 2 ? I use the Thor TA-3000 phonostage with my Ruby 2 all the gain in the world and then more. The sound is just magical. Best phonostage I have ever heard and it is up there with the best ,in a class well deserved. | |
| Preamp-phonostage selection for analog lover try the Thor TA3000 phonostage pre-amp (retails $6500) but can be bought on audiogon when they rarely come up for $2800-$3500 range. Just magical no other words to describe. Only better heard was $35,000 audionote series 7 phonostage . If you see ... | |
| Has anyone auditioned or own Viva Aurora amps Thank you both Albertporter and Khaki8 Nick | |
| any one comparing DCS with upsampling to SACD? I'll tell you the the Audiomeca Mephisto II ( $7000)upsampling CD player and the Audio Areo Capitole upsampling CD player ($6000) are by far the most affordable and most realistic palpable players on the market. Can compare to the 20K plus Accupha... | |
| dcs sound Hi Rayhall,They are equally good. There is nothing out there that gets that analogue like sound. I tried both and bought the Audiomeca Mephisto II. I also have SACD and I like the smoothness and the palpability the Audiomeca gives me. Slingmeister | |
| Why so many Hydra's for sale I don't think there that many for sale now, probably because of the price hike and people having money problems just wanting to get their money out? Who knows!!!!! Well all said and done, I have been living with a Hydra now for the last 2 months o... | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? you haven't heard real music until you have heard it through a Thor TA-1000 linestage tube pre-amp. this is the best next thing than the real live performance. I've tried different ones thru the years ,but this one is a keeper | |
| Best Balanced and singal ended pre-amp? The best and I really mean the very best, I have ever heard is the ThorTA-100 single ended pre-amp. After numerous years of trial and errors with other very good and again I really mean very good pre-amps, the Thor made the magical connention for ... | |
| Absolute Best DVD Player? What's the word on the Faroudja DV1000 DVD-CD reference player thanks N.F. | |
| Does anyone know if neutral cables exist I would strongly recommend the Discovery Essence cables. For the price there are no cables less than $5000 that can compare!!! They are as neutral as they get,puts you that closer to the real thing. At about $1100 for the 1 meter , they're a barga... | |
| Interconnect with good bass Try Discovery Essence. That's their reference interconnect. Absoloutely the best defined , pure, uncolored, and natural cables at any price less than $5000. They retail for about $800 for 0,5 meter and about $1100 for the 1 meter. The bass is expa... |