smatsui
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| Any DACs will improve my Rega Saturn? I have not tried the DAC1 Pre as a preamp. It would be interesting to compare it to my CAT preamp but I currently don't have balanced ICs. Never tried the Bel Canto Dac3 so I can't comment on it. | |
| Any DACs will improve my Rega Saturn? I own 2 Rega Saturns. Originally, I liked the first one in my speaker system so much that I bought a second one for my dedicated headphone system. Recently I completely changed my speaker based system from Thiel CS6/Classe CA400/CAT preamp to Harb... | |
| Upgrading my PV-15 I second Johnss recomendation of the CAT preamp. Look for a SL1 mkIII or SL1 Ultimate mk 1 or 2. I upgraded from a CJ PV11 and Audible Illusions Modulus 3A to the CAT SL1 Ultimate 10 years ago and never looked back. It was a major improvement in e... | |
| CAT Legend vs WAVAC PR-T1 ? I own a CAT SL1 Ultimate MK1, and I just changed tubes for the first time after 10 years of use. Not to shabby tube life with the SL1 Ultimate. BTW, it's a great preamp. The CAT mates extremely well with my new McIntosh MC275 v5 tube amp. | |
| Moving from PSB Stratus to Synchrony ... questions I used to own the PSB Stratus Gold i. Although they had their faults, I generally liked them. I sold them several years ago. Last year I shopped for new speakers to replace my Revel M20. I had high expectations for the Synchrony One so I sought ou... | |
| Harbeth 7es-3 Sound I'm extremely please with my HL-5 speakers that I purchased back in November 08. Over the past 20 years, I've owned B&W, Apogee Centaur Majors, Vandersteens 2Ce, PSB Stratus Gold i, Revel M20, and Thiel CS6. The Harbeths are the first speaker ... | |
| A new CDP after my Rega Apollo or a new DAC? Obviously its system dependent but in my system, the Benchmark DAC1 PRE is not harsh, cold, lean or analytical. I like it better than the Rega Saturn (I own 2 Saturns). I use the Saturn as my transport for the DAC1 PRe. IMO, the DAC1 PRE is truthf... | |
| Heard McIntosh 275 For The First Time. I purchased my MC275 v5 about 6 weeks ago to replace a Classe CA400. I've been extremely satisfied with the change and I have no regrets. My system also consists of the Convergent Audio Technology SL-1 Ultimate preamp, Harbeth Super HL-5 speakers ... | |
| Selling Large Speakers - How to reduce shipping? Thank you all for your tips. I called Pilot Air and their quote is very reasonable, under $300 including delivery to residential, insurance and palletizing and banding. Great tip! Thank you very much. Steve | |
| Selling Large Speakers - How to reduce shipping? I tried calling Bax Global now called DB Schenker. It seems they don't deal with private customers. I asked them if I could drop off my speakers at one of their locations. Their reply was that I am an unknown shipper and they will only deal with b... | |
| Harbeths building system around Harbeths? I have not compared the DAC1 PRE as a preamp to my CAT preamp yet but I will. I would like to do the comparison using the balanced outputs of the DAC1 since my MC275 has balanced inputs. Currently I don't have balanced IC but I will probably borro... | |
| Harbeths building system around Harbeths? I should clarify that it was not too much power (400W/Ch)but it was a sensitivity problem of my amp and preamp not giving me much volume adjustment (the CAT preamp has a stepped volume control). I only had about 2 clicks on the volume control befo... | |
| Harbeths building system around Harbeths? I bought Harbeth Super HL5 last November and I've made several changes to my previous system to accomodate the new speakers. First, I replaced my Classe CA400 amp (too much power, previously used to power Thiel CS6) with a McIntosh MC275 tube amp.... | |
| New to headphones - what amp, source? Ray Samuels makes excellent headphone amps and his portables are great. However, for portable use, I use an 80GB i-Pod with Apple lossless and Etymotic ER-4P in ear earphones and no portable amp. This gives me great sound and great portability. I ... | |
| Amp for Thiel 2.3s. Anyone use Classe with them? Classe is a great match for Thiels. After I purchased my CS6's, I called many dealers that sold Thiels and amps such as Krell, Levinson, BAT and Classe. The general consensus was Classe. I also talked to Kathy at Thiel, the Classe CA400 was one of... |