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| Absolute Sound - do we really need another review like this? You start off the post saying The Absolute Sound did this (which they did last issue), then continue on to blame Stereophile magazine. What gives? | |
| Absolute Sound - do we really need another review like this? Stereophile didn't do this review, The Absolute Sound did it in the last issue. | |
| Looking at a new non-SACD player, but still own lots of SACDs ivanj...................................It is obvious you never heard a Esoteric player or a high end Marantz. There are also many others. I don't see the attraction to the Oppo players. I find them too bright for my taste. On the other hand, ... | |
| Decided to change my cd player, suggestions please? Enjoy your new music toys. | |
| Potting a Denon dl-103r My ZU modified Denon DL103 is potted (from the factory) and sounds better than any 500.00 cartridge I have ever heard. | |
| Preamps: Rogue Audio RP-1 vs. Quicksilver Audio Line Stage Pre - Sonic Differences I have the big brother to the Rogue, the RP-5. I absolutely love it. I filled it with NOS Mullard tubes and the sound is to die for. I had no problems with it matching my amp whose input Impedance is 50K ohms. It blows away my Audible Illusion... | |
| Looking at a new non-SACD player, but still own lots of SACDs Get a used Esoteric. There was an Esoteric UX-1 player posted here a week ago for 2700.00. It uses the Burr Brown PCM1704 R to R ladder dac which is one of the smoothest. I have the UX-3 player with the same dac and transport and it is a keeper... | |
| Integrated amp upgrade The Parasound Halo Integrated has both balanced inputs and outputs. | |
| speaker shopping I had a Classe fifteen amp and tube preamp powering a pair of Vandersteen 2ce signatures. Sounded quite nice. | |
| B&W 801 S2 Fatigue VS. 802 S2 No Fatigue? I would go with a tube preamp. However, I have been in your shoes although not with the B&W. I bought a pair of very highly regarded speakers and the sound was quite shrill. I ended up replacing the entire system, from amp and pre to all ne... | |
| musica bella tube preamp I am not a fan of the JJ tubes but I would wait until you have many hours on the preamp so you can really judge what you want to improve by tube rolling. | |
| Best of both worlds, Vandersteen and B&W I had the same problem with my Vandersteen 3A speakers, anemic bass. The bass in my Vandersteen 2ce signatures was much better. If you want great bass, go with a pair of Golden Ear Triton series. Their powered woofers are great and rock sounds a... | |
| Recommended Preamp for Pass Labs XA30.8 and why The Rogue Audio RP-5 tube preamp fits the bill. Plenty of inputs and a great MM MC phono stage, plus a processor loop and outputs for headphones. I am positively thrilled with mine and I have a;ways had tube preamps. It also is remote controlle... | |
| PSB Imagine T3 Floor‑Standing Speakers On the subject of return shipping, I returned a new pair of Tekton Pendragons to Tekton because they weren't to my taste and shipping from Rhode Island to Utah was 295.00 via FedEx (100.00 cheaper than UPS). Large and heavy speakers are very expe... | |
| VPI paper alignment jig That's what I call excellent customer service. |