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| Audible Illusions vs CJ preamps: sonic difference? The current production model is the 3B. There have been 3 versions of the 3. The original 3 (1992-1996), the 3A(1996-2008) and the 3B (2008-present). | |
| Budget USB cable? I also prefer the Wireworld Starlight and use it in my system. | |
| Is good customer service about dead? Odyssey Audio goes out of their way for complete customer satisfaction. Esoteric is also wonderful and Jack at SpearItSound went above and beyond for me twice. Also, Audible Illusions has come a very long way in providing great customer service Au... | |
| Decent preamp to match my modest system? Ts0711:I agree with you 100% regarding the AI mod 3. I have a Mod 3A with the John Curl MC phono preamp and it is superb. I recently bought the newer Mod 3B preamp and I am going to have the mc phono boards removed from my Mod 3A and installed in ... | |
| Ayre V-1xe Upgrde - Great Care & Professionalism Put Odyssey Audio on your list of the best customer service. IMHO, there is no better. | |
| McCormack DNA-1 vs. Adcom GFA-5802 I have had great luck posting a "Want to Buy" ad in the Audiogon Classifieds. I bought an Audible Illusions Modulus 3B preamp and a Musical Fidelity V Link 192 that way just recently. A dealer contacted me and offered me the V Link192 for the 399.... | |
| What new CD/SACD player? Rpeluso:I previously had the Esoteric SA-10. The UX-3 was a HUGE step up in performance. | |
| Which cables cause issues for high bandwidth amps? When I was having my Odyssey amp built, the designer warned me to stay away from the flat cables. He told me it would cause the amp to go into oscillation. I was using MIT cables at the time and have switched to Groneberg now. | |
| Any updated break-in info on Merlin Duelund Upgrd If the volume is really low, you won't be really breaking in the speakers. What most of the audio reviewers do is wire one of the speakers out of phase, place the speakers close together facing each other, and playing them with a good amount of vo... | |
| What new CD/SACD player? I just bought an Esoteric UX-3 player and couldn't be happier. Spearit Sound had a Esoteric UX-3 Exhibition stock for 4,000.00. It retailed for 8,500.00. It came with a 3 year warranty so I bought it. I am not sure but they may have more of them. ... | |
| budget USB S/PDIF converter? Amazon may have the original Musical Fidelity V-Link usb/spdif converter (24/96) for well under 100.00. Last time I checked, they were 89.00. | |
| Raysonic CD228 I had a 168, it sounded almost too smooth. I ditched it 2 years ago as I didn't like the sound on rock cd's. It seemed to suck the dynamics out of the music. I have since moved on to Esoteric players and with my recently bought UX-3, couldn't be h... | |
| A Momentary Lapse of Reason? I am using a Shunyata Diamondback power cord which is plugged into a Shunyata Hydra 4. Groneberg cables connect from the player to the pre. I have been running the Esoteric/Isotek burn in cd in between playing my favorite disks. It sounds better a... | |
| What's with all the Sony 5400ES units for sale? Elizabeth..........The Sony 5400ES player comes up almost weekly. I have heard it and it sounds like a 1000-1500.00 player. There was a lot of hype about the player and it sounds just average to my ears. | |
| Sovtek 6N23P-EV / 6H23P-EB NOS for AI Modulus 3A? Sounds like the hiss is coming from the tubes. I would order a set of tubes direct from Audible Illusions in Florida. Takes about a week to get them and they are perfectly matched for your preamp. There is no second guessing. |