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| Wadia 121 John,Very well thanks. Still have to get down to you to have the mc preamp swapped. I don't like using the Denon SUT when I know there is a good mc preamp in my other unit. | |
| Wadia 121 Nothing burns me more than when an unfinished product is put out to the public. A new, just released dac shouldn't need new firmware or new parts to make it work the way it should, Simply no excuse for this. | |
| Esoteric owners - SA-50 to ? "The newer Esoteric players sound way better, they are much more musical and way more involving."I don't know what to say about that. I just bought an Esoteric UX-3 (ehibitor unit) player and I truly love it. It's the best digital in my home. I li... | |
| Audible Illusions vs CJ preamps: sonic difference? They will burn through tubes which are NOT recommended for them. For 240.00, you can buy 4 matched, very low noise tubes from Audible Illusions. I have also had good luck at The Tube Store. I bought 6h23neb tubes, graded and matched for less than ... | |
| Audible Illusions vs CJ preamps: sonic difference? Older versions can't be upgraded but AI gives a VERY generous trade in allowance towards a new 3B. | |
| 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. ... |