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| Why go with active preamp? Sean nailed it. I have played around with many passives (transformer-coupled and regular resistive, etc.), and none of them did EVERYTHING right as opposed to the active linestages I have used. Even with most actives, something has to give, but th... | |
| Tice Power Block for powering Video Projector? give it a shot- whaddaya got to lose? I use the newest Tice Powerblock IIIC HP version in the HT system- everything sounds and looks better- good luck! | |
| Coincident Total Victory owners you guys should hear the TV (or TE) driven by the Wyetech Topaz 572 SET amp or the ASL Hurricanes... | |
| Bent Silver TX102 compared to Placette RVC Hey James- nice to see a fellow Canuck chime in on this one! I have a loaner copper TX102 right now, and the transparency without lack of dynamics is wonderful (I also had the Wyetech Opal in here- it was also very grainless and pure- but much mor... | |
| Anyone heard the Coincident SET ??? yes- the monoblocks are very good, especially on his Victory's- a synergistic combo... | |
| Personal amp evolution 2-chGolden Tube 300B monos (highly modded)Altec 1570B monos (extreme mods)future ideas: Wyetech Topaz 572 or Wavelength X1 300B monosHTDenon receiverCitation 5.1'sTheta DreadnaughtIt would be great to see this thread again in about 15 years... | |
| Which cd players..... The L-4 mentioned above is very good, especially considering the price. They are better options, however you have not mentioned price range. | |
| REVIEW: Virtual Dynamics NITE Digital Cable Blatzer- fab review- excellent detail and comparisons. I am also a big fan of Rick's stuff- mainly the PCs- and use a couple of his Nite cryo'd in the digital rig right now.I have not tried the Nite digital cable, but you have peaked my curiosity.... | |
| Pioneer Elite Transport or Rotel? hard to say without testing both. I have a Pioneer Elite DV-09, and while it is an excellent DVD player, I was somewhat disappointed in it as a standalone transport when tested against a couple of reference cd players and transports into my Audio ... | |
| Review: Audio Note CDT-2 Transport Yes Kevin- he is- the CDT III. Joe at JC Audio says that it will be coming out 'a few months after CES'. I understand Peter is already backordered ~ 40 units- high praise indeed... | |
| Review: Audio Note CDT-2 Transport My apologies for the non-intended chest-thumping bravado above Kevin :) I should have added though, that we are talking two different price points here- for what it costs, the CDT II is a very decent transport (I was EXTREMMELY impressed with how ... | |
| Review: Audio Note CDT-2 Transport Kevin- I am the one you are referring to in your post. I don't care if you burn in the CDT II for 10,000 hours, it's never going to ever touch the Spectral SDR 3000SL transport that I replaced it with- and the Spectral was just out of the box... | |
| Spectral Transport + Audio Note 3.1 Dac- WOW Phil- while I have heard the Lev 31.5 is very good, one Audio Asylum member who's had it says the Spectral was even better. | |
| preamp vs. no-preamp I'm with TWL on this one- and about to trial the Bentaudio.com transformer-coupled preamp. I have had passives in my rig previously, and agreed on the 'thin' sound, however clarity/detail was very good (sorry Keith, have to disagree with you on th... | |
| I am looking for a smoothest sounding outboard DAC I also own the Audio Note 3.1 Balanced Dac, and it is superb, if your budget permits. Joe at JC Audio can set you up with any Audio Note stuff you need. Re: the above post, in fact, I just ordered a Spectral SDR 3000 transport to mate with it (wil... |