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Review: Lindemann D680 CD Player
I cannot fully comply with your desired comparison. I have compared the Lindemann playing cds with a Accustic Arts Drive 1 and Zanden 5000 Mk II dac. It is very close contest despite the two divergent philosophies of these two companies. Zanden us... 
Review: Lindemann D680 CD Player
Al, I agree with you about the virtues of the Audio Note DAC and CEC transports. I had the CEC TL0 MkII Improved and the Audio Note DAC 4.1x Signature. Actually I still own the AN although I do not have it to compare with the Lindemann. The AN is ... 
Review: Lindemann D680 CD Player
Al Porter buying digital???Norm 
Preamp Deal of the Century
As I said before after one channel went out and I had John Tucker repair it, he greatly modified my Syrah. One of the things we did was to replace the inexpensive pot with a stepped attenuator. Since he also made the unit parafeed, put a constant ... 
Acapella ion tweeters
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Acapella ion tweeters
I just found the real page that I wanted to post. It is http://members.aol.com/uhaumann/index.htm 
Acapella ion tweeters
Hey, guys check out http://www.ee.vill.edu/~cdanjo/plasma2.html I once had Ionovacs. They were truly exceptional, making you think all other drivers were crap, which of course is true. I tried them with double Quads, Linn Isobariks, Fulton Premier... 
Review: Lindemann D680 CD Player
For what you have in store, see my review on AA. 
CD v. SACD
Just got the Lindemann. Great sacd and cd playback. 
NOS Tubes make a Huge difference
No I was not saying tubes don't make a difference at the output level. I meant to say that NOS were less important there, but I must admit I have experience only with 45s, 2A3s, and 300Bs. For all of these directly heated triodes, new production t... 
NOS Tubes make a Huge difference
Maybe true for miniatures and especially for 12AX7, 12AU7, 6922, and 6SN7s, but not true for output tubes. 
Up grade to Dodson 218 ??
I have yet to hear the Dodson 218, but I suspect from what I have heard from those who have heard that you should definitely get one. I guess it is the oversampling king! 
Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables?
I had never seen neverless before. It must be regional. Now I am fixen to get on with my work. 
Biggest Baddest Audio Cables
If looks are that important, there are many good recommendations above. If not, I would strongly recommend the dumbest looking but best sounding cables and speaker wires, those from Omega Mikro. If you want both great sound and great looks, buy Si... 
Are Nordost really the Rolls Royce of cables?
Frankly I have never liked any Nordost cables until the Valhalla. On hearing them I converted and thought I would have them for many years. They are all gone now replaced by Omega Mikros LCX 7s, Siltech G5 Compass Lake and Golden Ridge, and HMS Gr...