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| Tube Preamps...I'm sold mcrheist:I have not decided on a tube pre yet. If money was no object I would get the Einstein The Tube preamp but its $14K!!!. The CP-700 is indeed a very nice preamp but a bit too smooth for my tastes. There is something about tubes that just ad... | |
| BAT VK52SE or REX vs VK51SE jfrech, I am considering the same options. My dealer is getting the VK52se in stock soon and he is going to let me bring it home for a demo. I will definitely report back. | |
| Ayre C 5xe Universal vs. Cary 306 SACD joey, with your ML Summits, I would go for the Cary. I would be concerend that the Ayre combined with the Summits would be too much of a good thing. The sound may be too clear and detailed to the point of sounding harsh. Let me know what you decid... | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD Lizz Wright is fantastic! The album "Dreaming Wide Awake" sounds very good. The engineering is great!! Highly recommended! | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD eujin, you went to school with Corrinne? Did both of you go to school in the US?I saw Corrinne at the Borders in Costa Mesa CALIF last year. She has a very good voice and seems like a very nice person.You check out her music. | |
| 2006 BEST Female Vocal CD/SACD/XRCD Bander, GREAT reference to Vienna Teng...I also like Corrinne May.Eleanor Mcevoy is also fantastic! | |
| Which integrated with Harbeths and Ayre CX-7e My friend has the Harbeths mated to a Cary tube pre and amp and it sounds amazing. Though his configuration is not an integrated, I suggest you look for a tube based design. | |
| Your Music Server Moser: look into Sonos or Slim Devices or Roku. All of these can wirelessly access your music stored on an external drive attached to your main pc.I personally use the Sonos and could not be happier. This is a great solution if you want to distrib... | |
| best songs to discern a good system I use 3 cds when I evaluate a system:1. Eva Cassidy "American Tune": I use this to test midrange and texture2. Bliss "Quiet Letters": the first track to test for bass response3. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd "Jazz Samba": second track to test highs. | |
| Einstein The Tube users...help thank you for the detailed review. The Tube really is a great preamp. I hope I can figure out why both of my sources still had issues with the volume. | |
| Side or back wall more important for speakers? By the way, which is correct...front wall or ball wall when referring to the wall directly behind the speakers? I have seen it referred to both ways...just to be clear, in this instance I am referring to the wall behind the speakers. | |
| ARC Pre + which SS amp? adamg, very timely post. I am in the market for a new preamp to mate with my Pass XA160 amps. ARC Ref3 is on my shortlist. | |
| Einstein The Tube users...help audioquest4life:Nice to hear from an audiophile from Germany. You are indeed lucky to have Einstein reps come to your home. As you already know, The Tube is a wonderful looking preamp. It's build quality seems top notce as well. I thought it was v... | |
| Pass Labs 350.5 or 600.5 owners--breakin time..... Thanks for the reply Stan. My XA160s now have about 75 hours on them. I am hoping they do not need 750 hours??? Just out of curiosity, do you yuse aftermarkets power cables with your pass amps? | |
| Any good cdp with digital inputs Cary 306 SACD...I use this with my Sonos digital music system...sounds great. |