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| Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp Baranyi, it was great having you over today to listen to the system with the Mullards in the DAC, to get your take on these tubes. Not only are you a fine gentleman and somebody I consider a good friend now, but boy you hear everything with those ... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Just wanted to share that I just got through auditioning in the AA Tube Hybrid DAC the last of the great "three european sisters" tubes, the other two are the Telefunken smoothplates and the Amperex "Bugle Boys", the last "sister" being the Mullar... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Your more then welcome Hamburg. It's been a pleasure to talk to you regarding the AA Tube Hybrid DAC and the rest of your system. I'm sure it sounds great now, but watch what happens when you put in the new fuses and the Amperex Bugle Boy tubes! K... | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Edwyun, take a look at my review on the Bent Audio Tap linestage, it will provide a great amount of information on this topic. Hope this helps. | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Hi Dev, was just curious about how its going with your DAC regarding overall satisfaction and if you did put different tubes in and if so what were the sonic results?A friend was very interested in comparing his new Meitner CDP compared to the AA ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Hi Richard, you are correct the AA Tube Hybrid does not have a built in master clock. The price of the AA Tube Hybrid is $10000.00. | |
| Acapella Triolon Excalibur speakers at RMAF 2007 Because of illness I was not able to attend the show,however I just got off the phone with my audiophile buddy, who I believe has great ears and great taste, he thought the Triolon's sounded great in Brian's system.Now, if you are asking are the T... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Dev, here's the information regarding the fuses:Fuse holder 1A gets a 1A fuse. Fuse holder 102 gets a 1.6A. The arrows on the fuses face toward front faceplate. I have never tried HiFi fuses compared to the Isoclean's, so I don't know how they com... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Hi Dev, congratulations on your new AA Tube Hybrid DAC! It really is a terrific piece and I'm glad it lived up to what you were expecting. The MK4 is still a great DAC, however the Tube Hybrid goes to another sonic level.I have come to a decision ... | |
| Anybody had experience with stealth Indra ? Mert, take a look at my review of the Stealth Metacarbons , I also have a pair of Indra's in my system, and run Pass Labs XA-100's so the details hopefully will helpful to you. | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Just wanted to share that I replaced the stock fuses in the Tube Hybrid DAC with Isoclean Power audio grade fuses. These fuses are quite a tweak, they significantly improved the overall sonic picture(transparency/dynamics/details/soundstaging)of t... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Hi Dev, I'll really be surprized if you are not quite delighted with Tube Hybrid DAC in comparsion with the MK4. I agree that the MK4 is still a great piece, however the Tube Hybrid is just that more "musical/natural" sonicly without giving up dyn... | |
| Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp Joel, I don't know exactly what the output level/impedance of my Accoustic Arts DAC is, but if you go to their website that information is listed there. Also, I go into a Bryson X-over so its mute what my Pass Labs XA-100's impedance is.I'm a litt... | |
| Accustic Arts Drive 1 Mk1 vs Mk2 driving DAC 1 Mk4 Chuck, take a look at my review of the AA Drive 1 MK2 here on the GON. Yes, the MK2 sounded better then the MK1 with the MK4 DAC, that's way I upgraded to it in my system. The MK4 DAC still is a great reference piece, but what untill you hear the ... | |
| Seeking your advice on Shindo preamps Ginas, if you take a look at my recent review of the Antique Sound Lab Flora EX DT preamp I share details about the highly regarded Shindo Labs Monbrisson preamp which I found to be quite ordinary in the context of my system, and my opinion based ... |