thaluza
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| What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days? Yamamoto YDA-02. $350 plus $30 shipping from 2Juki. It only plays up to 96kHz, no dsd. It only has a usb input.I bought one a couple months ago. I'm using it with a Mac Mini. It is my first foray into computer audio. I have no other experience wit... | |
| Cary 805 vs v12 I owned the 805AE and the V12R at the same time and was able to compare them. I had Quad ESL-988 speakers. The 805AE did not work very well with them. The amp was dull and lifeless compared to my V12R. Although the 805AE is rated at 50 watts a cha... | |
| Lexicon RV-8 query followup-fan noise? I owned the RV-8 and had the same experience as Csmgolf. The constant fan noise was unacceptable. | |
| 1/4'' ding / chip on a glossy black speaker Garebear,I had a couple of 1/4 inch chips on my piano black Merlin VSM's repaired by Merlin for around $50 to $60 per chip. | |
| New Variac for Joule Electra Amps Hi Outlier,Have you contacted Joule Electra and asked if they will sell a new variac to you? That would be great if they would. I thought Jud Barber retired recently due to age and health concerns. | |
| New Variac for Joule Electra Amps I have a VZN-80. It is 7 years old. Last year, the variac started to get very hot and there was a burning smell. I did not look to see if there was any glowing. I took the variac to my local tech, and it turned out the problem was a defective fuse... | |
| record store day: missed the CAKE I received mine yesterday. I played two albums. They are both very quiet, no clicks or pops whatsoever. I think the sound quality is excellent. | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl I just bought the mono version of MMT. IMO, it is the best Beatles pressing that I own of any of their albums. I also have the German stereo pressing of MMT. I have all of the Odeon red vinyl mono releases, which I think are quite good, but if MMT... | |
| end of an era ...... From Signature Sound's Facebook page, posted on July 15:"Jud Barber (Joule-Electra) is pretty much retired now. He may still be building the occasional piece..." | |
| record store day: missed the CAKE This from Cake's Facebook page, posted on May 20:"They are making more... I got word 2 weeks ago that ETA is 12 weeks, so 10 weeks left!" | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner I have a BPT BP-1 and a Furman P-2400 IT, both balanced power conditioners. My system typically draws 3.5 amps if I use my 300b amp. (my system draws almost 9 watts with my OTL amp!). Last week, I plugged my entire system, with the 300b amp, into ... | |
| Care to recommend a preamp? I am a former owner of the Chenin and I owned two versions of the SLP-98, the stock MM version, and the direct coupled F1 MC version. This is my experience in my system:Chenin: Pros: Very good phono stage. Later Chenins have the same phonostage as... | |
| record store day: missed the CAKE This was just added to the Cake website:"Pre-order Campaign Coming Soon." | |
| record store day: missed the CAKE Seems like the vinyl set will be available through Cake's website:"Coming soon...the CAKE Vinyl Box Set...Eight CAKE albums manufactured on 175g audiophile quality colored vinyl with fully restored artwork for each title and remastered for optimum... | |
| merlin vsm owners , what is your room size ? 14 x 13 x 8.5 |