timrhu
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| Would adding a pre back into the system eliminate I agree with Georgelofi above. | |
| How old are your speakers My Revel M20s were also built in 2003. This is my second pair as I sold my original pair back in 2009 or so to move up. Replaced them with a pair of Dynaudio 1.3SEs. One of those mistakes that took me a few years to remedy. At this point I honestl... | |
| Tube buffers? I recently used a Bottlehead Quickie as tube buffer. The Quickie is a two input preamp, not a tube buffer exactly, but in my system it was run strictly as a tube buffer between my Resolution Audio Opus 21 system and amp. I sold the Quickie after a... | |
| Decreasing performance That is excellent customer service, the sort of service Richard Vandersteen is known for.Question though, if the screw threads were showing corrosion, what about the screw receptacle? Did you clean those? I'm assuming corrosion caused by two dissi... | |
| "narrow" amp/blocks options For Bel Canto+Neat Wyred4Sound mAMP mono blocs fit your needs. I use a pair sitting side by side on a 15 inch wide shelf. | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Are you absolutely sure the speakers are set up properly? Before spending money on a new preamp I would investigate speaker placement, toe-in and more critical with Vandersteens than most, tilt angle. When I owned the 2CE sigs a while back it was ... | |
| Tubed DAC w Balanced Out & Volume Control I would judge a dac by sound quality, and not some generic feature, but that's just me.Zd542It's not just you ZD. | |
| Mirage OMD-15 Carpet/Isolation Spikes Have you tried contacting Mirage? Ebay is always an option once you know the thread dimensions. | |
| 1990s speaker recommendation Snell Type E. | |
| Pre to match with Bel Canto amp s Get the Pre 3 as it is very, very good indeed. I owned one and was very impressed. Best value pre I have heard really.Grannyring This.I used the Pre3 with a Ref500S a couple years ago and should've stopped right there. Have used a lot of nice gear... | |
| PrimaLuna ProLogue Integrated - Help Needed The amp is new, right? Why not take it back for another? Why accept it at all?This seems to be a common scenario; someone buys a defective piece of gear and attempts to right it instead of returning it for a perfect piece. If I was in your situati... | |
| Tossed between the horns Maggie 3A/PSB Gold I I was in a similar situation a couple weeks ago, albeit on a smaller scale. I have a pair of Revel M20s as my mainstay now but am always experimenting with different speakers to spice things up. If I find something that betters the small Revels I ... | |
| new laser/assembly for Cary 303/300 cdp Here's an ebay auction for anAD-3201.Might be worth a try. | |
| new laser/assembly for Cary 303/300 cdp I haven't removed the end piece from my Opus 21 but did take off the piece from the drive that came out of the dvd player. I don't really remember how difficult it was but the drive is intact so it must've been fairly smooth.The Apex AD-3201 is th... | |
| new laser/assembly for Cary 303/300 cdp The SL-710A drive can be found in some very inexpensive dvd players. My Resolution Audio Opus 21 also uses that drive. When mine was having trouble I did a lot of research trying to find the drive at a reasonable price. My research also showed tha... |