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| Tubes & Audio Research Corp. "Uncle" Ned at Triode Electronics. He seems like a straight shooter to me. Tubes ARE tested. I have not had a problem and as stated above tubes are guaranteed for 6 MONTHS. Also prices are very competitive. http://www.triodeel.com | |
| Anybody knows about NBS cables? I can't say anything about the rest of their line but I recently tried an NBS digital cable purchased by a friend on Audiogon recently (unfortunately no model #). He got it for a song, 125.00. It absolutely removed the digital edge I was experienc... | |
| Best Digital Front End Period! Yes I do have a budget in mind, but prefer not to reveal it since it really isn’t relevant to the question posed. I am getting a lot of conflicting information on SOTA concerning digital. I am not nearly as enlightened as many are. Adding to my co... | |
| Tubes & Audio Research Corp. My guess is that it isn't worth paying the price. ARC guarantees their tubes like all others for 90 days (except Triode Electronics, 6 months) Certainly their quality control and testing is probably to a higher standard but I certainly could not j... | |
| Best Digital Front End Period! Thanks Craig. The purpose of this post if you haven't already guessed is that I am looking to upgrade my digital front end which by todays standards and the rest of my system is a dinosaur (JVC 1050 CD Transport; P.S. Audio Ultralink DAC, Cardas L... | |
| Bel Canto Dac1 Thank you Joe and Jel. Dreckman is your statement based on listening or do you specifically have a preference? Digital is probably one of the few areas in Hi-End where todays SOA can become tomorrows dinosaur. I have spoken with some industry peop... | |
| Bel Canto Dac1 Joe What are you using for a transport? I am seriously considering the Bel Canto also but am also considering an all in one unit, maybe the Resolution CD-55. Problem is I do not have a local dealer that has the products I am interested in to compa... | |
| Ever Get Tears of Joy? I have gotten goosebumps while listening to audio systems. Tears of joy have only come to me from listening to live music. Will | |
| Audio Research D79 Yeah I saw those D79's recently advertised and was tempted. You have yourself one fine amp there and I doubt you can do too much better as Alex says. That amp has a legendary midrange if you haven't already discovered. I heard one once years ago a... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? A comment about "Hi-Fi" versus music. I just want to say one thing, Yes the Merlin's do ultimately sound like Hi-Fi that is to say you almost always know you are listening to an audio system instead of the real thing. I have only heard a few syste... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? Dkuipers I find your comments enigmatic. My question to you is how can we hold credibility to your choice on the Kharma Ceramiques as being music when you purchased a pair of Merlins and are now invalidating that decision by calling them Hi-Fi? F... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? I agree with sdcampbell on the Vandy 3a Signatures. I doubt there is a better 3-way system under 5k, that beats them, at least I haven't heard it. Problem is you need the room for those speakers. They do have their virtues but the Merlins hmmmm...... | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? BT HI-FI Nut tubes all the way with the Merlins if you aren't using them already. E-Mail Bobby, he is always ready to help. | |
| Best small 2-way floorstander? HI-FI Nut - If you love your TSM's you should really love the VSM-SE now VSM-Millenium. But before committing this amount of money, if not sure, do more auditioning. I currently own the VSM-SE with battery BAM and it is certainly among the finest ... | |
| Price/performance curve Overall I think you sumed it up well from my perspective but would add the fact that a good room is the wild card in the equation. It can transform a very good system into an outstanding one. Outstanding components and a mediocre room will not equ... |