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| Cary 306 Pro or Esoteric X-01 LE or DCS P8i MKII Srereo5,That's some very good info on the Esoteric. I've always liked Cary CD players but I recently found out that Cary is under new ownership and that its not the company it once was. | |
| Best integrated tube amp for Audiophysic Virgo 3? You need something with a little power for those speakers. You can find plenty of tube integrateds, but finding one that has the power you need may limit your choices. Does it have to be an integrated? Also, you can probably save money by going wi... | |
| Where is best to sell old Brociner tube amp? You need to find a website that is focused on selling audio gear that is typically not considered mainstream (Best Buy, Amazon, etc). Such a site may have listings for gear that is considered high end, rare, vintage, special purpose and anything s... | |
| Power Cables diminishing returns A couple of posters above, I believe it was Robsker and Schipo, talk about double blind testing and how listeners could not tell the difference between PC's. That's fine, but the problem I have is that I would like to see the tests myself. This is... | |
| Help with Theta Ds Pro Gen V I would try Theta. Otherwise, if you do a google search for the unit, click on images link once the search is complete. Sometimes you can get lucky and find that someone has posted schematics as an image file. | |
| Upgrading from Thiel CS3.6 to Avalon Overall, I have to agree with Stevecham. If you gave the Avalon's a thorough demo, and you know you really like them, that's fine. Otherwise, I wouldn't buy any new speaker. The ones you are looking at are just too expensive to take a chance on. A... | |
| Need to improve sound on desktop You may be better off going with an entry level DAC. Something like an AQ Dragonfly should work very well for you. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea & Calypso Tube Upgrade Why not use the same tubes that come stock with the Aesthetix? | |
| Upgrade from AQ King Cobra to Columbia DBS I agree. Should be a very nice upgrade. I have a couple pairs of Columbia.I'm just curious, is BEL still in business? The 1001 is a great amp. A few years back, I almost bought a pair. I don't see them anywhere. It seems like they just disappeared. | |
| Help with bi-wiring I have a lot of experience biwiring Vandersteens. Use 2 completely separate runs of the same exact cable. If you use 2 different cables, you will hear the difference. One option you may want to consider is having the 2 runs of cable terminated tog... | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ I've heard nothing but very good things about those DAC's. I really want to hear one myself. You may want to try computeraudiophile.com. I know quite a few people on that site have them. I would sooner trust audiogon posters, though. | |
| Need Interconnect Advice "I've learned that some recordings will see more improvement with certain cables while others will sound better with a different cable. That being the case, a second system with cables that have different attributes from the IC-3 and also the Pang... | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Audiolabyrinth,I'm glad I was able to help out. From reading all your posts, I know how much it means to you. After all, what in life could possibly be more important than having a good sounding CD player? Maybe Tara cables and a working kidney. B... | |
| Power Cables diminishing returns "Finally, keep in mind that an ideal component power supply design, were there such a thing, would have zero sensitivity to reasonable variations in the characteristics of the incoming AC, and would feed zero noise back into the AC line. Perhaps i... | |
| Speakers that do pianos really well One reason the results can vary greatly is that it takes the whole system to get the job done; not just the speakers. I have other speakers, but I prefer Vandersteen's myself. For example, I can get great piano out of a pair of Model 2's. But 2 Ay... |