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  Whest ps.30r
Having owned both the Whest Ps .20 and .30r I am now ready to try another phono stage in the same price bracket. As much as I like the Whest for all it does well. ( soundstage;dynamics; incredible detail: and quiet) I find it to lack a certain amount of humaness for want of a better word. It has to my ears a definite transister sound to it. I am looking for something that has the same depth, detail;dynamics and quietness but with a touch more warmth. We can all quote and read reviews I am looking for answers with genuine personal experience. Thanks in advance
Sledge  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-15-10
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02-15-10   Based on my experience in the same price range you will have ...   Dodgealum

02-15-10   Thanks for the reply dodgealum. i have used the ps.30r for a ...   Sledge

02-15-10   I tried a ps 0.3r last year and also found it was a bit dry ...   Audiolui

02-15-10   i am using the jlti ( vacuum state ) and found though it is ...   Thorman

02-15-10   The whest is cable sensitive... change the interconnects and ...   Plato

02-15-10   Thanks for the responses so far . i think we all secretly wa ...   Sledge

02-15-10   I'd be curious if anyone has used both the single ended and ...   Dodgealum

02-15-10   I have tried it using the same type of cable using balanced ...   Sledge

02-15-10   That should read rca and xlr   Sledge

02-18-10   I went from a ps.30r to ps.30rdt. the rdt has far better dy ...   Robm1

02-18-10   Robm1: can you comment in greater detail about your experien ...   Dodgealum

02-18-10   Mark, with your recent upgrade to the dynavector xx2, perhap ...   Ebe

02-18-10   I'll second what plato said about the mac hc power cord. fra ...   Ebe

04-15-10   Thank you for all your responses. in the time being i have s ...   Sledge

04-15-10   Dear sledge: i know both ortofon cartridges you own and seem ...   Rauliruegas

04-25-10   Thanks for the advice raul, i have used a grado sonnata cart ...   Sledge

07-24-10   I have to say that i am highly skeptical of these claims tha ...   Paperw8

07-25-10   Gents. i have travelled the road from ps.20 to ps.30rdt (mis ...   Crystalref

07-25-10   To crystalref: could you provide some insights into how the ...   Paperw8

07-25-10   Crystalref with regard to my earlier question about the gai ...   Paperw8

07-26-10   Paperw8 i can't really help you with the claims made by the ...   Crystalref

07-27-10   On the difference between the ps.30rdt and the ps.30rdt se, ...   Paperw8

07-28-10   Good theory and probably correct. james does state on his li ...   Crystalref

07-28-10   I think that the james' statement is true; any time you go t ...   Paperw8

08-05-10   I now own a ps.30rdt se and went from the 30rdt. the differ ...   Dcarol

08-07-10   Dcarol: i would say that it would be very useful if you wou ...   Paperw8

08-29-10   Hi all especially paperw8 i thought i would follow up on yo ...   Dcarol

08-30-10   Dcarol: thank you for the review. as you noted, the ps.30r ...   Paperw8

08-30-10   Hi i use the standard 65db/ 100ohms on the ps.30rdt se but ...   Dcarol

09-19-10   Ok... paperw8 so i'm about 8 weeks into the whest ps.30rdt ...   Dcarol

09-26-10   How does the ps .30rdt compare to the big mc ref v?? is it w ...   Easternize

09-26-10   Not sure where you're located, but there's a pretty large pr ...   Bill_k

09-27-10   For all intent and purposes, the whest ref v is a statement ...   Crystalref

09-28-10   Crystalref... yes, it's true that the mc ref v is a stateme ...   Dcarol

09-29-10   I am thinking of saving up for the ref v as well, but would ...   Easternize

09-29-10   No reviews on the ref at all. i spoke to james about it and ...   Dcarol

10-03-10   I only wish there was a review to really have an independent ...   Easternize

10-03-10   10-03-10: easternize i only wish there was a review to reall ...   Audiofeil

10-09-10   (audiofeil :no review is independent. every reviewer has pe ...   Dcarol

10-11-10   I agree completely with the above. but where can i listen to ...   Easternize

10-11-10   Yes, the other problem. auditioning. i travel quite a fair ...   Dcarol

10-11-10   Has anyone compared the whest to the ear324 ? thanks.   Nolitan

10-20-10   i have the ps30 rdt se at home since 4 days and i can't say ...   Curio

10-20-10   Yes, you need to give it a few days,which i also found when ...   Dcarol

10-21-10: Sledge
Thank you all for the interesting replies; I have however gone another route. I gave the RDT a listen and though an improvement on the ps.30R still not what I was looking for. I am now using a Conrad Johnson premier 15 series 2 with great success and no regrets. I cannot comment on the Special edition it may well be completely different to the standard RDT but for now and the foreseeable future the system has never sounded better..The musical and emotional connection to the music is extremely satisfying with the CJ. I have lived with the ps.20 the .30 ref and used the RDT briefly so can attest to their well documented virtues. As you move up the line the improvements are gradual but significant. At £4500 the RDT special edition had better be in a different league to the phono stages before it, for that money one would expect it to be nothing less than sublime. Thanks again for all the responses. My search is over.
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10-26-10   Great stuff. the most important thing is that you end up wi ...   Dcarol

11-27-10   in the past, you could get good, critical reviews of audio ...   Paperw8


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