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Mike Lavigne's System Hi, Mike! Superb system and room. I used to frequent Audioasylum by the nickname Roysen. I hope you remember me. I have aquestion of private matter for you. I do not want to . . .	3122
system #1 Hi Alexsee, I was very happy to learn about your experience with the Lyra Connoisser BB-1 power supplies. I am the owner of a Lyra Connoisseur 3.0 myself and would possibly . . .	172
best preamp ever - cost is no object Tube - one of these: Tube Research Labs Platinum Golden Triode Reference Preamplifier Jadis JP-800 Conrad Johnson Anniversary Reference Triode Series 3 Linestage Audio Research . . .	141
Top ten tube preamps Tube Research Labs Platinum GTR Reference Jadis JP-800 Conrad Johnson ART Series 3 Audio Research Reference 3 VTL TL-7.5 Series 2 Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse Balanced Audio . . .	135
What is the one CD you can't find? Burmester - Art for the ear - Cd 1	109
The Best Amplifier Ever ? The best amplifier ever - hmmm - lets see. It would have to be one of these (devided into categories tube, solid state and digital): Tube Research Labs Platinum Golden Triode . . .	74
Implications of Esoteric G-0Rb atomic clock The G-0Rb uses a Rubidium clock. That is not an atomic clock. An atmoic clock is a Caesium clock	73
SACD playback the DAC The MBL 1611F does playback SACD through a customized HDMI-interface from its transport 1622A	26
Burmester 069 You have heard the Wadia combination? Where	24
The best no-compromise digital options? My post was a question. So am asking you what you think. I do not pretend to know the answer. My list was just a suggestion. Having said that I already own the Zanden combo and . . .	24
DCS Scarlati v Esoteric P-01,D-01 There are three different VRDS-Neo transport mechanisms. They are VK-0 (used in the Esoteric P-01), VK-3 and VK-5 (used in the dCS Scarlatti). The latter is optimized for SACD . . .	22
Favorite DAC? What about these? Burmester Reference Line SRC D/A Converter 970 MBL 1611D dCS Elgar Plus Wadia 27ix (a new series 9000 statement DAC available soon) Boulder 2020 Mark Levinson No. . .	21
Krell Master Reference Amplifier Paul do you have any experince with the Dynaudio Arbiter or the amps from FM Acoustics? Thanks for your insights, Roy	20
Power Cable for Wadia 860X I use a Shunyata King Cobra v2 on my Wadia 861 and think it works really well. Anyway this was also recommended as almost the perfect cord for this player by Steve Huntley . . .	18
wow, a newbie power cord convert So you think Electraglide is great. Take a look at this link. It describes what a cable distributor found when he opened my Electraglide Fatman	16
Wadia 971 I have seen the pictures and the description now and it will not be according to what I heard from the CES useing the Esoteric VRDS-Neo transport but the new smaller version . . .	14
Wadia : what amp / preamp ? Levinson #32 and Levinson #33H/#33	11
Wadia 861, Levinson 390S, or EMC1MKII There is no need to even compare the EMC1Mk.II to the Wadia and Levinson players. It is clearly not in the same league. I would prefer the Wadia, but you will need to test both in . . .	9
Anyone heard the Acapella Campanile or Violin? Acapella arguebly makes the best horn speakers in the world	7
Can anyone talk about the Levinson 40. Well, Levinson themselves states that it is not equally good as the No 32 + No 30.6 combo. Instead it is an all in one box solution of almost the same quality with added video . . .	7
Is it worth keeping a Levenson no.32, no360s when According to Madrigal, the No.40 is not as good as the No.32 as a preamp. You do however get a lot of more functionality than from a pure preamp	7
Who does POWER CORD modifications?? Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound can help. He has been a former technical advisor at Wadia and Audio Research. http://www.greatnorthernsound.com	6
El Dorado speaker cable Even though the Valhalla speaker cable is flat, it still is monofilament	5
Best amp/pre for AP Virgos It really depends on what you want from the speakers. They really like power in order to show some bass. I would go either with a big power tube amp or a solid-state amp with a . . .	5
Best Balanced Cable for Electrocompaniet Yes I would defenetly go with Nordost. SPM, Quattro Fil or Valhalla	4
WADIA 861 versions question I am not sure if you ever got a confirmation on this question. I used to own a Wadia 861 which came out of the first production batch of the 861. They were without the 3 filer . . .	4
Subs for Audio Physic Virgos.... I used them with a pair of corner placed AP Lunas. It did wonders with the bottom end of my system. The trick is to use a pair. It gives better dynamics and you will not identify . . .	4
Wadia 861 Great Northern Sound Statement Upgrade All of their modifications are individually quoted because they are all done to meet your needs. My mod included some extras which is not included in the Statment modification . . .	4
Wadia 27ix Voltage I bought a used Wadia 861 from the US and I live in Norway. Steve Huntley of Great Northern Sound converted the player from 120v to 240v. They are an authorized Wadia service . . .	2