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Shipping Insurance
I actually came across Red Hawk Global. They pick up at your residence with a pallet jack and lift gate and deliver to a residence with the same. Insurance coverage up to $50,000. I recently shipped B&W's 801's over 500 lbs and Richard Gray Po... 
AC Power Line Conditioners
Kennythekey, If your thinking of purchasing the Power House or just wanting to get some technical info, get ahold of Dick McCarthy or Jeff Lubitsky from RGPC. Let them know what equipment you are using, or possibly what you may be trading up to in... 
AC Power Line Conditioners
Rbwinterlink - Generally I would do ALOT of research, both online and talking w/dealers. Do not be quick to buy just because someone has stated possitives concerning a particular conditioner. As far as thunderstorms and lightning strikes, I don't ... 
Power Conditioner and Surge Protector
Smoffatt,Call RGPC and talk with Dick McCarthy. If he can't answer your questions he will get back to you with the answers. Surge protection, conditioning and transformers are to be considered just as important as another component, if not more im... 
Power Conditioner and Surge Protector
I am using the Richard Gray Power House, which is capable of handling 6200w of continuous power (per manufacturers specifications). I can not go in depth technically, but here's some answers to your questions above:1)"I would like to know if it's ... 
Power Conditioner/Surge Protection for my System
Dewinkle, I'm currently using the Richard Gray power House. It made a remarkable difference sonically. I can't say for the price of the unit vs the performance it will be worth it for you. Prior to purchasing I spoke with Dick McCarthy and Rick Ko... 
Bryston Power Amp users - what power cord?
I currently have Bryston 7bsst's driving B&W Nautilus 801's.I was able to get a very good deal here on audiogon on a pair of Virtual Dynamic niteII power cords, and yes IMO it did make a difference, not huge, but a difference. The bass was dee... 
Power Conditioning Help Please?
I just recently purchased a Richard Gray Powerhouse. This unit is a 30amp 240 to 120v step down isolated transformer with power conditioning. I personally felt the improvement was worth the $$'s. It is expensive, and it all depends on budget and p... 
Bryston owners: What speakers are you using?
B&W Nautilus 801's with Bryston monoblock 7bsst's. 
Cat Ultimate MkII Preamp mods for volume control?
Thanks for the tried and true responses!! It seems this will be the road I'll take with the CAT and most likely have Ken do the work since I know it will be done right. 
Cat Ultimate MkII Preamp mods for volume control?
Just an update for those interested. I spoke with Ken Stevens from Convergent Audio today. His suggestion would be to have resistors installed on the volume control unit itself which would lower the gain by 6db overall. This install could either b... 
Cat Ultimate MkII Preamp mods for volume control?
Tubes108 I contacted Conv. Audio today and spoke with one of their technicians. The preamp that I have is line stage only which I was informed has the CD taper volume control unit. This CD taper volume control unit has smaller changes built in the... 
Cat Ultimate MkII Preamp mods for volume control?
Thanks for your input, there are a few questions though:Tubes108Since I have not had a chance to call Ken Stevens have you had a chance to hear an Ultimate with a "higher end" volume control unit offered by Convergent Audio?Pubul57I have also read... 
Tube preamp suggestions.
Velo62, I have owned both the AR LS-25mkII and the CAT Ultimate II at the same time and was able to give a just audition with both before choosing which preamp I would keep.To my ears and in my system the AR was extremely detailed throughout the s... 
CAT Preamps vs Amps
I have been following this thread since its start along with two others: Cat Ultimate/Tube Rolling and Cat vs. Aesthetix vs. Supratek. My experience compared to others is limited to a novice level and recently in the past 4 years resumed my intere...