sutts
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hi Guido- I currently use a Levinson 512 for SACD, but also have a Rowland Aeris Dac, and it's fantastic, however, even more (very slightly) pure and natural sounding to my ears is my newest addition- the Reimyo DAP-999EX Limited dac, and I have d... | |
| Is there a Blu-Ray player that does SACD and has Audiophile quality sound? Yes there is, the one and only- Marantz UD-9004 with Tube Research Labs (RIP Paul Weitzel) power supply mods. Believe this was an $6k player in the day- massive unit, superb built quality, sonics and video. I run mine to a 14' Stewart screen wit... | |
| Paul Weitzel from Tube Research Labs I wonder what will happen to Tube Research Labs now... | |
| Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good? So Steve has offered trade-up towards Halo provided I pay full pop for a 1m Halo IC @ $4,000. Seriously? How am I going to feel (like I am now with the original Reflections that I paid $2k for) when Halo 'V2' is launched a year or so from now, and... | |
| Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good? Steve- as you do not use a dealer network, and as I have paid you ~ $2,000 for an apparently now 'improved' product that is selling at a faction of that price, I would have thought the least you could do is offer a trade towards a Halo interconnec... | |
| Gabriel Gold IC's are they really this good? What I do NOT like are the new much lower prices on auction for supposedly better versions. I have paid Steve like $2,000 for original Reflection IC's- look at the asking prices now... | |
| Magnum Dynalamb MD 809 t Yes- excellent unit- they are in the process of updating the internal dac to accept 24/192. Also- you can request special teflon cap upgrade- good luck. | |
| Most musical stereo tube amp under 5K.. Wow- I can't believe my thread from 13 years ago has been revived!! Amazing when I think about all the amps I have been through since originally posting this... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly I wold be curious what opinion the OP has on the Ayon Triton (which I also owned and enjoyed) vs the Carver amps- it would appear he has kept the Triton as well... | |
| Aleph 3 - Its 2013, are they still awesome ? I tried the Aleph 30- agree with everything Ejlif says- nice, magical on some types of music, but forget about big dynamics... I was using on higher efficiency Coincident speakers as well. I will agree with some of the other posts here on the adva... | |
| Speaker Cables With SET Amps +1 for Ocellia Ref | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation +1 for CAT JL2 | |
| Melody Pure Black 101 Line Preamp I would also like to know the differences between the Mystere CA-21 and Pure Black 101 preamps- seem to have many similarities- would be great to hear from someone who has heard both... I used to own a Melody 1688 Pre- it had a wonderful 'fullness... | |
| 45 Type Push/Pull Apprently they are rare- I have a friend that made a custom PP2a3 that could be converted to PP45 (I already have an SET 45 from him which is great- it is an awesome tube), so I am curious how it would sound as well. I can only guess that if the r... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp I run three systems, and am searching out a third preamp to go along with my orig 'old-school' Dude and a custom-Audio Note pre. Am thinking a second Dude, or ramping it up and trying this apparently incredible SMC VRE-1c. Believe it or not, a dea... |