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| VAC Renaissance Pre-amp owners - Help Pookie,My Vac Preamp did the same thing with My 12AU7's. I took them out and swapped postions and pulled and reinserted a few times and the tubes work fine. You may have had a pin not making proper contact. I am curious has anyone compared the 841... | |
| VAC Renaissance Pre-amp owners - Help Have you checked the source/Tape knob. you may have acciedntly moved it to tape mode. make sure it is in source mode and the unit is lit all blue.Johnny | |
| Need help with Dedicated music server. I appreciate all the responses, but what I am looking for is a no holds barred server for state of the art playback. Do any servers allow SACD's to be ripped to Hard drive? My Criteria is as follows.1. MUST be of the highest quality playback.2. Be... | |
| Good upgrade from Levinson 33H's Bullot,I have owned the ML 33H and 33's. I liked them very much. They are my second favorite amps. my list.Solid state1. Dartzeel2. Pass Labs XA-160 XA-2003. Spectral 360 Mk II4. Goldmund Telos 400 or 6005. Accuphase A-65Tube1. VAC 300.1 2. Atma-S... | |
| Any DACs have the Sabre 32bit D/A Converter ?? Eastern Electric was supposed to release the DAC 001 which uses the ESS Sabre Chip. If you are interested contact Bill O'Connell at Morningstar Audio Imports. The DAC uses Both Tube and SS outputs and I belive a USB Input.http://www.morningstaraud... | |
| Warm to Neutral Speaker Cables under $800? My recommendations are since you already have Harmonic Technology IC's why not get the Pro 9+ or either Cardas Neutral reference. | |
| Which inexpensive ic's cables worth checking out? Morrow, DH Labs, Speltz, & Harmonic Technology | |
| Pure Class A shootout Changster,As you mentioned the Gryphon combo with Rockport is a logical move. I believe Andy Payor voices his speakers using Gryphon electronics. I like Pass Labs as well, Accuphase gear is very well received, although I have not heard it. I know ... | |
| EL34 Replacement Tubes I would recommendGold Lion KT-77 reissueWinged C (svetlana) EL-34JJ Tesla EL 34 | |
| Best bourbon? Knob Creek & Makers Mark are my favorites | |
| what to expect with new preamp breaking in? Pete,My past experiences are as follows. ARC REF 31.Preamp usually sounds sterile and 2 dimensional2.Highs will start to relax about 50-100 hrs.3.Image will be more focused at approximately 150-200 hrs4.Finally Depth and width improve dramatically... | |
| Cello Stradavari Premiere PC,Contact Madisound. They may be able to helphttp://www.madisound.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=dynaudio&categories_id=&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1 | |
| Suggestions for a new SACD player. Dcstep,I did not know you could get a Playback Designs for $3500.00. Srwooten I would suggest either the New Marantz SA-KI Pearl $2999.99 or the New Esoteric SA-50. Both have Digital in's. The Esoteric has a USB, Coax, & optical. The Marantz o... | |
| Is seller negative feedback a deal-breaker ? Sonic,My philosophy is as follows. I generally deal with buyers who have a high feedback rating. They are usually regulars on Audiogon and are usually equipment horses that change horses quite often. Most have a few negative feedbacks,usually from... | |
| Bad preamp choice? WMacky,RCPrince is correct. You must set up CJ preamps correctly. Many invert the phase so be sure you make the proper adjustments. I have owned quite a few CJ preamps and all of them have been very good.Hope this helps,Johnny |