clio09
Responses from clio09
| Advice needed please. Tube Research Labs (TRL) has modified my digital gear, including the Audio Mirror DAC. They have an extensive amount of audio experience (building tube and solid state gear, as well as cables) and have modifed several CDPs (see the TRL Sony595 and... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Pardales,As you have most definitely read in these threads TRL mods, including those on the SA-14, require a significant amount of time (500 hours is recommended) to fully break-in. I can understand your disappointment after 50 hours, my TRL Audio... | |
| Is a HO MC cartridge a good choice for me? Don't demagnetize the cartridge. Many recommend against it. There is a thread here on Audiogon that goes through this in more detail. I sat in on a lecture by Wally Malewicz (Wally Tools) at RAMF and he recommended no demagnetization at all, not e... | |
| ANTI-CABLES by Paul Speltz: Anyone Using Them? Lots of people based on what I found from a forum search here when I was upgrading my sspeaker cables several months ago. I ended up going with the Alpha Core Goertz MI-2 Veracity, but the Speltz were very intriguing and many people here seem to e... | |
| Advice needed please. Bradz,The TRL SA-14 might be in your price range. They come up for sale used on Audiogon for around $1200 or so and with the cost of the mod might be in the neighborhood of $1800. I too like Gmood1's DAC. I checked out the Audio Sector site but co... | |
| phase inverted preamps...about I have a Cary SLP-98L and a Joule Electra LA-100 MkIII and both are phase inverted. The Cary Manual sats to make the switch on the amp end. I don't have a Joule manual but was told to do the switch at the speaker end. So there you have it. As Ghos... | |
| Advice needed please. My search for a digital upgrade led me to the separates route. I tried a number of CDPs, all of them good, but none of them captured my attention enough. Ultimately I bought into the non-over/upsampling filterless design concept which are used in ... | |
| need help to mod a cd player. TRL is known for high value mods at a reasonable cost - $550 per unit. They work on lots of different CDPs including Sony. Email or call Paul Weitzel and he will tell you if what you have is worth modifiying and if so, what improvements you can ex... | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products I have owned a number of Cary products (new and used) since 1996. I have never had a problem requiring service with any of them. Not even a blown fuse. | |
| Digital Cable Recommendation VH Audio cables are an excellent value. Many options are available so you can tailor to your budget. | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? So far the Hagerman Trumpet with NOS RCAs. | |
| Anyone know anything about the Lite DAC 50 Vacuum kbwizard,I can tell you more about both DACs from personal experience. The difference is a little more than Auricaps. Check the ad here on Audiogon for more information or email me. | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2005 I thought the Modwright room had an excellent set-up. As did the Exemplar room, but mainly due to the analog set-up featuring the Galibier TT. I also enjoyed listening in the Herron room. | |
| from solid state to tube I am slowly trying to add solid state components to what is a predominantly tube set-up. I started with the digital fornt-end. Now I am trying to add a solid state phono stage and a solid state amp. In addition, a vendor I trust explicitly that ha... | |
| New cart, step-up or ??? I'm sorry I brought this thread back to life. I was just searching the archives for some information and thought it would be a good idea to post a note to see if Swampwalker and I could compare notes since we have similar components.I guess someti... |