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Original Plinius Sa-100 series amps for Shahinians
"Dick Shahinian Recommends the amp... "He also recommended this amp (Plinius SA-102) to me too. However, Dick had two SA-102's in monoblock mode (or two 100's) at that time with FOUR time more power which he did not told me... Regarding the hum - ... 
Original Plinius Sa-100 series amps for Shahinians
Hum: As I wrote in other thread I owned Plinius SA-102. Excellent amplifier for its power rating but I did have a HUM. I sent it back to distributor who could do nothing about it and I had to sell it. 
Amp for Shahinian Diapasons
"Dick,Recommended to me a single SA-100 for the Diapasons. He also said he was astounded how well a SA-50 drove them as well. I was not overly impressed when I heard Spectrons on Analysis speakers "It is very interesting how people can use the sam... 
Amp for Shahinian Diapasons
Plinius - only 250 or Reference. My SA-102 did not srive well Diapasons. The speakers really shined then I bought my 1st Spectron Musician III in 2005. Today the amp is more powewrful and more musical.I know a few more owners of Diapason/Spectron ... 
Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps
"It was Hi-Fi amp - it says so on the box (LOL)"Yep, and instructions enclosed as well. from SOUND & VISION, issue January 2008 =================================================="50 Greatest A/V Innovations: The most revolutionary products &am... 
Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps
"I believe the digital amp technolody has a ways to go. Linn started the idea in the mid 90's "Hello Levchappy,The idea of switching i.e. Pulse Width Modulation, PWD power amplifiers started at about the same time as FM radioThe first commercial h... 
Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps
"We have a Levinson 333.5. "Then simplest thing of all is to buy or audition Levinson No 53 - fully class D amplifier monoblocks and compare...Can't do that - then call to manufacturer (Madrigal Labs, I believe) and discuss why they built their ne... 
APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review
"I'm not sure what you're referring to by the NWO-S1. "Hello Frank.This is "light" NWO-SS and its based not on X-01 but SA-50 model. It also has less DACs per channel and I am sure some other changes. So, it is SACD/CD Player with high quality dig... 
APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review
APL Hi Fi Operate in USA - please check his side. I believe some production facilities are in BulgariaAlso NWO-S1 is 3-4 times cheaper then NWO-4SE. Its based on $5k Esoteric SA-50, has 4-6 DACs per channel (not 20) and output stage is transformer... 
APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review
"...constant upgrades that makes one wonder if it is the best."I agree with you in priciple. Some audio company like APL, Spectron etc are trying to be on the cutting edge of the very rapidly changing digital technology and every few years (not da... 
APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review
Thank you, great review. I own Alex's NWO-S1 SACD Player which is more modest impementation of NWO-4.0SE and based on Esoteric SA-50. It took literally centuries for it to break-in but at the end I have immensely satisfying digital front end which... 
Amp recommendation for Anthony Gallo Reference 3.1
Gallo always presents his speakers at CES, RMAF etc with Spectron. I know many Ref.3.1 owners who use Spectron as their amplifier 
Bi-Amping questions
Adding the 2nd Adcom amp and bi-amping (horisontally or verically - you will experiment with that) is the cheapest solution.You are probably much better off by selling your Adcom and as suggested above buying Linn power amplifier (or similar).By-a... 
Footers for Esoteric SA50 CD-SACD Player
The best is Still Point Compponent Rack (9 inch, 4 legs). A bit expensive but will allow SA-50 to show its potential in full (of course, coupled with high quality power cord) 
Let's hear about Elrods new Silver or Gold cables
My 3d Gold Statement PC has a few hundred hours on it and I think its broken-in well enough. I use it with my tube preamp. With each power cord the positive effects are increased and in larger and larger degree. I listen sometimes records which I ...