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Euphoric Realism vs. Euphonic Romanticism
Take a look at my review of the Flora transformer/tube gain based preamp. I also went through a very long list of very highly regarded linestages untill I tried the Flora, and it became my new reference. I believe it might give you the sonic signa... 
Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp
Hi Vuckovic, congrats on your new Flora. I would be interested in what your experience has been regarding its performance in the context of your system. Also, have you tried any NOS tubes vs. the stock tubes yet in your Flora?I still have not foun... 
Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp
Dev, I just got off the phone with Divergent Technologies, the importer of the Flora, and they are not aware of any new caps or improved RCA's that are different then the Mondorf cap upgrade or replacing RCA's with XLR's.So, what specificly were y... 
Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp
Thanks Dev, for the heads up regarding these two new upgrades, I'll check into with Tosh. E-mails are very hard for me to get to, so I don't know if its just setting there or not, but thanks for the effort to get this information to me. 
Indra Terminations
Hi Neal, when I purchased my Indra's I had a chance to get either a beta pair or the present generation with the Titanium RCA's and saved alot of money because when the two cables were compared in a blindfold taste, you could not tell one from the... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Branimir, thanks for responding to my E-mail concerning your opinion regarding the AA Tube hybrid DAC. I have found, the details are on my review thread regarding this DAC, that I got a significant and dramatic improvement in the sonic performance... 
Clement Perry's new reference speaker
Guy's, I really did not post this as a critique of Clement Perry's review, I read all the reviewers and take what they all say with the a gaint grain of salt and always use my own ears to decide for myself, but just wanted to know if anybody in ou... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
I had the pleasure of being asked to bring my Accustic Arts Tube Hybrid DAC to a fellow audiofile's home so we could compare his new Reimyo DAP-777 DAC to the Tube Hybrid. Everything stayed the same, including using his Reimyo CDT-777, the new com... 
Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.?
Tim, the best I can do is give you my personnal opinion of the three speakers you are interested in, but remember that so much of anyone's prespective is a personnal taste along with system synergy and the size/type of acoustic space the system is... 
Pass Labs x350, x250, .5, thiel 3.6
Max pain, you cannot upgrade a Pass Labs X generation amp to a X.5 series. The .5 series is a significant change from the X series for the better. Read my reviews both on the 350.5 and XA-100's for more details regading the sonics of these wonderf... 
Mark levinson 30.5 and 31.5 vs todays cd playerrs
Sorry, French fries lets agree to disagree, besides this is all subjective and personnal taste anyways, the ML digital pieces do sound "dry" and lack the liquidity of the best of the reference digital gear today. Even when I had the reference ML f... 
Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter
My last post stated that after trying Telefunkens and Mullards I came to the conclusion that the Amperex Bugle Boys offered the best of all sonic worlds when used in the Accustic Arts Tube Hybrid DAC.Well, I just tried Amperex Bugle Boy 50's Long ... 
Best Source For Quality Jazz CDs?
The Jazz Record Mart in Chicago has the largest catalog of Jazz and Blues cds/records in the world. Give them a call for their store catalog. 
Mark levinson 30.5 and 31.5 vs todays cd playerrs
Hyoon, I had a digital ML front end years ago which first got replaced with reference Ensemble pieces and now own the Accustic Arts combo as my reference.I think you would find high end digital front ends these days would make your ML combo sound ... 
Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp
Wanted to share my experience regarding replacing in the Flora the two NOS Sylvana 65N7GTA's with a pair of NOS Tung Sol blackglass oval plates. Before I get into the sonic details regarding this tube rolling exorcise, I want to thank Baranyi, als...