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| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" Roadwarrior75I have the LTA MZ2-S and tried running the Double Impacts at high volume...let's just say I had to replace an output tube. You may want to talk with Mark Schneider at LTA for his recommendation. Now that I am running the LTA Ultraline... | |
| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" Music is a subset of the art world so opinions expressed by manufacturers, reviewers, and individuals are just opinions. Attacking manufacturers, reviewers or individuals is purely personal and has no place in a forum. To be specific, most opinion... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? Really enjoy the sound and build quality of Linear Tube Audio (LTA) equipment built in Tacoma Park, MD. The equipment features David Berning's Zero hysteresis Output Transformer-Less patented technology (ZOTL). As well, it is always a pleasure to ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Much thanks for the comments about what kind of speaker stands are being used and benefits. I will checkout the various suggestions. Under my previous Martin Logans speakers I used a combination of Mapleshade plinths and Star Sound Technology Audi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Is anyone using speaker stands with the DIs and what were the benefits? | |
| McCormack DNA-1 Gold or DNA-225 I have the DNA-1 with the Gold + Platinum upgrades. Although I have Stereophile Class A mono block amplifiers that I was using, I am back to the DNA-1. Adding the MicroZOTL MZ2 preamp and using it with the DNA-1 is a killer combination! I have ha... | |
| Best tube dampers that you have used I've had very good success with Mapleshade Halo tube dampers. https://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Tube-Gear-Upgrades/products/316/. The Halo tube dampers come with grounding straps. As one of my audiophile friends said, "...what a steal at such a gre... | |
| High Fidelity Cables MC 1-PRO Pete,Thanks for the updates on the MC-1 Pro. I upgraded from the Reveal RCA ICs to the CT-2 and have been astonished at the difference in sound. The MC-1 Pro is on my wish list down the road so following your comments. FYI, now that the CT-2 IC ha... | |
| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I recently added the HFC CT-2 RCA interconnect and it was a significant improvement over the HFC Reveal RCA interconnect. If you want to hear the synergy of your system components, I highly recommend the CT-2. I found it to be very transparent whi... | |
| Audible Illusions modulus 3A, what would be the next level of up grade? If you don't need the phono stage do consider the L3A. I traded-in my previous 2A and the change was "roll your socks up and down". There are some L3A reviews online to include the following: https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/audible-i... | |
| Amps or Speakers which one to upgrade next With a $7k budget you may want to audition High Fidelity Cables products. Their upper line of cables are game changers. I have found that their cables can really let you hear the capabilities of your electronics. In short upgrading to their produc... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? High Fidelity Cables (HFC) has various products that I would highly recommend. I have their Reveal line of cables to include RCA, XLR, and power cable. Each product significantly benefited my system. Surprisingly, you may want to start with their ... | |
| Amps or Speakers which one to upgrade next From my experience, I have found that improving my system was best served by working from speaker to source component. My system improved most from isolating my speakers from vibrations. There are a wide-variety of products that fit that category.... | |
| Best Footers for DAC? Highly recommend you contact Pierre Sprey of Mapleshade. He is very knowledge and gives good advice. I am picking up vibration control speaker stands on Monday. I heard them work under both tube amplifiers and electrostatic speakers of a friend of... | |
| Suggestion on XLR Cables The High Fidelity Cables Reveal XLR is worth a trial! It worked so well that it eliminated my Absolute Sound class A rated preamp. The Reveal XLR cable goes from my DS DAC to PS Audio M700 mono blocks. |