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Tubes for Eastern Electric Minimax Tube DAC?
Hi. I just picked up an Eastern Electric Tube DAC Plus (aka Minimax DAC Plus, the no volume control version) on Audiogon and tried some 12au7 tube rolling. It came with a PSVane which was OK but I knew I could do better. Mullard NOS was disappoint... 
Suggested Phono Preamp
Hi George:EAR 834P is the best I've heard, but has to be used to be under $1000. Very warm full sound with deep rich bass. If you find one without the Moving Coil transformers it's OK; it will be cheaper and those transformers aren't very good any... 
Review: Musical Fidelity A-220 Amplifier
I have to say I agree with everything in Ferrari's review (great write-up by the way!). This amp is really something special. Class A sound without the heat penalty. Warm, articulate and dynamic with a tube-like midrange. Very good MM phono sectio... 
Tube Audio Design TAD-803 Single Driver Speaker
I'd like to semi-clarify that my review was PROBABLY of the older NON-SD version with the crossover. I say probably because I bought them for a very low price (albeit blemished), they say "TAD-803" NOT "TAD-803SD" on the back (do the new ones actu... 
Tube Audio Design TAD-803 Single Driver Speaker
I picked up a factory blemished pair of TAD-803's on a lark for my bedroom and man was I surprised! Even up against my reference Harbeth Compact 7ES-2's and Soundlab Dynastat hybrid electrostats, these amazing, lightweight little speakers proved t... 
Is Windows Media Lossless Lossless???
This is specifically to Riverside13:Luckily I kept my WAV file names organized, Artist-Album-Track#-Title, so just now J. River parsed them nicely into Artist, Album, Title columns, and NetRemote sees it. One problem solved, WAV's playing on J. Ri... 
Is Windows Media Lossless Lossless???
Hi everyone:Just wanted to thank you for all the responses. I've been doing a lot of testing, and will get back when I have something definitive. I'm trying Apple Lossless right now (since NetRemote will run iTunes) and EAC sounds very interesting...