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PS Audio Direct Stream
Just finished an extended listening session with the PS Audio DSD after installing 2 AMR MK2 fuses. Simply one of the finest dacs I have ever heard. Bravo PS Audio I really believe they deserve a huge congratulations!!!! I have heard the $90K CH P... 
Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?
AMR DP-777 being fed by a Mac mini on an Atomic Labs Mac Mini Platform. The Mac mini feeds an iFi Gemini cable (this cable beat and displaced my former $3k Locus Design Cynosure USB cable) into a iFi iUSB and then to another Gemini USB cable into ... 
Stand out phono stages
AMR PH77 with Bendix Red Bank 6900 tubes in the output being powered (currently) with a PS Audio P600.., simply mind bending.Honorable mention goes out to my former Graaf GM70 and believe it or not.., (I can just see the looks on peoples faces :).... 
Help me buy a Garrard
Pani; My pleasure. Have fun on your journey :) 
Help me buy a Garrard
Pani: Concerning which bearing to go with, grease Sched 1 or schedule 2 oil? Whichever is in better condition :) If you are going with a newer bearing it wont matter anyways and if you ever saw the original bearing of a Garrard flat spindle (conta... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
Ohlala; I have personally visited Chris and handled the new platter for the MKII. It is simply a work of art. The machined tolerances are so tight I could not feel the seam where the copper met the other metal, very impressive! 
PS Audio Direct Stream
I mean to write the EAR has a "tubeyness" which is exaggerated... 
PS Audio Direct Stream
I am not given to hyperbole and I stand by what I said :) It was over before it began. I think the EAR has a turbines which is exaggerated and I always thought it lacked a real 3 dimensional portrayal. It is a very pleasant sounding piece of gear ... 
PS Audio Direct Stream
Just placed the DSD in my uncles systems and cold out of the box it literally destroyed his EAR Dac4 which has about 4 weeks of run-in. I am impressed and I am not easily impressed with dacs. This thing should really open up with 500 to 1000 hours... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
Just found and bought a second (standby) SP10 MK3 power supply!!! very very rare to find the PS alone. 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
correction: "but I may be signing off "of" this site"... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
Hi guys I wanted to say it has been real but I may be signing-off f this site for good. Tired of the policy changes and now Agon wants to hold your credit card info (can you say another risk of personal info being stolen). Also fed-up with being c... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
Peterayer: I think your question is very very valid. I have never heard that particular table so I have no comment :) I do think (and this is why I chose a 30 year old design) that the height of TT making was in the early 80's; TT's were the epito... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
I was able to purchase the last copy of Modern Cool (MOFI) 45 LP from Elusive Disc and it was worth the rather high price I paid. The sonics are what we put all this money in our tables for :) I still have to catch up on some other recommendations... 
Are there other Artisan Fidelity TT owners aorund?
I saw your table some time ago before we had any interactions (did not know who it belonged to) and thought it looked GREAT!!! and that someone put in a great deal of work and effort to get it to that level. It is a stunning looking table.