clio09
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| Noise Destoyer Power Conditioner You really should try the Alan Maher PEs. Installed properly you will experience the black background and realism of musical instruments. I have 9 placed throughout my home (1 on each non-audio circit and 4 on the audio circuit itself) as well as ... | |
| DIY Acrolink or Lessloss for Cary SLP-05? Tvad, The 079 plugs, which according to Alan Kafton who sold me the cable imparts a slightly warmer presentation than the 046 plugs on the Tunami.For whatever reason, in my system both the Acrolink and Oyaide cable sounded best on my amp. | |
| VAC Phi Alpha DAC I heard it and it was very good. The volume control on the DAC is a bonus if you have a single source system. Kevin mentioned it is based on the same design used in VAC preamps. It also has a USB input. | |
| DIY Acrolink or Lessloss for Cary SLP-05? Why not try the Flavor 4 on your digital source. I did and liked the results. Between what you listed as options I would choose the Acrolink. The Lessloss at first listen will sound quiet, but what you're really hearing is that veiled trait Tvad m... | |
| Music Reference RM9 and Preamp Experiences Maybe the Cary SLP-98 could be worth a spin here. With the right combination of 6SN7 tubes the sound could be tailored a bit. Overall the signature is classic Cary with lush mids, but some Tungsols or RCA red base 5692's could even that out a bit. | |
| TRELJA in Denver - 2008 Joe,Great meeting you at the happy hour on Friday. I also share your opinion on the Audiokinesis and Serious Stereo rooms. I also enjoyed the Merlin, Sanders, and both VAC rooms.Gordon Rankin, Vincent Sanders, and Steve Nugent are all making a cas... | |
| Tube MM Phono pre for SUT Why not just get the K&K MM phono? Another option would be something from Hagerman Technologies. You might find the SUT totally unnecessary after trying one of these.BTW - that K&K SUT competes very well with the Jensen and S&B. Howeve... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Dave,Duke's room on Friday was not as impressive (although quite good) as on Saturday. On Friday he had both pairs of his new speaker designs in play and in close proximity to each other (basically side by side) which caused minor imaging issues. ... | |
| I'm new to this. Critique my tentative plan? Depends on the type of passive preamp. However, a few places to start are:1. Your source(s) has the proper output to drive a passive. If this is a CDP then you would need one with an output impedance of about 500 ohms or less, and 2V or greater ou... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I was unimpressed with the 2 JRDG rooms (Soundings, Jeff was not there). This coming from the owner of a Capri which is a preamp I like a lot. Of course IMO there were a lot of duds this year at RMAF. However, the minority of rooms that did shine ... | |
| Great musical CDP? Talk to Paul Weitzel about a modified Sony or Marantz CDP. You already know how musical the amps sound, the TRL modified players are no different. | |
| I'm new to this. Critique my tentative plan? Monarchy Audio NM24 is a DAC/preamp combo that sounds really good for the money.That being said the CIA DAC and passive pre is a good idea, however you need to be sure the CJ is passive friendly. The CIA is a resistor based design and versus a tra... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations Paul,Sorry for the delayed response. I did not feel the RM200 was as good in the mid-range as the RM9. I think the RM200 has better tonal balance and is more neutral than the RM9. Of course my RM9 was the original version not the SE (although Roge... | |
| Whos Going To RMAF 2008 This Year? I'm told the weather will be in the high 40's this weekend in Denver.That being said I'm still going. | |
| Help w/Power Conditioning: Shunyata, Furman, RGPC? Running Springs Audio Haley is one I've used in the past that worked great in my system. You might also look into the Alan Maher Designs Reference Power Center (version 2 if available), along with a few of his Power Enhancers as an alternative. Th... |