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| Transport for Bel Canto DAC2 Go to www.empiriclaudio.com or www.vhaudio.com. Both sites have information on the reasoning behind using a 1.5m digital cable. Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio wrote a white paper on this and I believe it was published in PF. You should be able to... | |
| Isolation Transformers I've gone back and forth on the power regenration thing for a while now. I am familiar with ExactPower and think highly of the products they offer. My problem is my RSA Haley works quite well and I'm not inclined to mess with that. I have consider... | |
| Good tube amps to consider wit Spendor S5e If your S5e's are anything close to my 1/2e's then you're going to need a bit more power based on the size of your listening room and your listening position. I was using a 50 watt tube amp that did a nice job with my speakers, but it wasn't until... | |
| amp advice For $4k you can get a TRL D-225 dual mono amp. While it's rated at 225 watts per channel, it tests out at close to 300 watts. I've been using one for nearly a year now and it's driving my 8 ohm Spendor 1/2e speakers very nicely. | |
| Nordost Red Dawn with less brightness? Ridge Street Audio Poemia!!!. | |
| any DAC recommend for around $1000-1300? I am using the Monarchy M24 right now that can be had new in your budget. It's a combined DAC/preamp but you can run it as a DAC only and bypass the linestage/volume control. It has been a pleasant surprise in my system. I have also had excellent ... | |
| dac choice I'm using the Monarchy M24 now and have also recently put in Siemens NOS goldpin tubes (after about 3 weeks of the stock Sylvania tubes). This DAC has surprised me and may stay in my system. I have not tried the linestage and probably won't as run... | |
| Power Conditioner for your amplifier? All I can say is after some experimentation my amp is quieter through the RSA Haley than direct to the wall.BTW - I do not and cannot have a dedicated line. | |
| Information for Joule Electra LA100 Mark III Glad to hear the latest version of the LA-150 does not use the Russian tubes in the gain stage. I unfortunately sold my LA-100 MkIII recently as a result of having to downsize my system a bit to move into smaller quarters and truly miss the preamp... | |
| EAR 834P or Cary PH302 A bit more than the EAR. Might be worth getting the EAR, have Mitch Singerman mod it, then use the rest of the money to buy vinyl. | |
| Soundlab M1 and Alpha-Core cables Thanks again Sean. Dave is 40 miles down the road from me. Maybe I'll give him a call and chat with him to see if I can get a pair on a trial basis. BTW - Did the prices drop on the AC MI-2 cables. I was looking to get a 6 ft. pair (silver spades)... | |
| Soundlab M1 and Alpha-Core cables Sean,Thanks for the clarification. I have rather enjoyed the AC MI-2 cables over the last year or so. However, I have been interested in doing A/B comparisons against the AC MI-2 just for the heck of it. The Magnan's were on the list, but now I th... | |
| Soundlab M1 and Alpha-Core cables Sean -I'm a little curious about the comments you made on output impedance of the amp and impedance ratings of the speaker cables and speaker. I use AC MI-2 and from what I can tell from specs published on the website they are 2.5 ohms impedance. ... | |
| Product Review - Supra Sword Speaker Cables I just started reading about these cables today. I'll be calling Madisound to give them a try. | |
| Power Conditioner for your amplifier? I also use a Running Springs (Haley) with great results on my 225 watt amp. I found that when I plugged my amp straight into the wall (front-end in the RSA) I would get some faint buzz in the speakers. With everything plugged into the Haley it is ... |