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| Berkeley Alpha vs Weiss 202 vs Ayre QB9 vs ? Suteetat thanks for sharing your information. I don't have to worry about those other units and feel that I am done with digital and very happy with my modright sony. | |
| Berkeley Alpha vs Weiss 202 vs Ayre QB9 vs ? I meant to say the Esoteric K-01 not the x-1 | |
| Berkeley Alpha vs Weiss 202 vs Ayre QB9 vs ? no never heard it | |
| Berkeley Alpha vs Weiss 202 vs Ayre QB9 vs ? Interesting I had the PB and thought that it did not have a very organic midrange. If it did I would have kept it because everything else about it was top notch. My modright modded Sony 5400ES is what I am using now and like it much better than th... | |
| Best preamp for Symphonic Line RG4 MK4 Atmasphere amps like a 6 or high ohm speaker. If your speaker is 4 ohms or dips lower I would not recommend an OTL. They do make an autotransformer, but at that point I would look at a good push pull tube amp. | |
| Are New Sony SCD XA5400es Players Still Available? Very interesting as a always found the Esoteric CD sound to be very thin, digital sounding and not my cup of tea. | |
| Best preamp for Symphonic Line RG4 MK4 Rfogel8's brother had the Symphonic Line RG-4's and tried the Symphonic Line Preamp. We thought the sound was very good, but the gain on the volume control was way too high. One little click from 0 and you were blasted with sound. No question the ... | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages I own the VAC Sig Preamp and it uses no feedback but does not sound lean and is the most musical line stage I ever owned. It replaced the AR Ref 2 Mark 2. | |
| Audio Research Reference Linestages You don't make sense. If the REF 5 is leaner how could it be more musical? I think you are getting your thoughts mixed up. | |
| Where to use Isolation devices I tried herbies rubber cup and black ball footers under my Modright Sony 5400ES and did not like the results. I then placed black diamond racing cones into each of the herbies cups and wow this improved the SACD player ten fold. It got rid of the ... | |
| would the Sony SCD 5400 Ex make a good transport? Sorry called the PD 5 player. | |
| would the Sony SCD 5400 Ex make a good transport? Podeschi I owned the Playback Designs 7 cd player that retails for 15,000.00. The Sony Modright 5400 easily beat the PD and is 5 times less costly. | |
| Preamp upgrade - Shindo or VAC? As Kevin Hayes always says welcome to the family. | |
| Why Not More Conversation about VAC? I was just blown away tonight. I just replaced two of my RCA 6SN7 in my PHI 300.1 with Sylvanias in there place. So now the two middle positions are the RCA's and the two outer areas are Sylavanias. This seems to be the best combiantion of both tu... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? I agree with Chales1dad, the most impressive upgrades were the addition of amp and preamp. In my case it was the VAC Phi 300.1 Monos and VAC Sig. Preamp. This upgrade made more of a difference then source. All new digital products I tried in the p... |