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| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? 08-20-12: Charles1dadIn the current 6Moons there is a review of the 75,000 dollar Tenor linestage. The designer Michael Broeck has a very interesting discussion concerning negative feedback,odd order distortion,natural sound and 'natural' distorti... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? To take it a step further, end users voice their products with tweaks such as tube rolling, PC, fuses ... I find the very best design needs proper parts to maximize it's potential. | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Hmm! I was just using caps as an example. I was referring to everything that goes into a final product. Customers don't just buy a design but a finished product that is built from a group of SELECTED parts. Just the fact you chose solder, wire, tr... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? The reason you hear those differences is often nothing to do with voicing, but rather distortionInteresting! The difference one hears between a Duelund and Mundorf cap is due to distortion? So in a PERFECT design, should a Duelund and Mundorf cap... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? NP Danielk141, planning to check out the H30 at my local dealer. | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? 08-13-12: Danielk141Audiozen,I'd be very interested in auditioning the P-30, or hearing it at a dealer.When I go to the Hegel website, they don't even list their U.S. dealers.Not a good business practice, IMO.As long as they do business like this,... | |
| Equitech 2 Q VERSUS Running Springs, Dimitri I had an EquiTech 2Q and is the best active conditioner I've own. I've own many and considered installing an EquiTech wall unit.My listening room is very large so I never noticed the mechanical hum from the transformer until my brother mentioned i... | |
| Fuses that matter. Tbg, I had a full loom of SR Apex ICs and SC for years and impressed so will try their fuses. I'm a simple person so will just use what sounds best to me. Don't care to measuring them, white paper, if I'm drunk, placebo effect, full moon ... too m... | |
| HiDiamond Digital IC Sabai, Thanks for being a good sport. I'm sure your system sounds great. There are no right or wrong so long it sounds good to you, that's all important. Happy Listening! | |
| Fuses that matter. Ccstevenson, I use both Nano Liquid and Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme fuses. I find the only difference between them is the Nano Liquid fuse adds a nice bloom to the sound that sometimes is desireable. | |
| HiDiamond Digital IC Sabai, to celebrate my country's birthday, I wore my Nike shoelaces in a SERIES, 1 red, 1 white and 1 blue. I had to play around the different combinations of material in each one to dampen the shock on my joints ... solid core, twisted pair, cott... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? 07-17-12: French_friesi can understand producing a new top-line preamp as a match for the newest amplifiers (cost no object). HOWEVER, i cannot understand with all the latest technological advances why you would need THREE boxes for TWO channels.t... | |
| My tube amp sounds darker now. If your Siemen CCAs are dark, then they are PROBABLY FAKE!From my experience, they are the most open, dynamic ... compare to my stash of Amperex, Tele, Siemen ... 7308/6922/e88cc. | |
| 5AR4/GZ34 Rectifier Tubes I'm also rolling a JJ with all my expensive rectifier tubes in the closet. For $20 shipped, it's surprisely good. I'm going to try the Cryoset JJ next and see if any improvements with cryogenic. | |
| HiDiamond Power cords... Sabai, have you tried the HiDiamond PCs with your amp or power conditioner ... high current components? |