mantis007

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Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly
has anyone bypassed the attenuator and wired direct? I have the GP in my amp but don't use the attenuator at all. I also switched out the 2 .22 caps in each amp with the Jupiter Beeswax HT - nice improvement in overall smoothness and resolution. 
Have You Tried Cabledyne Interconnects?
I think one of the partners was from Purenote Cables. The cables bare quiet a resemblence to some of their models IMO. I always liked Purenote. 
Great guys to deal with in the audio industry
Eric Love of Fusion Audio. A great guy that always has the time to answer a question and is more interested in the sound than making a sale. 
Faster alternative to the ASR Emitter?
Agear, I don't remember saying it was difficult? It really is easy, I just recommend using some DIP adapters to lift the Burson away from the cap right behind it. the swap takes less than 10 minutes - you should try it ;-)Tony 
Faster alternative to the ASR Emitter?
I agree with you Charles1dad, as a current ASR owner I think it has everything Zuio wants along with speed & openness. BUT, Zuio: you might try to upgrade the input OPAMPS to the Burson discreet - I think that may just give you what you want -... 
AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts?
Audioguy, I very much agree with your comments - could not have been stated better. BTW, my wife and I did enjoy the show.Tony 
North Florida Audio Society Jacksonville area
I plan on attending on the 11th. 
Pure Note Designers Edition
Hi Sonic, any change with more hours?thanks 
venustas or jps superconductor 3 speaker cable?
Opus, sorry for the confusion - not enough coffee yet.Yes, the PAD were rolled in my system and the HT sounded better than both the PAD and JPS(to my ears and my wife). BUT, I was missing a just a little body and harmonic richness with the JPS. I ... 
venustas or jps superconductor 3 speaker cable?
I had the PAD Venustas(Rev C non praesto) & JPS SC3 in the same system - like others have said the PAD are rolled and warmer & less transparent compared to the SC3. I replaced the SC3 with the new Harmonic Technology Pro-9 Reference SE (20... 
new Pure Note Alluvion speaker cables
any one try the new Designer series cables from Pure Note? If so, what do you think about them? 
Question on ASR Emitter II Exclusive Battery
Suteetat, ff you can run your DAC via RCA into the direkt input, I highly recommend it. I had my Modwright Transporter going into the balanced input and then tried the direkt input via some inexpensive RCA(just to try) and the difference was very ... 
Anyone Going to the Axpona Show in March in Jackso
I'll be there - I'm only about 30 min. away ;) Finally a close show ;) 
Amplifier for Usher Be-10
I have the BE-20's and was using them with the ARC 210's. It sounded good but a bit to bloomy and bass was WAY loose. I now have an ASR Emitter Exclusive II - much better sound overall and bass is much tighter and better defined. 
preamp for ARC 210 monos
I used a BAT VK-52SE - was a nice match.