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| Battle of the BAT's, VK-60 vs. VK-220 So, where are all of you with this these days? Anyone using the newer VK-55 with their 4 JR's? | |
| Von Schweikert VR4JR & Tube Amp??? What other tube amps have people used with the JR's? Assuming, of course, room tuning and placement are all sound, it seems that 60WPC tubes is a minimum? | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I am using a Dodson 218 for conversion in a hard-drive based system. I find it oveall a very well balanced, very analog sounding, DAC. Not sure where it fits in the molar categories that organized the beginning of this thread but I think it fits i... | |
| Ultimate Amplifier for the next 20 Years You can get a demo Pass Labs 250.5 from Audio-Video Logic for $4500 with warranty. Really nice amp. Just a suggestion | |
| DAC choice advice - hard-drive based system Audioengr wrote, referring to a list of DAC's he'd auditioned: "The Benchmark is the best sounding of these either stock or modded." That is ONE opinion, of course. | |
| Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome I agree. Dan is the best of the best. | |
| Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome I agree. Dan is the best of the best. | |
| DAC choice advice - hard-drive based system I strongly recommend you take advantage of as many 30 day trial periods as you can. I have been through 5 DAC's on my hard drive based system and auditioning has been fun and very informative. With Audio Advisor you could try the Benchmark and the... | |
| Advice please for upgrade. One of the things I like about the Dodson is the spaciousness and layers of sound that it delivers. | |
| How can I improve my Sony SCD-777ES for red book I think you would do well to spend the 2.5K (or less) on a nice DAC. The question I think you have to ask yourself is, "am I comfortable with modding my gear?" If you ARE comfortable with modding you would probably get the most value out of moddin... | |
| Advice please for upgrade. Make an offer on teh Dodson 217 MK II-D DAC that is for sale right now. You should be able to get it for less than 2K. It makes great music. | |
| Review of IMac Front Row software UPDATE: My mistake! It is NOT Apple Lossless. It is AAC -- Sorry about that. They still sound quite good. | |
| Used Preamp for $2000 to $3000 Audio-Video Logic is selling a demo Pass X-1 ($2999) which would be a nice match for your Pass amp. Reno Hi-Fi has a factory reconditioned Pass X2.5 for $1750 -- also a nice match for your Pass amp. Good luck, | |
| Hard Drive based system Ecruz: Do you know if Paul added a digital input? Anytime I have inquired about adding digital input to a CD player it has always been met with a fairly high degree of skepticism. Thoug if anyone could do it i'm sure TRL could. I will be curious t... | |
| Review of IMac Front Row software Hartwerger: The last two pieces of music I downloaded from iTunes Music Store were in Apple Lossless. |