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Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion
Robsker, What RCAs are you currently using? My experience with the RCA clear tops in my Spirit has been a poor one. I've tried them in both the signal and driver stages and I've tried them paired with a variety of other tubes all to the same resul... 
Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion
Soniqmike, I can't comment on the 430mv vs 450mv question. However, I've been running a variety of 6550s in my Spirit II for some time now. Bias them to 450mv as well and have encountered no problems from this. In fact, I am very pleased with the ... 
Ayon Audio Forum- all questions and suggestion
Thanks for the interesting thread. Since its in the amp/preamp section I'll limit my comments to that topic. I'll kick things off by saying that I own an Ayon Spirit II. That said, I've been enjoying a fair amount of tube rolling...both power and ... 
Ayon Spirit 3 what speaker combo will u recommend?
Guys, now that I think about it Ayon does amplification (pre/power/integrated)as well as digital (CD/DAC) and Speakers. Perhaps there should be an Ayon Audio Forum in both Amp/preamp section as well as the Digital and Speaker sections. Just a thou... 
Ayon Spirit 3 what speaker combo will u recommend?
Ayon Audio Forum sums it up nicely. 
Ayon Spirit 3 what speaker combo will u recommend?
Again, sounds great. I'm quite pleased with my Ayon amp and would like the opportunity to talk/hear about more Ayon gear from others. 
Ayon Spirit 3 what speaker combo will u recommend?
Great idea. I would enjoy that very much. 
Ayon Spirit 3 what speaker combo will u recommend?
DeVore Fidelity..any of them. 
VPI Classic - Now you have one......
I recently read an article (or part of an article....March 2010 Stereophile "As We See It" by Steve Guttenburg p.3)in regards to the Classic. I don't have the article in front of me and its been a few weeks since I have read so forgive me if its n... 
Usage of Outer Ring
I have a VPI Classic and am currently usisng the Stainless/Delrin clamp/wt with the supplied rubber washer. I had the opportunity to use the all stainless HRX wt and outer ring clamp. In regards to increased tracking ability by decreasing "warpage... 
VPI Classic - Now you have one......
Cmalak, I have a McIntosh MCD201 SACD Player, Kimber Kable Silver Streak IC, Black Sand Violet Z1 pc, Finite Element isolation. All in all, about $200 difference b/t my analog and digital front end. So, a fair comparison. I find that my rig has be... 
Which cartridge do you use with the vpi classic?
stringreen, I believe that the arm on my Classic is made of a combo of stainless and aluminum. Would you comment on this combination of materials and Benz carts.Thanks, John 
Which cartridge do you use with the vpi classic?
I'm currently using a Benz ACE S HO through a Furutech AG-12 into the phono stage of a McIntosh MA6900. From my understanding most Benz carts mate well with VPI arms. I'm enjoying mine 
VPI Classic - Now you have one......
I've had mime now for about 4 months and am quite pleased. I must state that this is my first analog rig..so I have little to compare to. My "listening session" frinds have much much more accomplised rigs than myself...so that comparison is a bit ... 
Has anyone heard the VPI Classic yet
Mine arrives Thursday. After setup(this is my first table..so it may take a day or so) and burn in I will report my thoughts.Thanks, John