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    My First Sound Presence Deluxe III-Si 4.0 preamp with Paramount Special Edition upgrade

    Someone stated that FirstSound preamps can be constantly updated as a selling point. That’s why I listed these on sale. I’m not trying to argue with you or steer people away from buying your preamp.
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    My First Sound Presence Deluxe III-Si 4.0 preamp with Paramount Special Edition upgrade

    Here are the Firstsound preamps on sale on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/325747960212 https://www.ebay.com/itm/185607494079 https://www.ebay.com/itm/275953825217
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    My First Sound Presence Deluxe III-Si 4.0 preamp with Paramount Special Edition upgrade

    Don, I never doubted Emmanue’s passion for his preamp. It’s meticulously built and crafted. At the time I was inquiring about his preamp, the price was $16k+, now probably over $20k inflation adjusted. Although there are diehard fans for his preamp as there are for other bespoke preamps, I like...
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    My First Sound Presence Deluxe III-Si 4.0 preamp with Paramount Special Edition upgrade

    Any First Sound owner ever audition their preamp before buying? I tried to audition one but the designer would not let me audition his. AFAIK there were no dealers at the time. Who would buy an expensive preamp with no dealer network without actually doing a home audition? I don’t understand the...
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    Your All Time Favorite Preamplifiers?

    I have no idea what that means.
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    Alsyvox planars...prepare to sell your Magico's, YG's, Wilson's, Cessaro's. Maggie's, and all others!!

    Afik, Alsyvox has been making ribbon speakers for over 20 years. As Rhapsody said, no failures in the field in the past 5 years.
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    Your All Time Favorite Preamplifiers?

    Why is it that most of these ultra high-end, expensive preamps lack a balance control, which IME is essential to get correct soundstage and imaging due to either channel imbalance in the recording or asymmetric loss hearing between our left and right ears? Some argue balance control degrades...
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    If a planar magnetic or dynamic driver can’t reproduce the original signal accurately, it is distortion. Question is to what degree. AFAIK, a planar magnetic driver thwack is heard when the driver suddenly stops reproducing music signal because it runs out of excursion and is physically...
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    That nasty thwack is also a form of distortion. I know it well.
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    I like to play dynamic bass tracks very loud on occasion (95-100dB+) and Duettas, Calipers, and Stages will distort. I’m more sensitive to bass distortion than most. It’s just the limitation of the design and not an indictment on poor quality. This won’t happen at reasonable listen levels...
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    They do sound very dynamic given the limitation of YouTube. I love Porsches for their vehicle dynamics, a true drivers car and one of best around. However, I can't handle the cost of repair if anything fails. Even if I had stupid money, I'd be happy with the Caymen.
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    How does the Scinnies compare in sound compared to other apogee models? Scinnies are the only apogees I haven’t listened to. The Scinnie midrange/tweeter arrangement is so unique.
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    Is there a particular brand? Link? I myself use custom silver foil cables with very little dielectric.
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    Every one has different taste and to compare two speakers set up on two entirely different systems in different rooms is pretty useless. I’m sure the guy genuinely preferred your speakers, but his comparison is completely invalid. Having said that, I applaud any one who makes significant...
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    Another Apogee thread? You bet!

    Yes, Jason highly recommended the Symo cables which were probably the best cables for the apogees at the time, even maybe to this day.
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