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    My VAC journey

    I've been using VAC Statements for 2 yeaars now. Have pair of monos driving my perfect8s and pair of stereos driving my Dalli Megaline witth activee x-overs for bedroom system. While they might be overkill for bedroom they sound so much better then any over amp I've tried what they are worth...
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    Advise for best USB to SPDIF interface.

    As far as it's beeing better than stock Hi-Face - I belive it - thats not a great product Here is a review of JKennny Mk1 - I'm on Mk3 http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/1110/m2tech_hiface_evo_dac.htm I've tried MF V-Link 192 - not bad, but very mediocre product.
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    Advise for best USB to SPDIF interface.

    So you keept it - good - how were theey different. Also was it top of the line OffRamp? Both of my units are better than HiFace Evo with power supply - one of them is highly modified HiFace Evo with custom power supply - unit is very highly reworked with bunch of premium parts, much better...
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    What is the best speaker you have ever owned ?????

    I’ve owned some of the mega speakers in my days - Meadowlark Ibis, Silverline Monte Christo, Montana WAS, Ascendo top of the line, Dali MegaLine, Vivid Audio GK1 and now Perfect8 Force with 4 sub stacks. All of them ended up beeing modified in some way or another. All of them ended up with...
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    Musical Affairs Crescendo SAG with a PHY driver

    Flez007 in responce to my posting for get together for tape-o-files in NC area have noticed in pictures what besides the only pair of Perfect8 "The Force" in US I also have Musical Affairs Crescendo Loudspeakers and asked me to post about them...
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    Advise for best USB to SPDIF interface.

    I currently use JKenny Hiface Mk3 and highly modified M2Tec Evo with customm batery PS. Howether as allways I'm looking to step up to the state of art. - You know that feeling. I'v heard good and bad things about Berkley Audio, Empirical Audio Off-ramp 5 and only good things about SonicWeld...
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    Tape-ofiles in NYC area???

    Thanks for kind words and warm welcome - lets really throw a listening party over weekend - i'm willing to host and do BBQ
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    Stein products

    Lacquer will significantly change resonance property of thin and light and non perfectly balanced pice of plastic, reducing C1 read errors and by doing that decreasing bouth jitter(C1 correction prodises tim shift) and elecrical noise of transports SPDIF transmiter I use CD enhancer strips -...
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    Stein products

    Walker Illuminators(name of silver antenas) I'v heard was on 300K plus system. In my systems - in main system effect is noticable but mild/medium and in my bedroom system effect is big. Strangly enough both of the systems are using same amps - VAC Statements - I belive this tweek deals with...
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    Stein products

    I do use Walker Links with great success I did ottried any of Stein products other then their Harmonisers - they improve sound in the bedroom system but sound in main gets worse(used to be improvment in main system as well until I did dedicated electrical system based on Alan Maher stuff) Do...
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    Tape-ofiles in NYC area???

    Well - here is an intresting thing - while el-cheapo Pioneer 707 i was using for past 2 weeks is certanly very far from state of art playback for R2R it sounded REALLY good in my system with e-bay 4 tracks. While clearly loosing to Walker at frequncy extreems it's portailal of human voice was...
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    Audio Note - Anyone heard their new CDT-6 Transport & Fifth Element DAC?

    Well - first place to start is to read this review. http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=30 This is trully asynchronos fully reclocking DAC Last year Alex reworked output stage circut, put some WE 417A, Telefunken Rectifier and huge Oil Caps to stabilise Power supply, reworked PS...
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    Tape-ofiles in NYC area???

    Thanks Amir - I should have thought about it. As far as a descs - Payed good price for Otari TR-15 - rest is a cheap buys from a craigslist
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    Audio Note - Anyone heard their new CDT-6 Transport & Fifth Element DAC?

    Speaking of that chip - AD 1865N is heart of my custom 3-D Audio DAC and this thing absolutley destroyed my DCS Elgar + which also was modified and still bettered latest Esoteric K2 with Omachi-San personal mods. This DAC was only cmpared with AudioNole Dac7 and trully is a beast. And playing...
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    Tape-ofiles in NYC area???

    Just starting in this hobby - getin myself some decks ad so far playing pre-recorded 1/4 tracks from e-bay Would love to meer some local people who are in to the R2R hobby to exchange some ideas, tapes and listen to different machines. Have Otari MTR-15, 2 Technics RS-1500, Tascam 3030, Revox...
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