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    "Downgrading" from a Nagra Tube DAC to a Lampi Pac, or a Neodio Origine S2.

    Curious if this will be too big of a downgrade (or even a sideway swap or an upgrade) My scenario/reason is to sell the tube dac, and buy either of the other two used, and use the excess funds to upgrade my analog rig. Still wondering if it is a good idea. Nothing wrong with the Nagra Tube...
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    Found my bliss with Shindo Vosne-Romanee (+ Nagra 300p)

    I recently replaced my Nagra Jazz going into the Nagra 300p with a Shindo Vosne Romanee and finally had my aha! moment. The moment when you realise that your quest for gear is over and now you will only buy music. I wrote a long post about it, which turned into an essay, so I published it in my...
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    Source for Nagra Tube DAC

    Owners of the Nagra Tube DAC perhaps you can help. I am quite confused. I have found that my humble Intel NUC running Roon ROCK is as good or even better than dedicated source like Aurender N200 or even a CD transport -- CEC TL5. Only two I have tried so far. Have you used a dedicated...
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    Are there better TTs than the SME 30/12A at 15K price point?

    Background: I am a vinyl newbie with maybe 100 LPs (or less) in my collection. I have had a Technics SL1210GAE for past 2 years, I just plugged and played it. It’s good but my digital is almost as good or sometimes better. I recently heard a SME 30/12A at the dealer’s, and it blew my mind and I...
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    Looking for a high-end plug-n-play

    I am looking for plug-n-play analog system where the matching of cart, tonearm, tonearm cable, phono, TT is all done. Something like the SME Synergy, but I would like to keep my budget to around $5k. The only other option I have heard of is the T+A G2000R, but can find almost no user reviews...
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    Any thoughts on the Dartzeel LHC-208?

    Haven't seen any reviews or chatter on the forums about this all-in-box. I am thinking about using it as a SS all-in-solution with my Devore O/96. Has anyone heard this? Any thoughts, any comparisons? Thanks.
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    Which 300b amplifier: Nagra 300p, Luxman MQ-300, Wavac EC-300B, Air Tight ATM-300R, Shindo Cortese 300b

    I am looking to upgrade (and simultaneously downsize) from Coincident Frankenstein Mk2 300b SET monoblock amps to one of these stereo amplifiers. These are the four candidates so far: Nagra 300p, Luxman MQ-300, Wavac EC-300B, Air Tight ATM-300R, Shindo Cortese 300b My preamp/dac is Bricasti...
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    Bricasti M1SE with network card vs Esoteric N-05 network player

    Hello Everyone, I am looking for opinions on how these two DACs with network capabilities compare with each other. Would love to hear from someone who has heard both of them or ideally even done a A/B test in the same system. Do they play in the same league or is one totally better than the...
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    Nagra 300i, what are your thoughts?

    New member here, needing some opinions. I am looking for a tube integrated. Something that will keep me happy for a few years. Nagra 300i seems to be the best candidate so far (budget <10k$ used). Any thoughts on if this amp is competitive sound-wise in 2018, hard to find too many people...

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