I have #38, and the Audeze LCD-2, upgraded tubes and still listening. CA 840C to LF to LCD-2 Works for me.

Quote: James I have been listening to Classical for about a decade, and a very good source for vinyl is believe it or not Goodwill stores.  I have bought 30-40 records at a time for 50 cents a piece.  At least 3/4 of them are very playable, and I do screen them for defects, before I buy...

Quote:     Yes and no.  I liked lots of music from the late 60's and early 70's at the time, and didn't hardly listen to classical at all.   I still like some of the music teenage years, (I'm 55 now) but I listen to lots of classical these days.    Today,  I can go from Steely...

The BAT VK-5se  is a tubed cd player.

I also have the Cambridge audio 740C and 840C, Rega Apollo (used in a basement rig), and had a Bat VK-5dse,   The perfect wave beat all of them, is marginally better than a Rega DAC which I own, and use in a second bedroom system and sold an Anedio D1 dac which I really didn't prefer.  ...

Owning both a good vynal rig;   Nottingham Space Deck with an Ortofon kontrapunkt cartridge using a bat phono pre and Bob's devices step-up transformer   and a good digital rig;   PS audio Perfect wave transport and DAC   Driven through BAT VK 51se pre and biamped with a BAT 500...

A second site to read and think about when considering dipping into vinyl.   http://www.high-endaudio.com/   I have read most of his site, and learned quite a bit,  his vinyl sections for reference components turntable, tonearm and cartridge helped me work out what I might want.  ...

I searched Audiogon, and found one.   Right now there is a  Nottingham Spacedeck with Space Arm on Audiogon from a dealer in Fla.    I cannot get the link to post since the new "upgraded" Agon website, but if you go to their homepage   http://www.audiogon.com     and search for...

I went with a Nottingham Spacedeck with the Space Ace tone arm for my vinyl rig, works wonders with the Cavalli LF and LCD-2.2s with a seperate phono stage of course.  Relistening to a lot of my older vinyl, and am quite surprised how good they sound after a good LP cleaning, with  Ortofon...

  Quote:^ some would argue "yes" :P     Well I get the same reaction when people find out what a Harley Davidson Dresser goes for now a days.   $20,000+   Ai n't no beats or motorscooter that would come close.   After all it is just $ and I can't take it with me.  

  Quote:     Yea where would she send me for using a Perfect Wave Transport $2000 + Perfect wave DAC $2000, Liquid fire $3200 + LCD-2.2 $995   $8200 spent on a head-fi rig, where do I end up?   The super-looney bin?

Quote: I have an old Army buddy who still uses his 901's he bought long ago, but he admits my Thiels are in a much different league.

Well googleli, you probably don't use your LF in a darkened room, like I do sometimes,   At least the LED is red, not YELLOW like my audio mirror pre.

  Quote:Now the HAL9000 evil-eye power button LED is a whole 'nother story.     I just set a cup or book in front of the glowing orb of power.   I know that Spinal Tap wanted their amps to go to 11, but why does the LF orb light shine like it is on 111?

That is an interesting question, is neutral scientific vs listening term?   A truly flat freq response, wouldn't sound neutral to me, I do not think.

I asked the same question, and he said they should work.    The 7308 is the same inside as a 6922, except the two sides are closely matched to each other.  That was important for some of the military applications the tube was originally used for. Between tubes the tolerance for 7308s was...

I spoke to Dr Cavalli about it before I ordered mine, he said it was possible, but not something I would want to try with out a good electronic background.   He was considering the idea for future changes to the amp, pre outs that is.

It's according to what you consider high end.   I own the Cambridge audio 840C their TOTL player, I also own the Anedio D1 and Rega DACs which both cost less then the CA 840C.   I think the stand alone DACs sound better then the CA 840C,  not by a large amount, however enough so they are...

  Quote:   Syd Barret, the original guitarist for PF,  he was replaced by David Gilmour circa 1968.   The album "Wish You Were Here" is partly written in reference to him.         Darn do I feel o-l-d, now.

  Quote:     Why Syd of course.

Hacked?????   that is some of my best work ..........   really, I slaved for days,  er i mean hours,   OK,   OK I just cut and pasted, but it took all i got.

  Quote:Darkstar......will it work well with LCD3? It'd be interesting to know.       Hope this helps;   http://www.head-fi.org/t/575847/canjam-rmaf-2011-listening-impressions-thread/240#post_7826783 Maxvla   online   Quote:Ok I saved the LCD3 with the Darkstar for...

  Quote: I use the Rega DAC and LF on LCD2's and the sound is great.   The Rega DAC sounds better then a Saturn alone because when I auditioned it we were using the saturn as both a transport and full CD player and I liked the sound from the DAC + Saturn combo,  better then the Saturn...

I own both the Anedio and Rega, and from my perspective they are close to each other.   This is from many months of listening both on  my main rig with Thiel speakers, (both 3.5's and 3.6's) and my headphone rig with Liquid Fire+Audeze LCD2.2's.   The Anedio get a slight advantage in the...

    Quote:     Except $1000 isn't a 100% price increase for most speakers, "at various models of relatively high-end speakers,".    100% increase in price in the speaker world does amount to a serious upgrade, incremental or not.