Nanoha

Charlie has been a having hard time trying to get his amplifier back from Mikhail and seems infuriated about it. He sent his amp in for upgrades six months ago but nothing has been done yet.

Oh, they are very serious. http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/

Just as a note, the UE9 sell new for a little less than $1.2k usually. I wonder how low Sovkiller can get them at.

I was always told that Rudistor uses expensive (many times too exorbitant for the purpose) parts, low/mid-fi circuits, and sell amps for absurd prices with mediocre service.

ALO Jumbo Cryo Dock Actually, scratch that. I would just add the MS-1 to the list. I give high props to the SR-225, A900, HD580, and E4. Used K701 usually go for about $200. Good deal there as well.

So Aerius, any plans regarding what you're going to use in your future amp build? By the way, are there any DHT designs out there that I should consider building this summer?

Whoa, what amp is that? Custom?

Oh, it hasn't come out yet. Haha, well then. Time to wait. In the meantime, I have to check out some of Dream Theater's better albums. All I have are the mediocre ones. Hmmmm....

Whoa, new Dream Theater? I'm interested. Will need to check that out.

Haha, welcome welcome.

Is this the spam thread? I just realized all my albums are pure shit. I need better recordings. Hahaha.

Haha, well, the TDAs can sound very musical depending on the implementation. And you still need a couple dozen of those chips in parallel to fix the horrible linearity and a crazy awesome filter circuit/solution. So it all depends on the hax solution required to fix the chip, but with an ingenious hax solution, you end up with something quite musical and quite good.

By the way, does anyone know about the Classe, Sonic Frontiers, Audio Research, or Audio Note DACs? So many DACs, so many biased reviewers, argh.... :'(

And yet the TDAs are pure shit. Yes, I said it.

Hahaha.

Hah, good point. I used to be one of those "OMG UPSAMPLERS ONLY!" people, but I've been reconsidering my standpoint since my wallet can't take it (I can't afford a new good upsamplers; most of the upsamplers under $1k other than perhaps the VDA2 are kind of lacking when compared to older NOS units). Of course, if I can find a Northstar, Esoteric, Stello DA220, or Lessloss for $1k or less, it would be a different story. But of course, chances of them showing up at those prices are quite quite rare. Oh, I wish I had a new DAC. My DAC, despite using a decent chip, is not so good to my ears (there is more to the sound of a DAC than its chip after all). My budget can stretch to $1k if required. Perhaps I should just pick up a VDA2 or M24 if I start being desperate.

Ah I see. What do you guys think about picking up old DACs from the early this decade or late 90s that used to sell for a two or three grand but now for a couple hundred used? Is it worth it to look at them or are today's upsamplers just so much better than those NOS DACs of past?

Is the Apogee good? I've always been told that the Apogee's DAC is mediocre, and the unit is only good because of its many features.

The webpage is here: http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/xentar/1179/projects/legacy/Legacy.html For some reason the graphic isn't showing up here either. Probably some probably with hotlinking prevention.

Haha, that was my first thought as well.

Hydro, nice one.

Dr. Shill is arthurwells.

By the way, I've talked to Roam several times in the past. He is an extremely knowledgeable person when it comes to tube amplifiers.

Okay, I've decided I want one of those. 37? ECC40? I want. Aerius, I might start trying to contact you a lot in the coming weeks. Hopefully I won't be too much of a bother.