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Come on, we can't dispute that the YG speakers are highly revealing, though I've never liked the brand. Believe it or not, some of us can instantly tell what recording machine was used in the mastering process, being it an Ampex, Studer, Nagra, Otari, MCI(Sony) or other. On microphones, my ear...

Roy, do you know whether the TD 3000 can stream Tidal from ethernet?

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The 45 rpm LP referred to in the previous post.

One of the songs that I use to demonstrate how superior Vinyl is to CD: Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'. The source and rip note: The 33 and 45 LP is absolutely superior to the CD, with the 45 speed one of course the best of the two. In what respect is it better? Tonality, dynamic range...

Absolutely fantastic. You've done something that I would have thought to be impossible with even the best garage machining tools.

Some of the best: Gryphon power amp with Furutech NCF Rhodium spades shown on the left. They are the best. Halcro DM88 with VandenHul heavy duty spades. Just as good. VTL Siegfried 400 . You just use a spanner and no spade will fall off. Also lockable banannas. I also like the WBTs on...

Tidal also down.

Is it the XA 30.5?

The two units that Francois installed in his new listening room are exceptionally quiet. Contact him for details.

Will Johnson's baby oil do the trick?

Achim, not quite correct, since I bought the Gryphon Antileon EVO to drive the G1s. The Gryphon is a very good match with almost any high end speaker and works exceptionally well with the G1s. For what it is worth, one can "tune" the G series Vivids to any liking by just changing the pre and...

-  Ocean Way Audio Monterey speakers driven by Gryphon Antileon EVO and Jeff Rowland Model 9 monoblocks in my listening room. I lived with them for a month and must say they sound excellent. First horn loaders not      causing fatigue after some time (for me). -  Ocean Way Audio Pro2A pro audio...

For the engineers, it could also be helpful to read the original white paper, later published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol.43, No. 6, June, 1995, as grounding and shielding are done in many ways in practice. I've opened many pieces of equipment to confirm this statement...

Many amplifiers / preamps just cannot do this right. This then gets worse if there is a mismatch (bad synergy) between the components, or if the wrong cables / interconnects are used. A good example is the ARC Ref 5 pre, when if paired with a relatively low impedance power amp, just does not...

This has also caught my interest, since I sometimes write reviews and do have my personal dictionary of terms. Let's tackle the next one, often used and abused, viz. transparency.

So true. Next step:  bring them into your personal listening environment and spend a couple of months before the final judgement. Unfortunately very difficult in practice.

Ben, more than welcome. Back to the Aesthetix IO Eclipse 3 box: This is a Jim White (many moons ago partner with Theta's Mike Moffat) masterpiece. Everything about it is just stratospheric. The best volume controls you can get ( yes there are two, one per channel). " The volume controls are...

I agree with Ben. I could find nothing to beat the Aesthetix IO Eclipse 3 box Phono / Line Stage combined with the Gryphon Antileon Evo amp.

The crucial question of course is whether he tested original cables from the original manufacturer, or fake ones. I have a large number of fake cables that I am evaluating at the moment (e.g. Siltech Emperor gold, Nordost Odin 2, Furutech NCF, and many others. The metallurgy is shockingly bad...