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Sorry I missed the RAVE....I try to make every RAVE....but....wait...it was in CA ..... Hope you guys had fun.....did you wind up comparing IC's ? Thanks.... Chris
. . . the weather was beautiful here in Emeryville (in the middle of Berkeley, SF, and Oakland)...We were all inside, enjoying each other's company, eating, drinking and in between, listening...Here are some pictures:Marantz and Bent Audio Autoformer PreEVS and Marantz
Quote from: Sonny on 8 Jun 2008, 07:00 pm. . . the weather was beautiful here in Emeryville (in the middle of Berkeley, SF, and Oakland)...We were all inside, enjoying each other's company, eating, drinking and in between, listening...Here are some pictures:Marantz and Bent Audio Autoformer PreEVS and MarantzSonny (and everyone else),I'm sorry I couldn't make this one. I was back in NY last week on business and didn't get back in time. It sounds as if you had a good turn out and everyone had a good time. I hope to make the next one.I also see that you've gotten some interesting new gear. How do you like the new Bent preamp and the EVS amps?---Gary
Well, I've had the Bent Audio pre for about a month now, I can say that I am happy with it... just getting used to the bad cd's sounding worse and the good cds sounding better on this system versus my previous set ups...
A BIG THANKS to Sonny aka Tuan and Ashley for hosting this "rave" in their beautiful loft space. It was great meeting up with the who's who of NorCal AC'ers. I enjoyed the music and chatting with the crowd for as long as I hung around. Hope to see you'll soon again. nikhil
Quote from: Sonny on 9 Jun 2008, 07:47 pmWell, I've had the Bent Audio pre for about a month now, I can say that I am happy with it... just getting used to the bad cd's sounding worse and the good cds sounding better on this system versus my previous set ups...Sonny,I've played around with TVC preamps a bit and have a homebrew preamp using the S&B transformers that Bent Audio used before S&B stopped selling them Bent. It might be fun to compare them one of these days. My experience matches yours - the TVCs are very transparent, which can be a mixed blessing. Perhaps you need to dig into that Marantz and see if you can tweak it's output stage to be a bit more forgiving. Or if you want something a bit less invasive - you can try some power line filtering. I've found the DIY Felix power conditioner (look over in the Lab Circle) can make a dramatic improvement in digital equipment.---Gary
Tuan,Sounds like I missed a great time. I was hoping to make it but ended up staying in NYC for the weekend after all.Hey, did you build your Bent?CheersKB