Yes I live in Europe in the Netherlands to be exact. I am looking for some 2nd hand Symphonic Line intergrated amp. But I just bought a house so my new amp plans might be a long term thing. I would love something like an RG10 or so.
My setup is a bit more simple then yours but I think my speakers could do a lot more with a better amp.
Thanks for visiting my 'page' and for taking a look at my system.
@ Pasul: I bought this brush directly from Transrotor when I had my Leonardo 'pimped' in 08.2007. You can try contacting them through e-mail and refer to me (renaat mattheus) so they know what it's all about (maybe send a picture of my Leonardo).
@ Karel: I bought the cryo'd Mullards from Brendan Biever at www dot tubeworld dot com.
1st-fantastic system-I worked on something this. 2nd-Pleas I searching for antistatic record cleaning arm.I have one from Acc-Sees but your arm on Transrotor looks absolutely fantastic.Tell me pleas where...
Klinkt inderdaad (veel) beter dan de Metronome combo die ik had. Wordt bevestigd door elke hifi-freak-vriend die hier over de vloer komt en een oor werpt naar mijn set. Het grote verschil is de mate van 'analoogheid', volgens mij toe te schrijven aan het feit dat de AA TubeDac geen gebruik maakt van upsampling. Een vriend drukte het als volgt uit: 'het geluid is 2 à 3 stappen hoger gegaan', een andere vergeleek het geluid van de AA combo met dat 'van een zeer goede platenspeler'. Een beter compliment kan je niet bedenken. Overigens is de verhouding prijs/kwaliteit bij Metronome echt scheef getrokken (niemand betaalt in de verste verte de retail prijs).
For the non-Dutch speaking reader: one reader is surprised to read that Accustic Arts beats Metronome. All I can say is that the AA combo exceeds my previous Metronome combo in terms of 'analogness' of sound.
Shit Renaat! je hebt de AA combo echt gekocht...ik dacht dat je ermee aan het lachen was..vandaar dat ik niet reageerde..klinkt dit echt beter dan je Metronome??
Never tried SL cdplayer, since I wanted a DAC with tubes. Heard the SL Reference CDplayer in an all SL system, which sounded very good. But I think SL is very good in making amps, Accustic Arts in making digital stuff. The combination is outstanding !
Understand that Symphonic Line also have their own digital sources, have you ever tried their CD players? (Since you already own an almost full Symphonic Line systems, thought you would have gone the whole way with their digital sources ;-) )
Yes, I already had a picture of the new Reference Drive from my dealer. Looks very nice ! But he tells me the Drive 1 mk2 Special Edition (with special cable, but I don't know what special cable this is and where it is located ?) comes very close.
I'm using a very cheap RCA digital cable from the German brand Ballad Audio, which performs extremely well. In the past I had several 'top' digital cables (Stealth Sextet, Kubala Emotion, Aural Symphonics Optimism, Stereovox, ... too many), but in the end the Ballad delivers 'music'.
You can see on the AA website they also have a cable line (power cords, interlink, digital cable). Will report my findings on the AA Digital XLR.
The performance of the Tube DAC can go up a few more notches when you change the stock tubes inside to premium NOS tubes as Teajay has done. Didn't know that AA came out with a XLR digital cable. Currently using an Acrolink A2500 XLR digital cable, with a Stereovox XV2 as BNC. Btw, have you seen the new Reference Transport 2 that they just showed at the Munich show, it is a beauty. Next upgrade ;-)
Accustic Arts combo is functioning. It really blows away my previous Metronome Technologie combo ! Even 'right out of the box' the AA gives a tremendous organic and 'analog' sound, without loosing detail or without loosing crispyness. Ofcourse the AA needs burning in, but right now all I can say is that it completely outperforms Metronome (which BTW after all is way overpriced). Compared to the AA combo, the Metronome sound is 'thin' and less involving, has less 'flesh around the bones'. I'm waiting for the AA digital XLR cable to arrive, which is especially made as ideal connection between the Drive 1 and TubeDac2. Will get back later on.
'Right out of the box'the Petites offered much broader soundstage, more detail/resolution and (much) more realism (blacker background). After burning in the sound became smooth and now (have the Petite about a month) the difference with the MLT is huge (altough the MLT was a very good cable in my system). So I decided to keep the Petite !
System edited: Stealth Dream Petite arrived today. First impression right out of the box and compared to Hybrid MLT = WOW ! Will report after burning in.
