Back to Solid State(No More!) I missed the musicality, 3 dimensional sound stage and the "in the room realism" of my VAC tube electronics and sold all my solid state equipment and returned to the magic of Kevin Hayes at VAC and Kevin Malgrem at Evolution Acoustics. I am listening to music again. Winning the EAR DAC in a raffle allowed me to add the magic of tubes to my digital front end. The sleeper component in my system is the Snake River Audio cabling; it offers the uncanny ability to provide all the inner detail and nuance we want in a musical way without being analytical. Snake River Audio is one to consider.
What is the cost of this digital cable and is it organic in nature or is it more the ultra detail-resolution perspective? I prefer musicality rather than the hifi sound. Regards,
hifimaniac, Thanks for the explanation and your description of the character of the two systems. You made a move in the right direction.I`ll choose the system that sounds"real" over any other alternative presentation. Regards,
The new system is beautiful and must sound excellent, congratulations. Are there any particular attributes(or trade offs) you miss from the prior system? Regards,
The VAC phi 300.1 (excellent PP amplifier) would IMO benefit(as any component would) if plugged into a power cell(or a high quality AC balanced transformer)with a 2000watt(20 amp rating)or larger specification. Balanced AC power is fantastic in my experience. Regards,
The VAC 450 mono blocks have an intergrated power conditioner(I believe). So plugging them into another 'conditioner' is likely redudant and won`t be of benefit.
A good friend went from a ARC preamp to the VAC Signature MKII. His reaction is the same as yours, a definite step upwards in all respects. How long before you`re tempted by SS components again? I ask because you`ve had VAC gear before and went to SS.
