albertporterAlbert Porter's SystemLloydelee21Wow impressive responsiveness from PAD. Great stuff, Albert. Look forward to reading more about this. Does this mod make any improvements for other non-ARC equipme... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI will be rolling in same order ... spoke to 2 ARC Anniversary Pre owners and they actually prefer stock Sovtek 6H30 over NOS 6H30-DR so will be interested in your results. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemKetcham,There certainly are many fans of the L5000 DHT. I own the H5000 DHT and think it's the finest phono stage ever built. I don't usually make those statement (IMO) it's true.I'... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemTesting complete with AC cables and I found an important issue with ARC power supply concerning interface with AC cables.Any cable with filter network has potential to cause an audible issu... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLove how I must give my SSN to allow the package to pass customs even when duty and (not applicable in this case) taxes were covered by a third party. Ar... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemKetchamAlbert. I certainly would love pointers on how to become the audiophile that does not pay retail. ;)I suspect many (most?) of the product ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloydelee21Hi Albert,About the prototype cable, is this a prototype for their new flagship powercable? If so, what is the new tech that allows them to remove the netw... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI found NOS 6H30 DR. They were way outside the country so I'm waiting for shipment to arrive. Supposedly 1979 version.Hoping they are genuine, they look to be in the photos. I can tell once... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemC1ferrariHi Albert,I was unaware the Ref 250 employs 6H30's.Tube compliment single amplifier:(2) 6H30 Gain stage V7 and Regulator Drive V10 posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemKetchamPurist Audio Design 25th Anniversary AC ($9900.00)Albert. Was this the cost for one cable or five?That's retail for one AC cable. I've bee... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloydelee21Look forward to hearing more about how the 25th work with the ARC amps...should be great. I have two new prototype (non filter) AC cables ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI received two Purist 25th Anniversary Luminist AC for ARC REF amps, breaking them in now.Also, ordered (4) NOS 6H30 DR tubes for the REF 250. These are pre 1980 that everyone claims is the... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAgearA Mac mini straight in with a cheap Belkin USB cable is noticeably inferior to going SPDIF through a cheap converter (Teralink). I am still actively pondering transports....... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI should add. At one time Computer Audiophile reported that the Oxford chip sets were the best choice when choosing an outboard storage bay. My current twin bay Oyen Digital FireWire uses that set.... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAlbert, is your music server cannister a RAID Thunderbolt system with HDD or SSD? How many drives?Mine is a DataTale 2 bay FireWire 800 fitted with two 4... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemKetcham,Do you find the USB cable plays a significant role with the D5000? Wonder if the galvanic isolation eliminates this or drastically reduces it. posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemMuch like the Focals, Stahl~Tek seems to be a Ferrari that requires the end user to do his due diligence..... For me, digital is the most tweaky of all. ... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemAgearNope. That is feedback from an audio buddy who owned it along with multiple other megabuck digital pieces. It had incredible dynamism and bandwidth but ultimately la... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's Systemloydelee21Hi Albert, From Audioshark.org:"The D5000 is very unique in todays DAC world because most of its components are not from any routine audio market sour... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemI spoke to Kevin at Upscale this afternoon and sent him a link to this thread. He said he would post here and explain testing power tubes so they bias tightly. Hope that happens, my experie... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloydelee21Hi Albert,Thanks...actually what I was asking about are the DAC chips themselves, not the design. Does Allnic use the ESS Sabre 9018 DAC chip? I think Stah... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemLloydelee21Do the Allnic and the Stahl-Tek use similar chips? No, the designs are completely different. The Stahl~Tek is solid state design with a co... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemPbnaudioAlbert,Quick question if you don't mind, on your SP10 is the Copper platter glued on the sub platter or is it removable ?Hello Pe... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHave you guys (Bifwynne & Albertporter) straightened out Kevin yet? I want to order KT150s for my Ref 250.Knghifi I have not contacted Kevin on that.... posted about 10 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThat's a little schizophrenic since the Stahl-Tek is a polar opposite from what I understand a good DHT output dac to sound like. The Lampizator L7 is the most analog digital I h... posted about 10 years ago | View comment |