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    Middle to Top range bookshelf owners

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    Iconic products - those gems that passed through your life

    I have owned a few Krells over the last 30+ years but the one that I remember fondly, and a gem to my mind, was a Krell KSA50. As I recall I bought it from the long since departed Andre Van Den Heuval and it was used to drive one of the earliest generation B&W802 speakers. What a little beauty...
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    Interesting Reviews

    Nirvana .. Chat with Stefan or Ryan, I'm sure they'll give you a good deal on your VA in exchange for the Copland CSA150  :winkwink: :sh1tstirrer:.
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    CROAK AUDIO EXPLORATION?

    FranZAR "No" meaning you don't know or "No" meaning Croak Audio is not continuing to trade?
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    CROAK AUDIO EXPLORATION?

    Good day forumites, Does anybody know whether Croak Audio continues to trade despite the very sad and not so distant demise of our good friend Guillaume? I ask as I wish to buy back some cables that I traded in against some new Cardas cables. Thanks .. Alistair
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    How did you start your "Hi-Fi" Journey?

    FD: Thank you for such an interesting read  :clap:.
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    Listening to SACD and DSD on a non SACD Player?

    I do have about 150 SACD disks - mostly bought when I lived in the US, but they are freely available via Amazon. Listened to my system yesterday afternoon (together with Werner Truter) and last night. I came to the conclusion that my system, especially the Audio Research Ref CD9 SE front end...
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    Listening to SACD and DSD on a non SACD Player?

    ... thanks Chris for the feedback. Looks like I might have to replace my ARC Ref CD9 SE with something like the Marantz SA10.1  :sweat:?
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    Listening to SACD and DSD on a non SACD Player?

    Hi forumites I need some advice ... I have an ARC Ref9 SE CD player as well as a significant collection of SACD disks. My question is rather simple - is it possible to bypass the inbuilt ARC Ref9 SE DAC and connect to another external DAC that can take the PCM / Red Book digital signal from my...
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    Solid State 13 Band Radio - SONY CRF160

    The SONY CRF160 is apparently an iconic object of the world band radio community. I am the original owner of this portable world band radio (it works via battery or 230V mains); I bought it new in Cape Town in 1974/5 and it is complete,  cosmetically perfect and working - but I do intend...
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    Classic FM is no more

    What a darned shame "Classic FM" is no longer available. My wife and I bemoaned the fact that we couldn't get Classic FM here in the Garden Route (when we moved from Jhb down here 5 years ago). So now it seems nobody can get Classic FM  :sd: even if you live in Jozi ... hmmm what is this country...
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    Celebrating the life of Guillaume Lemaire

    Yes, I have to wholeheartedly concur with all the sentiments provided regarding how Guillaume was such a gentleman and help. My involvements with Guillaume related to several telephonic advice he provided in connection with music streaming; this was very valuable but it got quite technical and...
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    Guillaume Lemaire

    What a very sad time for Guillaume's family - my sincere condolences are offered to them. As Ben very aptly said in connection with this Covid-19 pandemic: "It's not numbers anymore, it's now names", or words to that effect. RIP ... GUILLAUME.
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    Best place to sell 2nd hand high end audio gear.

    Despite Achim's comment about how good the Brinkmann Nyquist DAC is ( :whip:) .. it would be great to hear Brent's comments on how good it is as a result of comparing his dCS Bartok (which is for sale) to the BN  :sh1tstirrer:
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    Lets talk about sh..t

    Wow .. those capacitors  :thinking:! I am curious to know what made you pull the capacitors apart .. to reveal such cheating?
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