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chick corea + brian blade + christian mcbride = bliss Mar 15, 2021

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1. pavi
  chick corea + brian blade + christian mcbride = bliss
  
  Mar 15, 2021
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2. pavi
  reflecting on how much i've gained from sbaf... what you all have created, developed, and protected(!) here is priceless
  
  Mar 3, 2021
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3. pavi
  a day or two away from my system makes all the components remarkably better when i return to it
  
  Jan 16, 2021
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4. pavi
  happy new year!
  
  Jan 1, 2021
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5. pavi
  rockna wavelight: wow!
  
  Oct 8, 2020
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6. pavi
  merry christmas, SBAF!
  
  Dec 25, 2019
  1. crazychile, insidious meme, Lyander and 9 others like this.
7. pavi
  the raal sr1a has pretty much brought all my audio explorations to a halt, these past 6 months
  
  Dec 20, 2019
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  2. skem
    Real and Susvara remain the two headphones I’m keen to hear—but I’m not going to buy either. I’ve learned my lesson.
    
    Dec 20, 2019
8. pavi
  happy thanksgiving, SBAF!
  
  Nov 28, 2019
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9. pavi
  yggdrasil a2 -> aficionado 300b -> vérité is still beyond compare
  
  May 11, 2019
  1. drgumbybrain, ButtUglyJeff, Overkill Red and 6 others like this.
  2. zerodeefex
    I can compare it to whatever I damn well please.
    
    May 11, 2019
    
    drgumbybrain, pavi, Ash1412 and 6 others like this.
  3. drgumbybrain
    Why did you prefer 300b that 2a3 for aficionado? Thanks
    
    Nov 27, 2019
10. pavi
  convert-2 + aficionado + vèritè = delight
  
  Feb 2, 2019
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11. pavi
  merry christmas, SBAF!
  
  Dec 24, 2018
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12. pavi
  happy thanksgiving, SBAF!
  
  Nov 22, 2018
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13. pavi
  ec af sounds delicious!
  
  Aug 13, 2018
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  3. JK47
    Are you in SoCal? If so a mini meet with a 2A3 AF is in the cards. Did you upgrade the caps too?
    
    Aug 13, 2018
  4. pavi
    i’m in the midwest, unfortunately. didn’t upgrade the caps
    
    Aug 13, 2018
  5. pavi
    @BillOhio it really does!
    
    Aug 13, 2018
    
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14. pavi
  300B Aficionado on the way - very much looking forward to it!
  
  Jul 25, 2018
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  2. jowls
    Holy balls, it’s alive! Awesome.
    
    Jul 25, 2018
    
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15. pavi
  grateful
  
  Jun 21, 2018
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16. pavi
  beginning that slow spiral into full-blown tube amp addiction
  
  Jun 21, 2018
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  3. BillOhio
    Naw man, go Big at the beginning and be done with it. You have an Aficionado on order, yeah?
    
    Jun 21, 2018
    
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  4. m17xr2b
    I have to agree with @BillOhio. After owning 7 tube amps and 3 tube preamps the better the amp is built the better it will sound and better tubes make a significant difference. You need a very good 2A3. I have almost the entire family, let me know what you want and I'll give you a friend price.
    
    Jun 21, 2018
    
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  5. pavi
    craig is building me an aficionado, which is wonderful! i was thinking the studio, but he recommended the aficionado with the eml 300b mesh tubes
    
    Jun 22, 2018
17. cskippy
  Ah, nice! That should be a good time. I would probably go with Jupiter caps for Utopia but not so much LCD4 or something like HD800.
  
  Jun 20, 2018
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  3. Vtory
    That's somewhat surprising. I thought utopia and hd800 favored similar touches of amplifiers.
    
    Jun 20, 2018
  4. cskippy
    I'm talking about cap rolling, it can be more subtle than some tube changes but overall the Jupiter caps are better than stock on technicalities alone.
    
    Jun 20, 2018
    
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  5. drgumbybrain
    How many years those caps last?
    
    Jun 20, 2018
18. pavi
  getting in line for an ec aficionado...
  
  Jun 19, 2018
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  2. cskippy
    You should probably have them install Jupiter caps.../s...kinda lol
    What headphones or speakers are you going to use?
    
    Jun 19, 2018
    
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  3. pavi
    utopia... lcd-4
    
    Jun 20, 2018
19. pavi
  nw-wm1z + andromeda/lcdi4 = nirvana
  
  Apr 9, 2018
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20. pavi
  nw-wm1z + lcdi4 = nirvana
  
  Nov 26, 2017
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my three primary rigs are
1. wavedream sig/bal -> phonitor x -> aegir x2 -> salk song3 beat
2. wavedream sig/bal -> raal hsa-1a -> raal sr1a
3. yggdrasil a2 -> ec aficionado -> zmf verité

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