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6sn7s in parallel will have no problem driving higher impedance phones like the 650s but they can't drive low impedance phones very well. Of course if you add transformer coupled output to the mix then they'd have no problems with low impedance phones.

I've done quite a bit of listening to the modwright 9100es over the past 3-4 days and I feel that it is truly a high-end source. It throws a huge soundstage with extremely good channel separation. It presents stage in an articulate manner placing every piece of the music in it's own concise spot in space. I'm looking forward to comparing that aspect in particular against the apl 3910 in the speaker rig. One of the concerns I had before getting it was speed and pacing, tube outputs (especially poorly designed ones) have a tendency to slow things down just enough to to throw the pacing off a bit. I'm happy to report that is not the case with the modwright 9100es it keeps the O2's speed intact and has spot on pacing. I do think one of it's biggest strength's is bass reproduction. It might be the bass reproduction I've heard it goes deep and can really slam when needed. But it can also be delicate in the way it lets all the nuances and textures of the bass notes through. I'm sure the excellent bass ties in with this, but the player also has killer dynamics it transitions between quiet and loud passages perfectly never sounding too soft in the quiet parts or too harsh on loud ones. That's about all the thoughts I feel like putting down for now, more to come soon.

Well I do think the external tube rectified ps makes a pretty big difference, was it ever offered with the 999es? Also in stock form the 9100es is a much better machine than the 999es. Dual linear power supplies, seperate clocks for dvd and cd/sacd, etc.

That would be my assumption as well. Sounds like your buying into Sony's marketing of SACD's superior frequency response a bit too much . The modwright does have great extension but it's not aggressive or edgy at all.

It arrived yesterday, didn't get around to taking any pics till tonight though. here's some internal shots of the external tube rectified ps: and a few shots of the 9100es internal and external: Initial impressions are positive so far, it has absolutely killer bass and I'm pleasantly surprised by it's ability retain a coherent stage regardless of the complexity of the music.

Just get two of the 24" dell's.

they're only $20 so don't expect them to have much long-term reliability. you could always pay a ton more and get something from plextor but i've had pretty good luck with stuff from lite-on and lg.

Yeah I hope to compare it to my apl 3910 at some point but it won't be easy. The 9100es is upstairs in my stax rig and the apl is downstairs in the speaker rig.

modwright 9100es arrived today finally. pics and such will have to wait till tomorrow

I wonder if it's just a balanced version of the 9100es. Not a bad thing really just seems like a strange time. Why not do a pricey ES line blu-ray/sacd player?

Not really, if any other routers require software to be installed to setup and configure them then they also are more difficult to work with.

The fact that the Airport's require software to be installed to configure instead of having a web interface makes them worse to work with IMO.

yes but check very carefully which version of the wrt54g you have. linksys has really neutered the hardware on the more recent versions, so much so that most of the 3rd party firmware can't run on them. it'll show the version # on the bottom of the router right by the serial #.

Which ones do you have? I have the vantec one, never had a problem with it.

Restarting the cable modem will usually fix that. When you change what device is hooked up to the modem is always a good idea to restart the modem.

Is the router getting an IP from the cable modem? Should be listed somewhere on the WAN status page.

well they do completely nuke the stock output stage and replace it with a nice transformer coupled tube output stage.

no digital input on the ear acute as far as i know, remember it's just a re-badged/rebuilt arcam player.

7236's should be fine they have pretty much identical specs as the 6080 and 5998. They might have a different amplification factor though. I actually kinda the look of this amp, but yeah I have to question how they ever thought they could get away with just passive cooling in a case that small. There's a lot of watts that need dissipated in that thing.

It shouldn't be too hard for your Uncle to find out for sure, just have him randomly call clients.

yeah i wasn't magically guessing and doubling the specs for fun, i have owned them for quite a while now and yeah the model # for the ice power module in question is 1000ASP

yes they are, those ice power modules are 500W into 8ohm 1000W into 4ohm.

I guess if you really care about the case work you could get those or get the d-sonic for $975

Your going to need a separate A/C unit to keep that room cool .

We'd need a different angle of the sylvania to know for sure if the NE's are just rebranded sylvania's. Wouldn't surprise me if they were.