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  1. VTL Siegfried II Amplifiers (Silver) For Sale

    VTL Siegfried II Amplifiers (Silver) For Sale

    I purchased these low mileage Siegfried IIs in silver from Brian Berdan. He installed a full set of new KT88 output tubes before delivering them to me. They look to me to be in perfect cosmetic condition, but I will grade them 9/10 since I am the second owner. I don't see any scratches are...
  2. Ricco275

    Advice for an unsatisfied Vitus RI-101 mk II new owner

    I have just discovered this forum after having been reading Audiogon and Hifiwigwam for a while and it seems this forum is the one suiting best my taste and . A bit of system history before getting to the point: I have recently went through many changes in my system. After having been many...
  3. Ron Resnick

    Ron’s New System

    It begins . . . I am eternally grateful to Jason Lord, proprietor of The Source AV, in Torrance, California, for his nearly infinite patience and grace in storing the four giant Pendragon crates inside his office for the last 5 1/2 years. Thanks very much to Wayne Strickland and William...
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  4. Ron Resnick

    VTL TP-6.5 II

    Who has auditioned VTL's new top-of-the-line phono stage? Does anyone own this component? https://www.vtl.com/products/phono-preamplifiers/tp-6-5-series-ii-signature-phono-preamplifier/
  5. Ron Resnick

    AUDIO ELEMENT FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

    In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Audio Element in Pasadena, California, Proprietor Brian Berdan debuted the brand new Wilson Audio Sasha DAW, and hosted two days of festivities, demonstrations and live musical performances for industry manufacturers, reviewers...
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    • amg audio element brian berdan grand prix koetsu loudspeakers lyra sasha daw vtl wilson audio
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  6. Ron Resnick

    Visit to VTL

    I delivered my MB-750s to VTL today in Chino, CA, so that they can be inspected and checked out and made ready for sale. I was lucky to find both Bea and Luke at the factory today! The factory stereo system presently consists of an S-400 Series II (the stereo Siegfried amplifier)...
  7. Ron Resnick

    VTL TL-7.5 Series III Comparative Listening Impressions

    Have you auditioned the VTL TL-7.5 Series III line stage preamplifier? If yes, what did you hear -- what were your impressions? What were the other components in the system in which you auditioned the TL-7.5 Series III? Have you compared the TL-7.5 Series III directly, in the same system, to...
  8. Ron Resnick

    Baldur 300

    Who owns or who has auditioned the Baldur 300, a 240 watt, Class A, tube amplifier? http://www.audiovalve.info/baldur300/audiovalve%20baldur%20300.php Who has compared this to VAC 450? VTL Siegfried II? ARC Reference 250SE?
  9. Ron Resnick

    Audio Element/Wilson Audio/VTL -- Los Angeles Audio Show 2017

    Brian Berdan, of Audio Element in Pasadena, California, was demonstrating the Wilson Audio Yvette speakers ($25,500) driven by Vacuum Tube Logic MB-450 Signature Series III auto-biasing, 400 watt monoblock tube amplifiers ($22,500 per pair). The VTL TL-6.5 Line Preamplifier ($15,000) and the...
  10. Ron Resnick

    Triodes and Tetrodes and SET, Oh My!

    Most low-power SET amplifiers use single-ended triode tubes. But some, like the N.A.T. Audio Transmitter and Magma amplifiers, use single-ended tetrode tubes. Then, we have some of the push-pull VTL amplifiers which are switchable between triode mode and tetrode mode. So what is the story...
  11. Ron Resnick

    Introduction and Listening Biases

    INTRODUCTION To better understand my reviews and the context in which I make my comments I want to explain my high-end audio philosophy, my listening biases and my music preferences. By so doing I hope that my reviews and my descriptions of what I hear will be more valuable to you. By...

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