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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    The Little Bear is fine at the price, but the (borrowed) Promitheus TVC just opens the sound right up and adds body. It sounds very lucid and open, yet smoother too.
    nice tvc that.
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    nice tvc that.
    It is, but you should hear the MingDa MC-9 TVC that pairs with my SM-70 Pro! Whooo-hooo!

    Best pre-amp I've ever heard, never mind used or owned.
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    I would never buy anything (well, be infuenced) based on a paid publication's review again. There have been too many times when some dude with a workbench has blown five star and award winning gear from the magazines away... Also I think a bit of digging and forum reading is a better way to do it. Got to be careful with forum choice though!
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    The Little Bear is fine at the price, but the (borrowed) Promitheus TVC just opens the sound right up and adds body. It sounds very lucid and open, yet smoother too.

    Hmmm - I guess It shows how synergy Is everything. Compared to my Onix oa21 I get more bass but less treble. I think the slight lack of treble gives a slight lack of 'bite' compared to my onix. Not sure I'd want It any smoother (think I may have fixed the treble problem by replacing the polyester (yuck) coupling cap for a rather large 0.33uf Mundorf Supreme). Just need some time to listen, to be sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yomanze View Post
    I would never buy anything (well, be infuenced) based on a paid publication's review again. There have been too many times when some dude with a workbench has blown five star and award winning gear from the magazines away... Also I think a bit of digging and forum reading is a better way to do it. Got to be careful with forum choice though!
    Agreed! (regarding magazines)

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    Forum favourites should be viewed with the same suspicion as for magazine reviews. At least with some reviews the reviewer's known tastes and prejudices can be taken into account. There is no substitute for actually trying something at home before buying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    It is, but you should hear the MingDa MC-9 TVC that pairs with my SM-70 Pro! Whooo-hooo!

    Best pre-amp I've ever heard, never mind used or owned.
    sure its good. ming da make good stuff
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    I have owned various bits of shit since first getting involved in 1978 that has all added up to where I am now but:

    I certainly wouldn't want another Incatech Claymore

    I really would like a Kiseki Blue Silver Spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haselsh1 View Post
    I have owned various bits of shit since first getting involved in 1978 that has all added up to where I am now but:

    I certainly wouldn't want another Incatech Claymore

    I really would like a Kiseki Blue Silver Spot.

    How did you find the sound from the Claymore?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haselsh1 View Post
    I have owned various bits of shit since first getting involved in 1978 that has all added up to where I am now but:

    I certainly wouldn't want another Incatech Claymore

    I really would like a Kiseki Blue Silver Spot.
    Got an Inca Tech Claymore being used in my house.

    Personally, would never again buy anything with valves.
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