Finally.

[Digiman]

Some (none) of you will remember I some time ago questioned this group about
a good RIAA-stage. I got some good advice, especially from Mr. Audio Empire,
and i kept on looking.
Now, the hunt is over. I purchased a Audio Research SP-14 pre-amplifier.
And its good :-). There is such a presence of vocal in the room, and when
vocal is good,the rest follows.
(Im norwegian, excuse my limited vocabulary) so I will not go into further
detail. What i inted to say here is that I've found peace, Im satisfied. I
guess thats a rare thing in this business..
I know there's a lot of oldtimers in here with a lot of experience, Pierce
and Empire comes to mind, any experiences with this unit?
_______
Digiman

[Harry Lavo]

"Digiman" > wrote in message
...
> Some (none) of you will remember I some time ago questioned this group
> about
> a good RIAA-stage. I got some good advice, especially from Mr. Audio
> Empire,
> and i kept on looking.
> Now, the hunt is over. I purchased a Audio Research SP-14 pre-amplifier.
> And its good :-). There is such a presence of vocal in the room, and when
> vocal is good,the rest follows.
> (Im norwegian, excuse my limited vocabulary) so I will not go into further
> detail. What i inted to say here is that I've found peace, Im satisfied. I
> guess thats a rare thing in this business..
> I know there's a lot of oldtimers in here with a lot of experience, Pierce
> and Empire comes to mind, any experiences with this unit?
> _______
> Digiman
>

Not with the SP-14 except by reputation. But I lived happily with the
also-renowned SP-6B from 1980 until just last year.....and there are very
few better phono preamps out there.

[Audio Empire]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:31:59 -0700, Digiman wrote
(in article >):

> Some (none) of you will remember I some time ago questioned this group about
> a good RIAA-stage. I got some good advice, especially from Mr. Audio Empire,
> and i kept on looking.
> Now, the hunt is over. I purchased a Audio Research SP-14 pre-amplifier.
> And its good :-). There is such a presence of vocal in the room, and when
> vocal is good,the rest follows.
> (Im norwegian, excuse my limited vocabulary) so I will not go into further
> detail. What i inted to say here is that I've found peace, Im satisfied. I
> guess thats a rare thing in this business..
> I know there's a lot of oldtimers in here with a lot of experience, Pierce
> and Empire comes to mind, any experiences with this unit?
> _______
> Digiman
>

AR equipment is very good. They have good designs and use the highest quality
components. For many years I used both an SP-9, then an SP-11. I recently
sold the SP-11 and got $3500 for it even though it was more than 20 years
old! Shows how well good tube equipment holds its value! It still sounded
magnificent the day I sold it.

You made a good choice, I think. Good luck.

Audio_Empire

[Edmund[_2_]]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:34:09 +0000, Audio Empire wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:31:59 -0700, Digiman wrote (in article
> >):
>
>> Some (none) of you will remember I some time ago questioned this group
>> about a good RIAA-stage. I got some good advice, especially from Mr.
>> Audio Empire, and i kept on looking.
>> Now, the hunt is over. I purchased a Audio Research SP-14
>> pre-amplifier. And its good :-). There is such a presence of vocal in
>> the room, and when vocal is good,the rest follows.
>> (Im norwegian, excuse my limited vocabulary) so I will not go into
>> further detail. What i inted to say here is that I've found peace, Im
>> satisfied. I guess thats a rare thing in this business.. I know there's
>> a lot of oldtimers in here with a lot of experience, Pierce and Empire
>> comes to mind, any experiences with this unit? _______
>> Digiman
>>
>>
> AR equipment is very good. They have good designs and use the highest
> quality components. For many years I used both an SP-9, then an SP-11. I
> recently sold the SP-11 and got $3500 for it even though it was more
> than 20 years old! Shows how well good tube equipment holds its value!

Ough, it hold it price value an awful lot better that its technical specs I guess. :-)


> It still sounded magnificent the day I sold it.
>
> You made a good choice, I think. Good luck.
>
> Audio_Empire

Edmund