Recent content by philb7777

Anyone know details on the Audio Research Trade Up Program? It is running from June 15 - July 31, 2017. You can trade up your current Audio Research gear and get a trade in value of up to 75% of MSRP. I am wondering, does your gear go directly to Audio Research or does the Audio Research...

I just received a Silver Circle Audio Tchaik 6 power conditioner/purifier about a week ago now. I've always been suspicious of the effects of power conditioners on a system. Ones I have tried in the past to clean up my dirty AC have left me less than satisfied - decreased dynamics and a more...

Things went great with the movers. They did an excellent job. The Rockport Cygnus are fantastic. I know the 'new speaker euphoria' can make opinions over-inflated, but I've been around the block enough to be objective and know when I've made a good audio purchase or a not so good one...

Uncrated and waiting for movers to get them upstairs tomorrow afternoon.

Well the Cygnus have finally arrived. Sort of anyway. Still in crates as the freight company would only deliver to the ground floor of my home. My listening room is upstairs, so I have an antique furniture moving company coming to uncrate them and move them up my stairs into my listening room...

From another thread there was interest in my experience comparing the Dynavector XV-1T to the XV-1S. So I started this thread to not detract from the other thread's initial topics. I just received my XV-1T yesterday and have only about 5 hours on it after set up. It drops right in for the...