New upgrades for SDA 1C speakers
bobt
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I am looking to upgrage my system. Right now a have a Sony XA3ES CD and a Adcom GTP-400 pre amp.
The Sony cd player at the time..was one of the best......now i'm looking at the Jolidia JD-100A. This seems to be a no brainer....from what i've read the ES..just can not come close to the JD. But any input is good.
The preamp....is another story. The GTP is not good..but not bad also.
I was looking to up grade to some type of hybrid.....was looking at the Vincent Audio SA-31....can't find a lot of reviews on this....nothing comes out as bad...at least for the price.
Probelm is it has no phono stage. Which means I have to buy a phono preamp such a Creek, or something along those lines..it also has no headphone outlet.
Anybody know about this preamp?.....
The Sony cd player at the time..was one of the best......now i'm looking at the Jolidia JD-100A. This seems to be a no brainer....from what i've read the ES..just can not come close to the JD. But any input is good.
The preamp....is another story. The GTP is not good..but not bad also.
I was looking to up grade to some type of hybrid.....was looking at the Vincent Audio SA-31....can't find a lot of reviews on this....nothing comes out as bad...at least for the price.
Probelm is it has no phono stage. Which means I have to buy a phono preamp such a Creek, or something along those lines..it also has no headphone outlet.
Anybody know about this preamp?.....
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I believe service/warranty work is an issue with those. Something about having to send it back to China.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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I believe service/warranty work is an issue with those. Something about having to send it back to China.
Vincent? That sounds familiar to me as well, but damn if I can remember where I read it...Wristwatch--->Crisco -
Vincent is Chi-fi. You can sometimes find the same components under less popular names for less money. That alone would bother me."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs -
Well the Jolidai stuff is made in China also...so whats the point?
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The POINT is that Jolida services their products here in the US. Vincent, Bada, etc. do not. Do you want to pay to ship a product back to China? Yeah, I didn't think so.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Don't get me wrong as I'm not a proponent of this, but shipping to and from China is not as difficult or expensive as it may sound.
My wife collects and sometimes resells cloisonne vases, bowls and plates (about 500 pcs in the collection so far so I guess it's mostly collecting
). We've been buying direct from several suppliers in China and the shipping is not much different than shipping from here in Ohio out to the the left coast of the US or vice-versa. The stuff is heavy (glass coated brass, bronze or copper) and fragile, and the shipping is generally within 10-12% (higher) of US coast to coast rates.
www.vintage-cloisonne.comVTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
NAD SS rigs w/mods
GIK panels -
...where the SDA's at?The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I just bought a PS Audio GCPH pre and I cringed when I saw that it was made in china. They actually try to make you feel better by writing that it is designed in the US, small consolation...Zu Soul Supreme
Coincident Frankenstein mkIII
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Well, as far as I know Vincent Audio is a german company, a subdivision of Thorens. The designs are German, but subed out to china for manufacture, as so much of everything is today.
I believe any warrenty issues are handled by the seller, in this case Audio Advisor, which has been around for quite a while.
I have not talked to them about this, was just reading reviews so far, so i could be wrong.
