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Brand NEW old stock PS Audio Reference Link for $800
PS Audio - January 2010 PS Audio Newsletter : Fresh & Informative Stories of High-end Audio, Video & Music
Anyone has one or have a manual on it? From the newsletter: The Reference Link I seem to remember reading a story once about someone’s grandfather passing away and when the grandson went to visit grandpa’s house he opened the garage only to find a brand new 1920 automobile that grandpa had but never drove. What a treasure! Well, we have a similar story. Angie Duran (our VP of Sales and Marketing) and I went on a trip to visit our dealers in Asia and along the way we met with our Taiwan distributor, Enkei. Mr. Huang and his son Kevin run Enkei. Mr. Huang is affectionately known as “the Chairman” of the Taiwan audio group because he headed up all the retailers for years and years. He’s a consummate Audiophile and a wonderful man. On our visit we went to their warehouse and noticed, off in a corner, a group of PS Audio boxes from the era of PS where I was not a part. This was the era where PS produced the Ultralink, the Lambda and all the terrific digital audio equipment of that era. I think the Ultralink was named as product of the year if I remember correctly. Upon a closer look I was stunned at what I saw: about 10 brand new, never opened Reference Links. A Reference Link was an Ultralink DAC on steroids. It was an amazing piece of engineering, containing a full-on Ultra Analog DAC and Ultra Analog A to D converter. Just take a look at the picture of the insides. These were all hand built in the Ultra Analog labs in San Francisco. They are a complete preamplifier with 5 analog inputs (that were then passed through the A/D converter and into the Ultra Analog DAC) and a complete Ultralink DAC. At the time, this was state of the art. I have one in the PS Museum and can tell you straight out as a DAC, it still sounds incredible. This was the pinnacle of the 16 bit, 44.1kHz DACS of the day and in its day, sold for $3K. Mr. Huang asked me if any of our customers would be interested in owning one of these beauties. I was certain someone would so we shipped all 10 back to PS in Boulder. Each one is brand-new, never opened, and complete with remote control, full on DAC, preamp and an amazing performer for its day. If you’re trying to put together a second system, something for the budding Audiophile or for just the thrill of owning one of these beauties, let us know. We’ll offer them for $800 each and there are only 10. You can email sales@psaudio.com
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Mike ~Your pet is your best investment~ Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks. Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2 |
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I am still using my Ultralink in my clinic.
I have to say it sounds really very good. I would be lucky to get 2-3k for it used so there is absolutely no point in selling it howie |
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$800 seems to be a good deal.
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Mike ~Your pet is your best investment~ Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks. Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2 |
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Am I the only person here remotely interested?
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Mike ~Your pet is your best investment~ Preamps/tuners:McIntosh C50, C46, MR88, MR73, C2200, C22ce, Cary SPL-98L Integrate amps:McIntosh MA6100, Denon PMA2000ivr Amps: McIntosh Mc602, Mc2000, Mc275 MK-V, Cary 805ae mono blocks. Speakers: JMLab Mezzo Utopia, Focal Twin6 BE, Tannoy Mini Autograph Headphones: Sennheiser HD800, Beyer T1, Denon D7000, Grado RS1i, Sony MDR-SA5000, MDR-Z1000, AKG K701, and many many more Digital Sources:Sony SCD-1 & SCD777es, CDP-XA7es, 2010 Mac Mini Music Server, Amarra Mini player, Musical Fidelity V-Link & M1 DAC, Apogee Mini-DAC & Duet 2 |
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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