Warm, fullbodied, smooth, and transparent

Perfect Lloyd, refrences to both high end and budget, just the kind of feedback I was looking for, although I didn't mention that in my opening post...

All right Guys, keep them coming.

I have a oldy but goddy Mark Levinson IC

Lots of good recommendations coming in ...

Thus far we have .

Cardas cross or golden cross

Transparent Reference Cables (particularly XL older cable
newer version MM1 or MM2

Purist Audio Dominus

Audioquest Emerald ICs were very musical, full and warm. not as detailed though..

Harmonic Technology Truth Link

Straley Reality Cables

Gabriel Gold

Mapleshade Clearview

I'll throw a couple in from others recommendations, I personaly have no experience with them

ACOUSTIC ZEN MATRIX REFRENCE

Granite 470

analysis plus crystal oval

Straight wire Maestro

Has any folks out there tried various one's mentioned, what was your choice.

More suggestioned welcomed

Pmboyd, to answer a couple of your questions,

Helping a brother inlaw, he just picked up over last weekend a Pass Aleph stereo amp,and he has a Cambridge 840cdp.

So he needs a IC to go from CDP to Amp. The CDP drives the amp.

Really no name generic IC at this time

Also working on power cords for both units, but I think I have that sorted out.

Thanks to all who have contributed. Presently doing do diligence on the recommendations. Ultimately hope to narrow it down to a few, and then buy them here, try them out on the system, the winner will stay, and the others will get sold off. Think that will be the best way to approach this project to get the system to match synergistically.

Pmboyd, just read your post, will check out Golden Reference,Golden Cross thread. Thx.

Perhaps a better word would be dynamic on the upper end.

As what I was eluding to was a synegistic sound from top to bottom. not closed in with a rolled off top end, thus transparent with all the fore mentioned attributes..

Pmboyd, for sure the no name IC is adding to the situation, but they are there temporarly, till the proper IC is selected. As Johnnyb53 mentioned, it is a brighter sound thats the nature of the CDP to start with.

Have had my powercord and IC on the 840, and it transformed it into exactally what I am looking for from a IC. The problem there is one my friends made the powercord, who moved, and I dont have his new number, and I actually use two differnt IC's together with a female adapter. One being a Belden WBT ends and the other a Micro Seiki. Together there magic. A friend of mine received a spoll of the Micro Seiki,as he is an importer of Audio, and wanted to test it, made some IC's from it, and our group of about 15/20 audio buffs would get together on weekends, during the winter months. So we were the beta testers. He never did introduce it to the market.

Which leads me back to just finding a single IC for my brotherinlaw. As I have the power cord sorrted out already.

Do appreciate all the suggestions.

Virgo have had your power cords in sight, considering the source 3 fo CDP and refrence Master for Amp. Recently dis covered your comments about the Eminence, and how you fill about it.So how would you compare the Eminence to the other two I mentioned. What differences would there be.

Mrtennis writes:
so if i understand you seabreeeze, you are seeking a coherence, balanced frequency response and sufficient resolution without sounding analytical.

perfectly said Mrtennis.

keep us updated as to when your review is available

Thanks again everyone.

I am aware of the positive feedback regarding the DCCA powercords, from other threads I read.

Horchai what IC were you using with your 740.

Virgo_ref
Seabreeze, the Eminence gives you more of these sound qualities....or I should say it takes less away from these qualities in regards to the overall sound of a recording

Virgo are you saying the Eminence keeps its signature of warm, fulled body and smooth, with more resolution than the Sorce 3 and Master refrence.