213runnin
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| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? My apologies kfox, I should have noted that in your budget, and probably any cd player under $1000, op amps would be pretty common. I will say that the Music Hall unit looks pretty sparse under the hood, while an Emotiva has much more circuitry, ... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp As to their business name and operational preferences, gdhal, that's the thing about audio. There are a 1000 other brands to select, nobody is forcing you to buy anything from anyone.I took a chance on Schiit, ordering a Mani and a Modi Uber on t... | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? Op amps are also a cost cutting indication, the better designs go with discrete circuitry.I'm sure, however, that the ERC-3 sounds nice, but op amps plus a noisy spinning mechanism indicate that it's built with a lower price point in mind. | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? gdhal, so you don't think it's fully balanced, but Emotiva does?I am fully aware of the possible compromises in design that can occur when a component comes with XLR jacks though it is not fully balanced. Thank you for the offer, but I trust your... | |
| Emotiva ERC-3 or Music Hall C-DAC15.3 / connections? gdhal, are you saying that Emotiva is not sure whether the ERC-3 is fully balanced? That's what it appears you are saying.I bought one of their early dacs, the XDA-1, and Emotiva was sure that it had lossless volume and could do 192 hz over USB. ... | |
| Schiit DAC Crashes Audirvana I'm glad Schiit finally got back to you. I've got the Bifrost Multibit, and it makes crappy mp3 files sound better than I've ever heard them. I expect the Gumby (Schiit gearhead lingo for Gungnir Multibit) would sound even better at 18 bits. | |
| Schiit DAC Crashes Audirvana In my experience with internet companies, they typically have a smaller staff to keep the costs down on their products. Ascend, Hsu, Emotiva and Schiit are the ones I've dealt with.The problem with a smaller staff is, when a new product launch is... | |
| Adding a turntable to my system Wow, everyone disagreeing with everyone. What is this, an audio forum? :) | |
| Intigrated Amp Dilemma Well Stereo5, as long as the volume level you’ve described is accurate at 93-95 decibles, and as long as your speakers are working correctly, then it’s simple math. You may have been in the hobby for 45 years, but if you can’t understand the basic... | |
| Intigrated Amp Dilemma Well, the bottom line is the Parasound integrated amp is not straining as stereo5 supposes. Again, what does "thin sounding" sound like? | |
| Intigrated Amp Dilemma The OP says when he takes it up to 93-93db, the sound gets a little thin. That's odd because those speakers have a sensitivity of 91 db, so at 95 are drawing around 3-4 watts, depending on size of room and distance from speakers. The speakers do... | |
| Stay away from the nad The Nad PE stuff from the 80's apparently had issues too. I still contend that the current integrated amps( or the ones just being retired for the new digital amps) are pretty rock solid. Yeah there's failures. Obviously Nad is good to replace ... | |
| Amp recommendations Yeah, it looks like those particular Martins go under 1 ohm at the upper end of the spectrum. They'll make a budget amp cry. | |
| Amp recommendations Wow, I'm impressed that Best Buy would even carry such a speaker! As someone who had my trials with synergy, I'd concur that Devlep should stick with what owners have found works best, Macintosh. Do owners have any thoughts on speaker cables? I... | |
| Stay away from the nad It sounds like you didn't politely insist on speaking with a manager. It sounds like you haven't pursued the matter, but with a budget of over $4000 for a replacement, you won't miss the Nad. I had Denon replace a remote out of warranty. I've ha... |