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| Pure Vinyl/Amarra Gary, I am glad you are enjoying PV. Is its effect most noticeable on hi rez or does redbook benefit as well? I am a steamer (WiFi) and had always thought that the computer player itself (Itunes, etc) did not have an effect. Steve Nugent at Empiri... | |
| NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables?? Ben, I think it would be redemptive to educate people on the theoretical advantages of the WE copper processing.... | |
| Should I upgrade DAC, speaker cables, ICs, or PCs? Lewinskih01, first of all, what do you feel is missing in your system sonically?In terms of upgrade logic and order of importance, I place speakers first. After that, its a wash. I used to think the source was next but after farting around with Da... | |
| Here comes the Dude. What to expect? Gary, nice poetic review...reminds me of the new "flarf" school of poetry where they throw odd word combinations at Google and then transcribe the results. It is stark contrast to your more traditional, detailed footer description. Any current imp... | |
| How Much Time do You Surf on Audiogon? Funny thread Pat. OCD drives this site. One little blue pill and maybe it would all go away? My wife has been conditioned negatively by my Audiogon habit. She stated the other day that she gets irritated when she sees on the Audiogon yellow on my ... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp I tried to source good Raytheons on Ebay and was not successful, so I have not heard what those tubes can truly do.I am using the stagger plate RCAs and those are sweet.Some folks have recently tried the Russian NOS tubes to good effect. A lot of ... | |
| Digital crossovers? I agree with Amfibius. The rate limiting step with the DEQX and other similar products is the DA conversion, which I find atrocious....it totally degrades the sound.People are screwing around with new ways of doing this....one approach, taken by C... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs The Dude Tube preamp Nice job Ryan. Thanks for corroborating the "witness" about the Dude. It is a sonic killer.... | |
| Review: db System Zardoz Ultimo Transport Hi Brian. I cannot accurately assess that difference since I did not do a side-by-side comparison. Vaguely, the Ultimo had a little more bass energy and the level of clarity seemed to go increase as well. Both models had that same analog signature... | |
| Review: Intuitive Design/Pitcher Sound Labs Summit PSL 624 Speaker Thanks for the good report Pat (and Chris). Its nice to have the ID witness corroborated so we don't look like some lunatic fringe. I have farted around with nearfield listening simply due to my room size (the wife always managed to shoehorn me in... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp I will agree with that statement. Ryan is indeed housebroken. He behaved well in front of my wife.... | |
| Review: db System Zardoz Ultimo Transport Tony, there is a single response to the above thread. Keep us posted on further content. The opening comment:"Yes. you're right, transferring raw files by network has theoretical advantages over USB or Firewire, but I see no reason to do this wire... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp Gallant, what isolation devices are you using? What is the Dude sitting on? Also, what power cord is feeding the Dude? | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp I also agree with your comments about Paul. I have observed that guys who inhabit a creative sphere where designs literally appear in their minds (or are given to them....it depends on what you believe) are not the best businessmen. Audio mysticis... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp Gallant, thanks for the thoughtful review. The Dude's presentation changes fairly markedly with tube rolling, so that is one place to fiddle. You may also want to find cables that are less sensitive to length. Dale Pitcher's are generally not and ... |