ahendler
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| Question about neutrality and transparency in an amp Ladder dacs can sound warm and rich. Examples would be the Teradac Chamelion And the Audio-GD dacs using the 1704 chipAlan | |
| Corner Placement The Audio Note speakers have cabinets that flex. They look like cheap enclosures but they are designed to vibrate and enhance the music. They are designed for corner placement. Most speakers are notAlan | |
| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? Audio-GD Master 7 R2R DacAlan | |
| LightSpeed USB 2.0 cable Are you talking about the lightspeed 10g usb cable? I have it and it is excellent. Seperate data and power runs. Very expensive $995Alan | |
| Looking for IC and speaker cable suggestion I have recently replaced $3000 worth of cables with $250 worth. Much betterInterconnects are Beldin 8402 cableSpeaker cable is 1950's Western Electric 16 gauge stranded cableThe expensive stuff was HiDimond 8 and Auditorium 23Go figureAlan | |
| Dac that produces music Audio-GD Master 7 or NOS 7Alan | |
| Next jump in performance Down through the years I have tried many power line filters or conditioners and found very little change in performance. I then purchased a PurePower regenerator and it improved all parameters of the system, specifically dynamics. I have everythin... | |
| audio note kits Had one of there dac kits. Had someone else build it but was very pleased. I recommend there stuffAlan | |
| Schiit Byfrost Multibit dac with cd transport Yes. They can sound better and when technology changes you can usually upgrade. Also multibit dacs or also called R2R or ladder dacs sound closer to vinyl then Delta/Sigma dacs Also the quality of the transport is important. You should know that i... | |
| Shakti Hallograph Word of cautionPicked up a pair a while back and they degraded the sound. Discovered they do not work well with dipole speakers (Maggies). They interfere with the reflections and dispersion you need for good sound from dipoles. Has anyone else her... | |
| Goodbye paypal! Used PayPal for years and love it. Twice I got burned by a seller and they got my money back. You got to be kidding if you think Audiogon is a safer place to give credit card informationAlan | |
| Recommendations for IC and speaker cable Take a look at thishttp://getbettersound.com/quarternotesv5i2.html I have replace very expensive cables with these inexpensive cables and the overall improvement in sound is stunningAlan | |
| Upsampling - but seriously folks It is usually recommended that you play back at the sampling rate of the original recording. I have tried upsampling up to 24/192 and do not hear any difference. This is very dac dependentAlan | |
| Possibly dumb question: can I use two cable runs for each channel, not bi-wired? You will be fine. As you noted you are producing what cable makers call shotgun cables. They double the wire and either combine them in two terminations or four terminations. I would just mark the end of each wire with a color tape to make sure yo... | |
| Interconnects between Rogue Audio Perseus Preamp. and Odyssey Khartago Amplifier Two cables which are inexpensive but as good as anything I have ever heard (a lot) areBeldin 1842 and Western Electric cable from the 1950's. I am now using these cables in a very expensive system and couldn.t be happierAlan |