alexberger

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Acoustic Sounds Series
John Coltrane ‎– A Love Supreme https://youtu.be/kFWfqOwopGU 
Acoustic Sounds Series
Another one video:Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson - That Old Feelinghttps://youtu.be/o1E3bBFFXRM 
Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria?
I use Cary 303 CD player from 2001 as transport. The retail price of Cary was $3500 back in that days.It is interesting how do these modern affordable transports like Audiolab, Emotiva  sound compared old Hi-End CD players from 90x-2000x?Regards,Alex 
V-Cap ODAM: What the Future Sounds Like
I decided to send my pair of V-cap ODAM capacitors back to Hificollective for replacement.One capacitor has a perfect measurements, but other one has internal parasitic impedance 1Ohm that cause a very high active to reactive impedance ratio on hi... 
V-Cap ODAM: What the Future Sounds Like
Hi @c_avila1 ,I installed ODAM 0.22uF into my 300B SET between drivers 6F6G in triode mode and 300B. ODAM are bypassed by Duelund Cu-Sn 0.01uF bypass capacitors.I used Duelund Custom Cu before ODAM on this position.I used the same Duelund Cu-Sn 0.... 
V-Cap ODAM: What the Future Sounds Like
Just bought a matched pair of V-Cap ODAM 0.22uF on Hificollective.I measured them using my LCR meter DE-5000.These two capacitors have very different APO On high frequencies.The first capacitor has:100KHz - APO=0.01510KHz - APO=0.0001KHz - APO=0.0... 
Super tweeter for FullRange Driver
I don't think this tweeters have enough sensitivity (93dB) for Omega Super 3 high output monitors (97.5dB).I use Fostex T90A and it is incredibly good. Very detailed, natural and smooth.  
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Compared to Tone Poet Series - BN80 sounds less refined and tone of instruments is not as natural.But BN80 is not a bad reissue at all. It is much better than mainstream reissues like: Jazz Portraits, Wax Time and BN75.In terms of SQ BN80 reminds ... 
Thinking about getting a R2R DAC
The problem is a simple digital oversampling and anti-aliasing filtering (used in most DACs) is not accurate enough for music reproduction. DAC without oversampling and Chord DACs with sophisticated oversampling and anti-aliasing filtering solve ... 
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
In terms of SQ Tone Poets is significantly better compared to BN80. High frequencies are much more clear and less synthetic sound. BN80 SQ is much better than BN75 and Wax Time.  
Thinking about getting a R2R DAC
Other trick I did to make Chord Qutest sound warm and smooth even on "white" filter with regular power supply, I added Furutech AC GTX-D(Gold) Duplex receptacle.This  receptacle makes sound more fat and warm in contrast to  Furutech AC GTX-D Rho... 
Thinking about getting a R2R DAC
Hi @adam8179 ,I also use Chord Qutest for couple of years. I like it very much. It is a huge step compared to my old Care 303 CD player that use 1704 DAC chip. I improved the SQ of  Qutest significantly when I changed BNC digital socket to Audio ... 
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Chet Baker Signshttps://youtu.be/e7L-8vIDWbUhttps://youtu.be/kABbL_lENF8Kenny Barrell Introductionhttps://youtu.be/f3zHx46d3OM 
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Herbie Hancock ‎– My Point Of View - "Blind Man, Blind Man" - Blue Note Tone Poet Serieshttps://youtu.be/CM1rEpImJeoLee Morgan ‎– The Cooker - "A Night In Tunisia" - Blue Note Tone Poet Serieshttps://youtu.be/XcfFcKlPiic 
Blue Note Tone Poet Series
Chick Corea ‎– Now He Sings, Now He Sobs - Blue Note Tone Poet Serieshttps://youtu.be/UPaHOUFDCuYAltec 604 - EMT 948 - Lee Morgan - Ill Wind - Cornbreadhttps://youtu.be/URFy3BXhLJM