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| Songs that trigger you to switch the station or... No problem, Ct0517. I certainly recognize that musical tastes, and the memories that often accompany particular recordings, will differ widely. Enjoy!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Unsound,No, I still haven't addressed the room correction part of the effort, and I probably won't during the next few weeks. The microphonic tube issue I mentioned a few weeks ago was readily resolved with the purchase of a couple of NOS tubes... | |
| Songs that trigger you to switch the station or... Way too many to list, but I'll mention just one. Although I like a great deal of the Beatles work, I'd have to put "Hey Jude" in that category.Regards,-- Al | |
| Input impedance issue? On paper, at least, the Silk Audio buffer and the similar Yaqin model look like they would probably be reasonable choices. Although I do have a bit of concern about the lowish 60 db A-weighted signal-to-noise spec on the Silk unit. And I would sus... | |
| MC cartridges new vs. old Unequivocal unqualified statements asserting that something is "always" true are "always" wrong. Including the preceding sentence, although not often :-)Regards,-- Al | |
| Input impedance issue? ZD, yes, a suitably chosen solid state buffer will of course do the job well, and perhaps (depending on the specific models being compared) better than a tube-based buffer. But a tube-based design that is intended to be used as a buffer perhaps st... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Regarding the lengthy technically oriented post which Ralph provided yesterday, I of course agree 100%. At the same time, though, I believe his post is not at all inconsistent with mine that preceded it, in which I said:If:1)The output stage of a ... | |
| Input impedance issue? I'll second Koestner's comment. As in many and I suspect most preamps which provide two pairs of outputs, the two sets of output jacks on your preamp are most likely wired directly together just inside the rear panel. So the output stage of the pr... | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? Jim (Jea48), yes I agree. My basic point is that in the case of digital cables, at least, one does not have to necessarily believe in the directionality of wire itself in order to recognize that the direction in which a symmetrically designed cabl... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Rustler, with the Calypso I would have the concern I cited in my post dated 9-26-15, that its gain (specified as 29 dB balanced/23 dB unbalanced) may be so high that you may forced to use it with the volume control on the DAC set too low to be opt... | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? 09-28-15: Jea48You guys that are using a digital coax cable with a solid core center conductor that connects your CD transport to your DAC, you should be able to hear a difference in SQ when reversing the direction of the digital cable.Try it!I su... | |
| Esoteric K-03X Runin RCA & XLR Outputs Separately? I am finding that there is some glare and harshness listening with the XLR cable.If by any chance you have performed the comparison with the RCA and the XLR cables both connected at the same time, I would re-do it with only one of the two pairs o... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Not to disagree with two of my favorite and most respected A'gon colleagues (Ralph & Jon), but if:1)The output stage of a source component can drive whatever power amp is being used and the associated interconnect cables without compromise, or... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? You could scale this up and the sound would just get bigger and sound better wouldn't it, as long as you kept the load reasonable.No, I don't think so, Roger. The problem that would arise is that the same sound would be arriving at the listener's ... | |
| NAD preamp question The capacitive loading specifications of the phono inputs of the 160 and 162 are odd, to say the least, while the corresponding figures for the 116 are much more reasonable:NAD 160 & 162: Moving magnet: 47K, 470 pf Moving coil: 100 ohms, 1000... |