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| Voice and instrument image bunched in the middle?? For everyone's info, the OP indicated in another thread that the room is only 10 x 14 x 10, and the walls are concrete. Also, the Hyperion 938 speakers are certainly substantial in size.Voices and instruments seem to be all bunched up in the middl... | |
| Conrad johnson pv10b to M&K subwoofer As Mofi indicated, you won't hurt anything by using a y-adapter. Here is one such adapter. There are others that are available in the form of short lengths of flexible cable.The impedance considerations George referred to can affect tonal balance ... | |
| Cartridge or cable upgrade My perception of the prevailing consensus of those members having particularly extensive analog experience is that in general a top notch turntable and tonearm coupled with a merely good cartridge will handily outperform a top notch cartridge coup... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guido, thanks for pointing out the Thunderbolt capability of the Weiss 202 DAC. That capability, however, appears to be provided by means of an external Thunderbolt-to-Firewire adapter, which would connect to a Firewire port on the rear of the DAC... | |
| Cartridge or cable upgrade Most high quality step-up transformers (SUTs) or active step-up devices sell for well upwards of $1K, and the lowest price SUT I am aware of that I would give any consideration to costs $750.I see no reason to go with a low output cartridge in the... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? ^ No question about it!Best,-- Al | |
| Cartridge or cable upgrade Surprised that no one has yet suggested the Audio-Technica 150 MLX moving magnet cartridge ($479) as a candidate to consider. I have no experience with it, but a number of our particularly experienced and knowledgeable members have described it in... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "NFB" = "Negative Feedback."Regards,-- Al | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD A few minutes after submitting my post just above I received my copy of the October 2014 issue of TAS, containing the Berkeley review and interview Erik referred to earlier. In the interview Michael Ritter of Berkeley addresses in a reasonable amo... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 09-11-14: AplhifiBut even Almarg (or anyone else with such extensive experience) would agree that the new Berkeley converter should at least make possible for DSD64 through the S/PDIF inputs via DoP format and let their customers decide whether Pu... | |
| Correct method of hooking up Sonus Faber speakers? Just to add to the possibilities, some members here have reported in the past that best results were obtained (with various speakers, probably not SF's) by connecting the two conductors in the cable on a diagonal. That is, either the + wire to the... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Knghifi, Jon, Charles, Guido, thanks very much for your comments. And Erik, thanks for your inputs as well, about both the DAC and the tires.JoeCasey, yes, I chose the "PDK" automatic. I'm a "purist" about some things to some degree, but not in th... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve, I'm surprised at your question.What I'm talking about is the fact that depending on the quality of the design digital noise can couple between different parts of the circuitry in a component, via grounds, stray capacitances, etc. Potentiall... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks, Erik.Re my previous post, that was a typo on "Boxster," of course.Regards,-- Al | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 09-10-14: ErikminerIn the TAS review there is an interview with the designer (s) of the Dac. They feel that building a USB input with the associated hardware degrades the SQ of the unit. Could that be BS since they sell the pricey outboard unit? W... |