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| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? I much prefer this to spinning CD's because of the lower jitter and superior sound quality.Sure! :-)Regards, Alex | |
| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? The Noiseball (aka computer) converts audio data many times, uses questionable performance clocking, has switching mode power supply and uses poor interfaces (mostly USB and Wi-Fi packets or combination of both) to transmit audio data to an extern... | |
| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? "The only difference between a good transport and bad transport is jitter."I wish this was the case but, unfortunately, it is not! Jitter is very important but there are other very important factors as well."So you have a choice. Buy a low jitter ... | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? Fjn04, there is no difference between RCA and XLR with APL products because of transformer coupled output of the tube stage (no capacitors). If you enjoy the resolution of balanced designs, you may want to consider the new NWO-M1 which, unlike the... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Oneobgyn, it is sad indeed that you feel this way! All I did is proposing you audition in your own system based on previous email correspondence. Just like every designer, I am very confident in my products but this is strictly what I believe. Eve... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Hello Mike,You make some valid points. Thank you for your concern and friendly advice, I appreciate it! The fact that many posters online are predetermined about the products they own without having any solid bases is at times overwhelming for me,... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Oneobgyn, Over the past year he has sent me unsolicited e-mail with an attempt to sell me his gearI can forward back to you the email you've sent me on 12/28/2004 where you though it would be fun to meet with your friend Ron in your house and audi... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Oneobgyn, I asked a very simple question regarding the bases of your statement that "It does not get better than EMM Labs". Since you live in my area, I've offered you (in the past) an actual experience by bringing my NWO for you to try in your ow... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Oneobgyn, IMO it just doesn't get any better than the EMM Labs.It is great you feel this way! EMM Signature is really good indeed, but when you say "IMO", what is the "O" based on? Belief? Friendship? Loyalty? If this is the case then GREAT, it is... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Oneobgyn, I won't ever changeBut you already thought it can not get any better than your non-Sig EMM combo, right? Now with the EMM Sig you're saying it's a lot better. How is that possible? If tomorrow there is a Signature-Plus which clearly soun... | |
| APL Esoteric X-01 No doubt that the X-01 and X-01 Limited are two of the best sorts of "apples" money can buy, however, the NWO-2.5 is an "orange". Simply, the two can not be compared and just like Tvad said; they sound totally different. So there is no point for f... | |
| APL Esoteric X-01 Mgottlieb, I am perfectly aware (in-depth, down to the last component) what are the differences between the "normal" and "limited" UX-1 and X-01. There is no doubt that the "limited" is better, but it is still 90% similar to the "normal" version.T... | |
| APL Esoteric X-01 Greg, when it comes to transport and DSP, the UX-1 and X-01 are identical. Just the X-01 has the DVD Video and Audio disabled. When it comes to the APL re-design of these, it is also identical with absolutely the same end result. It's just that yo... | |
| Best wood for making an isolation platform? Loose the sand, Maple works best, IMO.Talk to this Gentleman here on Audiogon and ask for the 3 inch custom Maple stands he makes. The result is very pleasing.Regards, Alex | |
| EMM LABS CDSD/DCC2 Tweaks Neil, take a nice digital cable and connect your DV-50 to the DCC2 (use the DV-50 as a digital transport). You can only listen to CDs this way of course. Listen to a CD with the CDSD and then listen to the same CD with the DV-50. See if you will h... |