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| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? The same could be said anytime you're trying to purify "garbage" : poor recordings, poor source, bad room. I, too, used to be a skeptic. I was espically skeptical of all cables and even most CD players. most recording travel down a $16 XLR microph... | |
| Anybody know where i can purchase the ART DI/O DAC I would also suggest Full Compass. From what I've been lead to believe on the Audio Asulum boards, you'll have an easier time calling them, than trying to find the unit either in their catalog our on their website. Full Compass is also reported to... | |
| Rat Shack SPL meter calaibration No you want the analog version, and it costs less than the digital one. I suggest you exchange it. The consesus is the analog one is the 'better' use use of the two. And Dekay is right, callibration of the analog version is in the FAQ section at h... | |
| PreAmp shortlist:ARC LS8MKII, BC BC21, Rogue 99? BAT VK-3i, Sonic Frontiers Line 1? | |
| Budget DAC with Optical Digital input If you need smooth,GDA-600 from Adcom might be the ticket. The GDA-600 came out in 1994 (I believe) and was Stereophile Class C. It has input for S/PDIF over RCA/coax and toslink plastic. It has has an aes/ebu input, if that matters. Smooth soundi... | |
| No Sellers willing to do COD anymore??? As long as sellers can demand cash upfront - and get it from buyers - no seller in his right mind will ask for a COD. It seems to be a sellers market right now. | |
| 2 channel Poll: Vote: Do you use Tubes or SS? All SS here.I've never used tubes in my life. I'd like to try a BAT vk-3i or vk-5i hybrid-tube amp on the used market, likely pairing it with a VK-200 or VK-500. | |
| Sony DVP- S9000es I think I would skip the outboard DAC and pay to have the unit modded (~$500, or so). I bet the 9000es would sound awesome modified - if you are willing to void your sony ES warranty. I would. Then you'd have killer SACD, CD, and DVD playback in o... | |
| Best Dac you ever heard I 'third' the EVS Millennium DAC I (or II). I currently have the one, and it easily smokes the Adcom GDA-600 I had before. I also auditioned the MSB Link III at home. If you don't mind owning a small production, hand-built, super-tweaked piece of ... | |
| Best Kept Speaker Secret? Von Schweikert VR-4 MkIII.Magenepan 3.6/R ribbons and full range panels. Both are about $4k new. | |
| Line Conditioners The monster hts2000 can be found for as little as a $100+shipping new. You don't have to pay $200 for it. Goto http://shopping.yahoo.com and search for "hts2000" or "hts-2000". You should get a bunch of hits in the low 100s for the HTS2000. FYI, I... | |
| vaporware Hmm. You must be lucky with your DAT tape. At least with regards to computer backups. occasionally we'll encounter trouble with older media (+5 years). | |
| Is there any such thing as a high end receiver? I can vouch for Denon being hi-current. I've 'played' around with some Denon receiver models, and they have 'balls.' Receivers:NAD AMCCreekDenonYamahaSony ESNakamichiMarantz Pioneer EliteOutlaw AudioThough, I'd recommend an integrated amp, (like o... | |
| What's it worth if you sold it today? They key is to buy good solid pieces that are deflation-proof, so to speak. I system would have cost someone $7.5k-8.5k to buy new using real world prices. I paid about $2.5k, so far. I'd be surprised if I couldn't get almost $2k out of it, here o... | |
| Dumb Question 36 Check this link. The "POP" is because you're getting a "discharge" (most likely a discharge to ground) since you are in effect turning every component on AT ONCE, when you turn on your surge suppressor. http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htec... |