artmaltman
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| How does the Bryston BDA-1 DAC sound? How about Xciter vs Bryston? I've tested the Bryston in my home, but own a lot of Cary gear and tend to like the Cary family sound in tube gear anyway....Thanks,Art | |
| Mac with USB Dac The ease of access on computer is a revelation.I'm finding that I hit a wall though with Squeezebox and also Front Row, in that they go from category directly to tracks, bypassing albums. I select the classical category and instead of seeing a lis... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review I heard some of Alex early pieces and always felt it was amazing. He came to my house once lugging a huge tube amp that stomped my Conrad Johnson Premier 12 mono-blocks with their superb authority and natural sound. Then he just vanished, rumors h... | |
| Usijng two different subwoofers Depends on your goal. I go for bass impact in my home theater so I suspect mixing models or even brands might be fun there. However in my high end audio system I go for seamlessness of main speakers to subwoofer. I use a REL and tap the speaker ou... | |
| California Audio Show ths wknd bttr than expected Most of the rooms had quite good sound and many were excellent. This is unusual in my experience in an audio show. The ones that had poor sound seemed to be playing music inappropriate to the system. For example, I recall one system with SET amps ... | |
| Is the Basis 2001 a solid enough table to keep. It's a classic. | |
| Is Monster cable getting better? I find their RCA interconnects and spools of speaker cable are good warm sounding copper cables, with slightly more resolution and detail and bass as you go up the line. Product names and lines are hopelessly confusing, perhaps by intention but pr... | |
| tube cd player vs solid state My Cary 308T has tube output stage and sounds incredibly natural. It makes solid state or even hybrid cd players sound mechanical by comparison. The 308T is an out of production cd player that sells used for $1000 to $1200 usually. I've not heard ... | |
| Small Shelf System For Baby's Room? Peachtree. | |
| Audiophile Addiction It is an indulgence. It can be great fun, but, like any indulgence (wine, sports), you need to monitor it's effect on your life. People often drop the hobby entirely when they simply need to focus on other things (e.g. raising children). Also the ... | |
| New Magnepan 1.7 Owner I don't know about the 1.7 but I've always found replacing stock jumpers to high quality jumpers to provide a substantial audible improvement in regular dynamic speakers. It is just about the most consistent and cost effective improvement I've eve... | |
| SACD availability 1. I've heard a few SACD's whose quality floored me. They sounded so natural that I thought a $200 stereo playing this disk might best a $30,000 stereo playing Redbook.2. Alas most SACD's seem to me to be a modest improvement over their cd counter... | |
| Ayon CD2 is AMAZING Does it have digital input so it can serve as a DAC? | |
| How is there Apple Lossless Debate? I use Apple lossless. I tried the Bryston DAC (current model, right?) in my system. Via the USB input it was not very good unless I used a reclocker ahead of it. The other inputs were fantastic, and the USB was excellent with a reclocker. So you o... | |
| Anyone compared Mystere vs Cary integrateds? Very interesting, thank you! ( I wonder if he tried different ohm settings on the Cary as he did with the Mystere?) |