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| Electrocompaniet EMC1 CDP owner's suggestions The EMC-1 as a transport can be very good, but probably will never compete with the Sony transports. The real advantage is using it as a CDP. It has the best upsampling chipset inside. With mods, it is exceptional due to the discrete analog output... | |
| Electrocompaniet EMC1 CDP owner's suggestions The wiring inside of the EMC1-UP is not 75 ohms or even 110 ohms, so the connectors are not going to make much difference. In fact, the AES/EBU is wired directly to the 75 ohm outputs and there is an attempt to match to 75 ohms for all of them. | |
| Speaker cable -no shorter than 8FT? T or F Dekay - what technical basis is there for the Mapleshade limit? | |
| Speaker cable -no shorter than 8FT? T or F There is no technical reason for this. With all cables, shorter is better with perhaps one exception.With transports that have slow signal risetimes, in order to avoid reflections that can cause edge jitter, it is prudent to use S/SDIF cables that... | |
| Upgrade Path: CDP or Preamp I would recommend upgrading the CDP. One option might be to mod your Denon to make it a good transport and then purchase a modded DAC, such as the Perpetual P-3A or Musical Fidelity. You should be in the $1500 range to do this right. This combo wi... | |
| Transport Science and Philosophy: VRDS et al I second the importance of a low-jitter Transport. You can achieve this with most recent Sony, Philips and Pioneer transports if you get them modded. | |
| The best DAC for the money Get a modified Perpetual Tech. P-3A. Beats the others hands-down. Only thing comparable is the Meitner system. | |
| How does upsampling affect cd playback? The higher sampling rate allows the use of a less aggressive and higher-frequency analog filter. Less phase-shift results and thereby, the soundstageing is improved. | |
| To Pick a Cable,,,,,, I would be concerned about meeting electrical code. Unless you run a conduit all the way to your component and connect it to the component, this will probably not meet code. If you have a fire, your fire insurance will likely not cover it.I would ... | |
| Philips 1000 vs 963 for 2 channel. Which one ? Socrates - I agree. If you want great redbok playback, use the 9000 as a transport with a good upsampling DAC. If you don't care about SACD, just buy a used Sony 7700 and get it modded. | |
| Which cables go with what????? Rjwood wrote:"your system is only as good as its weakest link and that weakest link could be a cable, 'neutral' or otherwise."Certainly agree with this. This is why it is so important to start with cables that do not add any sonic signature of the... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Sean asked:"What consistent factors have you found amongst all of these cables that makes you think that they perform better than other cables not mentioned ?"This is easy. First, there is some science behind these cables. The L, R, C and Dielectr... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Rjwood wrote:"Oh, and if Audioengr is really starting these threads for the benefit of us mere music lovers, perhaps he could nominate a few manufacturers whose cables perform at the same exalted level as his own?"Sure, I can do this:BogdanAudienc... | |
| Which cables go with what????? Bwhite wrote:"So from your statement about preamps - I gather you don't view them as too important. What about source components? Are they important?"Preamps are certainly important. The point is: that in most systems there the SYNERGY between the... | |
| Silver interconnects & copper speaker cable O.K. ? Good metallurgical copper and silver should both sound good. However, I prefer silver for IC's.If the metals are not fabricated and processed right, either one can sound bad. |