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| Granite under wood for better isolation? I have a similar setup with a 1" granite base. I used a 1" MDF board and sandwiched a 1/4" cork it has isolated all floor noise to zero and ever getting back to my turntable. MDF is allot cheaper and more effective.Go down to your local home depot... | |
| Interconnect for sweet, silky violin sound If you are looking for a neutral and natural sounding cable, try Straight wire. They produce one of the most natural transparent cables. They have 4-levels and most audiophile listeners like the Virtuoso for the detail, quietness, and very black s... | |
| Need RCA to XLR adaptor for digital cable.Help Should never convert digital transmission XLR TO RCA or RCA to XLR. The digital cable is high speed transmission and has shield connection on both ends designed to help build RF/EMI.You can however use this application in a analog stage,because a ... | |
| Just got the PS Audio Perfectwav DAC -- Amazing Great comparison, PWD vs Modwright Transporter lets hear some thoughts and feedback on the two items. | |
| Which power cord more important? After reading some of the comments, power cord no matter the manufacture can only provide whatever is seen at the incoming wall line other words, "garbage in garbage out"!The power from the wall plug is a 14gauge cheap copper that meet UL approval... | |
| ModWright Transporter I have studied the mod upgrade and can assure you that the warm sound coloration is contributed from the pre-amp analog stage that Dan transfers from his Mod wright tube pre-amp to the Transporter upgrade. The DAC is untouched and original op-amps... | |
| has anyone tried PS Audio perfect wave duo Hi Sgr:What a system! You are a man that have obviously built your components around your room and I can imagine the results.Patience is a virtue and after all the years, hard work and experience that you have spent your system posted on Audiogon ... | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Hi Ophitoxaemia:The Linn Genki was a decent sounding $ 2000.00 CD player 10 years ago and is still considered as a great player.The Transporter has a Wang Jung re clocked processor that contributed to the lower floor noise in the DAC circuitry whi... | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Hi Luis:In regards to the external DAC, reading your comment it seems to me that you are taking things in the right steps to the process of elimination.Isolation and tweaking are the core and fundamental to achieve and maximize proper sound imagin... | |
| wadia 850 vs benchmark dac Hi Hitv:I personally had a similar setup with a Wadia 22 transport to a Tri-Vista 21 tube DAC and found my music server Squeeze Box 3 output to the Tri-Vista 21 rivaling my Red CD source.I still was not convince and decided to change my CD transpo... | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Hi Spencer:You are welcome, I think it is only fair that true testing of the components are measured with our experience and the best accuracy that we have available to us and then share results and fact finding among each other like yourself.This... | |
| Modded transporter vs stock with external DAC Hi Shazam:I agree on some issues that you mentioned. I personally found my modded P/S Squeeze box 3 with the Tri-Vista 21 tube DAC A/B to the Transporter stand alone close if not better listening to ripped cd. Were the Transporter stand alone or w... | |
| Best Headphones & Amp---Opinions Please I have found going and visiting "can jam" a real eye and listening session it really helped me identify various Amps and headphones.I presently have the AKG K1000 to a Cary 300SEI with Western 300B after experimenting with many different headphone... | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Hi Spencer:I had the same setup. SB 3 with a upgraded power supply, Digital output to a Tri-Vista 21 as one digital source and it was quite good in critical listening setup in my system.I have been using now for 2-weeks a transporter and find the ... | |
| How good of a DAC is the Logitech Transporter Sbank: I would not sell your Tri -vista 21 at a lost to gain the same from the Transporter.The Tri-Vista 21 tube DAC with my ears sounds more dynamic and with a bigger sound stage than that of the transporter properly setup. That being said, there... |