audioman58

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Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp
Without question if you have a good dac and good digital cable for sure itis cleaner . I use solid state drives what aredead quiet no moving parts , with a CD youhave aspinning disc that  the cdreader  has to buffer to read,reread for errors and m... 
Solid core Versus Stranded Speaker cables
The key to my experience with solid core conductors are several factors for instance , I use the purest  occ-0 Crystal Copper  much less grain structure in the metal higher purity,2. - dielectric thin Teflon is the closest to air which would’ve th... 
New $24,000 inter-connect
Pure Insanity !! I remember being a dealer years ago and even maybe                 15 +years ago, Kimber had a 6ft pr of speaker cables the black pearl $15kbut they sold at  least 10 pair to the ultra rich .Even if I had money to burn I would nev... 
Emotiva equipmet, how good is it?
It is decent entry level amplifiers not much more grounding is not tops vs a good multi-way star grounding system can hear hum on certain systems. , their $4k processor is very good though , good for the money .their processor is more upper end . 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
I have found ripping with DB Poweramp on wav or # 8 uncompressed  flac files after cleaning with art De son,, the discs sound more alive then streaming and I put a Beldons best Ethernet cable then from model a AQCinnamon and atcomputer end . It so... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
Take a look here fellow Audiophiles here is the resistance index as I stated Silver and Copper top conductor ,look where zinc -steel is located on the chartthis is your fuse conductor element.http://eddy-current.com/conductivity-of-metals-sorted-b... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
This is to. kosst_amojan   Not even 1 purchase, or  saleand on Audiogon for less then 1 year , and is telling a Veteran as myself over 35 year, owning a Audio store  for years, and worked with some of the most skilled Audio  engineers in the field... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
What I stated is fact if you don’t understand that is not my fault try reading . The wire in a fuse is calibrated for its average they have various thicknesses . That is how they blow .a fuse wire will break when over heated past it’s ability, lan... 
Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ?
Since my brother owns one and I know them well read this review Gryphon Diablo -300 integrated Amplifier .http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/gryphon3/1.html 
Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ?
Fantastic Integrated my brother just bought one a month ago Gryphon  Diablo of Denmark  this is a work of Art  it is better sounding then the majority of seperates . I owned a Audiostoreand inside parts quality and engineering design are critical.... 
Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In?
Why a premium fuse sounds substantially better then the stock steel- zinc fuses is easy to explain , just lookup metal  conductor  resistances the higher number the better, Copper,Silver veryclose 63-67 indexthe stock  buzz fuse a 18 maybe . It is... 
Ohm Walsh 4s worth looking into ???
I know them well big presentation but not true Audiophile i know build quality well very average At Best parts quality .if you get it cheap enough and rebuild the Xover with high qualitycomponents then yes it has respectable potential. The Xover i... 
OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers
David Bearnings unique patents  havehad great results with the big Soundlab A-1 hemakessomebigger monoblocks  if you have $20k  but spectacular amplifiers ,and preamps. 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
A great Turntable has a very palpable presentation very deep soundstage and a vibrant presentation .that being said is you have a top quality Dac , especially a SE model or modified using top quality Capacitors and like the Lascala , or lampizader... 
Can this be good first tube amplifier?
I have been Audio SS and Many tubes amps, preamps.a lot of junk under $1k from China as another member mentionedparts quality sucks, even in a lot of US built companies I have owned from top 3-4 and myself knowing parts quality inside and out ,and...