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| Classe CA-200 and B&W 805N combo?? B1 thing for sure - your amp is not contributing to harsh sound. I have/had 2 McCormack amps and they never sound harsh. SO look at your set up and speakers. | |
| Considerations when choosing a DAC? Channel Island Audio DAC is sold by Music Direct who will let audiotion it at home in your own system for 30 days. Audio Mirror offered me 5 days to audion the dac. You can also try Bel Canto DAC2 from AudioAdvisor, also 30 days. I never heard CIA... | |
| Help a vinyl-phile with a digital upgrade Marantz SA8260 does not sound analog to me. Benchmark DAC1 in my system prooved to be very digital sounding. After about 30 minutes of listenning I would not want to play another CD. The unit I kept was the Bel Canto DAC2. I use Sony S7700 as a tr... | |
| Shunyata Hydra 4 vs PS Audio UPC 200 I have 2 Hydra2 units. One for transport and dac another for amp and pre-amp. There was a noticable improvement when I incorporaterd the 2 Hydras into my system. YOu have consider the fact that I live in NYC in apartment building where power is $h... | |
| Help with re-tubing an ARC VT100 MkII Jea48, Upscale's a little bit more money, but I think it's worth it for what you get from them. | |
| Help with re-tubing an ARC VT100 MkII Another advantage of getting tubes from upscale is that they run the tubes in for 72 hours before doing any matching. At least they do that when you get their platinum grade. So I think you can expect the tubes to be stabilized by the time you rec... | |
| Fixing a Levinson: Where do I send it? Contact Lyric Hi-Fi in NYC. they may be able to point you in the right direction. | |
| Help with re-tubing an ARC VT100 MkII that's a lot of money they charge, these ARC guys. I am considering this amp myself and curious what the outcome of this will be as far as what you can do yourslef vs what has to be done by ARC. As far as buying tubes for my ARC LS-15 pre, I had g... | |
| How suitable Hologram II biwire are for B&W N803? Glad to hear that! They are really good. I also use AZ Matrix Reference MkII interconnects. These are every bit as good as everyone says and are an excellent match for the Satori cables in terms of speed and dynamics. Very smooth, which is importa... | |
| How suitable Hologram II biwire are for B&W N803? My N803 sound best with Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun speker cables. I tried many different cables bi-wire and single run. Bi-wire works better than single run with these speakers, but shotgun run is the way to go with these speakers. | |
| Sony s7700 mods by Empirical Audio. Interesting, Steve. Copied at what speed? The lowest or doesn't matter? | |
| Sony s7700 mods by Empirical Audio. Steve, since you modify the Bel Canto DAC2 among other dacs you mod, have you had a chance to run modified S7700 with the modified DAC2? Just curious what your opinion is on this combo. Right now I am pretty satisfied with the stock 7700 into my s... | |
| Again, recommended CDPs for $2K-$3.5K ARC CD3MkII. Top loader. You need to audition it, possibly in your system to determine if a cd player is right for you. Check out a review of ARC CD3MkII http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/audioresearch_cd3mkii.htm | |
| Sony s7700 mods by Empirical Audio. I'm curious to know as well. I have a Bel Canto DAC2 and considering sending in my S7700 for mods to Empirical. Would be nice to hear from someone who uses a modded S7700 with Bel Canto DAC2. | |
| Recommended Player I tried Audio Research CD2 for several weeks in my system. A buddy of mine was nice to let me use it and see what I think. Well, I think this machine's got what you crave. Very good sound and the bass is outstanding. Built like a tank. |