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| Best Female Vocalists Ballads If I may correct your last one, that's Rickie Lee Jones. | |
| Jeff Rowland Good luck, I hope that you'll be very pleased with your decision! | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Just to clarify, the revisions noted in my post above are in reference to the Bricasti M1 DAC. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The current software version is v1.22, which adds support for DSD128 and requires a new DSP board. Units having these latest updates from the factory should also have the power supply changes (which had an earlier availability) as well as the rece... | |
| Sound Lab vs Magnepan 20.7 While the Legacy Aerius are fine loudspeakers, I do not find them to be at all comparable to Sound Labs or Maggies. The Aerius are fine box speakers, but do not 'float the sound in air' the way that a fine panel speaker does. I also do not find th... | |
| What's it worth? That version of the AR Turntable sold for $325 without arm and is currently worth ~$150. The Linn arm sold for $295 and is currently worth ~$200. A cartridge of that age isn't really worth much since it likely needs to be replaced or rebuilt. So y... | |
| 1/4'' ding / chip on a glossy black speaker Try to find a local furniture repair woodworker. It will probably be very costly to be returned to as new condition if that's even possible, but they should be able to make it look much better for a more reasonable cost. | |
| Jeff Rowland Zd542, would you please share with us what model Rowland amp you are referring to? I'm interested since I've heard many of them and your experience runs counter to mine. TIA | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - will it be the latest version and already broken in? Looking forward to your impressions. | |
| Jeff Rowland Zd542 is correct, you need to add a suitable quality preamp to improve the sound of running your M1 DAC direct to your amp. Many preamps will actually degrade the sound, so you would be best off if you could audition the exact preamp you're consid... | |
| Cleaning, polishing Speaker Cabinets ? It depends what type of finish the speakers are. Are they an open grain wood finish, or a high gloss lacquer? For a gloss finish I recommend an instrument polish like Gerlitz Smudge Off Spray Cleaner, or an automotive detail finisher spray on prod... | |
| Jeff Rowland I think that their suggestion is a good one. I have compared the 525 and 625, and the 625 is clearly a step up in performance. It's more refined overall with improved body, depth and dynamics. The 625 has a more effortless presentation when compar... | |
| Bizarre Single Channel Preamp Hum I'm not sure what could cause the problem you described which is corrected when you reverse the XLR cables. The first thing I would suggest to troubleshoot it would be to try a different pair of XLR interconnects. | |
| EMM Labs CDSD SE doesn't LOCK onto CD/SACD? I'm not familiar with the EMM Labs unit, but it seems likely that the INT/EXT switch is to select whether you're using the INTernal drive or an EXTernal digital source via the other digital inputs. Happy that you got it working!!! | |
| VPI, Graham, Koetsu advice please I would bet that Bpoletti is correct and that there is a loading issue or mismatch with your SUT. Suggest that you contact Bob's Devices for their guidance to hopefully resolve the issue. |