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Cables for Richard Gray conditioner
I have a RGPC 400S Mk1 & am using an ESP Essence power to connect to the wall. Only my CDP & TT are connected into the 400S & in my system there doesn't seem to be any damage. FWIW. 
Zobel network
I know that Roy Johnson of Green Mountain Audio uses a zobel on most/all his speakers. I don't know whether or not he'll divulge the details.2 other places I have seen zobel networks: printed manual from Partsexpress.com & on the Adire Audio w... 
Audio Research Ref 3 Opinions
I had the opportunity to listen to a friend's ARC Ref 1 preamp. His system was very good: Linn Genki CDP, ARC Ref 1 preamp. ARC PH3 phono stage, Linn Sondek LP12 TT with Linn tonearm & Dynavector 17D cartridge, Symphonic Line Kraft 250 stereo ... 
Only three manufacturers?
You actually read the article in a Playboy!!!Now what's wrong with you????????? :-) 
difference between 12AT7. 12AU7 and 12AX7 Tubes
That's right: all 3 tubes are what is called a "dual triode". They all have very high gain & practically the same pin outs. I didn't know that they could be used inter-changeably but then your preamp manuf. might have designed this in. I think... 
Where has the respect gone?
I would like AudiogoN to be the place that you describe, Ezekiel. It would simply great - friendly people, knowledgable, fun to deal with, etc, etc. Reality is that it just isn't going to happen!! It's just the way we human beings behave towards e... 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
Eldartford,Good observation indeed! It would be like splitting hair, IMHO, to find out where that analog-digital demarkation is!! I'll let the others "battle" it out while I listen to my music. 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
As long as human beings are analog, the initial & final music will always be analog. What's in between can be digital. Digital is a compromise for an analog signal - no doubt. How good or bad it is depends on how well the digital system is eng... 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
Germanboxers,basically, you are correct in pointing out that 96K & 192K were selected owing to other hi-res audio formats (namely DVD-A). Here the electronics is a multi-rate system wherein it up/oversamples by 160 & then decimates by 147 ... 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
Eldartford's sentence: "In Sean's explanation the second set of 20 dots in set B should not be random. Those dots should lie somewhere between the two dots adjacent to them".is exactly correct. One possible location of "somewhere between" could be... 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
Thanks for the feedback Sean. Putting your orig. & 2nd post together, I see what you were trying to say. 
Upsampling. Truth vs Marketing
Sean,basically your "kinda - sorta the "quick and dirty" explanation" is pretty good for the layman. I have objections on some of the text you posted:* Audio Note eschews much of the filtering and gets rid of the oversampling, which reduces a LOT ... 
Upsampling..........
Sean,As far as the audio enthusiast is concerned there is no difference between oversampling & upsampling. However, from an engineering perspective, there is a technical difference: oversampling is a repeat operation where the input data is si... 
Need a Solid State Amp for my Montana EPS
Well, my friend has Montana SP II (these are now discontiued) & he drives his speakers with RAM Labs (Roger Modjeski) RM-9 with great results. The EL34s have a really nice midrange.I visited somebody else last Sept. who owns the Montana WAS sp... 
Wadia 861 GNSC Reference Upgrade
I use Algorithm B. I did not like Algo C as it seems that the midrange has been boosted, which (naturally) emphasizes the mids @ the expense of the rest of the spectrum. I listened to Algo A & here the music presented as tho one was sitting in...