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| Help with new old Snell Type Js Bmdduck,I would try rebuilding the crossovers before replacing speaker drivers. The crossover designs on the old Snells was very good, but (like most speakers of the era) was limited by design in order to hit a manufacturing price point. Also, tim... | |
| Headphones integrateds with XLR preouts? I would suggest that you look at the Antelope Audio Zodiac DAC. There are three models; the Gold is the top unit w/ remote. It is an excellent DAC with dual headphone outputs, balanced XLR output and volume attenuator, so it can also act as your p... | |
| Apple Mac Mini as a music server >>So to get a quality sound I will need a external DAC?Yes | |
| Turntable advice-thorens questions I have owned several VPI decks as well as many Thorens units, including a TD-124 rebuild I just completed. I would say that, in a nutshell, the VPI Classic (for example) and the Thorens TD-124 (also for example) are very different in both design c... | |
| Sansui Turntable - Best one to own? The 838 and 929 are completely different decks. I prefer the 838 myself, but the 929 has a cult following; I think largely because they are somewhat rare. | |
| Sansui Turntable - Best one to own? Like most Japanese hi-fi manufacturers in the late 60s, 70s and 80s Sansui offered a variety of turntables at different price points targeting different classes of users. While most models were rebranded stuff, some of the higher-end units were ei... | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Geoffkait said: ...so you have to ask yourself, why would a high end outift use cryo if it didn't work?Because there are silly audiophiles that are willing to pay for it. Just like there are other silly people that pay for palm reading and fortune... | |
| Decent DAC under $10k anyone? The Antelope Audio Zodiac Gold was just reviewed in the latest Stereophile (Oct. 2011). If you are looking for a DAC w/ a great clock, who better then from the guys who make the best clocks?Great unit - I just ran a side-by-side comparison with th... | |
| Help with new old Snell Type Js These are great, underrated speakers. One of the best economy speakers for jazz and vocal recordings IMO.The speakers w/ single binding posts are Js. The one unit w/ dual binding posts is almost certainly a JII. The crossover is slightly different... | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Stop, please stop! You're killing me - I'm splitting a gut laughing at some of the comments to this post.This is an example of our "superior" American education system at work. All of you who have never taken a high school or college physics class... | |
| Former Spica owners ... what did you trade up to ? >> I'm currently awaiting delivery of a pair of Reynaud OffrandesAbsolutely remarkable speakers if you have the right room for them. | |
| DAC placement In my experience, isolating most components other than front end devices (turntables, CD transports and spinning disks) is unnecessary. As long as your input and output cables are snug and do not wiggle about (USB cables are notorious for this), y... | |
| best wood for speaker cabinets ? oak,cherry, balti Mattzack2, you have received a lot of advice from guys who don't seem to understand Audio Note's speaker design technology. As you undoubtedly know, Audio Note speakers are upgraded versions of Peter Snell's original designs. Snell built his K, J ... | |
| The DAC version of the Meridian CD Player Antelope Audio Zodiac Gold. The best sounding DAC for the money, IMO. Has inputs, headphone jack and volume control so can be used as a headphone amp and/or preamp if desired.Antelope Audio is well known for their time clocks used in the professio... | |
| Tubed Linestage Handymann,>>I read where it was suggested that ARC equipment doesn't mate well with Krell...I have never heard that before. I ran an ARC PH-3SE and LS-16 into a Krell KAV-250 powering my Apogee hybrid ribbons for years, and I thought that it... |