branimir

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Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris, good to hear that CDSD arrived! It will be very interesting to hear your impression about Weiss combo... Only one hint-you will need TWO AES/EBU cables(identical ones) for best possible sound. Without them you will not hear complete Weis... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, Yes, I was very busy! But, that's good... Sextet is excellent cable! I need to listen to it even more but, already I can say that it lighten up some things that I didn't hear before... Thing that I like the most about Sextet is organic/smo... 
Best Integrated for Sonus Faber
1.Jeff Rowland Concerto Int.2.Graaf GM50B3.Pathos LogosAnd some other SS integrateds will work fine as well-like Ayre AX7e or Krell KAV400xi... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Welcome back, David! It will be very interesting to hear about your findings in few weeks... Regarding Esoteric X-01, this player really benefites from after market power cords-so try to match some very good power cord with it. In my experience wi... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
George, there is no Medea II, it is just a version with phase inversion button. Stereophile made little error...There is no difference between two version of Medea(just phase inversion button). Only thing that this(phase inversion) version is almo... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Henry, only thing I can say-Wish you were here!I forget something from my brother's CES report-Esoteric introduced pre-production version of DV-60. Yes, Esoteric will soon(read-May 2006) replace DV-50s... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, Sextet(two AES/EBU cables!) should be here till end of this week... New Krell EVO505(CD/SACD) player will be in my home in March(just after production begin). I have extremly high expectations about Krell since it is using CAST connection-... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Henryhk, it will be very interesting too see what typ of connection will be best for RBCDs, at least in Exlibris opinion!Teajay, Thanks! I am very interested to audition whole Stealth system(Dream,Indra and Sextet) against my Siltech Signature G6 ... 
Hovland Stratos
Some info:$34000/pair360W monosNew reference Hovland amps... 
Krell F.B.I.
New infos from CES:Price $16500Power 2x300W 8ohms(600w-4ohms)Balanced,Cast and SE inputsBlack or Silver finish17.3W x 10.3H x 20.5DReally something different then KAV400xi.... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris, congrats on CDSD! I think that you made a right decision. Without CDSD you can not get full DCC2 potential. Also, connect CDSD with little orange optical cables first and audition your combo that way for a least few weeks. Then add balan... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Guido, as Fsarc said D-03 is using new Analog Devices AD1955 dacs(D-01 is using multi-bit BB PCM1704). But, will it not convert DSD to PCM as stated on Soundstage CES report needs to be seen. I have PDF file about new D-03/P-03 combo and things th... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Some interesting new digital gear from CES: Esoteric D-03/P-03 combo(CD/SACD) $25000Esoteric X-01Limited $13500(old X-01 can be upgraded)Esoteric UX-01LimitedEsoteric X-03SEEsoteric UX-03SEEsoteric SZ-1(CD/SACD)Esoteric UZ-1(CD/SACD/DVD-A+V)Mark L... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Thanks Teajay! Also regarding CES my brother just send me an info about new Krell EVO line-there is new Krell EVO505 universal music player($10K retail,available March 2006)-that one will land in my system ASAP! 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Teajay, I think you did very good job in sharing with us your opinion about Stealth. If this will help Stealth as the company-then be it!Weiss vs. Accustic Arts: Weiss combo is more powerful in bass(as I said before in bass Weiss and Esoteric comb...