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| How good is 8000 dollar Sony Dac transport from 89 There is no comparison. It's like comparing my 1987 20MHZ computer with a 20Mb Hard Drive and 640 KB RAM to my 1.7 GHZ computer today. Digital technology improves exponentially. Buy someting made in the last few years with at least 20bit DACs for ... | |
| Newbie System Question sort of long, sorry Jetson, I posted a similar question last year when I got into HiFi. Here are the links:Thread 1Thread 2 | |
| Choice of Wire for Dedicated Line Rick at Virtual Dynamics Cryogenically treats the 10 Gauge BX Armoured House wire. Here's the link to the product:Cryo'd BX CableIf the Cryo treatment has the same effect as it does on his other cables I'm sure you'll be quite happy at $3.50 a foo... | |
| I close my eyes Definitely! It also works with the other senses. Try to minimize the effect on all your senses but your hearing. It will make a world of difference on the level of music you experience. | |
| Which Phild hit it right on the nail. Buy both the Golden Reference and Golden Cross and compare the two. The Neutral Reference is also supposed to do some interesting stuff. | |
| CD Player with volume or preamp I have owned the Cary 303/200 and found it to benefit from a good tube pre amp. The volume control on CD Players in the 3K price range don't do justice to a good pre amp. You will have to get the Audio Aero Capitole MK I or MK II or a Wadia 301 to... | |
| Isolation transformers - where do I start? Cdc, I was in a very similar situation this past winter. I looked at all the pieces recommended above and found the Hubbell to be one of the best out there. Rick at Virtual Dynamics has recently informed me that he is modifying Hubbell Iso Transfo... | |
| Review: Virtual Dynamics Nite Interconnects Interconnect Sogvet, my findings mirror yours exactly. Upgrading from Virtual Dynamics Reference to their NITE IC yielded increased spatiality, and clarity. This was right out of the box too! After about a week of use in the system they have really started to ... | |
| Speakers 2K- 3K range used or new I agree with Zaikesman... More than half the fun in this hobby is in the travel to sonic greatness. Get him started and then he can move up by himself. He will enjoy the system much more that way. I would get him looking at the Audiogon Forums and... | |
| Earbuds & Motion Sickness? Edesilva, you answered your own question! >>I've heard motion sickness is a result of inner ear balancing or something and wondered if my experience was the result of using earbuds, The etymotics actually kind of plug into your outer ear can... | |
| Speaker Cables to Audition in 1500 price range I second the Virtual Dynamics recommendation. I would go for the NITE series if you can afford it. I recommend getting them new from Rick as he is constantly improving his products and the newest stuff sounds great! I have the NITE Power Cord ($15... | |
| Experience with Virtual Dynamics Audition line I am using all Virtual Dynamics Reference and Nite cabling in my system and have no urge to upgrade. I started with the Audition package and found a massive improvement over the overpriced cabling that I had at the time (Cardas, Audioquest etc...)... | |
| Help me with preamp choice. You can find the Rogue Audio Magnum 99 for $1400 US sometimes here on Audiogon. I highly recommend it. Read the reviews, if you can find one that isn't 5/5 please email me as I have never seen one. | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 too foward and bright? Sorry guys, I posted the previous response by mistake...I was talking about the Prima. | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 too foward and bright? Warrenh, I saw a review of this on Audiogon recently. The guy had mixed feelings about it. Apparently it doesn't use the Anagram chips that are in the Capitole... Really, there aren't enough opinions out on this piece yet to make a solid decision ... |