carl_eber
Responses from carl_eber
| Cartridge break-in It won't improve drastically beyond 50 hours (I had a Glider HO for two years). Perhaps you need to rethink VTA? My Glider needed the arm significantly up at the rear (like over two millimeters)to keep from sounding rolled off. The tonearm interco... | |
| Paradigm vs. Velodyne I'd rather have two used HGS-15's. That would be better in every way than a single 18. | |
| 3 phase electricity Albert Porter has 3 phase service, so he knows all about it. Ask him. | |
| Best A-D converter Thanks for the kind words, BMP. I do enjoy the portability of the TCD-D8 very much, for remote recording with my microphone, but I doubt Dynamo necessarily needs portability. | |
| Upsamplers and 24bit/96kHz DACs You're welcome, and I hope you really love whatever you decide to get. | |
| Best Interconnects for under $300 pair Besides many others, I tried Transparent Reference (XL) RCA, a $2000 interconnect. In my system, it was soundly beaten in every aspect by the MIT Shotgun 330 "medium" RCA (which can be had used for around $300). I'm not saying not to try any of th... | |
| MD vs. tape I think comparing the MD format to 2 track analog studio tape machines is the most absurd comparison you could possibly make! Somebody has been monitoring at over 100dB for a few years too many... | |
| Amp stands- Do they work? I trust my own ears, and blind testing introduces tension variables that affect the outcome (I also feel that listening with a group can do this, but to a lesser degree if the folks are civil...hard to get with audio guys, heh heh). JOHN ATKINSON,... | |
| Best A-D converter My Sony super bit mapping "SBM-1" has a 20 bit ADC, and outputs 16 bit, in either 44.1 or 48 kHz (and uses the super bit mapping, which I feel sounds better than not using it). It only works with the Sony TCD-D8 portable DAT recorder, though. It s... | |
| Best Interconnects for under $300 pair I'm anything but wrong, and there's zero reason why such a "low impedance" design would better pass a square wave without ringing. I'm sort of an engineer too. Creating low impedance by just having the poles in close proximity is the wrong way to ... | |
| Best headphones? Yes, I enjoy the Sennheisers a lot. | |
| Upsamplers and 24bit/96kHz DACs I've not heard the SF Assmeblage ones, but feel that the DAC-1 represents the best value. A used one would be the way to go, unless you can afford the new dCS ones (none will be on the used market for a while). So that would be like $11,000, versu... | |
| Best power cord for amp?? Yes, and I thought that went without saying. | |
| Cleaning Vinyl Thank you for the compliment, Bhrowe. | |
| Cartridge info OK, sorry. Van den Hul is the type of stylus shape, I guess. Sheesh, I thought I was trying to help! You don't really want to start down the path of my wrath, do you?...You Kangaroo's anal cream! You wallabee's bedmate! OK, I'm over it. |