carl_eber
Responses from carl_eber
| What's a DAC? And Do I Need One? I could sell you my Musical Fidelity X-DAC for $195, I'd pay shipping within the US. It decodes HDCD. It was recommended "Class C" as recently as '98, I think. If you want to spend more, either the Bel Canto DAC-1, or the MSB Link 3 with options, ... | |
| Speaker Cable upgrade I have Dragon now, and it's awesome! My philosophy has to do with the damping factor of your amp. If you have a beefy solid state (Krell FPB, Levinson), you need the biggest gauge silver cables (like Harmonic Technology PRO-8 Signature, or AQ Ever... | |
| Speakers: all-time favorite I don't have a favorite speaker system (yet), but I do have a favorite speaker driver. It's the Dynaudio Esotar dome midrange. I think it's a better midrange than the Esotar tweeter is at being a tweeter! I SAY IT REPRODUCES A SIGNAL WITHIN ITS OP... | |
| KCAG OR PRO_SILWAY LISTEN TO ME NOW: I AM AN ANALOG GUY TOO (however, my CD player knocks on the door of vinyl performance. It's a good'un!). I've owned Kimber Silver Streak (haven't heard KCAG though); I've tried AudioTruth Lapis; I OWN AudioTruth Diamond; I've tri... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Well, I'm no expert, but I say my Resolution Audio CD-50 will play CD's better than any SACD player in the here and now. I DARE ANYBODY TO COMPARE THEM SIDE BY SIDE, playing a CD. (Of course, you'll need that extra linestage for the SACD player. G... | |
| JM LAB any good? I don't like the Focal tweeters that both Wilson and JM-Lab use, they ring at 16 kHz. This is the same frequency that TV sets scan at, and many recordings have this noise leaked into the recording. THESE TWEETERS ARE FLAWED. Get a speaker with a S... | |
| Lvnson 39,Wadia 850, Merid 508.24 best? I SAY THE RESOLUTION AUDIO CD-50 IS BETTER THAN ANY OF THESE. The Levinson is similar, but it costs too much. Wadia's filter rolls off the top octave 3 dB. You can't drive a power amp directly with the Meridian, so it's less transparent any way yo... | |
| Advice for a new hi-fi customer Start with speakers, BUT ALSO TREAT YOUR ROOM WITH ACOUSTIC TRAPS. THE ASC "FRESCOES" ARE THE BEST VALUE. E-mail me with specific questions, and I'm happy to help. Also, get some Sennheiser HD-600 headphones, so you can hear what your speakers/amp... | |
| Audio Alchemy DLC Wes Phillips reviewed it in Stereophile in 1995, I think the June issue. I OWN THE DLC, WITH "POWER STATION 3", AND HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH IT FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS. I don't care what anybody says, there's nothing better for twice, and maybe 5 times... | |
| interconnect and speaker cable advice Andy, I SAY STAY AWAY FROM THE ALPHA CORE GOERTZ STUFF. I've tried some of their best, and it's distorted. The low impedance design is flawed for sure! I've tried a ton of expensive cables. I use a Krell amp and Resolution Audio CD player. MY FAVO... | |
| Do you need to use ALL balanced cables? I think you'll hear improvement even with a short run. Some balanced interconnects make more difference than other ones, like MIT or Synergistic Research. | |
| Anyone ever hear of Bolivar Speaker Works? I'm in southeast TN, but I never heard of Bolivar; sorry, but good luck finding what you need. BTW, did you know that the Pipedreams speakers are made in Nashville? I ought to peruse their place sometime... | |
| XLR/Balanced problems??? Sounds like your problem is with the CD player or preamp. I don't know. Try other XLR cables, and try another balanced CD player, if you can borrow one. There could be some kind of impedance or level mismatch between preamp and CD player. |