carlsbad2
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| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions At the shallow end of the pool it is hard to beat schiit. | |
| Stupid class A question Yep. You have a true class A amp. Any amp that claims to be class and and doesn't make a lot of heat is not class A. | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION Big fan of your ML speakers After borrowing a Qutest, I bought a DAVE. I then let my buddy use the DAVE for a couple weeks while I listened to the Qutest. You are going to have a hard time beating the Qutest for a reasonable price. I would consid... | |
| Length of SPDIF cable I think the value of a long SPDIF cable is exaggerated. the logic assumes the whole circuit is a perfect 75 ohm system. It ignores the connectors, the wires inside the components, the circut boards inside your DAC, etc. On an unrelated note, the ... | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers Well said @cleeds | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? Kinki Studios EX-M1+ | |
| Swiss Digital FUSE BOX Question Thread Mark, Always remember that copper is a better conductor than gold. Jerry | |
| HELP ... What NEW tubes would you select for a Manley Stingray? Does it have the Hazen grid mod? | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers I have a pair of CLS speakers. I am a power cord believer for amplifiers. however, I haven't used heavy power cords on the electrostatic speaker. The power supply to the electrostat puts....you guessed it...a static charge on the panel. It d... | |
| Swiss Digital FUSE BOX Question Thread @simguy Do you polish your wires? Anybody got a physics based reason why smoother slugs would be better? like I said, I putt a matte finish on mine. Jerry | |
| Step down transformer (220V to 100/110V) or buy 220V version of Shindo preamp @ayc868 A transformer theoretically reproduces in the output all the noise in the input. In practice, not quite but I don't recommend a transformer as a power conditioner. Hopefully your $6000 power conditioner is a rectifier/inverter and doesn... | |
| Can anyone identify these speakers? I've got headphones bigger than those. | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? @zazouswing exactly the way to look at it. All the goodness is in the recording and the question is, can your system reproduce it without degrading it. A system doesn't add anything (good). Jerry | |
| How Do Amps Affect Soundstage? So many SS amps focus on 300 watts and don't give enough attention to the first watt. A good SS amp will have a good soundstage, but don't assume all $5k ss amps do. One amp I have verified and like it a lot because it mimics a tube amp is Kinki... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? @emergingsoul Looks like you hurt the feelings of some sensitive sold state guys. They arn't ok with your prefernce for tube amps. Oh well. Jerry |