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Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
For those who have tried the NDM thingies, are you using a front-loader or top-loader? Any above-disc clapping being used?  
Power conditioner and high end power cord
Ozzy: Yes, you contributed to that discussion, and more (+1, for pointing out my memory recall issues—or my laziness to review a lot of pages devoted to modding the CPT-1800 in that thread. 😂). 
Where to hear ATC speakers
ATC active speakers are hard to beat. Be sure your preamp impedance is low, as the ATC actives have a 10k-ohm input.  
Power conditioner and high end power cord
And I totally ignored the affect of power cables in my post. Why? Because no matter what the cost, no power cable will restore the needed source current the duplex outlet failed to provide at the outset.  
Power conditioner and high end power cord
If my memory serves correctly, the CPT 1800 units have their duplex outlets wired in a “daisy-chain” configuration rather than with “home run” wiring from the transformer. Check the latter posts in this CPT thread here:https://forum.audiogon.com/d... 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
Tweak1, when unrelated posts make their way into threads, moderators might view them as spam and remove them. 
Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in
dB Systems would be a great choice for solid state.  
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
Created this thread for You!  Hopefully all of your NDM posts can get sucked into the black hole of this thread.  
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
It seems to me the product name is apt. 
A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based.
OP: I’m not going to go into depth of the banter between Jason and me other than to say he felt jitter at 120 psec was “low” although he suspected it was nevertheless inaudible. I disagreed with him, holding the position that jitter at any level a... 
Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in
Ralph’s preamps look great. Every time I visit his site, they look better every time. I had a BAT VK50 preamp back in the day. All balanced design from inputs to outputs. I’ve gone back to SE RCA’ed designs, but my heart lingers for that balanced ... 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
And I’m sure there is synergy between these magnet-backed whiteboards and the New Dark Matter discs. But should not the Whiteboards be Blackboards? 
A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based.
OP: I don’t believe I inverted any symbols. NuPrime thinks “ultra or extremely low jitter” means 120 psec. My interpretation of “ultra or extremely low jitter” is less than (<) 5-10 psec. That’s a big difference in jitter levels that affects SQ... 
A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based.
OP: The CEO of NuPrime (Jason Lim) provided that to me in an email. BTW, I just reviewed that email: it’s 120 psec, not 190 psec. We’ve had a rather spirited back and forth via email about the jitter number and the meaning of their “ultra-low jitt... 
Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment?
I’m waiting for the usual suspects to surface...