celander
Responses from celander
| Core Power Technologies I’m not sure that the site has connected all the dots. | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? The Benchmark DAC3 is another contender that appears to fit most of the specifications list. I understand that some ding it for having too many op-amps in the unit that adversely affects its sound qualities compared with units having discrete comp... | |
| DAC-Preamp having these specifications? The Manhattan II’s price of $6k knocks this out of contention. The $2200 Brooklyn DAC+ includes one less analog input than I would prefer, but has the desired output impedance (75 Ohms). Not sure what their mix of op-amps in the unit might be. | |
| Dose anyone know the Spectron audio is still provide services or not? @ronsorrells 1+ 😂😂 | |
| Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid? Being exposed to an alleged quality requires acceptance of someone else’s opinion of the very existence of that quality. Validation of that opinion requires acknowledgement of a reference state. So I’ve got issues with this proposition. Short ans... | |
| Deleted Threads by Admin?? They all do. | |
| Oppo 105 D vs. DAC-transport combination. @audioconnection what is the output impedance via the balanced and unbalanced outputs for the Ayre Codex? That specification is not provided in Ayre product literature. | |
| Display case for cartridges @gnatster nice case! I’ll have to get them! | |
| Display case for cartridges An old box with a lid and kept in a closet. Phono cartridges aren’t exactly watches. | |
| Customer Service in High-End Audio @uberwaltz. Agreed. Those dealers or manufacturers who respond to emails over a weekend—often in less than 15 minutes—get my attention and a memory slot in the positive impression brain bank. | |
| Deleted Threads by Admin?? Plagiarism is a creature of academia and journalism, pertaining to usurping another’s work as one’s own without attribution. In only those areas, it serves as a check on intellectual integrity and breaches therefrom. Those in academia and journali... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy The direct sales model works for me. | |
| Customer Service in High-End Audio My experience with HEA manufacturers and dealers alike has varied. A lot of these folks really aren’t savvy, having nary a wit of business acumen. It’s a cottage industry after all, chockful with a lot of failures due to missteps. Pissing off an i... | |
| Foil damping tape as a tonearm tube wrap? The first link from my previous post includes a broken link. The clean link is here: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/3M-Damping-Foil-2552/?N=5002385+3293194280&...Here is the link to the product specification sheet: ht... | |
| Anyone try Teo GC Jr interconnects yet? Just an FYI PSA, @jayctoy started a new thread about the Schroeder Merhod. It is here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/doug-schroeder-method-double-ic |