cerrot
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| Benchmark vs. PS Audio vs. Lavry I have a Benchmark and have read all the reviews. I absolutely agree with the recent Absolute Sound review. The key is the (1) power conditioner (I have a Shunyata Hydra 8) (2) power cord (Shunyata Python) and (3) interconnects (Tara Labs RSC AIR ... | |
| ? about oppo Here is a review from Enjoy The Music on the DV971H: Sonically the Oppo's digital output is on par with my older Toshiba SD-9200 and SD-3109 players. It doesn't begin to compare with the Lexicon RT-20, Meridian 598, or Meridian 800. On CD's it's d... | |
| Shunyata's Guardian 4 vs Hydra 4s I have tried many shunyata products (have the pythons throughout with the Hydra 8) and can strongly say that with their product, you do get what you pay for. It's twice the price but sounds exponentially better. Go for the 4s and you won't regret ... | |
| Cable Burn In Problem As much as a 100 hours is a portion of the tubes life, they would benefit from putting a 100 hours on them, as well as the cd player. If they are already broken in, I can see your concern. (Life of a cartridge can be 800 hours, the 100 hours I nee... | |
| SA-CD/DVD-A question? My Musical Fidelity kW SACD did not allow you to select sacd or redbook layers-no menus, no buttons. The default was to read SCAD first (which was a problem for another post). My Esoteric X03SE has an area button on the remote for selecting betwee... | |
| I hope break in is true Throwing another of my two cents - don't confuse break in and warming up. My gear still takes 40 or so minutes before sounding it's best. The squeezebox/benchmark only takes about 20 minutes or so but the Esoteric likes to play a bit longer before... | |
| I hope break in is true My Esoteric X03-SE took 1200 hours to break in. No myth. No Joke. Others who have it said the same-my dealer has one also and, again, took him over 1000 hours. I'd say some items sound very god out of the box and get better after 100 hours or so (... | |
| Tube Integrated with deep bass I have a Cayin A-50T and it has some pretty decent base. | |
| Newbie Question You can. Jeff is correct-it is page 22 in your manual. Use RCA Interconnects from the preamp outs in the lower left of the rear of the receiver to the applicable RCA inputs of the separate amplifier. You won't lose any of the surround modes. I wou... | |
| Gamut D200 vs Plinius SA102 class a vs. ab I have heard both the Gamut and the Plinius - I think into B&W 802 but can't say for sure (May have been 800's, just can't remember) and the Plinius sounded brighter, edgier. I actually thought it was harsh on CD with the Gamut being much smoo... | |
| RCA to XLR cable ok from DVP to Pre/Pro? Jeffkad, I have heard many good things about the modded Denon. And that is a great price for the Sunfire. Good luck and I hope you're very happy with both. Please let us know your thoughts after all is broken in. | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks I was under the impression that the preamp is balanced. I thought I discussed with Roger when I switched from single ended to balanced. I may be wrong. The balanced was a fuller sound with deeper and wider soundstage. More air around the instrumen... | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks The sound from my system isn't lean at all. I do run fully balanced (preamp to amp is Tara Labs RSC Air one balanced and amp/crossover are Tara Labs The One Balanced). I do use Shunyata Python power cables on all components through a Shunyata Hydr... | |
| Sanders ESL Power Amp & Mono blocks I have the ESL preamp, phonostage, esl amp and crossover/bass amp and Eros Mk II and think the sound is absolutely spectacular. Both digital and analogue sound awesome. I purchased my setup from Roger before the big reviews, and before he sold and... | |
| Personal CD player evolution After fighting it off for a few years, I went with a Yamaha in 1986; lasted with poor sound (vinyl does rule) until I went with a Rotel RDV-1080 CD/DVD Audio player. Then it was a Meridian 588 which I didn't care for, but still the best I owned ti... |