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| Is a Meridian 598 a great music CD player? I traded in my 598 as I just found it too uninvolving. Took a good hour warm up to sound okay and 2 hours to sound it's best, which still left too much to be desired (for me). There was just too much missing. My associate at work also bought one w... | |
| Jump in now or wait? I jumped a few months ago. I have a pretty good digital front end in my soundroom (Esoteric X03 SE). I went with a direct PC based system (Gateway PC w/Sigma HD audio on mother board with 75 ohm coax out into Monarchy DIP, into Music Fidelity XDac... | |
| X-RAYv8 w/ X-DACv8 My pleasure. The Music Fidelity kW SACD player actually broke my heart. It sounded awesome (tube output/redbook cd's) but it couldn't consistently play an sacd. I traded it in for an Estoeric X03-SE and it sounds as good as the prior and SACD's bl... | |
| Simaudio Moon Equinox integration problem. It can be a broad spectrum but what you described is something that I have experienced with burn in of a cd player. My Esoteric took bout 1200 hours to break in - highs were pretty bright and now sounds awesome. | |
| X-RAYv8 w/ X-DACv8 I haven't heard it (the CD player) but did just trade in my top of the line muisc fidelity CD player. Reason why I am sharing this is that they use the same transport-which sucks. I have heard the dac (I have the XDac V3) and it is quite good. (I ... | |
| Simaudio Moon Equinox integration problem. How long have you broken in the Equinox?You really need to give it a few hundred hours. (and I agree about the power cords-also need to be broken in).Do you use a power coditioner? | |
| Tara Labs RSC Air 1 Speaker Cable I have the speaker cables (2 sets for bass amp/crossover and amp - into stats) and love them. I have all RSC Air I interconnects except for 2 pair balanced "The One" and a single ended pair of "The One" (balanced pairs between CD Player & prea... | |
| Device to record & playback music ? "Near CD quality"? The Alesis Masterlink IS CD quality; you also have the ability to record 24 bit (playback only in Masterlink) but the convenience of burining bit for bit compilations and playing back in your CD rig (or car) is a big plus. DAT i... | |
| Most popular TT upgrades: skeptical but curious... My upgrades and what I perceived to be an audible effect for my TT rig (VPI Jr., JMW 10.5, Benx Micro Glider, Innersound Phono Stage - purchased TT with Bright Star Big Rock so neverplayed w/o it).1. Added Living voice TT mat & BDR record clam... | |
| Upgrade the Squeebox or get a Transporter? Good luck, Mitch. Let me know what you think after you break it all in. Not to spend any more of your money, but relevaltion audio has a very nice power cable (umbilical) upgrade to the Channel island power supply for $99 + shipping. It goes from ... | |
| Upgrade the Squeebox or get a Transporter? Mitch,The outboard power supply is a must have. It is night & day and if you have an FM tuner in your system, the wallwart that comes with the Squeeze Box may degrade the FM signal (actually, in my kit, it did add interferance). (I also upgrad... | |
| Performance of $1000 DAC's I have a Benchmark Dac 1 (no USB) with a Nordost digital cable, Shunyata Taipan Vx Helix Power Cable into Hydra 8 and Masterlink Alesis 9800 (on Walker Audio Valid Points, also Taipan Vx Helix PC, Tara Labs RSC One single ended interconnects from ... | |
| Benchmark DAC 1 - first thoughts Upgrade the power cord and get a good pair of head phones. You'll be thrilled. Mine was thin as well, but I had an extra Shunyata Taipan Helix Vx lying around, so gave it a try. I'm not suggesting a $650 power cord for a $900 dac, but since I had ... | |
| Squeezebox interfacing??? I have a similar setup but with a Benchmark Dac1 and I use a Hitachi 1 terabyte HD connected by usb2 (firewire also an option).My understanding from Logitec is that the PC should be directly connected to router - not used wirelessly. The Squeeze b... | |
| What time do you wear? I have a rolex gmt master II in two tone with black face which I have been wearing alomst every day. It sent my two tone rolex blue face submariner to the watchwinder and only comes out when I am in the woods, or diving. I have a rado jubilee whic... |