charles1dad
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| Thad Jones The Jones brothers Hank, Thad and Elvin were one of the great families of jazz along with,Heath brothers, Percy, Jimmy and Albert.Montgomery brothers, Wes, Buddy and Monk.Charles | |
| Thad Jones Hi Mitch4t, As a fellow jazz aficionado I’m somewhat surprised you’ve just recently discovered this outstanding trumpeter. He was every bit the talent equal of Miles, Clifford Grown, Fats Navarro etc. As usual Frogman is spot on. Small combo setti... | |
| Revel Salon 2’s (used) or new Magico A-3 (new) ?? Telescope,I can understand your concerns regarding amplifier power for the newly bought Revels (congratulations by the way). Your particular Mastersound is an el 34 parallel SET no NFB circuit and has excellent quality output transformers. No doub... | |
| Help: Devore O/96 Integrated Amp + DAC suggestion I agree with fsonicsmith and David regarding proper speaker break-in, placement and cable comparability. I just believe that amplifier and speaker matching is both fundamental and foundational. You have to establish what type of sound you are seek... | |
| Help: Devore O/96 Integrated Amp + DAC suggestion Wallace,If you go the non tube route I'd look into the Pass Labs XA 25 (Very simple high quality circuit pure class A). Very likely an exceptionally natural sounding transistor amplifier. The Lyngdorf mentioned above by Kenny is a one box DAC, pre... | |
| Help: Devore O/96 Integrated Amp + DAC suggestion Hi Wallace, The AN OTO is a very good quality amplifier but it’s possible that the 10 watts may not be enough with this speaker for every conceivable genre and listening situation. I agree with those who suggest Leben push pull tube amplifiers. I ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD "I have faith in the average audiophile" Elizabeth, I share that faith. I assume that the thread participants are adults capable of independently forming their own judgements. The repetitive dogmatic approach can alienate and thus be unintent... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Yep, Different groups of listeners, ears,systems etc. Contrasting opinions are nothing new within the niche of High End audio. I don’t question either group of listener’s conclusions. All of us just report honestly what we hear. Both DACs have ha... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George,The system I heard these 2 DACs directly compared consisted of the Absolare Passion Signature preamplifier Krell FPB 600 mono blocksRockport Altair speakersVelodyne subwoofers x 2.Obviously we both heard the two DACs in very fine audio syst... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Yes I’m familiar with MSB and have heard a few of their DACs. No doubt that they are fully committed to discrete resistor ladder R2R . I understand the supposed merits of this approach. I used to own a Metrum Octave DAC a few years ago and brought... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD To be very clear I’m not disputing the notion of multibit being bit perfect but rather how is it manifested as a demonstrably superior quality above and beyond DS capabilities. I don’t hear this purported advantageous asset with comparisons as sta... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD George,Precisely why I addressed my inquiry to Steve N who by all accounts has been successful manufacturing R2R and DS DACs and is a credentialed source. There are unquestionably other builders capable of using either circuit type in DACs. Since ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Gdhal, I cited George as he has repeated this often on this particular thread/site. I realize that there are manufacturers who share this view but certainly not all do. Given that Empirical Audio has produced both I was interested in their opinion... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hello Steve N, George frequently to support his point says R2R is "bit perfect" whereas delta sigma is merely a "facsimile". As a listener I don’t hear R2R superiority. As a builder/designer is this claim true and if so is it an audible or meaning... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve N, Thank you for your reply and I see the common ground of SET and the D’Agostino amplifiers. Speed and transparency as a shared trait. I find SET unsurpassed in terms of "naturalness ".George it’s comments such as yours that prompted my DA... |