charles1dad
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Steve N, Very interesting, D’Agostino and SET tube amp would seem to occupy polar ends of the amplifier spectrum (topology and philosophically). What do they share in common for both to warrant your recommendation?Charles | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Empirical Audio moving from R2R to delta sigma is certainly against the gain /current popular trend. Unquestionably implementation is the dominant determinate. Charles | |
| Psvane 300-B Tubes ? ? ? Hi Vv32bl,Sorry about your bad experience with Grant Fidelity. My encounters with them have been good. I'm unaware of any current American source for Psvane tubes.Charles | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD With all due respect to George I’m inclined more toward Elizabeth’s explanation in attributing the void or black hole effect to the recording method or process. . I don’t believe that delta sigma can be the blamed in a broad brush fashion as the c... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom,Interesting isn’t it? Our systems share no common components yet have similar sound presentation. I’m curious to know if this may possibly influence 300b tube preference. I’ve had the Royal Princess (RP) in my amplifier and thought it was v... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Hello fuzzbutt17,Good points you've made. I wasn't indicting DSD as a whole as I haven't the extensive exposure to do so. Elizabeth's "black hole" comment was on the mark IMO at least in regard to SACDs I've heard, nothing more. Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi Corelli,Tom wasn’t putting words in my mouth. He graciously invited me to his home to hear his completely revamped audio system. Simply put his system sounds absolutely wonderful and is very musically engaging. We have very similar taste in mus... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Elizabeth, Your observation is astute and one I can certainly relate to. I’ve (comfortably) accepted my probably minority position of finding Redbook CD generally more natural sounding than SACD when comparing them. This goes against the grain but... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts David,Congratulations the new T+A integrated amplifier. I know you conducted an admirably thorough audition with it compared to other excellent and highly regarded competitors. Given your objective and preferences you made the best choice in my op... | |
| SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC Hi Wig Congratulations! No doubt this DAC is just fabulous sounding and I’m very happy for you. Based on your description of the sound, it doesn’t seem you need to reclock anything 😊. Charles | |
| Trying different output impedance taps with tube amps bdp24,I believe that Ralph has pointed out in the past that using the higher ohm tap results in less distortion, increased bandwidth and better efficiency. Roger Modjeski is definitely a proponent of the "light loading" approach. Honestly it dep... | |
| Trying different output impedance taps with tube amps I'm in agreement with those who advocate trying all the available amplifier taps and listen. Each circumstance will be different and it's difficult to generalize if higher or lower tap is superior. My amplifier has 8 and 16 ohm taps and my spea... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada Theaudiohobbyist,I wish you luck. My gut feeling is that these are excellent speakers and I suspect that you’ll be very happy with them. Looking forward to your listening impressions. 6 Moons did a show report on this speaker and they were reporte... | |
| In need of some Amplifier advice. Is therereally any point in it with my current setup? I agree with david_ten, +2 soix, good post. A receiver is "not" equal to a good quality amplifier if high quality 2 channel stereo is the objective. Anyone who suggests that amplifiers make no or minimal difference is offering poor advice IMO . Sp... | |
| Coherent Speakers from Canada I hope to hear these speakers some day. They are understated but seem to be very well designed and executed. The fact that they are easily driven with a 3 watt 2A3 SET amplifier confirms the easy speaker load which is always a good attribute in m... |