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| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Daverz, think of 2 cans with string connecting them. When the string is pulled tight and you talk into one can and listen to the other, the sound is more legible. Now take a few steps closer to the other person, the string sags. Now talk and liste... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? There are very few great DACs and CDPs with truly exceptional volume controls and even fewer with analog volume controls. My experience in this regards is with the following digital devices, testing them direct to amps and also via preamps: Levins... | |
| Issues with EAC Cerrot, when checking your hard drive in your music folder (the folder that either lists the artists in sub-folders, typical with further sub-folders by album) you are seeing, for example that tracks 1-3 and 5-9 are there, but for some reason trac... | |
| Talon Khorus with no soundstage? While this thread is quite old, I think it deserves a current day perspective. The Talon Khorus came out 10 years ago with high praise from many reviewers who claimed it to have superlative performance and extolled its capabilities as one of the b... | |
| Sound stage, front, middle, or behind your speaker I am confused by the statement the sound stage is 7 feet behind the speakers. Do you mean at its maximum depth, the drummer (for example) sounds like he is 7 feet behind the speakers and the other musicians in front of the drummer being closer to ... | |
| what is used to store music from multiple cd's Dvdgreco, I am assuming based on your phrasing of the question that you are not highly computer savvy?If this is accurate (and please forgive me if it is not accurate), then I would suggest looking into different devices that are an all-in-one typ... | |
| Issues with EAC Cerrot, are you actually missing the tracks or are they just not showing up in your program? I notice that depending on how I search my digital music database, that sometimes songs don't show up. My example is that when I arrange by artist (album ... | |
| Upgrading Modifying Kora Hermes DAC Op Amp-Switch I no longer have my Kora Hermes, but it remains one of the DACs I frequently recommend to people looking to spend about $1,000 +/-. The performance of this DAC vs. the traffic jam of "cheap" DACs promoting the latest greatest chipsets is remarkabl... | |
| Best sounding system for under $10k I think Rockadanny's comments above are terrific in sharing the characteristics of a system and is often times the type of information OPs are seeking with just such a thread. I typically wouldn't throw out my favorite system, but it does not meat... | |
| Best sounding system for under $10k Rockadanny, that is a great post, especially due to the fact that you are honest about weaknesses and well described strengths/listening habits. However, for long term useage by others, I would suggest listing the components (as going to your syst... | |
| Conrad Johnson vs Audio Research vs BAT vs Cary "Threshold is only 600 ohms. Any CJ, ARC, or Cary run through the RCA inputs will be fine"I don't think any of the Cary preamps would be a good match based on the impedence issues. The 98 spikes up to 6,800 ohms for its output impedence at 20 Hz. ... | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? I too will chime in on ignoring the phase inversion aspects. Though I do have a question or request for clarification on Stanwal's comment: "just switch the speaker wires on one end, ie black to red and everything is fine."Is that on both speakers... | |
| Best sounding system for under $10k It amazes me that the best system in the world for X dollars was able to be improved upon by a big notch with two rather small changes (that may have not even added tot he overall cost of the system).Yes, I realize that all systems can be improved... | |
| Recharging Nargra Pl-P I am impressed Nagra. Way to go. | |
| Squeezebox Duet + inexpensive stand alone server They have stopped making the Duet and to coincide with that, they have released a new version of software that makes it virtually unusable. At least if you run a Mac computer. ALWAYS WAIT TO DOWNLOAD THE MOST RECENT SOFTWARE UPDATES FOR ANY OF THE... |