classicjazz
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| Differences Between Esoteric SACD Players I would be patient and see if an X03 comes up in your budget range. The X03 has the improved mechanism, which is really what distinguishes upper end Esoteric players from any other marque, including those which buy the lower-end transport mechanis... | |
| Best preamp: Viola, Jadis, F.M. or Jeff Rowland ? This could be a list of the hardest to find preamps if you consider the USA market. FM Acoustics has one dealer in Colorado; Jadis is not distributed in the US as far as I know, although you might get it from Canada and the Viola has perhaps three... | |
| Wilson Benesch ACT I owned the WB ACTs for over two years and found them on the warm side with a golden midrange and balanced frequency response. The bass is smooth and provides a nice foundation but lacks attack and low range oomph- I ended up buying the WB Torus i... | |
| Ayre XK-R vs Pass Lab XP-20? you might get more responses from people searching the forum threads if you ask about the proper model designation for the Ayre: KX-R. All of their preamps begin with the prefix letter K.As for your answer? I owned the previous top of the line Ayr... | |
| Finding the ultimate universal player I'd consider an Esoteric player and an inexpensive blu-ray machine. You can get a UX3 for less than $3k; they are incredibly well made and listed for about $9500 new. An Oppo or other blu ray player in the $200 range should be fine for movies. The... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini I output the digital from my Oppo BDP and from my Esoteric UX1 to my Boulder DAC and find it exceptional. I also have tried the HDMI digital into my Denon AVPA1 and that works fine for movies and, of course, provides multiple channel output and su... | |
| Esoteric K-01 Heard it yesterday at the local audio show. Looks impressive. Couldn't gauge the sound quality as the entire setting was unfamiliar. The Esoteric rep thought that the P03D03G0Rb would likely be better (my old setup) but we didn't chat at length as... | |
| dCS Scarlatti vs Wadia 931+921 Hi Bar81,A resonant mode power supply is a switching supply. | |
| dCS Scarlatti vs Wadia 931+921 Hi Frankpiet.No experience with any EMM Labs gear or the Metronome gear. I can't see myself buying a super expensive CD2 based transport. I did consider the P01 transport but the mechanism is the same as the UX1 I have. I also considered the XDS1 ... | |
| New macbook air for computer audio Hessec,I'd consider getting an Apple certified refurb Macbook Pro. They are cheaper and have the same warranty - 1 year. You have to buy the Applecare protection plan to get coverage for years 2 and 3 and this applies to new and refurb alike. I am... | |
| Digital room correction, any recommendations? Hi,I happen to be local to the US Trinnov rep (and partner in the company) and borrowed a unit from him. Curt is very helpful and knowledgeable. I picked up my ST2 Pro today and will run it through its paces this weekend and take notes. Seeing as ... | |
| Digital room correction, any recommendations? Hi Psag,Before making a final determination, I'd read up on the different technological approach that Trinnov use. http://trinnov-audio.com/en/optimization/features/overviewThey employ some very sophisticated modeling and mathematics to analyze th... | |
| Digital room correction, any recommendations? I'd highly recommend acquiring software that lets you see the frequency response and reverberation times of your room. Then you can apply room treatments to deal with the areas which can be fixed.As for digital room correction, I've tried Z System... | |
| Goldmund mimesis 9.5 and Wilson system 8 Isn't a strong Yen really good? It makes US based items cheap. I'd look for Mimesis 18.4s, very good amps, newer generation than the M9.5. I sold a pair 18 months ago for about $7k and that is the going price more or less. There is a dealer in Fra... | |
| Spectral Preamps better than Accuphase Preamps? What is your amplifier and which preamp models are your considering? I have a DMC30SS in the context of a Spectral system and prior to this system had an Accuphase C2800 driving a set of Lamm amps. The Accuphase preamp is very easy to listen to, h... |