classicjazz
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| Weiss Minerva Dac Hi,I recently acquired the Weiss Minerva. I also own the PD MPS5, Esoteric P03-D03-rubidium clock, as well as some other reference grade digital gear. Using a Macbook Pro and setting the output to 24/96 while streaming FLAC files, I was very impre... | |
| Mark Levinson No.512 CD Player---Opinions The Esoteric VRDS-NEO drives spin at a 4x rate and reads data into a buffer (see the Teac USA Esoteric website. The control over the disc is very accurate given the mechanical design. Not sure whether ML is in trouble financially- but Harman does ... | |
| Buying Someone's Records: An Ethics Question Hi,It is always nice to run into a fellow thinker. As for Rawls, I am impressed with his work but in the end he still valorizes the individual's position. Any contractarian disaggregates society into component parts. Ontologically, the person is p... | |
| Buying Someone's Records: An Ethics Question Following this thread, It seems like the question of the ethical is being confused with a question of the economic. Which is the dominant logic that should guide the transaction? If it is economic and a one-time event, it seems that offering the l... | |
| Questions from a new Loricraft user I own the PRC4. When you clean from the inside, did you place the arm on the left side (9 pm side) of the inner label? If so, the arm will radiate out to the left-most edge of the record. I examined my unit but it's not clear how one would re-thre... | |
| Gryphon Antileon Sig Mono vs Ref One Mono I owned the Gryphon Reference One amps for a few years. They were very good solid state amps but in comparison to the Lamm ML1.1, which I owned simultaneously, they were a bit coarse. I have 94 dB efficient speakers and it is possible that I was n... | |
| Trade or not... Hi,The PAV and AVP are different items. I spoke with Mark Levinson/Proceed recently and they said they can still repair and AVP and/or update it. The maximum price for any job is $850; this would include replacing every part if necessary. | |
| Trade or not... Hi,I have both the AVP and the AVP2. I'd ask to return the Arcam for a refund and get an AVP2 used as it has PLII, DTS-ES. That being said, the AVP is still a good sounding unit and if you want to save money, you can ask for the AVP the dealer has... | |
| Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps Just looked up the Tron. Doubt I'd fine a unit here but from what I have read, it would be worth finding. Also ASR looks interesting, although I don't think it is a tube unit. | |
| Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps I sold the Wavac at a too low price a few years back, before the MSRP doubled. It was the singularly most musical (romantic) preamp I have owned and imparted a magic that made everything sound good. The rationalist in me said that can't be so I so... | |
| Recommend relatively obscure high end tube preamps I am completely satisfied with my Callisto preamp and also have to add that Jim White has been incredibly accomodating and helpful. I would recommend Aesthetix to anyone looking for a preamp. I'm simply thinking about getting an interesing preamp ... | |
| Specs to look for when matching tube pre to SS amp I would find out what the output impedance of your preamp is, how much capacitance the output stage has and what the manufacturer's recommended minimum amplifier input impedance is. Sometimes solid state amps have input impedances as low as 10 kOh... | |
| Does your system have jump? While my view is not definitive by any means, the notion of jump can be characterized as the ability of the system to convey the dynamic swings of the music. Thus one might construe the system as possessing the characteristic of jump in that it is... | |
| I want profoundly better bass Some amps will provide iron-fisted control over the woofers - think Krell. Another possibility might be to go with speakers that have active built-in amplification. I would recommend Genesis (V, 500, 501), which are warm and have incredible but na... | |
| Calling all Aesthetix Callisto / Io Owners John,I have a BAT VK-50SE, which I have been happy with for the price (having gone through many other units up to 2x the price). I am considering the Callisto but my main concern is the volume control. The BAT and other modern designs have many fi... |