clio09
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| tvc vs avc Well for what it is worth I bought a Berning Micro ZOTL to use as a headphone amp. As luck would have it the one I bought could also be used as a line stage preamp, as well as a 1 watt amp.I've been using it as a preamp for a month or so now, alte... | |
| Diffusion versus absorption behind speakers? One of the pieces of advice I received regarding diffusion is that the larger the room, the more effective it is. Makes sense considering that diffusion works by spreading the sound around. These are the diffusers I used:http://www.decware.com/new... | |
| Diffusion versus absorption behind speakers? I've tried both absorption and diffusion behind my speakers at the front wall and in the end removed them and now don't use anything behind them. Instead, the corners are treated with bass traps, the upper corners with Eighth Nerve triangles and t... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? They were using Bryston amps at THE SHOW with the 1.7s, no complaints here. One of the best rooms I heard. | |
| Magnan and Exactpower I was curious as to what happened with these guys. I see they are no longer out of Chatsworth, CA and now based in NJ, so the change in ownership explains that. I also see a bunch of new products, some of them quite interesting, but nothing on the... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here John Devore's new speaker the Orangatang, Gershman/Vac, Venture, Kings Sound Prince II, Rockports (over at the Mirage), Sanders Sound. | |
| A home for my cans I just bought a Berning Micro Zotl which is both a tube headphone amp and a personal 1W amp. These can be modified by Berning to also be a preamp with 2 inputs and 1 output. Mine has been modified and really surprised me with it's sound.CanJam 200... | |
| phono pre-amp required for Beogram 4500 turntable? I owned one and it has a built in RIAA pre-amp of very decent quality. You do not need an external phono stage, you can plug this directly into your preamp line input. | |
| Hard Drive versus Optical Drive Al, thanks for clarifying that. I can't recall exactly, but I thought I read where the new MacBooks would not have firewire ports, leading me to my conclusion. | |
| Hard Drive versus Optical Drive Paul, I was wondering about your transport/DAC combo. There is another thread here where Kijanki talks about using Airport Express with optical cable connected to the Benchmark DAC1. Now to me that is pretty simple. Of course my DAC only has SPDIF... | |
| McIntosh and Brystons: Fair comparison ? The Shakti Stones are around $200 a piece. You can order them direct here:ShaktiThey show up used here for about $125 or so. Usually get snatched up fast. Must be a lot of us nearly insane types around here.The CBF's are $25 a piece. You can order... | |
| Hard Drive versus Optical Drive I've been struggling with this one for a while. I don't own a lot of CDs, less than a few hundred overall and no more than 50 or so that I access for playback at any given time. I still tend to buy CDs here and there, but mostly vinyl. So while I ... | |
| McIntosh and Brystons: Fair comparison ? Sorry to stray off topic but the Shakti Stones tweak on the breaker box is one of the best I've tried. Better yet was adding Alan Maher Designs CBF's inside the breaker panel. | |
| upgrading my CEC TL51xr IMO, the best DAC for the CEC TL-51XR is the Lessloss DAC 2004. The benefit is that the TL-51XR used as a transport can be slaved to the DAC (via a clock cable that can be purchased). This is the set-up I run. As for the cost, the Lessloss is expe... | |
| Joule Electra 100 mkiii vs. Musical Fidelity A3cr I owned the V12i and ran it with a Cary SLP-98 and Joule Electra LA-100 MkIII. I had both preamps at the same time so I was able to do side by side comparisons. To me the Joule was a better fit. The Cary combo was just too much of the Cary house s... |