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| Benchmark to amp direct question? RyderCertainly that's what I've been trying to say. The Benchmark is essentially a balanced DAC, so the "correct" or optimal way to use it, is via its balanced outputs. The difference is not subtle. | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Sorry for the confusion, yes its the analog outputs - RCA and balanced (isn't this AES/EBU?) from the Benchmark, directly into the RCA/Balanced inputs on my Sanders poweramp.After Saki's post, I checked the input/output impedences of both the Benc... | |
| Cheap DIY FM Antenna Gdoole, I'm having trouble locating 300ohm cable. Any suggestions? I was told normal speaker red/black wire would do. Around here, we don't have a radio shack... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Ok, I've done the RCA and AES/EBU route for comparison...and the winner is [drum roll]...Anyone want to hazard a guess??? | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Thanks for the replies.My preamp is the ModWright, so it would be interesting to see what the ModWright add/subtracts.I will be trying both RCA and Balanced outputs direct into my amp and see the results. Cables are Slinkylinks. See how things go... | |
| Cheap DIY FM Antenna Gdoodle, excellent sites. Are you using one of those designs? I'd like to try my hand at making one myself. Does the cable connecting to the cubial have to be 300ohm ribbon feeder cable as well? | |
| SS Pre Recommendation Usually bass problems have little to do with Preamps in general, or it is unlikely that a Preamp would cause boomy bass. Typically boomy bass is the result of speaker and room interaction.Nevertheless, in response to your question about SS preamps... | |
| A better record cleaning brush than the vpi brush I find the VPI brushes too coarse, doesn't get into the groove enough.The one from Loricraft is really fine and rigid enough to stay straight after many spins. | |
| Name a couple of HOLY GRAIL LPs Best recording I've come across:Kojak & Baretta, TV Screen Theme Music, RCA JRS-9522 Japanese press, track 4 : Hawaii 5-O, M. Stevens.The dynamics and imaging on that track just shocks everyone who's heard it.Honorable mention:>Pavane Pour ... | |
| Power Conditioner to the rescue Hi JohnThanks for the update. Your system is indeed impressive. I do appreciate your systematic way of testing each product to achieve the best possible combination to your ears. Are you an engineer by profession?My main interest is in the AM Ecli... | |
| Power Conditioner to the rescue Excellent write up John! I've been considering a replacement conditioner for my PS P300 and heard the AM's stuff at RMAF 05, very impressive, though I've never had a chance to hear a before/after comparison done.Are there any updates on your syste... | |
| Please help with speaker choices Hi PeterThe Cabasse are not horns but dynamic cones, made of their proprietory ? wafer composite. Very light and rigid (93db/w). The "eyes" take a bit of getting used to, but they just disappear when the music comes on. Not everyone's cup of tea.D... | |
| Please help with speaker choices When you look for a long term speaker replacement, its always necessary to consider a few key elements :a) Does the tweeter irritate? Don't mistake artificially "enhanced" detail as the real thing. We often make the mistake of thinking that a spea... | |
| For those who "sold" Dynaudio Evidence speakers Dynaudio themselves recommend Plinius electronics to pair with their speakers. For the Evidence range, I think you will need to look at the monoblocks.As an experiment, we also had a go listening to the Sanders ESL Monos driving the Evidence, it w... | |
| Teres, redpoint or galibier turntable Hi PaulI don't disagree with that comment on Arthur's blog.What I'm trying to say is that any recommendation has to be seen in the light of the system's context, especially in the case of TT>Arm>Cart>Phono and Amp>Speaker. Anyone recom... |