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| Ayre C-5xe vs Ayre C-7xe?? Just a word from the wise.....don't spend ANY money on a digital source BEFORE you listen to it, ideally in your setting.No review is worth the paper it's printed on when it comes to digital as far as I'm concerned, moreso than other components.I'... | |
| Review: Millennium M-CD-Mat Tweak I too purchased one of these mats and tried it in my Uber Clocked Rega Saturn and also a Marantz SA-7 and Ayre-CD-5-XE ..... both myself and others did in fact observe what has been referred to in the above post as 'removal of some HF artifacts'..... | |
| Any DACs will improve my Rega Saturn? Another DAC will not improve your Saturn, it will give you the sound of another DAC (and that of the associated cables required to connect it) !If you want to seriously improve the sonics of the Saturn itself however,(from direct experience with m... | |
| Having guarantee issues with KR Audio? "generic" 300b feature and every 300b SET they heard more or less suffers of slow and "exaggerated" bas not managed to keep the rhythm - and some high frequencies roll-offs.Sounds like any poorly designed tube amp to me, certainly not a characteri... | |
| macbook to DAC to server/cd recorder For live streams I use Radio Lover, what goes in, comes out, unless you want to change format.....nothing to it really, great for capturing obscure web radio streams and has a some really slick features such as scheduling, auto tag and split track... | |
| CD player recommendations under $2K used Rega Saturn: Wolfson DACs+fully discrete analogue output=sweet musicality non plus ! | |
| Warmer CD sound sought - MCD 301 or 500 or REF CD7 Agreed, no need to spend that kind of $$....the Rega Saturn is a world class red book spinner, no tubes to fart around with, just leave it on 24/7 for best sound...zero digital nastiness and sublime musical fluidity and weighty sound, plenty of de... | |
| 300B Tubes FYI: here's a recent post I made regarding my humble experiences with numerous 300B's I own including WE's and the KR's:http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=set&n=58904&highlight=coolhand&r=I should add that from my feedback of us... | |
| Stunning Harpsichord Recording HAMBURG 1734-Andreas Staier, Harmonia MundiThis is not only an absolutely stunning fidelity recording but also a virtuoso performance of an incredible instrument.If your system is truly capable of full range frequency response, this is one hell of... | |
| Rega IOS Hell yeah, and it's extremely positive !.......read the Tone Audio review by Jeff Dorgay to whet your phono palate :-) | |
| what cd player to buy Nope you're both wrong...it's plainly obvious that the only way to future proof yourself is to invest in a turntable and VINYL :-)Either way you get zero points for not answering the guys question...!Juan given that you're "not audio crazy but i l... | |
| What spk cables for AA Diavolo and AN Speakers? Auditorium 23 are a very 'natural' sounding cable and if you're leaning towards the musical spectrum and not the 'hifi' editorialised side of things I can highly recommend them, they appear fairly frequently here and always sell maintaining their ... | |
| Super Dac under $20K? Dude, you gotta put me on your payroll if you think $115,000.00 is reasonable, it sure ain't lunch money on my side of town !!!!!If only those extra zeros could appear on my paycheck as easily :-PSeriously though, Fplanner2000, around $20K you mig... | |
| Looking to replace Clearaudio Stylus force gauge Parts Connexion have an excellent four digit back-lit display SFG for less than $100 with accuracy to 0.001g.It also comes with a calibration weight, I use it with my Clearaudio Ambient/Stradivari and it functions perfectly, in fact I have seen th... | |
| EAR 869 Integrated Amp....opinions please Contrary to the above I will state that suitable speakers need not be exceedingly sensitive at all, although as with ANY low powered amp, it is usually always a bonus.I have used this amp with many speakers including: Martin Logan esl's (~87dB) wi... |