cooper52
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| The demise of the music CD inevitable? Generally I agree with most of the above post, but I did dip my toes into the hi-rez waters with disappointing results. Yes, I get why so many people love vinyl, and I’ve never actually parted with my rather extensive vinyl collection, but I’m sti... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? Interesting question from the OP, and certainly started a lively discussion. Up until early last year, I was part-owner of a CD store that specialized in classical music, and from that perspective I think there are some factors that haven't yet be... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? Had to look around a bit for the specs, but the CA player has a 24-bit DAC chip instead of 32-bit, which I think is what the author was trying to convey but with clumsy wording. The CA player has not just one, but 5 Wolfson DAC chips (one for each... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? It looks like Cambridge Audio's newest player, the CXU, can do most of what the Oppo does, minus some streaming capabilies. It seems that the two machines use different DAC chips though, with CA opting for Wolfson WM8740 chips (the same ones that ... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? I think Oppo or Cambridge Audio players would be all you'd ever need if they're within budget. The Oppo BD105 is a bit of a Swiss Army Knife but it might be nice to have all those input and output capabilities for some time in the future. I own a ... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Update: I finally received my iFi power supply and have incorporated it into the system without incident (whew!). It doesn’t seem to have made much of a difference, though. Maybe the sound is just a tiny bit tighter, but a bigger difference was ac... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Erik, I'm curious about the Mytek Brooklyn you mentioned last month. Have you taken the plunge with this DAC yet? I'm especially interested to hear your impressions of it. | |
| What happened to Berkeley Audio Design Erik, a quick phone-number lookup yielded this: http://www.buzzfile.com/business/Berkeley-Audio-Design,-LLC-510-277-0512. Their office appears to be in El Cerrito (practically in my front yard) according to this link. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I'd like to propose that speaker design over the years has advanced hand-in-hand with amplifier design. What would a set of Raidhos sound like, I wonder, hooked up to whatever amplifier was available in the 1930s? What would a 1930s speaker sound ... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Thanks for the information, Bill. I'll see if I can lay my hands on an iFi power supply, but their availability seems pretty sketchy at the moment. Once I do, however, I'll be sure to post my experience with it. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? It might be useful to think about the evolution of the automobile as an analogy here. A car from the 1930s would be immediately recognizable to us, but over time cars have gotten lighter, smaller, safer, they handle better, are more reliable,... | |
| Considering buying a CD transport That promised review of the Wyred4Sound reclocker is now posted in the Member Reviews section. It's been up for a while now, and it does contain a bit of misinformation (sorry!) that I acknowledge in the subsequent discussion, but as it stands, th... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker That sure is a ringing endorsement of the iFi PSU. Just a quick question though, which sort of illustrates my relative illiteracy in matters electronic: the power spec is 9v/2A, and Wyred4Sound specifies 1A. Can this cause a problem? I'd hate to h... | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Bill,Yes, very possibly that was the problem, but I didn't have a way to test it, something I really should have done before rashly proceeding. Some more thorough online research might have yielded an answer, of course. | |
| Review: Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker Bill, I look forward to hearing how this power supply affects the performance of the Remedy. As you can imagine, I'm a little snake-bitten about replacing the PSU at this point. |