danlib1
Responses from danlib1
| New Headphone User The 600's were my headphone reference for quite a while. The Cardas cable is a nice upgrade. You may also want to experiment with dedicated headphone amps later- especially tubed units.I've since moved on to the Stax Classic System, which I'm thor... | |
| Who is using a Sony SCD-1 or 777ES as a transport? I'm using my SCD-1 as a transport for "redbook"...feeding an Electrocompaniet ECD-1 DAC via the Illuminations D-60 cable. The SCD-1 is a very fine transport, and the ECD-1 achieves great synergy with it. It's a considerable improvement over the SC... | |
| SACD my thoughts at this time..................... My solution was to buy a Sony SCD-1, used for SACD playback only. For Redbook, I use the SCD-1 as my transport (and a damn fine one it is too) feeding the digital out to an Electrocompaniet ECD-1 DAC. In this configuration, Redbook performance is ... | |
| Which Golden Ratio??? .......Help Slappy's right. This formula will ALWAYS make your system sound better (until you nod off in the listening chair). | |
| Best Used Solid State Amp for less than $5000? Best amp I've used is the Pass X-250. To each his own however!Good Luck. | |
| Favorite DAC? I'm very happy with the Electrocompaniet ECD-1. I must say though that I find the sound of Dacs-like most things audio-to be a highly personal and subjective thing. I strongly suggest auditioning a few if possible to determine your choice. It migh... | |
| Cable Hook-up / Direction needed for Moron Generally speaking, the directional arrow indicates outgoing signal flow for most cables. So, preamp to amp, the arrows would face "away" from the preamp and "toward" the amp. And so on.....Have Fun! | |
| Narrowing down floorstander selection. I second a look at the Revel F-30's. They're quite good, but note that it takes a while to "dial 'em in". They're very sensitive to placement, and seem to me to be very revealing of upstream component and cable changes. They will image very well o... | |
| I'll have a Britney with that Taco. I second the desire for a Britney Taco. I'm just afraid Madonna may be first in line. | |
| Which DAC? Give a listen to the Electrocompaniet ECD-1. It's very good! | |
| Veritable Tower of Babel like CDP or Transport I have to say that my Sony SCD-1 plays any CD or CD-R I've ever tried (and of course Stereo SACD). Never a single reject. My old Meridian 500 was a bit more finicky though.The SCD-1 also makes for as fine a transport for redbook as I want as well-... | |
| 5 things I will not do agian, what about you? 1.Drop an Aurios bearing on my Pass X-250.2.Over-tighten locking RCA's, resulting in an Anaconda wrestling match upon attempted removal, therby loosening the RCA jack itself, necessitating removal of the preamp cover and re-snugging the jack (damn... | |
| Need a transport solution-Suggestions? PC based? I highly recommend a used Meridian 500. Great build, great sound. I had one I used for about a year and found it very nice.Good luck. | |
| Cable elevators I made my own. Go to Pier 1, and check out the different type of glass candle supports. I found some that perfectly support my H.T Pro-9 Bi-wire cables for $1.50 each- and they look cool.Do they make a difference? Well, the later it is, and the mo... | |
| Open-Minded or Gullible? I was quite sceptical about the Aurios Media isolation bearing "thingys" until I popped a trio of 1.2's under my Sony SCD-1. I heard a very different presentation...I was pulled into a much more believable soundstage. I concluded I was a victim of... |