dave_b
Responses from dave_b
| Personal amp evolution ARC VS110...harkens back to the tube magic of yesteryear without the limitations of frequency or control. | |
| What makes a system compelling? It takes time and experimentation. After tons of gear both tube and solid state, I must say ARC tube gear sounds most musical...especially the new more inexpensive stuff I.E...VS110 and SP16L. when combined with let's say a Sony ES SACD player and... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? I forgot the Meridian G08...disapointing. | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? Just for the record, my reference gear has included the following:Preamps-ARC ref2 MKII, LS 25 and SP16LLevinson 32 BAT 5iKrell KCTAmps-ARC VT100, VT200, VS110Levinson 360Krell 600FPB and 400cxBAT VK-500Digital-Wadia 861BAT VK-D5Levinson 39 and 37... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? Civil disagreement is to be expected, even relished, when it is thoughtful and engaging. I started this post with an observation based on a lifes worth of involvement in audio compared to recent experimentation with several high end digital compon... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? No HAMMY...just you are adrift in your distorted rhetoric which adds no value whatsoever!! | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? Jdaniel has the hall experience even more than I it appears and He understands a bit about what is special in the Sony XA presentation or rendering if you will. IMHO I believe the parallel DAC arrays remove the digital (subliminal at times) nature... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? The industry has to sell gear...money makes the world go around last time I checked...and there is alot of tasty treats to be had but I say again..(I've owned most of the names mentioned or at least demo'd the others extensively at home)...the Son... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? I'm not surprised to hear some of you re-iterate what the reviewers have said.."SACD is great but CD is ok!"...bullshit, it is far better than ok with a properly tuned system. Remember, I am talking about acoustic instruments sounding reall...not ... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? I must take issue with this wrap on the Sony ES digital gear sounding hard or lacking in depth or spread ...I have been an audiophile for over 30 years and grew up on vinyl. Perhaps the confusion comes in when most people started buying digital ge... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? All great responses, thanks gang...by the way I am using a HarmTech AC-11 power cord on it...BIGGG DIFFERENCE!!! Synergy is sometimes everything...and built in bias!! | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? What I'm saying is that I hear something more musical going on with the better Sony stuff (SCD-1, 777ES, XA777ES and XA9000ES) than with the Burr Brown stuff and I wonder if anyone else may have some insight on the subject. I have and can afford p... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? Perhaps I am adrift in a sea of fellow audiophiles who can not, or will not get past the hype of what the mag's say should sound great!! Remember when it was far easier to listen to a decent reciever and a turntable than it is to put together a mu... | |
| Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k After owning many top shelf front ends...levinson ref, wadia 861, bat, denon, arc,...I have found SONY...yes, Sony to communicate music far more effectively then than any of them...like listen all day and all night!! Maybe it's the Burr Brown DAC'... | |
| Amplifier and preamplifier for Wilson Watt puppy 7 Have watt/puppy 6's and you need Audio research...try SP16L and VS110...wow, musical like nothin elseand it's their most reasonable offerings! I've had most of the current ARC stuff over the last 3 years and one thing I've learned is that balanced... |