davide256
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| JPLAY - It aint subtle Jplay also supports a dual PC option where the control PC feeds music from the player to a second dedicated audio PC via wired Ethernet for DAC feed. I'm running that option and its very good in extracting more nuance, tone color solidity and elim... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 Tweeter issue ... You can also check the back of the speaker connection box to make sure you don't have a loose connection. Two screws hold it in and the wires for the tweeter are tightened down by 2 post nuts. Its unlikely but you'd hate to send it in and then fin... | |
| Anyone try KT 120 Tubes in Primaluna Dialogue? Continuing on quite happy with the KT-120's... with the hope that Tungsol makes a milspec version someday for even better power tube definition. 12AU7's remain banned for bad behavior in the front sockets of my PL Premium Integrated with Siemens E... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear I don't think you could go wrong getting a Metrum NOS DAC to solve most of the harshness issues. It may help rejuvenate your Classe transport as it did my Linn Genki... cant make it perfect but lets you hear what the transports true limits are. | |
| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp Alright, if you have this amp, listen up. Running NOS (1960's)Siemens 12at7 tubes with triple mica in the front sockets and Telefunken 12Au7's in the back sockets is a match made in heaven. Gobs of low level detail, no tube distortion, no edginess... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? there's a few small value electrolytics in the power supply part of the circuit board. Entirely possible that they have no role in signal path | |
| CAPS 3.0 Zuma vs Mac Mini so does "electrical noisiness" of the motherboard components also enter into this? | |
| Fidelizer Fidelizer doesn't 'run' anymore than your auto mechanic 'runs'. What it does is shut off or lower system priority for processes that aren't needed for audio. It hot rods your system temporarily for audio then puts it back where it started when you... | |
| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp so just an update on current tube rolling. The KT-120's continue to sing...just plain better than the cryo GL-KT-88's all around in the amp. And tube distortion in the pre section is more mercilessly exposed. I've acquired some ribbed plate Telefu... | |
| Driving Magnepan 1.7 I'm quite happy driving my 1.7's in similar size room with a Prima Luna Prologue tube integrated. Using Kt-120 power tubes remedies the low bass criticism's of the amp reviews of 2 years ago. The pre tubes used will matter... its worth it to dish ... | |
| Jplay vs Amarra, PC vs. Mac What the heck?? Vista was one of the buggier operating systems put out by MS. Run, do not walk to get an upgrade copy of Win7 (or Win8 if you can put up with its interface). Either will be better behaved with Jplay and other programs.BSOD are gene... | |
| oppo 105 vs 103 I have a 103. Its a great blue ray player and a fine multi-channel audio player. It is not an audiophile class 2 channel player... doesn't have the detail and dynamics needed. | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? I'd have to disagree with computer audiophile on processing power, more is better, reducing potential for jitter, cycle steal interference. The problem is that faster clocked motherboards and CPU's become electrically "noisier" and most builders d... | |
| best mac mini option for external music drive? Sidssp, thinks for the tip on NTFS. Drives are cheap enough that it would be easy to copy to one formatted best for Mac now that I can anticipate. With the PC I have tried direct Ethernet attached NAS, which did not have the same transparency and ... | |
| can record skips be fixed? if there are not visible scratches, there may be a compliance mismatch between the cartridge and tonearm mass. The cartridge compliance can be compared to the shock absorber springs on your car... a good match means a smooth ride, a bad match mean... |