davide256
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| USB cables no conductor is perfect... unless its a super conductor at close to 0 degrees kelvin. So all of audio science for wires is really about eliminating conductor non linearities at room temperature. The hardest wave to reproduce on a metal conductor i... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? I hadn't expected immediate improvement using the VCaps, noe the less I got one. While theres still a long break in time ahead, Im finding on every piece that has percussive bass there is much deeper bass. Bass drum is now a thunderous joy to list... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? After weighing pro's and con's I decided to go with the Prologue Premium integrated and bought separately cryo treated Genalux KT-88's (the EL34's just didn't cut it). The PV10A beats the Prologue for pre when feed thru the home theater inputs... ... | |
| USB cables I appreciate Elberoth2's comment... I have the Vlink feeding a PS Audio DLink III and don't find it provides the same high frequency " air" and deep bass from music server as I can get with digital from a Linn Genki CD player. Looks like time to f... | |
| HDCD FLAC FOOBAR SPDIF Cary 303/200 HDCD dbpoweramp has an add on DSP that allows you to rip HDCD to 20 bit format file. Use that for ripping and you don't need HDCD decoding in the DAC. Its what I do with all of my Reference Recording CD's. | |
| HDMI dembedder option for DAC use? what caught my attention was the thread assertion that the Oppo players will sense whether the HDMI device supports DSD and convert to PCM since the HD-570 does not, at a higher bit rate than CD. Agreed that DSD to a standard DAC doesn't work. Her... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? I've replaced the phono output caps as planned with the Solens. But in the mean time i've also upgraded my DAC. So once again the PV10A is doing some things well (tonal colors) but direct to amp from DAC is superior for fine detail and low bass. A... | |
| Mistracking in all liklihood 1 of two things is occurringa) cartridge linked mistracking is occurring. If you have had the stylus for a while it could be worn out. If the stylus is low on hours of play it could be a compliance mismatch between tonearm mass an... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy this is almost humorous, you folks are arguing about problems the older among us had to deal with in Dual and Phillips TT's of the 70's and 80's.If speed of a TT is constantly off the musical pitches will be off. Since all speeds are off proportio... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy 1) speed accuracy to the point where its musically relevant has been pretty much solved in any TT costing over $3002) the average stylus pressure is 1.5 gm. The drag of this on a rotating platter assembly of 2000 gms is negligible; the mass equiva... | |
| No such thing as a future proof DAC... anyone who tells you a piece of electronics is future proof either (a) believes they are psychic or (b) as a smart manufacturer has hedged their bet with a trade in program. I deal with product life cycles... 3 years is about as far as anyone can ... | |
| How to choose a good fiber optic cable?? Thanks tom6897! I use this for computer audio so ordered the 12' length, prefer my PC hardware to be distanced from the audio electronics. Replacing the USB cable to the Vlink last night opened my eyes on how the off the shelf cables I've been usi... | |
| Best Record You Have Ever heard Sheffield Labs Direct to Disc, 1980; Growing up in Hollywood Town, Amanda McBroom and Lincoln Mayorga. Lovely and fun to listen to. Lesser tone arms will self destruct as Amanda sings "The Rose | |
| Is ripping from a laptop as good as a desktop? no difference if the CD is perfect. If the CD is imperfect a poorer drive will have a harder time of error correction for imperfections.The licensed version of dbPoweramp allows multi CPU support for ripping which may make the better processor mac... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? Very happy so far with the Solen replacements in the pre main section. While the pre is not as fast as going DAC direct for transients, the preamp now comes quite close and cause more smiles : |