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| Any insight with the Berkeley Alpha DAC ..?? What is the difference between the ESS and AKM DAC chip? Is the one better than the other? Are Burr-Brown and Philips already outdated?Chris | |
| audiophile music servers the latest products, info Hi Tbg, I own the MBL 1621 myself. Yes, I think I've spent too much money for CD playback.Chris | |
| audiophile music servers the latest products, info Tbg: the commentary is about the Wadia. I only want to say that the Wadia 170i + Ipod combination (which is a hard drive based "server") sounds as good as the (20 times more expensive) MBL transport (for CD playback of course).Chris | |
| audiophile music servers the latest products, info The Wadia 170i + Ipod is a great sounding server for $600! In fact, this combination sounds as good as my MBL 1621 transport, which retail price is 20 times that of the Wadia/Ipod combo!Chris | |
| Holographic imaging To me bloom is the same as harmonic richness. Bloom is not fat or warm per se. It is a highly complex (due to overtones) sound with texture. "Air" is the surrounding and expanding sound we generally don't hear in real life. I think air is an artif... | |
| Holographic imaging Mapman, what I mean is: if one way of reproducing music is different than the other, then either both ways are wrong or one way is the correct way. Example a solid state amplifier has less bloom with a particular recording while the tube counterpa... | |
| Holographic imaging Mapman, if it is true that "holographic imaging" is in fact "bloom", why do I hear this very often with tube amps and not with solid state? Either solid state or tube should be wrong then?Chris | |
| Holographic imaging Ok, I understand what you guys are saying. I have very limited experience with tube equipment. Recently I've had the change to home audition a CAT Signature Mk III preamplifier, that is as you know a famous tube preamplifier. When listening to the... | |
| DarTZeels for sale You're both right. If some relatively new and exclusive audio product is being sold at Audiogon as a used item it always give a feeling of uneasiness. It can implicate that the product is flawed or that it's dependability is questionable or that t... | |
| Anyone have Legacy speakers these days? In the previous post, Mr. Barton should be: Mr. Dudleston (owner of Legacy Audio and designer of the Legacy speakers). After reading several reviews and articles about the Legacy speakers I'm now convinced that Mr. Dudleston also belongs to the gr... | |
| Anyone have Legacy speakers these days? I have never auditioned Legacy speakers. I'm not very knowledgeable regarding speaker technology. But when I see a picture of a Legacy speaker with the unconventional configuration of drivers, I ask myself: why is the designer choosing for such an... | |
| When is digital going to get the soul of music? Kijanki, I've heard many times audiophiles/phonophiles proclaiming that LP has superior dynamics compared to CD. What is the absolute dynamic range of CD? 90dB? LP's have dynamic range of about 50dB (or less). But I think what those audiophiles wh... | |
| Lack in harmonic richness Audphile1: thx for recommendations. I'll check the room acoustics first. JMF Audio amplifiers: http://www.jmf-audio.com/Chris | |
| Received my Wadia i170 transport today. Steve, I have an off topic question for you: Why don't you team up with guys like Keith Johnson or Alex Peychev (APL Audio) or Dan Lavry so you can design together a no compromise digital playback system that is truly state of the art? In my opini... | |
| Lack in harmonic richness Thanks for all your responses. They are very insightful. What I exactly mean is that in comparison with the lower midrange/upper bass the midrange and upper midrange/treble are deprived from a certain richness in sound (= bloom). I hear enough bas... |