dazzdax
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| Received my Wadia i170 transport today. It is obvious that the "hardcore" proponents of megabuck super transports aren't eager to give their response to this thread. I think they are afraid that their super expensive transport might not be superior to this "poor man's" CD solution. Has ... | |
| Best sounding Krell ? The old KAS power amplifiers.Chris | |
| Received my Wadia i170 transport today. Mrjstark, thx for recommendation. The digital output of the Wadia is indeed very flimsy and not worthy of the Wadia name. This way Wadia gets also a bit of a "midfi" status. Also the external power supply/wall wart is just adequate but not very ol... | |
| Received my Wadia i170 transport today. Hi Robr, I'm about to sell my MBL 1621. Am I deaf? Please tell me the right diagnosis.PS: I think Mike Lavigne and others are laughing their pants off because of my silly posts.Chris | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Hi Neilejhunt, thank you for your explanation of the jitter issues with S/PDIF. I have a question. How about the new wave of using Ipods with the docking stations that can extract the digital information right off the Ipods? What is here the diffe... | |
| New EMM Labs DAC 2 or Accustic Arts Ref Tube DAC Hi Hotbird, I've read at the Accustic Arts website that the tubes in the Tube DAC are not located in the analog section of the DAC. So how can replacing the standard tubes with Mullards gives a different sound?Chris | |
| Received my Wadia i170 transport today. Does the Wadia/Ipod combination sound as good as the super transports, like the Wadia 7, Mark Levinson No 31.5, MBL 1621, Burmester, CEC, Metronome Calista? The answer is probably: Yes!PS: I own a MBL 1621 transport (so I'm not talking bullshit he... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Guido, LOL.Gary, I sold my rig after I was informed about this. I'm glad I'm not the only one.Chris | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players According to blind tests there is NO difference between a $300 and a $10,000 CDP. There is NO difference between a coat hanger, used as speaker cable and a $ 5,000 boutique cable. So, there is NO need to buy those expensive products... Back to bas... | |
| Someone hit Martin Logan CLX with the ugly stick? They are ugly. But that's not the real issue: they look as if they were $500 DIY speakers. Who wants to buy them for the $20,000 retail price?Chris | |
| Amp on SRA Ohio XL.. still use additional footers? Congratulations with your purchase. In my opinion bases and after market feet can improve some aspects of sound reproduction (especially bass and imaging) but they often compromise other aspects, like treble (treble is becoming dull or becoming to... | |
| Dodson 218 vs. Accustic Arts Tube Dac II. Why did you choose those two particular DAC's (while there are so many more DAC's out there)?Chris | |
| Pure class A amplifiers = "slow" amplifiers? Dave, I have Soundlab A-1's, Accuphase C-290V preamplifier and MBL/Accustic Arts digital front end.Chris | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers Stringreen: even with mid-fi non dedicated head phone amp the sound through head phones is better (with better tonality and fine dynamic shadings) than many high-end set ups. That is the dilemma. One more thing: though head phones many mediocre re... | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers I agree with you head phones don't have realistic (visceral) bass and the soundstage is very artificial, but they give tons of details and they have better tonal balance than most audio set ups with speakers. The strange thing is: even with mid-fi... |