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| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Ok, the AR Ref3 will be a good match for 501s. You might read Guidocorona's review of the Rowland Capri, where he moved from the Ref3.PFC is an interface with the mains that Rowland uses to present an even load to the mains and convert the AC line... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? I can't find what your pre is Dev. If you'd be willing to forgo the pre, I'm thinking that you should seriously consider the Rowland Continuum 500, which gives you a great pre, power factor correction and most of the circuit of the 312, all for mu... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... Ayre and Cayin in the same breath is a bit of a stretch. Cayin is very good at it's price point, but not in the same league as Ayre, IMHO.Dave | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Muralman1 said:"Every over and up sampling player sucks the stage both horizontally and vertically. Also, all harmonics vanish. The difference is striking. I have had a Modright tubed Sony SACD here, and with the same negative results. The tubes d... | |
| If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like... CAYIN??? | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Muralman1 said:"Every time someone brings over a glorified digital filtered digital source, the sound closes up, harmonics are lost, proper gradual decay becomes severely truncated."I'm not understanding what type of source you refer to. I see tha... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Dev, I've heard the Spectrons and the new Bel Canto and think that they deserve serious consideration. I'm feeling no need to replace my Continuum 500 and I'm finding it's 1000 watts into 4 ohms and very refined pre-amp section up to the task of d... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? B&O and their government spent a ton of money developing ICEPower. That gets you a certain base level of acceptable performance. Spectron, Rowland, Bel Canto and others enhance the base modules and move you into high fidelity. How high is deba... | |
| Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved? Magfan, I think that bit-exact IS important. I know that there are large differences when I turn on error correction when ripping to lossless, but I'm not sure if it's bit-exact. I can tell you that it's certainly almost-exact and I DO hear differ... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? No deHavilland lover is going to like Spectron, nor vice versa, so save your time Spencer.Dave | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? There's nothing cheap about Rowland, Spectron and a few others. BTW, these are not "digital" amplifiers, they are merely Class D.The people that like these amps tend to like neutral, unstrained, clear sound. They demand very fine source components... | |
| Sell Hi-Fi and invest in stock market? I never got out, but I think it's too early to raise your proportion of equities. The world economy continues to take hits and the US equities are still shaking out, so I think it's still maybe a little early to take a large position relative to y... | |
| Review: Soundsmith SG-410 Strain Gauge Cartridge Cartridge Nice report Vac_man. I took a baby step and bought Soundsmith's The Voice moving iron cartridge after hearing it and the SG at RMAF. It's an incredibly revealing cartridge with digital-like strong (not bloated) bass. I DO get some mistracking on s... | |
| Which Oppo to get? You might wait on the Blu-ray version, due out soon, to use with the TV and move you 970 back to the two-channel system. An good external DAC will likely improve greatly on the Oppo's digitalis.Dave | |
| Zero Stat Gun Disc Doctor Record Cleaning system is one of the best non-machine solutions.Dave |