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| Zero Stat Gun Snap, crakel and pop can be static OR just a bad pressing or dirty record. You can take the LP off the TT and move it near the hair on your arm to see if there's a static charge in it. If so, then apply the Z-stat and retest. The static should be ... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? Kmelancon, be sure to use error correction when ripping to Lossless and wav. I'm using the Wadia 170i with the internal, upconverting DAC of my Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD player, using an iPod Classic 160G as the transport. The results are stu... | |
| Vienna Acoustics sounded terrible at Magnolia I've heard the Mozarts with Rowland and Primare and they sounded very good in both instances. Listening to Beethoven with NAD power should be nice, I'd guess, but I haven't heard your particular NAD.If you deal with Magnolia, then use the return p... | |
| Integrated + Balanced + Headphone? No, I have no idea how hot the other amps run. My Continuum 500 idles at 120-degree F in the closed cabinet. The Continuum 250 doesn't have Power Factor Correction and will run under 100-degrees F.Dave | |
| 2-ch analog, oppo? The Oppo is a great, bargain universal player. It can be made even better by running it into a high quality DAC, as is true of most less expensive players that have Digital Out connections. Many players in the Oppo's price range do not have Digita... | |
| ICE amps need cooling? B&O developed ICEPower technology with much research and help from their government. B&O uses the units in their mass market systems and also sells them to the likes of Rowland, Spectron, Bel Canto, etc. Some people just stick them into fo... | |
| Soundsmith "The Voice"? I'm using The Voice ebony on my Pro-ject RM10 TT with 10" carbon fiber arm. Peter thought that the high-compliance version would be the best match for my arm and I think he's right, based on about 12-hours of listening. The Voice replaces a HOMC S... | |
| My head hurts.... I'd didn't see a TT in your system, what did you get? I must say, I'm mightly impressed with my new "The Voice" Soundsmith moving iron cartridge. The speed and bass are equally incredible, with lots of nuance, air and solid imaging.Dave | |
| Amplifier for VA Mahlers... IcePower? Thanks for the decision report.Class D need quite a bit of burn-in generally, so keep it on all the time and get over one-hundred hours on it before any really critical listening.Dve | |
| Integrated + Balanced + Headphone? Welcome Mr. Crash,Given your criteria, the MBL seems to fill the bill. Still, it raises a couple of questions in my mind. One, are you likely to prefer the digital volume control of the CDP to the MBL's? I think that's very doubtful. The MBL will ... | |
| ICE amps need cooling? Guidocorona is a "professional" reviewer, writing for TAS. You can read his reviews of various Rowland components here on A'gon.Of course, the best test for an individual is to listen for themselves.Dave | |
| ICE amps need cooling? Muralman1 said:"It is a proven fact that the digital power supply ICE modules are not good for high audio use. They are instituted in mass productions of popular electronics."Those using Rowland, Spectron, Bel Canto, etc. in high end systems would... | |
| ICE amps need cooling? My Rowland Continuum 500 integrated amplifier idles around 120-degrees F. Jeff says that's due to the power factor correction not the ICEPower units.Dave | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? I'm using the Analysis Plus Digital Oval coax digital cable with good results, but I can't distinguish it from the one Wadia sent with the 170i. I think that the reclocking in the PD is making up for any error introduced by my cable... maybe. I tr... | |
| Wadia 170i and Benchmark Dac1 - anyone try it? A separate box for the clock does nothing to assure that it'll outperform a clock combined with another digital device, like a DAC or transport. Generally you'd expect the separate box clocks to be among the best, due to price, but that isn't nece... |