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| Whos Going To RMAF 2008 This Year? Don't forget, Denver is also home to the Great American Beer Festival this week. See GABFUnfortunately they're sold out and I missed a opportunity to scalp some tickets at RMAF. Oh well, maybe next year...Dave | |
| Holographic imaging Bill, we're talking about the relative value of the DAC vs. the transport. Apparently you can't hear well enough to realize that a DAC is a very important component in the digital chain.Do you dispute my finding? Have you run an Oppo's digital-out... | |
| Jeff Rowland 501s and PC1s Sorry, I was wrong about Cardas, it was Nordost, now that I consult and look at some picture. Hope that helps.Dave | |
| Holographic imaging Agreed, Mapman. | |
| Holographic imaging Mapman said:"How the DAC does its thing to produce the intended sound seems to be of more importance than the digital nature of the source."I totally agree with this, but didn't think that it could be done for under $1000.Running my $180 Oppo thro... | |
| Great sounding new vinyl Bill, you're so full of crap that I can smell you from here.Through the 1970s DG, RCA and, to a lesser extent, Columbia, all issued mostly poor pressings from compressed masters. Some labels, like Lyrita, HM, Mercury and Nonesuch bucked the trend,... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 I'll try to remember to ask the Dali guys what they're using.Dave | |
| Help - Need Preamp under 5K for Class D amps In the same price range as the Dude you can have the Jeff Rowland Design Group Capri, including a phono stage. This little is incredibly quiet, yet organic sounding at the same time. The billet aluminum chassis provides incredible RFI and EMI shie... | |
| Holographic imaging Chris asked:"Do you think that with vinyl there is a higher palpability factor and also better rendering of depth (and therefore better "holographic" imaging)?"Not in my experience when using very good digital equipment; however, at the lower end ... | |
| Great sounding new vinyl This is the way it was in vinyl's heyday, prior to CD. More LPs sucked than sounded great. That's why CDs were so successful, despite their glare and other shortcomings, they were better. I love good LPs, but this behaviour will probably lead to a... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective Chashmal said:"I have never liked the word 'fatiguing' to describe the glare and shrill qualities of an overly bright system. I don't get fatigued by it, it just sounds like crap."Well, you've probably got the good sense to stop listening as soon ... | |
| Whos Going To RMAF 2008 This Year? I'll be there all three days. It's three-blocks from my home. ;-)Dave | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player Ouch, Best Buy isn't going to have anything worth while. I'll loan you a few SACDs, including a few of the "demo" discs from Telarc and Chesky and then some "real" music with brass, orchestra, etc.It's very informative to compare the RBCD and SACD... | |
| Amp for Dali Hellicon 400 mk2 Mike, you're absolutely right about the Primare, at least the 100 wpc unit that I heard. With the Primare the bass was flabby and bloated. The amp clearly couldn't damp the mid and bass drivers.The Rowland Continuum 500 and the C-J CA200 did a fin... | |
| Holographic imaging Thanks for your contribution here Atmasphere. Several in this thread don't seem to appreciate or understand your contributions, but your input is very useful and your actual experience is particularly valuable to me.The thread shows that some audi... |