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| The Richard Clark "all amps sounds the same" test Why would anyone care? | |
| Balanced or Unbalanced? Atmasphere, thanks for your persistance. We're now on the same wave length. ;-)Dave | |
| Directional interconnect cables I generally agree with his comment:"Reverse a wire and it takes a couple of days of use in the reversed direction for the wire to settle in and sound its best. This settling-in improvement is smaller in magnitude than the difference in sound from ... | |
| Directional interconnect cables Another explaination of perceived directionality is the dielectric settling into a charge. If you reverse the connection then you'll hear an immediate deterioration that'll go away if your put them back like they were. However, if the dielectric c... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player I think if you ask Mike, reading between the lines of his review, he'd say that he still prefers his $50,000+ TT system. I'm not certain. He has a thread here on A'gon, so you might see if he'll respond to a direct question there, in case he's not... | |
| Balanced or Unbalanced? Atamasphere, are you saying that my Rowland is NOT truly balanced?? That would surprise me greatly, since Rowland is reputed to be one of the first to adopt a balanced configuration in consumer electronics.I think my Rowland is truly balanced and ... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player It equals my TT. I'm now indifferent to vinyl vs. CD vs. SACD.Dave | |
| Balanced or Unbalanced? Atmasphere, I did audition balanced vs. balanced of the same brand and model and they sounded the same in my system, but both sounded different from the model that they replaced. So, I don't see how the sound of the interconnect was removed by goi... | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile1 asked:"What's the best place to get the Oppo from?"New, at Amazon or direct from Oppo.Dave | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers For those with headphones that sound better than you speakers, you can close or eliminate that gap. That might be a good goal for you speaker system.Dave | |
| Directional interconnect cables Some "ordinary cables" are indeed directional, but only as it relates to the ground. Do what your cable maker says. They are NOT consistant from maker to maker.Dave | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp I used a Hagerman inverse RIAA to quickly burn in my Continuum 500's phono circuit. It's only $29 in kit form and gets the job done quickly. (I put on 150-hours in a week.) I think you'll be very pleased vs. the Hagerman.Dave | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp I thought I said it earlier in this thread, but I can't find it here. That phono stage is very good, displacing Levinson, Sutherland and Bryston units that I know of, so don't let the low price or small size deter your from considering it in a ser... | |
| Directional interconnect cables "Either way", it doesn't matter where the ground is, smartee.Dave | |
| Headphones vs loudspeakers You can "have it all" with speakers, if you have the room and the budget, but cans will always lack soundstage and impact. IME, detail and smoothness can be equal.Dave |