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| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests Mapman, people are doing things, like adding tubes, to try to enhance "digital sound", but I haven't heard anything like taht that works yet. For now, I think you'll only get it with a high-end DAC.Dave | |
| Oppo as transport 07-17-08: Lngbruno said:"This weekend I visited a friend and had a Bel Canto DAC 3 and Rega Apollo (for transport use)with me. He has the universal OPPO and when we did a comparison the OPPO sounded weak in every aspect of the listening experience... | |
| lps sound bad Well, I was there in the late 1950s, all of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and I'm here to say the 1970s and '80s Lps were generally terrible for most pop and rock and much jazz. I jumped at D2D, half-speed masters, etc., etc. in some hopes of beating... | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests Mapman, I think you're onto something. The upscaling DACs seem to be doing something more, so that old CDs, from 16/44.1 masters of old sound better than their analog counterparts of the same masters. I've got some old Telarc LPs from the late 197... | |
| cables are they worth it? Borrow some good cables to see for yourself. Only you can put a value on the change in resolution.Dave | |
| Spectron Musician trun on noise / tweeter hiss Does using a cable-music input reduce the tuner noise? If so, then you need to work on your antenna lead, if not, do you have a long enought IC to try moving the tuner seveal feet further away to see if that solves or improves the noise issue ther... | |
| Tubes vs. SS Agreed. | |
| Oppo as transport The Oppo universal player is good as a transport. Running its signal into a quality DAC can greatly improve its two-channel performance. My only problem with it relates to playing DVD-As and hybrid-SACDs. I've had trouble with it reading the corre... | |
| Spectron Musician trun on noise / tweeter hiss I'm with Nick778, when everything's right it should be the quietest thing you've ever put in your system. I think there's some issue here.Dave | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Fla asked:"But then again, am I wasting my time with a digital only front-end??"I don't think so. The Marantz is very good at its price point, but there's much more to be gained, but at a cost.I agree with your view toward upgrading speakers next,... | |
| Tubes vs. SS Good points Undertow. Some of the "high-end" tube amps and pre-amps are, indeed, very colored, but some, like ARC, are very neutral and open. I agree that many, no matter their budget, never outgrow the need for a warmer signature than neutral, wi... | |
| Tubes vs. SS The better the tube unit and the better the SS unit being compared, the smaller the difference. I would say that in the uber units there is very little difference (assuming they both can handle the speaker loads).I believe that when you start buyi... | |
| Best system used for $10,000 for classical music I said "Beethoven Baby Grand". Fremer liked it a lot, but that doesn't mean a lot.Dave | |
| Emm Labs SE combo versus Wadia 581-SE In this price range you really need to consider the Playback Designs MPS-5. There are comparisons to the EMM elsewhere here and at The Asylum.Dave | |
| Best system used for $10,000 for classical music If you like classical, listen to Vienna Acoustics with Primare amplification and CDP. In your price range that's hard to beat. Get a SS integrated amp. For $3500, the Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Baby Grands are incredibly hard to beat.When you list... |