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| Spectron Musician trun on noise / tweeter hiss Where's your tuner in relation to the power amp? You need the tuner as far away from the amps and CDP as possible, unless it's very heavily shielded (you didn't mention the brand). CDPs and Class-D amps can spew a lot of RFI/EMI and tuners are the... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Search around for Guido's comments regarding the PFC. He prefers the Capri without PFC. Since it's a low current device, that's very understandable, but YMMV depending on the quality of your mains' power and the load presented by other devices in ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Yes, use balanced wherever you can. VAC will be excellent, now and post upgrade, but try to hear all-Rowland with Power Factor Correction before you make a final decision on that amp upgrade. YMMV regarding balanced, as a lot depends on your RFI/E... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Clio09, I think you'll be happy. Be sure to let the Capri burn-in at least 100-hours before getting critical in your listening, that includes the phono-stage (I bought a little inverse RIAA card that allowed me to burn in the phono cards with my C... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Tvad, exactly my point. Tube-like is a meaningless term, more likely used as a marketing term to capture the attention of the gullible. I wouldn't likely consider an amp so described by its designer because I'd think that he's chasing something ot... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? 07-14-08: Mrtennis asked:"is it possible that replacing capacitors and resistors from some solid state preamps can bring one closer to a "tube-like" presentation?"Generally, no. You can make a cheaply built SS amp sound better by improving its par... | |
| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? What happened to Asa?? | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD Player I received my Analysis Plus digital coax cable this week and inserted my Pioneer Elite DV-58AV universal player (modified by Ric Schultz)to use as a DVD-A and odd format transport, feeding into the Playback Design's digital input and DAC.First, I ... | |
| EVA CASSIDY Mike60, thanks for not being defensive. I like both Barber and Cole, but only listen to them at "the right times." Thanks for the heads up about "Too Rich For My Blood". I'll find it and give my system a workout.Well recorded female vocalists can ... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Harshness & Empirical Audio Oh yeah, no doubt, ICs and speaker cables can move things further along. That's another thread...Dave | |
| "Litmus test" songs Last movement of Mahler's 6th by MTT and San Francisco. "The Drifter" on Justice Reocrd's "Strike a Deep Chord" and Odetta's "America" on the same record. "Poppa Was a Rolling Stone" on grp's "a twist of motown"; Jennifer Warnes' "If It Be Your Wi... | |
| EVA CASSIDY Hmm, I think Eva had a great, pure voice that was not operatic at all, very popish in my view (nothing wrong with that). She also surprised us with her note choices, even though they're very simple. In this way she is like a jazz singer, but she s... | |
| Burn In Rgreene, I'm a South GA guy myself from Jacksonville. Anyways, you're worrying too much. Either burn it in or don't. It the long haul it won't matter. If you like the sound now, then put it out of your mind. If it's a little congested and has some... | |
| Burn In Burn in of a CDP is so painless, I just routinely do it.dave | |
| Burn In Just set it to repeat playing full range music through your preamp. The amp can be off and the preamp can even be off. About a week will get you up into the 150 hour range, which is generally enough (not always). White noise and pink noise doesn't... |