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| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra Bar81, your lack of faith is understandable. I wavered myself and got on the phone with Jonathan, Andreas, Mike Lavigne and others. Given my appetite for risk, it was worth it, but I'd suspect that most would not find that risk acceptable.Frankly,... | |
| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra Arbuckle, it's not ugly at all in person. Hopefully a professional photographer will soon take some shots with proper lighting and you'll see the fine finish and actual "handsome" exterior that goes with the superlative internal technology.Dave | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2008 Be sure to check Frontier. They still have $200 fares from many parts of the country. I just bought a ticket for my grand daughter for $225. America and United will rip you a new one coming into Denver. Southwest is another good option for some.Dave | |
| speakers for classical music Shardorne, I'm actually measuring those peaks, with my speakers, in my room. I don't think the peaks are lasting long enough to lead to significant compression when listening to actual music in my system. Those graphs you showed a few days ago of ... | |
| speakers for classical music 06-24-08: Shadorne said:"So combine performance levels around 110dB with speakers that easily reach 105 to 110dB and there's no 20dB of lost dynamic range. I don't think I am exaggerating. I don't think you will find many dynamic speakers that eas... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Yet some are already working with 32-bit DACs for new upsampling schemes. Those 32-bit DACs are under $50. What's better, a new 32-bit generic DAC or a ten-year old 16 DAC built like a brick sh*t house?? I don't know and I think that a lot depends... | |
| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra The Playback Designs display is bright. Since it's not blue or green it photographs harshly, but in person it's VERY easy to read and understand.Dave | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Mapman asked Dcstep:"Are you running a new CD player in your system other than the Pioneer listed in your published system here on Agon??"In fact I am. I was going to take some pictures and update my Virtual System this weekend to reflect the addi... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player I hope you don't if I don't respond point by point, but I will respond to two or three. A billet aluminum chassis is one of the very best shields of RFI and EMI radiation. In digital components or analog components placed near digital components R... | |
| dcs puccini, chord red ref, meitner cdsa or nagra Chadeffect, my friend, the Playback Design MPS-5 is not ugly at all in person. The pictures have not done it justice. When you see it in person I think you'll agree.I nominate the Chord as the ugliest, funkiest design.Dave | |
| Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player Mike, I understand the advantage of a server or harddrive-based system is the lower error rate in reading a hard drive vs. an optical transport reading a CD or SACD. There's no advantage attributable to the DAC; therefore, like you, I'm very much ... | |
| speakers for classical music Shadorne, I think you're really overstating the dynamic range of live performance and understating the dynamic level of widely available conventional speakers.I've taken my SPL meter to big band and orchestra rehearsals and taken readings right in... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Mapman, it doesn't sound to me like you're going to buy a $20,000 player no matter how good it sounds. Still, parts are only part of the equation. Most of the top players today basically use off-the-shelf parts and a designer develops the boards, ... | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2008 It's one of the best "pure audio" shows around, in a great city at a very pleasant time of the year. It's expanded to two hotels now and seems to really be moving ahead of the competition.Look at the vendor list and decide if the people you want t... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player 06-23-08: Mapman said:"I heard the $20000 dcs Puccini at a dealer recently. It sounded as good as anything I've heard probably, but can you explain to me what exactly the dcs Puccini does better than say good players in the <$5000 range that ju... |