dean358
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| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software Adding Audirvana Plus to this discussion, as per Wilsnet's suggestion. In my system the sound of Audirvana was somewhere between Amarra and PM, perhaps a little closer to the Amarra side. The Audirvana code is rock solid, however the interface is ... | |
| DIY HD Tracks from mint LPs? I've been doing this for the past few years, but only for LPs that are rare / out of print / not available via any other medium. As Mlsstl notes above, this is not that same as going from a master tape to digital as there are all the vinyl steps i... | |
| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software Tnx Wilsynet -- will do! | |
| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software I spent the last two weeks seriously evaluating the latest version of PM vs. Amarra. Quick summary: PM is rock solid, very clean and gives a very big detailed sound stage. But, at least in my system, Amarra is much more musical and enjoyable. In f... | |
| amarra or pure music..? I spent the last two weeks seriously evaluating the latest version of PM vs. Amarra. Quick summary: PM is rock solid, very clean and gives a very big detailed sound stage. But, at least in my system, Amarra is much more musical and enjoyable. In f... | |
| A $300-$400 turntable tweak Halcro, thanks for starting this thread. Very ear-opening. It never occurred to me to try my VPI HRX without the periphery clamp as it came with the turntable. Based on one weekend of listening the table seems to sound better without it -- slightl... | |
| Benz Micro LP S vs Air Tight PC-1 w/ files IOW's the main variable is whether you trust the cdr and cdp to give an accurate representation of the carts. Actually, I believe the main variable in these tests to be the relationship of the cartridges to this particular tone arm and how well th... | |
| xlr vs rca When using truly balanced interconnects, i.e., differential signals on pins 2 and 3 and ground on pin 1, Ive found its very often advantageous to float the ground at one end of the signal path. This can be easily done by disconnecting the ground... | |
| Benz Micro LP S vs Air Tight PC-1 w/ files Dgad: absolutely no offense taken -- I appreciate your astute and thoughtful comments. I too heard the hum and finally got rid of it this week by separating the power supply and signal chassis on my Xono preamp (I had them sitting on top of each o... | |
| Benz Micro LP S vs Air Tight PC-1 w/ files Hi All,Ty for your responses. As I use a Tact 2.2XP for room correction and crossovers I only listen via a digital signal path. Thus the LPs are always "digital files," even when I'm just listening. I posted these for two reasons: 1. It was diffic... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vs. belt drive sound files Hi Gents,Very glad you like this thread. Thanks for the description Stringreen – interesting that you like the piano tones and are not finding them harsh.As for the signal path, in addition to the HRX with Super Platter and Rim Drive, I’m using:Sh... | |
| Wadia 7 and Levinson 30.5 vs Todays CD Players I think the real difference today is what you can build as server instead of using a dedicated CD transport. For less than $10K you can have a Mac Pro computer with Apogee Rosetta / Big Ben that will hold over 5,000 uncompressed CDs. The sound qua... |