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| Looking at sub $200 power cables. Anyone here tried the more recent versions of Pangea AC14 / AC9 SE MKII power cords now with "Cardas" extra pure copper wire inside? | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol 01-14-2019 7:23pm...I really wish the MHDT units were offered without the tube buffer stage as I run a tube preamp and don't really need/want more 'tube' sound in the signal chain.fwiw, my MHDT Orchid DAC plugs into a Cary SLP-98 tube preamp with ... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol jeenam77 posts01-12-2019 7:14pmThe Parasound ZDAC for $200 is crap. I had one and it was not very good. Arcam irDAC was a far better value, though slightly more expensive. I would never recommend anyone purchase the ZDAC v1 or v2.Now having owned ... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol When comparing DACs from MHDT, there was quite a bit of discussion over at AC the past few years from one owner comparing the various units, including the Orchid, Pagoda. He found the Orchid to be a tad more "laid back and smoother" (TDA1541 R1) c... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol kalali...I would like to "upgrade" to a non-OS tube DAC just to see if it adds more body and texture to the music without losing detail. >>MHDT Orchid<<. Done for a while, Thankfully. Came close to acquiring the BP DAC. Finally settled... | |
| Best player for Spotify Arcam rPlay. Use DTSPlayFi for Spotify, or use Tidal. The Internal DAC is okay, not the best. When paired up with a really nice DAC, sounds really good. Super easy to use. Nice and compact. Not the cheapest by any means. Nice build quality. Pairs ... | |
| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality I just returned a very highly regarded high-end low noise DAC. It has some of the best specs in the industry, lowest distortion, lowest jitter, super quiet dark background. It produced super clean, open, two dimensional "sound". Not "MUSIC". While... | |
| Coupling cap upgrade for Cary CAD-805C help Dear all,I'm going to swap the coupling caps of my Cary CAD-805C (those with 845 triodes). The original are strange "Audio 1" PIO capacitors - they looks like Vitamin Q maybe. I'd like to put there Mundorf SG, to have a more dinamic sound. Service... | |
| Coupling cap upgrade for Cary CAD-805C help Dear all,I'm going to swap the coupling caps of my Cary CAD-805C (those with 845 triodes). The original are strange "Audio 1" PIO capacitors - they looks like Vitamin Q maybe. I'd like to put there Mundorf SG, to have a more dinamic sound. Service... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers If the rest of the system and speakers are mediocre, better cables likely won’t make a notable difference. Probably not worth the investment. With more revealing audio systems, there can be a notable difference. Over the years I had tried various ... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. kw6Brian pls try a Linear tube audio Micro z2 or Audible Illusion L3A or Cary Slp-98! ThanksInteresting I wondered the same reading this thread, and with those exact same units, and not the most expensive either. None of my own modified Cary tube ... | |
| Ess Company I was there mid '83 at Oates at the main bldg far area assembly. Don't recall a cafeteria. That must have been part of the glory days there before my time I guess. I heard stories about how it was before I got there, but missed some of that fun s... | |
| Ess Company I worked at ESS in the early 80s on the assembly line. I still play a bit with custom builds today. More recently, last week I had the opportunity to evaluate some of the newer version speakers made by ESS and visited SoCal location a few months... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that sound good on a SHELF or SIDEBOARD I have some Totem Model 1 Signature speakers. Original owner. Includes two Totem Signature main speakers, a center channel, and standard model 1s too. Initially they were used for reference validation, and now saved for a future 2nd den room refer... | |
| Triode or Ultralinear mode crwindy, the results partly depend on your speakers. What speakers do you have? db?My Cary SLI-80 and Cary V12R tube amps definitely do not sound "dead" in Triode mode. I design/build my own custom speakers for fun and have tried various combos. ... |