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| Best possible digital output from a computer? Jwglista,Yes, that is certainly the case with the SPOILER. As for the USB cable, I'm using a 4 meter Monster with very good effect. | |
| Jadis JA30s mating with Quad 57s? Jeffb is absolutely right! I agree with every word. The 57 and the JA 30s are a match made in heaven! | |
| Best possible digital output from a computer? I am not an expert, but I would think that any conversion gadget would add a sound of its own. Wonder what the experts think and if such converters really exist.What I can say however, that USB can sound excellent with the right DAC. I run Steve N... | |
| otl vs push/pull I think Tvad's idea is sound. I would also go to the Atma-Sphere homepage, read Ralph Karsten's white papers and some of the reviewers' impressions to give you an idea. Ralph's writings are uncontaminated by the usual hype. He is a man who can be ... | |
| "Breathing" of the air Bill,ROFL!! | |
| How does OTL amp get its power? Go to Atma-Sphere's home page and read Ralph Karsten's white papers on the subject. You can also contact him directly by mail. He is a nice and very helpful person. | |
| "Breathing" of the air Mrtennis, agreed, timbral errors have to be dealt with first. But to do that properly, you must first know what a real instrument, a full orchestra etc. sounds like. | |
| "Breathing" of the air To get back to my previous post:You can put what I said the other way round: If you get all that mas o meno right, hopefully including the start, developing and decay of music at all frequencies as well, from pppp to ffff in the dynamic range mind... | |
| which tube mono blocks? Gallant diva, hm interesting: I've owned the JA-500, actually preferred the JA 200 for delicacy, used them both with stators, but they do not, for my ears at least, even come close to the performance of the OTLs I own. Just goes to show how tastes... | |
| "Breathing" of the air Now in a more serious vein, -from the popcorn gallery- to paraphrase Newbee: I like what he had to say about this topic. I also think air is either in the recording or it is not. I don't like phase to be screwed around with, because that could giv... | |
| which tube mono blocks? Jman, I agree but had trouble with their reliability when I owned them. One of the Monos was faulty right out of the box.Spectron, my Atmas together with my Sound Labs are indeed a match made in heaven- as long as you are reasonable with your SPLs... | |
| "Breathing" of the air Of course you hear what we describe as air here in a live concert, Mr.T. Nobody has ever implied that you can hear the air we breathe. When I opened up Audiogon just now I saw your name on top for this thread and wondered what you would have cooke... | |
| "Breathing" of the air Well, to chime in, I like Shadorne's two cents and Athmasphere's definition, because my idea of "air" is closely related to what I would call the "aura" around instruments being played, which is so evident in live music and rather difficult to rep... | |
| which tube mono blocks? Atma-Sphere Music Amplifier MA-2 Mk. III VTL of similar wattage | |
| SRA Isolation Platform under a Turntable With my rig the tonal balance did not need to be evened out, because it was there from the start. What the SRAs did was to open up the soundstage, give a tad more speed to dynamics, added slightly more air around instruments and rendered the entir... |