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| Stand out phono stages Well, the Wavac has arrived and put into the chain and as its sound is slowly evolving, it seems both fast, dynamic, absolutely quiet and throwing a wonderful soundstage. It is still opening up after about 6 hours of playing. A bit darkish at firs... | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? Honest1, honestly I don't know. When did the pawnshop LP come out? Sometime in the eighties? All I recall was that the Burmester pre was a modular thing, beautifully made, impeccable chrome, perhaps stainless steel, bright and shiny, as was the so... | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? Tom, yes..the Germans seem to have a predeliction for what they call precision. I recall a visit at the house of an afficionado with a Burmester chain, fiendishly expensive, who joyfully pointed out to me the clinking of spoons and every cough or ... | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? Tom, I must say that I am in complete aggreement with you and it is one of the reasons you mention, that I don't like the run of the mill Brits speakers. Most of them I found dull and even the very expensive modern Meridians are too "rich" or "fat... | |
| The "Spoiler" with "Pace Car" Kirk, no, I took the risk and jumped. All I had before was a Perpetual DAC modded by Steve, bought here at A. I liked it and so got interested in his offerings.Cheers,D | |
| Tube CDP/DAC sound: too "refined"? Chris, you are quite right, those " minute irregularities " and some dirt and noise belong to live music and neccessarily have to be reproduced if the facsimile of the thing is to be believable. Only, you find a lack of that both in SS as well as ... | |
| The "Spoiler" with "Pace Car" Hello Chris,The Spoiler is designed as an USB DAC to be used with music files stored on your PC. If you want to use the Pace-Car with it, which is indeed a reclocker, the clock inside your computer has to be synchronised with it. So you cannot jus... | |
| The "Spoiler" with "Pace Car" Well in the last weeks or so I've been trying hard to find faults or shortcomings in the sound of the "Spoiler" when comparing it to the "Zanden" or the "Verdi Encore" and as a caveat I feel compelled to mention something which of course we all kn... | |
| Stand out phono stages Nilthepill, now it is my tun to say that I am in 100% agreement with you. The 9600 on my Quads seems perfect synergy. For the phonostage I just had a go at a Wavac, although I thought of Zanden, but I got an offer which I couldn't refuse. Wonder h... | |
| What is FAST? Itball,Plato and John are quite right to my mind. Sometimes there are music bits in a given composition,which seem to come out of nothing and dissapear again just as quickly as they have come at high speed. You might compare this with a sudden sna... | |
| The "Spoiler" with "Pace Car" Kubla, nice to hear from you after all those years of my absence! Happy New Year to you too!Kubla, I don't have any experience with your gear, but hear that it is very good. From what Steve tells me however, the Spoiler cum Space Car seems to be h... | |
| Has anyone heard FM Acoustics Hi Phaelon,You state my point much better and more concise as I could have done. What spontaneously comes to mind is the old Jadis gear or the AR preamps, the Sp 8 to 12 and their 78 and 150 amps from the seventies or was it the eighties, the Stax... | |
| Has anyone heard FM Acoustics I am quite familiar with their gear. If you are of the school of very expensive equals very good and if you are not very familiar with the sound of live music you will indeed find their gear exceptional and indeed it is in a sort of hi-fi-ish way.... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Segovia | |
| Mercury Living Presence Hear Hear RC !!!!Cheers,Detlof |