dgarretson
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| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit I recently read a white paper on controlled blind listening tests in which the results were random with a panel of non-audiophile listeners under tightly controlled conditions. The results became meaningful with experienced listeners, and more so ... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Son Volt American Central Dust. I was never much of an Uncle Tupelo fan, enjoyed Gob Iron, but the band has really matured with the latest Son Volt. This a straight line back to '70s Neil Young ballads with occasional inflections toward the Byrds.... | |
| Mark Levinson ML-1 power supply The Calex AC/DC supplies require simply soldering a fused AC power cord to one end, and soldering DC application to pin connections at the other. They are potted units that would ideally be repackaged in a DIY enclosure with umbilical to ML. Talk ... | |
| DACs and reproduced sound Pettyofficer, in the long course of modifying my CDP I found that every RBCD sounded better than before-- including some '80s masters that I had written off completely. Various magazine reviewers have made similar observations regarding the better... | |
| Mark Levinson ML-1 power supply You might check with Calex, who makes high quality AC/DC linear power supplies +/-15V up to 500mA.http://www.calex.com/ACDCPowerSupplies.html | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, 10-20 hours break-in will at least bed in the solder and resistors, and probably reintegrate the sound. These quick takes at cold start are pointless. | |
| DACs and reproduced sound My idea with pangloss was to question the thought that a "perfect DAC" would be too revealing of the underlying flaws of CD format. IME the idea that there are ruthlessly revealing components is generally misconceived. Any such observation about a... | |
| DACs and reproduced sound It's a panglossian notion that the failings of one area of a system can be ameliorated by the failings in another. Not IME. | |
| DACs and reproduced sound The Benchmark has some good things as well as some budget compromises inside. There is an active aftermarket of modifiers offering upgrades in areas like soft recovery diodes, Bybees, op amps, and chassis sheilding. Modified units have received go... | |
| DACs and reproduced sound In simple terms, a DAC's analog section is no more or less compromised than any preamp or amplifier circuitry, except for the presence of high-frequency analog filters. In contrast, the adverse signature of the digital domain and digital/analog co... | |
| indie/alternative favorites I'm with you regarding Blonde Redhead and Swervedriver. One of best and most under-appreciated indie bands of the late '90s was Acetone(Cindy, If You Only Knew, NY, and eponymous). Sinuous, slippery, and heroin-chic. | |
| Amp ideas for Soliloquy SM2a3 speakers Never heard the speakers, but when I purchased Cary 2A3SE monoblocks Dennis Had suggested them to me as an excellent match. My recollection is that there was some tie-in between Soliloquy and Cary in development of those. | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Ditto Wilco & nice to know Sonic Youth is in good form. Other good recent releases available on vinyl include Grizzly Bear Veckatimest, Elvis Costello Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, and Eels Hombre Lobo(though on Eels albums he makes the unf... | |
| If you like Levon Helm Levon's two excellent solo albums have more of the sound and feel of The Band than any other member's solo work. One yearns for Robertson and Hudson to visit his barn. | |
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable 2mm cotton sleeves from RAM for proper litz braid, or various sized rolls of polyolefin HS tube from McMaster Carr if you just want to bundle 10 or so strands together inside one tube. |