dgarretson
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| Vinyl recordings - best methods It’s a BX-300 that I bought in the late ’80s to make tapes for a custom Alpine and Boston Acoustics system that I put into a Lotus Turbo. It broke once in the mid 90s (the cassette deck that is; the Lotus broke many times) and was repaired and las... | |
| Vinyl recordings - best methods It still uses SD cards. I read those into a Windows 10 laptop that hosts Tascam Hi-Res editing software, and from there wirelessly to a NAS. | |
| Vinyl recordings - best methods Norman, Part of my goal is to put it all into the NAS jukebox and to eventually downsize my vinyl footprint-- but only if digitally recorded vinyl equals hi-res PCM and DSD64 ripped SACDs. The modified Tascam does that. | |
| Vinyl recordings - best methods I posted on this on another thread, but will repeat some of that and add a bit.Sevs, I have an old Nakamichi cassette deck. It doesn’t come close to touching a DSD128 recording. For DSD recording there are contenders at widely varying price points... | |
| Help! 'escape' key combination for Tascam DA-3000 I had this problem once, and thereafter followed instruction in the manual to turn the unit off when inserting or removing a memory card. I also upgraded to 2.0 software, which according to the manual resolves instability. | |
| Converting LP to digital. Advice please... As Lewm mentioned, I’m using a Tascam DA-3000 to record vinyl to DSD128. Performance of the stock unit is fine, and improves significantly after replacing bipolar regulators in the power supply with Belleson SPZ parts. Footers and power cords also... | |
| Clarity Cap lines @Jafant, I'm based in NJ and cover OEM and channel sales in North America. ClarityCap is the trademarked brand for audio-grade capacitors manufactured and marketed by Industrial Capacitor of Wrexham(ICW), based in North Wales, UK. ICW also makes... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions It’s been a long while since I personally went through a break-in cycle with MR, but I recall a leading OEM evaluator report that 200 hours was necessary to get to the end of it. With a more revealing cap like CMR, nuances during break-in may be m... | |
| Clarity Cap CMR Impressions Eric, I think Audio4pass has it right about CMR. The new CMR and CSA ranges are calmer, in the sense of underlying quiet background, and more natural and unforced timbre and coherence across the entire FR. It takes around 200 hours for break-in.On... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, Stillpoints are great and tactically flexible in a variety of settings. I use Ultra 5s as turntable and speaker footers and Ultra SSs under several components lodged in a custom steel rack. But if you ever get around to a strategic rethink ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, Curious what rack or platform, footers, and PCs you are using when comparing DACs. Are you holding those variables constant, or tweaking to find the best result for each application? I have found that for some components these tweaks can ma... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? Unfortunately I’m reminded once more of the South Park character Mr. Hankey the Christmas poo. It was based on Trey Parker’s early toilet training. He refused to flush the toilet, and his father told him that if he did not flush down his stool, wh... | |
| Clarity Cap lines All legacy ClarityCap models remain in production, but our retailers take different stocking positions depending on their individual marketing strategies. As CMR and CSA are priced close to MR and ESA, there is not much point in stocking deep inve... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? There are a couple of photos of the modded PD444 on my system page:https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/702#&gid=1&pid=2 I replaced the stock feet with machined brass towers and Stillpoints Ultra 5s-- with a fifth U5 under the motor housin... | |
| Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left/ Is it just a bad recording Listening now to FLL early Antilles/Island LP. It sounds wide open and lifelike and is very well recorded. |