dhl93449
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| Tascam DA-3000 Dtc:I got my DA-3000 today. It has a large number of op amps, either 5532s or 2114s (JRCs version of the 5532). No matter. Sound quality is mediocre at best.I did a test recording of Blind Faith "Had to cry today" because I have the UK vinyl LP an... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 DTCDid not look at the Korg 10R, but it does not appear to be significantly better than the Tascam 3000. It uses a different op amp (OPA1662) instead of the 5532, and has built in phono preamp (which I don't need or want, I'll use my Spectral DMC-... | |
| Measuring VTF on a Clearaudio Concept How much is "way off"? I would not think that .33" will make that much of a difference, depending on the length of the arm. You do need to worry about cheap digital scales having ferrous parts that will draw the magnets of a MC cart, creating larg... | |
| OLIVE sucks... RonragsBryston BDP-1/2 with a computer and dB Poweramp. You can have any size drive connected to the Bryston via USB.The CDs I have ripped with this system sound better than any stand alone CD player I have ever owned. Made some of my first pressi... | |
| Best value in pre-owned preamps right now? Spectral DMC-10. Particularly if you need a phono preamp. Forget the DMC-6. All Class A discrete design with a real tape monitor loop. Blindingly fast. No remote. Manual volume control an input selector only.You can probably find one for under $1500. | |
| Cambridge Audio products unreliable/unsupported? I have had 2 CA products. An 840 CD deck and (still have) an 840 preamp. The 840 deck was reasonably reliable until the CD tray failed to retract into the deck on command from the remote. Still worked if manually nudged. Sold the unit soon after t... | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade I think we are going backwards in audio solid state wise. The death of the discrete transistor is upon us. All the fabs that used to produce great discrete transistors are now owned by third tier players. Take Motorola, for example. Or Toshiba.The... | |
| Re-capping A 15 Year Old Solid State Amp 15 years old is nothing. I have electronic gear built by Tektronix and HP (the real instrument company before they became a PC printer company) that was built in the late 60's and 70's that still meets original specs today.I also have a recently r... | |
| Oklahoma eBay seller "mediaworks-okc" Bryston DAC Call Bryston about them. If they are for real, Bryston may agree they do good work (even if the warranty is voided). If Bryston waves you off, be cautious. | |
| Tascam DA-3000 DTCThe QB-9 is the D/A. The QA-9 is the A/D.I have yet to see a QA-9 for sale. I went ahead and bought a TASCAM 3000 on fleabay for $720 new. For that price I can afford to try some op amp mods. I think I can remove the 5532s and replace with OPA6... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 Topten:I realize that, and was responding to your question about the use of a "CD" recorder for capturing vinyl LPs. CD media is limited to 700 MB. By CD recorder I am assuming you mean recorders that directly write to CD media.Since most LPs are ... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 topten:Also, MD (Sony mini-disc) is not a loss-less format. It is compressed, similar to MP-3. I also have mini-disc and would never equate this format with high end audio. So it would not surprise me that anything recorded to MD will sound flat a... | |
| Sound Quality of Direct TV audio As a follow up to test the HDMI/digital theory, I fed a toslink optical output from the DTV receiver to my Bryston BDA-1 DA converter on another system. I also have a Phonic i7600 on the power amps of this system.Guess what. Full range audio. So i... | |
| Sound Quality of Direct TV audio OK. My DTV receiver/DVR is a "whole home" type recently replaced (due to the previous unit having hard drive issues). It does come with a full compliment of analog outputs (single ended) as well as composite video and HDMI. I am using a convention... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 topten:The TASCAM does not have the file size limitations of a "CD" recorder. You can build any size file if the media (USB thumb drive, HD, or memory card) is large enough (but will run into 2 GB file size partition issues since they use FAT file... |