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| Is it time to upgrade I was in a similar situation, looking to replace/upgrade my Cambridge Audio 840 CD player. I already have it digital out to a Bryston D/A, so the sound is very good. But I was concerned about the potential of CD players in general, as the speciali... | |
| AES/EBU XLR pinouts An email response from engineering at PS Audio confirmed that pin 1 should be connected to the cable shield.However, there are independent sources that suggest pin 1 be connected to the shield at one end of the cable only, the source end. This cou... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's Al:"My understanding is that if a CD is in good physical condition, the main reason why it might sound inferior to playback of a bit-perfect computer file is NOT errors that the player can't correct on the fly in a bit-perfect manner, which would ... | |
| Battle of affordable pre-amps: Rotel vs Parasound realremo:I am using a JC2. The P3 is a good little amp for the money, and sound amazingly good even with it's opamps. Most low cost (ie under $1000) pre-amps use opamps these days. I still have my P3 and use it for less critical applications.Essen... | |
| Lossless Files Vs CD's CD playback can only approach (but never really achieve) "bit perfect" reproduction as there is always some error correction going on in real time, unless a "memory buffer" type playback is used to correct any errors in reading data from the CD. B... | |
| What's with all the Sony 5400ES units for sale? Folks have made the same comments about the PS Audio Perfect Wave transports and D/As. Got rave reviews but there are a bunch for sale. But perhaps that's bexause PS sold a lot of them...BTW, I'm not sure you can find a digital ripping alternative... | |
| Need advice for B&W 804 diamond amplification Andy:I have the system you contemplate. I use Parasound JC1 monoblocks with a JC2 preamp. I have used both B&W 804s and now have 803Ds. The 804s were actually quite good, with a nice sound stage and good imaging. Some sources can sound a bit o... | |
| Battle of affordable pre-amps: Rotel vs Parasound Ancient post.The P3 is an OK little pre-amp if you can live with OPamp sound. I spent a bunch of time modding one I have with upgraded PS components and high end opamps, but it still did not sound anywhere as good as a JC-2 with discrete component... | |
| CD Direct to Mono Blocks or Preamp??? I would think the only reason to interject a preamp between your source and the Brystons is to better match impedance mismatches. If the source can readily drive the input impedance of the Brystons to full power, then I am not sure I see the advan... | |
| Bryston BDP-1 compatibility Al:You may be correct. I have an inquiry into James Tanner at Bryston, but I thought I might ask the user base here to see if anyone has tried using DVD or CDROM drives. | |
| How good is Bryston BDP-1? Ronald:Did you use the BCD-1 analog out or use it's digial output to feed the BDA-1? Would be curious if you still found the stand alone BCD-1 better.Interesting that James Tanner (marketing VP of Bryston) has told me that he prefers the ripped 16... | |
| Upgrade to a Bryston BCD-1? Elizabeth:I just found about the BCD-1 from James Tanner at Bryston. However, they are not abandoning support for prior BCD-1 owners, so they apparently have enough drives for warranty support.But to your point, what happens after 3 years or so? B... | |
| Active FETs vs. Step-up phono stage designs Have you noticed the pricing on this part? $15 in thousands quantity? No wonder folks are being driven to op amps. | |
| amp for b&w 804 "s" with htm4 "s" 200 watts.... I have a pair of 804s and have driven them with Parasound amplification. Best bang for the buck, IMHO.Especially if you can find the older HCA series amps. You can get two channel HCA 1500s for under $500 each, and you can also find the 5 channel ... | |
| Active FETs vs. Step-up phono stage designs Lewm:I think that part MAT02 is the same part I was refering to. As the older analog device producers get aquired by larger companies, many of these parts get lost in the shuffle, unless the customer starts screaming. Couple that with the fact tha... |