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| B&W 803D crossover caps John:Thank you for your thoughtful comments.My goal is to remove a bit of upper midrange brightness without effecting resolution in bells, symbols, vocal microphonics. The speakers are not at all bad as they are, but could stand a bit of improveme... | |
| B&W 803D crossover caps ptssDo not worry. I have plenty of experience modding equipment. If you doubt it, see my post on mods for the Spectral DMC-10 in the WhatsBest forum.BTW, my version is just the "803D". I have it on good authority that the later version "803 Diamon... | |
| B&W 803D crossover caps GrannyringThanks for your input. Reinforced what I was thinking. The cost to do the swap to the silver/gold/oils would be about $1000 for both channels. Serious money.I think I will stick with Mundorf at this point, as I want to maintain the chara... | |
| Vincent PHO 700 Phono Stage Do some research on Vincent. Claim to be "German Engineered" but really is a front for a Chinese based audio company. I am surprised Audio Advisor sells their stuff.A few years back there was a row about Vincent using counterfeit Burr Brown chips. | |
| Tascam DA-3000 JWMSee the details under my post above on 11/8.Yes, I recorded a cut from an LP at 24/96K in WAV on the Tascam. Converted to FLAC on my PC, but also listened to the raw WAV file as well. Compared directly to my system playing the identical vinyl L... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 JWM:I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on the SQ.When I get the Benchmark ADC1 USB and hook it up to the Tascam I'll report back. | |
| Suggestions for integrated amps for B&W CM10 In my experience B&Ws need decent power to sound good, and more important, lots of current from the power amp.For a budget, I recommend Parasound power amps, the used discontinued HCA series, model 1500 or higher (200 W/Ch). Assuming of course... | |
| Do I need a pre-amp? LionNot mentioned is you need a preamp for a moving magnet cartridge, not moving coil (you will run into both when looking for phono preamps). If you buy the setup in your link.Moving magnet cartridges (the device that plays the record, mounted in... | |
| Normal or Abnormal? GdhalWhy do you emphasize the playback of tones? Is the effect masked by music if you play music?I would say if you can hear any noise with a line input (not a phono input) you have a problem. Most modern gear will be dead silent, even with your e... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 DTC:I think Benchmark only outputs 24/96K via USB. It will output 176 and 192k via the AES/EBU and digital outputs (including optical). Another reason not to go USB (and record to the Tascam), if you want higher than 96K. However, I was told 96K m... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 DTC:Spoke with an engineer at Benchmark today. Extremely knowledgeable and very straightforward with me. When asked about the analog front end he told me they did extensive listening tests and originally settled on the AD797, but switched to LME49... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 DTC:I suspect the Ayre will work fine. I am leaning toward keeping the Tascam for simply converting digital from an Ayre QA-9 or maybe a Benchmark ADC1 to .wav files, because the variables of the computer conversions of USB data streams are elimin... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 Rodge827Unfortunately, the transformers only impact the output of the D/A stage, and have no impact on the input analog buffers (all those op amps) coupled to each other with electrolytic caps. Those buffers are between you signal source and what ... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 jwmThere is nothing wrong with my system, except perhaps it is to good at resolving details.All you have to do is hook up headphones to the Tascam to hear how bad it is. I also have an early production unit because the date programmed in was 6/28/... | |
| Tascam DA-3000 Anyone used a Benchmark ADC1? Reviews indicate it may sound close to the Ayre at about half the cost. |