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| Watkins WS-1A Hi nasty1,No prob. I guess most prefer the town of their youth so I like Kingsport as you do g-ville (also a very nice place). I remember visiting Watkins Stereo as a kid and being awestruck at the wonderland of cool equipment they once sold. Boug... | |
| MQA DAC or Not? I don’t have equipment that unfolds MQA but can still often hear differences due to the remastering of the Tidal MQA files and perhaps the effect of 24bit vs 16 bit on some MQA titles. Some of Tidal’s MQA versions are sonic stinkers, IME. I listen... | |
| Latest bin find.....Elton John I definitely know what you mean whart. Dave | |
| Thiel 7.2 - Classe, Krell or Bryston? Hi pops, I bought my DR-25 new but had coveted the older DR-9 for years afterward with all of the positive press re: it being the sweet spot among all A/B amps of the time. About 18 months ago, I saw three for sale @ $1000 each and scooped them al... | |
| Audioquest Add 72v Niagara to that list.Dave | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Thanks lowrider, much appreciated. I just found this and thought it to accurately and truthfully reflect my ownership impressions, including that it could use a bit more heft on the bottom. Nothing is perfect, yet the Comet is excellent IMO.http:/... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Right re: the DAC’s clock quality, lowrider. Especially with asynchronous USB where the reconstruction of incoming data packets is completely reliant on the DAC’s "clock".However, Jeff Haagenstad, the CEO of Exogal wrote me that the Comet’s unique... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Thanks for the critical info, lowrider. If you wish to continue to use I2S from your transport your options for a different DAC are very limited (none?) in that price range AFAIK.Dave | |
| Jazz for aficionados +1. Wishing for a successful procedure and a quick recovery, o.Dave | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Why do you think jitter reduction is the solution, lowrider? Those DACs you auditioned have much simpler reasons for their sonic differences than jitter. I owned the Hegel HD-12 and found it to have the sound character you describe, which coincide... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE Thanks ff. Yep, I plan to avoid long runs of grounding leads thus my friend’s recommendation to use one grounding block on just the computer audio gear located together yet a long way away from my preamp/amp/Powercell.My thoughts toward the Tranqu... | |
| Watkins WS-1A Hi nasty1, Those are some great vintage speakers and very rare, populated with the first gen of the famous Infinity Watkins Dual Drive woofer as you likely already know. One of my speakers of choice (the other Pioneer HPM-100) in my vintage mid-fi... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE Hi glory,Eeyore here. Seriously considering adding one or two (non-UEF) Tranquility bases to my computer audio front end, under Aurender N100H and/or Exogal Comet DAC. I have Symposium platforms underneath the rest of the electronics (SACD player,... | |
| power for mc452 and c2600 Thanks so much Al. You're the best.Dave | |
| Current speaker threads are boring ^^^^+1B |