dlcockrum
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| Best fuses for under $50? Gotta fire fetish, noromance? ;)Dave | |
| Jazz for aficionados Macy Gray - Stripped.Amber Rubarth - Full Moon in Paris. Alexis Cole - Ain't we got fun. | |
| Audio repair in Houston Texas area? Awesome info. Thanks all, especially tooblue for starting this thread.Great thinking re: Albert Porter, whart. Just spoke with him yesterday. Shoulda asked about that...I am in Katy. My thought was that the challenge of actually lifting my sick am... | |
| Audio repair in Houston Texas area? If Saves on Sound is the place that the Traders Village mid-fi/high end reseller here in Houston recommends, and I think it is, I looked at yelp and one of the three reviews was, uh, concerning to me. Glad to read that you had good success with hi... | |
| Amazing Upgrade for Oppo 93/103 and CA Players On the right path, nonoise. Congrats! Dave | |
| Verastarr's Mike Powell upgrading SR "Stuff" Very interesting. Thanks for making us aware.Dave | |
| Bluesound Node 2 vs. Auralic Aries Mini Hi yoby,I’m not wgutz (wish also to hear from him/her), but I found that article/review an excellent resource for comparing Ethernet cables and accruements. It lines right up with my perceptions of the sound of WW Platinum and the SR Ethernet Acti... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Excellent advice from the Benchmark rep re: the greater importance of accompanying digital and analog circuitry, minimization of noise, robustness of power supply and quality of AC filtering, vibration damping, etc on sound quality than the relati... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 If that is true (ahem...) and all "recent" DACs sound pretty much the same, then buy the cheapest one. Perhaps a hearing test is in order...Dave | |
| Glad I Saved That Old Power Cord! Hi Doug, Completely agree that having a stockpile of cables (especially power cords) is a necessity when rotating gear. I just experienced the same unplanned yet ideal synergy event by placing a standby SR Tesla T3 UHC power cord on my Exogal Plus... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Frankly, gdhal, your concerns about ModWright mods to your 205 are unfounded. Turnaround time is a couple weeks, workmanship is first rate, and Dan stands behind his work. Dan’s mod designs promote slow aging of the tubes, so even that is of minim... | |
| Benchmark Dac3 Hi gdhal,I just completed a shootout of three good dacs: Hegel HD-12, Exogal Comet Plus, and ModWright Elyse ($7K). The difference in the sound character of the three is dramatic. Every DAC I have heard has a pervasive and unique sound character. ... | |
| Which amplifier (integrated) would you recommend for Monitor Audio PL speakers Everyone must junk their inferior Thiels, B&Ws, Monitor Audios, well, actually all speakers, and buy ATC speakers according to The King of Nonsense. Oh yeah, and you must listen to rock at ear-splitting SPLs too. That’s the only barometer of a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados C'mon in o. A prime listening spot in my acoustically-treated utopia awaits you. Skinny cigarettes are optional.Dave | |
| Gutwire Perfect Grounding Cable Good post ghosthouse. Actually trying things before judging is the foundation of "the greater fool theory". ;)Dave |