dollysowner
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| Best CDR for DAT CDR ? I have done copying from a Panasonic SV3700 to an HHB CDR800. Because the Panasonic has a reputation for having high jitter, I ran the output through a jitter filter (a GW Labs DSP), and used AES/EBU connections throughout. I master CD's using Mit... | |
| Need help choosing new CD player The Sony SCD-1 is available from a few outlets (J&R Music World and Oade Brothers) for $3,000 delivered. This was Sony's first SACD player and its flagship player. I just bought one--it is built like a tank--weighs nearly 60 lb. Once you've br... | |
| Cables other than MIT with Spectral At one time Transparent made Spectral-compatible cables. I think there really is something to the business about having to use special cables with Spectral-use of non-approved cables voids their warranty. | |
| Life of CDR's? A number of companies, such as Quantegy and Mitsui, give "lifetime" guaranties on CDR's. I believe there are two basic types of CDR's. The cheaper kind (such as TDK) use something called pthaline die (sp?), and it's been said that those only have ... | |
| Levinson 33h or 336? I never compared the 33H to the 336, but did compare it to its precedessor, the 333. At the time, there was no comparison--the 33H was far superior. I bought a pair and still have them. I can't imagine owning better amplifiers (just be sure you ha... | |
| B&W Signature 800 vs Watt/puppy 6 I recently purchased a pair of Signature 800's. I've also heard the WATT-Puppy 6. I listen almost solely to classical music. There isn't a doubt in my mind that the B&W's sound closer to real music than the Wilsons. They are simply off the scr... | |
| Genesis Time Lens improvement? I guess it all depends on how old your Krell D/A is. Older D/A's had little or no jitter filtering or reclocking. My old Forsell D/A (vintage 1994) did not have such filtering; the addition of the Genesis made a dramatic improvement. However, my g... | |
| Krell Mono 350M Vs. Mark Levinson Mono 33H I am using a pair of 33H's with the B&W Matrix 800's. I'm about to replace the Matrix 800s with Signature 800's. Considering that the 33H's do a phenomenal job with the Matrix 800's, I can't imagine how they could be anything less than sensati... | |
| Infinity "Sigma" Speaker My brother has a pair. They are terrific, but you should have a large room and a lot of power behind them. They were not known because Infinity essentially abandoned the high-end market in the US and concentrated its sales efforts in Europe. Highl... | |
| Splitting a balanced signal ??? I don't know about consumer audio equipment, but all pro audio equipment uses pin 1 as ground. Where the issue becomes interesting is that most, but not all, manufacturers use pin 2 as high and pin 3 as low; on the other hand, a lot of old pro rec... | |
| help me with cheap tape deck. See if you can find a Nakamichi LX5. If you wanted to spend the $$, a CR7A would be better (automatic biasing, alignable playback head, and a few other bells & whistles), but the LX5 is very good. It doesn't have analog VU's, but with cassette... | |
| SME V tonearm versus Rega tonearms on Michell Orbe Rather than spend the extra $$ on an SME V, get an SME IV.6. I have one on an Orbe (using an old Spectral catridge) and I think the combination is sensational. There are a couple of options you can get with it which will bring it very close in fun... | |
| Digital Lens and clock modification of transport ? What is a clock modification? | |
| New Denon Pro CD recorder...any opinions?? Yamaha makes a pro unit with both internal 24 bit processing and UV22 built in, but it's expensive ($2000). Another alternative would be an HHB (they have one now for about $600) and an outboard Apogee Rosetta a/d ($1000). I am using an HHB/Rosett... | |
| pre-recorded reel to reels Estate sales can also be a good bet. I would highly recommend, though, that you try to find a good used Dolby B decoder, as the pre-recorded open reels recorded with Dolby B are far superior to those recorded "flat". Your best bets are an Advent (... |