dougmc
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| Unusual TAS bomb Sarcher30 and Nicotico:I could be wrong, but I think Rok2id's comment was intended to be humorous.Soix:I agree with pretty much everything you said, but one factual correction. The reviewer also preferred the Bryston BDA-1, which he said was on a ... | |
| Sound Odyssey "Mods" Are they still in business?? Sound Odyssey went out of business some time in 2006.I was going to order one of its modifications of the Music Hall CD-25 and had several e-mail exchanges with the owner, Brice Donnelly. At the last minute, I had the chance to buy used unit on Au... | |
| Ads with no picture WTF?? A picture may be helpful, but not always. I've seen a number of pictures of electronics showing the face plate only, recessed in an equipment rack and taken in dim light. Pictures of the back of electronics can be more helpful, if they verify the ... | |
| Upgrading Fuses I just came upon this thread and offer the following story.I own a pre-amplifier made by a well known and well regarded U.S. company that has been around, in one form or another, for over two decades. It designs and sells its own stock electronic ... | |
| disc player/transport longevity Trejlia,I am curious where transport assemblies are sourced. Do Chinese players use Chinese manufactured transports or imported ones?As to name brand transports, I read that certain players or transports have a Philips transport, which I don't thi... | |
| Has anyone heard the new OPPO BDP-83SE MphnknsAre you describing the Cambridge 840C or the Oppo 83SE? I thought you were describing the Cambridge 840C, because you just received your Oppo 83SE and are waiting for it to break in [presumably before commenting on its sound]. However, it s... | |
| The Order of Obsolescence Jaybo and MacdadtexasI don’t want to get much into analysis because my post was intended as entertainment not a subject for serious discussion, and I know your responses were in the same vein. However, I have to say that your jabs are off the mark... | |
| "What's Your Best Price?" To those who have argued that sellers shouldn't let their feelings get in the way of a deal, consider this: the way the buyer negotiates (especially his choice of words) may indicate that the sale could run into trouble in other respects than agre... | |
| Esoteric Digital Separates Here is a slight variant of the question asked by the OP. Has anyone compared substituting an Esoteric transport one or two grades below a given Esoteric DAC? For example, pairing a P-05 with a D-03. Reason I ask is that I often hear that transpor... | |
| Room treatment...what is the goal? Agree with Stanwal and Ncarv.I installed six 2'x4' acoustic panels on my sheetrock side walls to eliminate slap echo and ringing of higher frequencies. They certainly cured those problems, but the difference in sound made me worry I had overdamped... | |
| Need a new power amp: Herron vs. Classe/Spectron I own the Herron M-150s. I have never heard the Spectron Musician III MK2 or Classe CA-400, but, like you, I am intrigued by the Spectrons.Here's another thought for handling your power hungry woofers: bi-amp the Herrons, if your speakers have the... | |
| SONY XA5400ES - Preliminary Observations Thanks Neal for volunteering to do some extra testing.I don't think the XA5400ES will best the CEC, either. However, I am curious how large or small the shortfall is.It's too bad that the XA5400ES doesn't have a digital input to allow a complement... | |
| SONY XA5400ES - Preliminary Observations Neal,The XA5400ES has a digital out. By any chance, did you try the XA5400ES as a transport only feeding the Dodson 218 and compare that combination to the CEC/Dodson? I'm curious whether this unit has a particular strength in either its transport... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 As for the CD sound quality of the XA5400ES, consider that its op amps (2132) are not the best available. I understand that, in general, replacing op amps is one of the more easily done and cost effective modifications. Point being that CD quality... | |
| How do I dampen my listening environment? AcoustatI may have this wrong, but from what I have read there are only four reflection points on the side walls that matter in a two speaker setup. The reason is that each speaker has only one reflection point on each side wall that directs sound... |