dr_joe
Responses from dr_joe
| Barefoot MM27 Active Speakers for Home Audio Keithr,Good to read your comments, though I hope you're wrong about them not sounding optimal at 10-12 feet distance, because that's how I plan to use them! In any case, there's enough demand among professionals combined with a bottleneck in the s... | |
| Barefoot MM27 Active Speakers for Home Audio I've been impressed enough by comments from professional users that I've ordered a pair with the dedicated Sound Anchor stands. Don't know about other countries, but here in Canada it's a four-month waiting list, so I can expect take delivery in F... | |
| Need a speaker for the blues lover... Beernut,I strongly agree with Islandmandan's recommendation of the Tannoy System 12 DMT or System 12 DMT II or System 1200 (all very similar). Relatively compact cabinets (50 to 70 litres), the exceptional coherence of the dual concentric speaker ... | |
| mogami interconnects Had a long conversation with the Mogami distributor in California. I was quite surprised, because I only wanted 100 ft. of cable. Anyway, he liked telling stories.According to him, "most" studios use Mogami, but not the 2534. He says some years ag... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Three Technics SP-10MKII turntables, all dating from somewhere between late 1970s and early 1980s.A Grace 707-II tonearm dating from early 1980s.A Signet XK50 tonearm (early 1980s).Meitner PA6i preamp and MTR101 mono amps, all from circa 1988-92, ... | |
| System worthy of XLR IC? If so, any recs? As does Dopoque, I'd be surprised if you could tell the difference between RCAs and XLRs in your system unless you need very long runs (15 feet plus). | |
| recommendations for upgrading Bryston BP-26 Interesting that the ML 380S came up as one of the recommendations. I auditioned one in my main system a year ago--a local vendor was kind enough to loan his 380S for the weekend. Listening to the 380S for an evening plus two full days reminded me... | |
| Old Transpot or CDP and High-end DAC combination I use a Teac VRDS 25 with a Lavry Black DA10 and a VRDS 25X with a Bryston BDA-1.I had both VRDS units extensively upgraded (power supply, Sample Rate converter opamps, and digital output board) with parts from ASE-Audiotuning in Germany. Plus, a ... | |
| Where canI find adc that'll do 24/192 or 24/176.4? Universal Audio 2192 Master Audio InterfaceSuperb ADC and DAC. | |
| Anyone using Tannoy System 215 DMT II at home? Mike,Sorry for catching your note so late. Sorry--for you--that you're selling your System 15s. Fact is, I've used the System 15 DMT II for about five years and don't plan to sell mine. But I am also interested in acquiring a pair of the System 21... | |
| Speakers for difficult placement. Get a pair of Great Plains Audio 604-8H-II (or III) coaxials or a pair of Iconic 704-8A (same speaker) and build a pair of Mass Loaded Transmission Line cabinets for them; add the Jeff Markwart crossovers. All plans are available free for personal... | |
| Transport for Newly updated Meitner Bitstream.. The first thing to do is to see whether you like the MF any better with the Meitner than with its own internal DAC.As to what transport would be better than the MF CDP, that depends on your budget. The best transport for any sane money that I've h... | |
| Classe DR25 VS Belles 350A Joseph,I can't directly answer your question, but in my system, a B.A.T. VK-200 (100/200 Wpc @ 8/4 ohms) was vastly superior to the Classe DR-25.Put another way, when I switched back to the DR-25, the sound was dull and veiled-- it sounded like so... | |
| Anyone using Tannoy System 215 DMT II at home? Jburidan,Thanks for your comments. A few questions if I may... Am I correct to assume that you had to get Sound Anchor to custom-make the stands? What height did you choose for the stands? What did they cost?I'm guessing that you're running the tw... | |
| DAC improvement I was using a 1995 Teac VRDS-25 CDP in my second system with Meitner preamp/power amp and Tannoy System 12 DMT speakers. Added a Benchmark DAC1 with unsurprising improvements in every audio parameter, except bass weight. Then I optimized the Teac ... |