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| Comparison - Kimber 4tc to Anti-cables I agree - balance is a nice way to sum it up. I really thought about trying the 8tc as well. I have long runs and thought the 4tc would be sufficient. I am intrigued that they worked well with the Europas. maybe I'll try them next time I get antsy... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor I think the little guy on the subwoofer is some kind of fertility god - not doing me much good if I just sit here listening to music!I really like my Ayre but also have been wanting to try tube amps sometime - I am on a budget though so maybe in t... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor OK, that is really funny! Seriously made me laugh.Thanks - by the way, that is quite a system you have, you clearly have put a lot of thought, time and energy into (as well as cash I guess). No wonder you never turn it off. Too bad we can't telepo... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor Just wanted to update this review - I received my upgraded EOS back from Roy. He was so great about all of it, helped with shipping, called me regularly to update me, etc. It was worth it just to interact with him.So how do the EOS HD sound? Well,... | |
| DIY Balanced Cables Some follow up - finally got a chance to compare some interconnects with my EOS HD's. It is very easy to hear just about any change with these speakers. While Roy was working on them for me, he recommended I try the Audio Magic Liquid Polymer inte... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC My understanding is that this DAC only plays at 16 bit resolution and downsamples 24 bit material to 16 bit. My experience with hi-res recordings is that the bit depth (24 bit) is more important than the sampling rate (48 vs 96). I also prefer bal... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Yes, this is the first review of this kind I have read for the Ayre. I have one and have had a very different experience with it, finding it very fluid and musical, with excellent timing and and staging. All around wonderful DAC for the money. | |
| DIY Balanced Cables So I went ahead and made up a pair of magnet wire, single strand balanced interconnects. I braided the three wires with a round braid, about 2 braids per inch. The wire is one 26 awg on the signal paths and a 22 awg on the return. Since I don't ha... | |
| DIY Balanced Cables Yep, I am talking about balanced interconnects, I only mentioned my experience with speaker wires as an aside. As a starting point, I am following the recipe proposed by Jadem6 mentioned in my original post.The feedback I am getting seems to agree... | |
| DIY Balanced Cables Ckoffend,I ran them about 1 1/2" apart spaced by small blocks of wood every foot or so. They spacing remained pretty even and they were off the floor and away from most other wires and electronics. My speaker cables are 12' long due to the setup i... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound Dac1 vs. Dac2 hey thanks for the follow up. Just so I can calibrate this to my experience, do you mind describing the rest of your system? I am also interested in what other DACs you have heard for comparison. With 30 years, you probably have a lot of listening... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor You should give them a listen then for sure - you are welcome to come hear mine if you are in the bay area. I understand this is a subjective experience, but for my ears, they are the most accurate and true to instrument timbre and timing. Like mo... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor My EOS are no longer for sale, same advice! - Roy has agreed to upgrade them (apparently he doesn't like to do this because it is not cost effective and destroys a lot of useful parts). I will them for a few more weeks and will acclimate to them s... | |
| Review: Green Mountain Audio Eos vs Callisto Monitor I went from Europas to Callistos and then to EOS. Each has been a step up in performance (and cost). The Callistos provide a big improvement in bass over the Europas. In my opinion, the EOS were a big step up over the Callistos as described in the... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound Dac1 vs. Dac2 I recommend you check out the forums here and on the computer audiophile site and start reading the many threads on DAC's and transports. The answers to your questions are already covered. |