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| MSB Platinum DAC By the way everybody, the Dodson is nearly twice the price of the MSB. | |
| How would you rate your listening room? I've never seen a graphic in a post before! How'd you do that? | |
| Must -have SACD's Good post, Niels. I must say, if the difference between the CD playback and the SACD playback is that subtle ("I think I can actually hear the improvement"), what's the point of SACD? With the high price of the software, it ought to hit you over t... | |
| How would you rate your listening room? I think we should arrange an Audiogon field trip to Albert's house when the new room is finished. | |
| MSB Platinum DAC I had one home for evaluation for about 3 weeks. I ended up getting a Dodson, but the MSB is excellent. Terrific bass, very sweet and pure and musical (which is characteristic of the 24/96 upsampling DACs I've heard), perhaps a little buttoned-dow... | |
| How would you rate your listening room? Good thread. I'd probably give mine a B/C. No bass boominess whatsoever, but no bass either. 14' x 22' by variable height ceilings, rising from 8' at the walls and shooting up to the moon in the middle. But it's a beautiful living room and I love ... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty They sort of invented it, so you can imagine what their position is. But they are very smart folks and all of the writings are worthwhile. Check out one of their product manuals online--awesome! You can switch upsampling on and off with the MSB Pl... | |
| Classics and Cults. Bogus Journalism? Oops. The John Iverson (not Jon) amp was called Electro-Research, the A-75 I believe. | |
| Classics and Cults. Bogus Journalism? Anyone remember the Paragon preamp circa 1978? Or the Electron-Kinetic amplifier by Jon Iverson of about the same time? But BEL is definitely alive and kicking. | |
| Wanted leads on blues, blues rock folk Sounds to me like you enjoy singer-songwriters. Try Joe Henry "Shuffletown," Chris Smither "Live as I'll Ever Be," Kelly Joe Phelps "Lead Me On" or "Shine Eyed Mister Zen," John Hiatt "Crossing Muddy Water" (bluesy, but not up to the level of his ... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Very well said, Charlie. | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Is it insecurity to need a blind test or is it insecurity to reject or fear such a test? | |
| RCA vs XLR Many variables here. If the component is not "truly" balanced, the XLR capabilities are sometimes realized in a compromised fashion (I am told), which could yield inferior sound. In my system, balanced between some components is louder. When overa... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Great post, Don. I expecially agree with your thread that results of blind tests can be "another piece of information that we could factor in to our purchasing decisions." Dan | |
| help with absolute phase Onhwy61's post was excellent. My recommendation that you make the change was no more than regurgitating audiophile best practices. But truth to tell, I don't hear a meaningful difference myself. I have known some who are highly sensitive to it, ho... |