drubin
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| help with absolute phase In case this is not clear, you want to reverse the plus and minus speaker cable leads at BOTH speakers OR for both channels of speaker cables at the amplifier. Red to black and black to red. Inverted phase is not the same as AC polarity, so this i... | |
| Any opinions on the Dodson 217MKiiD? Several existing threads about the Dodson. Might want to check them out. | |
| Dodson DA-217 MK2-D I think mine is pretty well broken in. Sadly, I must say that my early impressions of the Sony as a transport for the Dodson DAC are not all that good (the SACD is another story). The sound tilts toward the big. beefy, overripe side of things. It ... | |
| SACD, MSB/Upsampling, LPs Compared My earlier comment was in no way an attack on tommart, which I am sure he understood. I was questioning the comment in the review, and now he has shed some light on it. Chill out,jadem. | |
| SACD, MSB/Upsampling, LPs Compared Their comment that the CD layer on hybrid disks sounds better than CD ( I assume all through the 90000ED + MSB) sets off my BS detector. | |
| Best Pre-amp under 7k Try to listen to a Placette if you can. It's an entirely different direction from the tube preamps mentioned above, and while it may not be what you ultimately choose, I expect it will be a revelation. | |
| Best amp for Proac response 2.5 Try the Pass X-150 with your Proacs--an excellent match. | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty Ears, Marklivia's point was that the SACD players do not play standard CDs as well as his Wadia. Was Widescreen Review saying that SACD playback betters the 860, or that redbook CD playbook on one of the Sonys betters the Wadia? I'm sure Marklivia... | |
| Big name company or smaller company? Big name vs. small name is much less an issue with cables than with most other components, which may need to be serviced some day.I suggest you find the cables that you like best in your system and then worry about resale. Use the Cable Company (w... | |
| Sony SCD-777ES as a transport Any newer or additional comments on this subject, the 777ES as transport? | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty No new format will succeed if everybody chooses to wait and see what happens. I recommend Art Dudley's editorial in the January/February 2001 Listener, in which he draws a comparison to the electric car. Yes, yes, I know, you don't want to spend y... | |
| coax Y connector The Monster splitters I'm familiar with are 75 ohm but they are for the thin-pin connector used for cable TV (what do they call those?). The 75 ohm cables from transport to DAC or recorder will be RCA connectors. Does Monster make an RCA splitter ... | |
| Aleph Owners and Users... The others weren't Class A because they were not specifically reviewed. A few things are rated without review, but generally not. | |
| Aleph Owners and Users... Thanks for the explanation, Tom. | |
| Sony 900ES SACD sound vs CD - Help I do own a 777 Martice. I bought it to use as a transport and to play SACDs and, as Art Dudley suggested in a recent Listener editorial, to vote for the new format with my wallet. But at $1500, it was practically a no-brainer. I am plenty interest... |