drubin
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| CES 2010 and THE SHOW The Venetian's floors were a lot bigger than the Flamingo's -- three wings per floor, each smaller than the Flamingo, but still. | |
| Bryston BDA-1 DAC, any thoughts? I use the Empirical Audio Offramp to convert USB to SPDIF.Cerrot, I think it's a meaningful upgrade from the Benchmark. It's not as good as the Berkeley (which I have only auditioned in other systems) but I don't have an opinion on whether the Ber... | |
| Bryston BDA-1 DAC, any thoughts? I have one. It doesn't have a remote volume control, you must use it with a preamp.I prefer it to several DACs I owned previously, including the Benchmark, Lavry and Bel Canto. The USB input is not good, however. I use an external USB -> SPDIF ... | |
| My Line Arrays and Dynaudio monitor - where to go Xti16 -- to answer your question, I bought my C1s used, so I don't think it a break in issue. | |
| My Line Arrays and Dynaudio monitor - where to go I have C1s and, when I first got them, also had Nuforce 9SE v2. I thought the two were not a good match and I sold the Nuforce. You may feel differently, and perhaps v3 will do the trick. I don't remember the specifics, but it just didn't sound ri... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here I liked both the Magico Q5 and the Maggies, though the Maggies were, uh, magical during only one of my three visits to that room.Others I enjoyed: Evolution Acoustics, Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone, Gershman Black Swan with VAC and Gershman Sonogra... | |
| CES 2010 and THE SHOW I really liked the Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone speakers, which are out of reach for my audio budget. | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed Maggies are not satisfying at low levels, so like me, if you use your system for long periods at background levels (in between actual listening sessions) you probably won't be happy.That's interesting. I was so taken with the 1.7 at CES that I'm t... | |
| The Hub: Viva Las Vegas! The Magnepan-Bryston exhibit was, in fact ,the new Magnepan 1.7's, not the 1.6. I agree with you about Wendell Diller being unwelcoming and a poor presenter. I visited that room three times. On Thursday, it sounded impressive but a bit mechanical.... | |
| What is the "best" cartridge a Technics 1210... I wonder if anyone has tried even higher-end MC carts with the Technics -- stuff in the >$1K range from Benz, Koetsu, Lyra, ZYX, Sumiko, etc. I know it =seems= like a mismatch from a price standpoint, but is it really? | |
| From Vandersteen 2CE to Devore Gibbons 8 or Focal I can't get over the 825 miles in one day. That's a lot of driving. | |
| driving Verity Audio Parsifal Ovations? The Bel Canto integrated is a so-called Class D amp, so the weight comparison is not strictly valid. | |
| Ayre K1xe vs First Sound Presence Deluxe Mk II Great discussion, guys! Keep it coming. | |
| Firewire to Balanced XLR Bridge The Weiss Vesta or INT202 will give you Firewire in and XLR or coax out. The Weiss Dac2 or Minerva will give you that plus they are also DACs. Friendlier than traditional pro gear.On the budget side, you could try the TC Electronic Konnekt units o... | |
| Berkeley direct to Spectral Amp? Ask Spectral. I'm sure they are very familiar with the Alpha DAC. |