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| Benchmark Dac1 - next step recommendations please If you haven't already, you should look at the website for Empirical Audio, Steve Nugent's company. They mod the DAC1 and also are thought leaders in the PC audio space. | |
| What were your own blind cable test results? Well, that analysis is only accurate where the prettier cable sounds better. If it's the natty looking cheap cable that sounds better then that argument falls on its butt unless you have some type of incentive for the cheaper cable to win of cours... | |
| Integrated amp with internal DAC? Panasonic makes AV receivers with internal DACs and class D amplification. I use one in my TV setup, feeding digital output from DVD and TiVo boxes, and it works superbly. Less than $400 new. Has 5 channels and AM/FM, but who cares? | |
| Phono stage for Benz Wood H2 I use a Benz Micro PP-1 with an L2. The PP-1 is a fixed device and might have too much gain for the high-output version of the cartridge, but maybe not. | |
| What is new with the Memory Player? The bit-perfect copying can not be the reason this thing sounds as it does. As many have pointed out, it is nothing new. As others have pointed out, even a low error rate in the copying is unlikely to affect the sound. The reason there is controve... | |
| What is new with the Memory Player? resolute = resolving? | |
| Hallelujah by Lenard Cohen The Willie Nelson version of this song is aggressively forgettable. | |
| Harbeth vs. Tyler Poly midwoofers are a "dime a dozen". Been around since the 70's. And after 30 yrs I still hate their sound. I assume you are referring to the Harbeth. Harbeth's founder, Mr Harwood (of the BBC) did, I believe, originate the polypropylene driver i... | |
| Harbeth vs. Tyler Some Harbeth models do have a slight midrange dip. I'd love a serious audition of Tyler speakers because many people, not just Bartokfan, are enthusiastic about them. Maybe designing speakers is made out to be more difficult than it really is, but... | |
| Harbeth Experts Avalon DiamondQuad 2805Harbeth Monitor 30That's a very interesting and impressive collection. I am guessing you are finding the Harbeths to be less fussy -- MUCH less fussy -- about speaker cables than the other two. Yes? | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts The Spellcheckers, English 101 tour. Not much fun, but they sure are effective. | |
| Harbeth Experts Tom, I have a pair of Focus 140s and Harbeth SHL5s, if I can be of any assistance. I think the size of your room is better suited to the Harbeth 7 than the 5, by the way. | |
| What's your profession? Age? Disproportionate numbers of born-again christians? | |
| Harbeth Experts Only the bottom two:HL-P3es $1850Compact 7ES-3 $2999Monitor 30 $4299Super HL5 $4299 | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Nonsense. IMO. |