ed_sawyer
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| About the EMM Labs DAC Any DAC/transport combo that is clock-linked (master/slave) will eliminate jitter in the same manner, AFAIK. He certainly *can* enable DSD outputs on other players - the SCD-1 being one of them... but clearly he chose the SACD-1000 for the aforeme... | |
| tube phono stage under $1k? I'd also recommend the Wright WPP100C. I have it, and it's a great unit. Definitely better in some ways than the one internal to the BAT Vk-30 preamp I have (which in itself is not a bad phono stage). The Wright is dead quiet, adjustable gain, ver... | |
| EMM Labs DCC 2 - Sneak Preview Looks a fair bit nicer than his other (pro-derived) stuff, which is not the most exotic looking... (likely due to it's pro-derived roots...function over form and all.) Nice that it looks good, still too bad it's overpriced IMHO for what it is... (... | |
| What is the best tube for a Conrad Johnson Your best bet is update the 5751 and 6Cg7 tubes first - those will have more effect than EL34s. I had a pair of CJ Pr. 5s for a while, and found the (old) Svetlana EL34 to be the best that was reasonably affordable. I still have some nice 5751s an... | |
| Harbeth/Musical Fidelity: Good Match? sounds fine together. If near New England, Fidelis in NH has both these lines (and they are the Harbeth importer, too.). www.fidelisav.com The harbeths will run fine off tube amps from 20wpc and up, however... -Ed | |
| Grills OFF or Grills ON ??? Grilles off sounds best, generally. cat problem can be cured with a couple of 12-ga. shells of 00-buckshot and an appropriate delivery method. (An over-under preferred for best aesthetics.) LOL-Ed | |
| Home recording studio questions iMac. " rap artist" and " real quality recordings. " seem to me to be mutually exclusive terms, however. (A case could be made for "rap artist" being an oxymoron too.) ;-) yeah, I don't care for rap at all, but the Mac is the best platform for thi... | |
| Another annoying LP find post,,,but these are cool Alpha was not Asia's first album - it was their 2nd. Not a bad one, but the first one (self titled) is better. good score. -Ed | |
| Foam RPG skylines Tell us about how you made them. I had thought of doing the same. Did you use a hot wire cutter, table saw, or ?? what type of glue? what lengths of pieces? -Ed | |
| Sony SS-R10 loundspeaker Yes, Japan-only. If sony is not going to bring it in themselves, the only option is grey market. Someplace like audiocubes or other JDM-type sellers may be able to source it. A shame they don't bring it over, they make some nice stuff which we nev... | |
| Small CD Players Check out the Flatfish from 47 Labs. (www.sakurasystems.com)great looks and sound. -Ed | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? I regularly use tubes from the 1920s... globe 10s, WE301A rectifiers, vintage 845s from the 20s, 30s, 40s. Probably the earliest is late 1920s for some Globe 10s, though some of the globe 866s date from around then too. All working great, used dai... | |
| SACD search for $4k-6k Just get an SCD-1 and be done with it, and save 3-4K. (throw those into Mods if you must spend the $.) Higher-priced (but not necessarily better) players would include aforementioned Teac DV-50 or for a more exotic choice, the Luxman. Trivista: se... | |
| Source for tube boxes? angela.com has a good selection, some are vintage printed boxes too, which is nice (vs. just plain white ones.) | |
| What are electrolytic caps? It's more that they dry up, rather than leak, in the case of Electrolytics. -Ed |