ed_sawyer
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| What would be the best transport for Meitner Dac 6 If you can swing the DAC6, whats another 4-5k for a transport? As far as standards go, in the pro world its' pretty much: unencrypted, with ability for external word clock sync. Hardwarewise, it can be over BNC, firewire, XLR, etc. Meitner's pro s... | |
| Seeking full range single driver speaker recs One to consider that maybe you havent' is the Martin Logan CLS electrostatics. Can be had used in that price range. Excellent, and better sounding IMHO than anything mentioned so far. -Ed | |
| $1K CD Player for Amp w/ truly balanced inputs Sony XA7ES - their former $3000 top of the line can be had for $1k or so. Truly differential balanced outs.-Ed | |
| CDP volume, what's best, analogue or digital? Wadia, et al - basically they just drop the least significant bit(s) to attenuate the signal = hence degradation. The concepts postulated by eldardfort are good ideas, but likely more work/effort to implement vs. a decent analog attenuator/vol. po... | |
| Martin Logan SL3 vs Ascents This is the premise that is flawed: "It is just basic logic. A company that wants to move forward will not make a model who is inferior (Ascents replaces the SL3)than what it wants to replace."In general, ML has raised prices and not raised qualit... | |
| Where do tubes matter most??? They matter the most where the most gain is, which generally is in the preamp (or phono stage, even.). All tube system is the best way to go. reserve SS amps for bass-only use, if at all. -Ed | |
| Martin Logan SL3 vs Ascents Generally the SL3s are better, esp. for the money. Amandarae's premise is flawed. There's numerous examples of companies (including martin logan) where the replacement does not equal the previous generations of gear. Anything recent by marantz, mc... | |
| Favorite Movie Soundtrack Probably the best score I have heard is Chocolat by Rachel Portman. (her other work is good too.) The sountrack and especially the score for American Beauty is also awesome (Thomas Newman). -Ed | |
| Areil 10t Speaker Repair If you all read the post carefully, it sounds like it's just the finish that is cracked/peeling - totally cosmetic, from how I read it. If that is the case, it's not a structural defect, just a cosmetic thing. BTW, I think the cabinetry comes from... | |
| Johnny Cash - Rest in Peace Agreed, a sad day. One of the most versatile artists I can recall - he "reinvented himself" and his work many times, always fresh and relavent.-Ed | |
| Areil 10t Speaker Repair Agreed, live with it or throw down the $. $500 is a steal for a new head on one of those. I talked to Mike Kelly one time, and he said fully 1/2 the cost of the 10T was in the making of the head unit. (I presume talking here about cabinets only, b... | |
| something is wrong here, but what is it? Need more gain for the Phono stage I think. Sounds like preamp driving the amp too hard (going into A2 operation?). -Ed | |
| Thinking of getting a BAT VK 5I For nearly the same $, you could get into VK30, et al. A much better interface and design, IMHO. -Ed | |
| Decent SACD? SCD-1. | |
| Harry Weisfeld Was Right All Along hi Plato - I have the wilson benesch Circle turntable set up which uses that same arm. How did you disconnect the anti-skate? Just take the ball and thread off the horizontal piece? Seems easy enough to try out. what differences did you hear? -Ed |