elberoth2
Responses from elberoth2
| Will Japan market gear work on US current? Japan is 100V AC. Most gear has universal voltage transformers though, which can be rewired for 120V operation. Sometimes there is even a switch to make the task easier. | |
| Shunyata Hydra 2 Get yourself an used Audio Power Wedge instead if you want isolation. Hydra is just a little black box with a single capacitor sticked across the AC poles. | |
| Recent cd players w/ analog output/volume control Audiolab 8200cdq is not a warm sounding player. | |
| Accuphase DP-75V vs Accuphase 800/801 I have a friend who is a big accuphase fan. He just sold his 75V beloved and bought the 800/801 combo. The sound is vastly improved. | |
| Recent cd players w/ analog output/volume control The Mac players should fit the bill. Variable out, warm sounding. | |
| Cary CAD 200 vs CAD 200.2 You mean Cary SA-200.2 ? There was no CAD-200.2 af far as I remember - only CAD-200 (stereo version of CAD-500). | |
| Accuphase E-550 Voltage conversion 230v to 120v Most if not all Accuphase components use multivoltage mains transformers (100/120/240V). | |
| Theta Pro Basic III, Bel Canto Dac2, CIAudio VDA-2 Forget about the Theta. It is way too old to be competitive those days. Not to mention poor jitter rejection. Same for Bel Canto.I would get sth more modern, like the new PS Audio NuWave DAC for example. You can get one used for ~$600 on AgoN or $... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2 or WP 6 ? I was once in a position were I had to choose between Sophia 2 and WP8. I had chosen the Sophias, since to my ears, they were more coherent sounding. | |
| Theta Digital Gen Va support 24/96 ? I believe the 20/96 (not 24/96) was a separate upgrade to the Version A. | |
| PSU for QuteHD I went with the Teddy Pardo one. It is more expensive than any of the PSUs listed (I believe it is ~$400 or thereabouts) but it is the only one based on a superior superregulator design, giving superior results. I can't recommend it highly enough. | |
| Shunyata Triton can stabilize voltage?? No, it can't. You need a PurePower, Accuphase PS, PS Audio Power Plant or similar. | |
| Accuphase E-560 Voltage Conversion 100v to 230v Most (if not all) accuphase components can be easlily converted. No need to buy a step down transformer. | |
| Music for the media server There is a lot of music not available as downloads. Just get a CD and rip it.What server do you need for your CA ? Stream Magic 6 is a streamer, what you need is just a NAS, like Synology or Qnap. | |
| Jplay vs Amarra, PC vs. Mac I think your problem may be OS related. Jplay does not recommend Vista (I'm actually surprised it even worked !) - only Win 7 or Win 8. |