elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. in your analogy: 1. stylus = dac 2. cartridge innards = over-clocking; up-scale; anti-jitter; filters; the mix of all the other things that are happening to the 1s and 0s. 3. critical arm/cartridge alignments = not required: a great appeal of ... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? my Cayin came with Cayin branded 6sn7 and 6sl7. one burnt out, I tried a pricey pair of .... from Brent Jessee. Definitely changed the sound, I did not like them. Brent had me burn them in 60 hrs, then decide. He let me exchange them for a diffe... | |
| What do modern, current day CD Transports do that older CDP's with RCA digital out don't? Digital Out can be different that the player's RCA outs i.e. some do not always send SACD's DSD out the digital, but convert DSD to PCM internally also, if sending to external dac, what internal OEM processing may have already occurred in older ... | |
| What do modern, current day CD Transports do that older CDP's with RCA digital out don't? A BIG YAY for Sony xa5400ES, it's internal dac and processing, no outboard DAC. I went thru 2 two Onkyo's, 2 Oppos, 1 KLH, 1 Denon, 1 Yamaha, 2 Sonys until I found out about the Sony ES players and chose a lightly used xa5400. https://forum.au... | |
| How many turntables have you owned? past: 1. flip out of portable sylvania gizmo with detachable speakers, flip over needle. 2. bsr 3. garrard changer came inside Fisher President II 4. thorens td124 with sme 3009, made custom base 5. at120, built in phone pre sounded better t... | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? I like my Furman. I say leave it alone. it’s the internal capacitors that send the juice to your equipment. you can fill them with lousy juice, they will send exactly the same out. | |
| which turntable for the future? design is very important to me also. the airforce is an ugly beast IMO. first, I would go for an improved cartridge on your existing beautiful TT any cartridge you buy can be used on any future table you buy. your phono pre is extremely versat... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? it is at least a non-fatal disease. | |
| West Side Story re-make We just saw it, my friend’s system not as revealing as ours, made me want to run off and see/hear the original movie/story/sound on our system. my biggest disappointment with the sound was Maria’s ’operatic’ style of singing, seemed so unnatural.... | |
| Are you pairing Tube Preamp/Line Stage with Class D Power Amp? come on, someone must have some experience/advice! | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? Another 2 weeks of love for the xa5400es. I'm buying used CDs like I was buying used LP's, gives my TT a break. sent my cartridge to AT, by instinct (I haven't hours played log) I thought, and they agreed, stylus worn just enough to wisely replac... | |
| New source recommendations In addition to 'new to me' LP's, I was buying LP versions of favorite CD's. After a successful search for better sounding SACD and CD, I stopped doing that, because my CD's ALL sound a very satisfying amount Better. Along the way it became clear ... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! just discovered acoustic research made a variation of remote volume, balance, https://www.stereophile.com/content/acoustic-research-stereo-remote-control https://www.ebay.com/itm/304356316694 I prefer the Chase 4 inputs and 2 outpu... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! I would not live without balance, and I love remote balance via my chase Remote Line Controller RLC-1 which gives remote mute, volume, balance, and tone controls. The better your system is at imaging, the better it reveals any imbalance: I occasi... | |
| Help wit my EAD T 1000 Transport! dirty laser can be cleaned. weak laser can be replaced did you clean the laser? manually, take apart, q tip alcohol or, buy disc with tiny brushes made to clean lasers go from there. |