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What are Zobel filters?
Wide range signals do not couse the ringing in your ears.....Digital amps do.Wadia are not the only players that produces wide frequency amp ,and Spectrons are far from the Only amps that has wide bandwith,BUT common to almost all digital amps are... 
Source recommendation
Audio aero or Metronome.Will match the Bel Canto well,methink... Alternatively,EAR Acute or Acoustic Art..Those players above are known for giveing the feel of'intimacy' which is important for Jazz 
recommended sacd list?
Just check the SACDs I have ;also wouild recommend the selections from Stereo sound Japan.Just like the Stockfish stuff ,all of their SACDs were recorded in pure dsd You would realize that most of the so called bad sounding SACDs are actually PCM ... 
recommended sacd list?
Kal,agreed that not much Classical stuff there.But Recordindg Quality?The best.... 
recommended sacd list?
Mr Fries,Start with Stockfish records titles.The best..... 
Why not horns?
many people are just not skillfull enought to set-up horn speakers;and they are merciless to inferior electronics.... Done well ,matched with good electronics,they are just magical....And the amount of horn speakers in Japan are just stagerring...... 
Acoustic Zen Adagio vs. Harbeth S-HL5
Lplayer,I have a Kharma 3.2 in my referance system,and if you have listened to a Kharma before,you will realize that all Kharma has certain characteristic;Transparency like crystals ,details like a microscope and a soundstage that is wide and high... 
Acoustic Zen Adagio vs. Harbeth S-HL5
Lplayer,I assume the question is for me,but I do not understand it.kindly elaborate andI would be happy to answer..;) 
Acoustic Zen Adagio vs. Harbeth S-HL5
they are different speakers;The main strenght of Harbeth is its musicality;and you really do not have to worry much about speaker cables,resonance control and tweaking.....and it is very easy to match as far as amplifiers are concerned. The Adagio... 
HDCD VS SACD
BlindjimI think you last paragraph is quite inaccurate.Irrespective of the recording technique employed;dsd IS the best technique for digital playback available today especially in single layer.Again ,we are NOT talking psudo SACD here. The critic... 
HDCD VS SACD
ROD1957,true to my Audiophile pedigree I indeed forgot to mention the cost;}BUT ,I assume we are discussing sound fidelity here,,,,, 
HDCD VS SACD
I have to make some strong dissenting view to what RCrerar mentioned.1."good news is that most SACDs also include a standard Redbook layer that can be played back on conventional CD players. "This is not good news at all!!!Most single layer SACD s... 
Best Integrated Amp
you have just described the sound of NEODIO intergrated.I Use it in My 3rd system;dcs Puccini-Neodio-Heavily tuned adagio.I have tried the Adagio with many ,nothing come close o the performance of NEDIO.A true bargain in my opinion2 
My findings on Magico V2.....what now?
I fully agree with audiofreakgeek indeed;I have heard different setup of magico speakers and all I could say is,well they market them well.;it is indeed a true triumph of marketing 
Cables for Sophia 2 and Burmester
kubala sosna elations.Will give you the same dynamics as Valhalla plus more body.