fleschler
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| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? With my higher end system, I have yet to discover the differences in sound quality via different CD transports. After I purchased my COS D2v DAC, I use my old EAR Acute as a transport and it sounds great! Can someone with a modestly higher end... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music @andrei_nz You are not entirely correct. Evolution Acoustics speakers (MM series) are sealed box type woofers and bass amp powered but with transmission line loaded mids/highs. The entire speaker is 93 db efficient with a 6 ohm impedance +/- 1 db... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? @unreceivedogma Yeah, that was my CD sound in the 1990s. I hated it. It all changed in 2006 with a superior analog sounding tube output EAR Acute CD player. Last year, the new COS DAC changed it to no competition between formats-all depends on... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? @gone Your response coincides with mine (except for 78s). I listen to 3,000 ethnic music 78s and LPs, most never to be seen in any future format. I have 25,000 LPs, 7,000 78s and 7,000 CDs, mostly CDs being accumulated in the past decade. The ... | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound Clean, new common fuses in a pair of monoblock tube amps made a subtle improvement. Synergistic Research Red, Black and Blue (haven't tried the Orange) fuses made/make a HUGE difference. So much so, that the amp designer who detests tweaks, was... | |
| JAY'S Audio CDT-3-MK2 or PS Audio DirectStream Memory Player Jay's Audio came out with an "improved" transport, the CD2-Mk3 https://www.jays-audio.com/product-page/cdt2-mk3 | |
| I'm pretty excited about my new room i'm building @baylinor That's the idea I had (a new structure) when I purchased my home but I knew the law restricted me to garage(s) conversion. So I built a new structure within a structure. | |
| I'm pretty excited about my new room i'm building Thank you @oleschool. When I purchased my home two years ago, I intended to build a 20’ X 25’ X 14’ high dedicated listening room attached to my home by a breezeway on my large lot. However, the City of Los Angeles changed the law on building to s... | |
| Overrated/Underrated After auditioning 100s of cables as a cable beta tester. High Fidelity cables wins (loses) as the worst cable in every system I've heard them in-awful. Funny how some lines of higher priced cables results in worse sound.Best underrated cable=Grov... | |
| I'm pretty excited about my new room i'm building This is how I had my custom listening room built into a double garage. It measures 15'8" X 19'8" X 10' high interior. The exterior walls are 16" thick and the 2 doors are 17" thick. No windows or other openings. Built in bass traps (very effec... | |
| McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound @robberjobberman My three blue SR fuses make a very significant upgrade over standard buss fuses in my custom tube amps and highly modified Dynaco ST70. However, they apparently make no difference in some equipment, including an EAR 864 preamp. ... | |
| An audio rack that really does make a difference. Just to answer your question, stabilization of the equipment/speakers through vibration control is very important. I've gone through three setups over 50+ years. For the past 25 years, I have hollow, heavy gauge welded steel racks filled with 50... | |
| How old are you? 65 in a few weeks. Feel 45 and look 50 at most. Very strict diet for last 30 years and modest exercise with no unhealthy habits. I never want to be a kid again, love being an adult. Inferiority complex and fearful of everything as a child with an ... | |
| Speaker upgrade I am also looking for a speaker upgrade in the $35k to $60k range. The VS VR55 requires more power but I've heard the Ultra series and it duplicates the needs for me. It has the widest listening area of all of the speakers listed and recreates t... | |
| Similarities and Differences-VAC 200IQ versus Music Reference RM-200 Thank you very much for your insight. I would not consider the MC275 as I’ve heard four iterations including the anniversary and 5 find them boring and uninvolving. Despite really liking the McIntosh MC225 and MC240, I prefer more power, 70+ watts... |