garfish
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| Air Bladder Isolation, Cheap You guys using inner tubes, bladders etc.-- do you set the component directly on the partially inflated tube? Do you take the stock feet off the component? I've got a couple of Townshend Sinks on the way, and looking forward to trying them under t... | |
| DBT: Audio Industry's "Mortal Enemy?" Bulldogger; interesting, well written, and well reasoned post. I have nothing against blind testing as long as it is designed to be statistically meaningful-- can you imagine trying to come up with a control group?. But it seems to me it's especia... | |
| Best Digital Front End Period! Hi Tubegroover; I'm not sure if I have the kind of input you're looking for because I've not heard the most expensive gear, ie Levinson reference, Burmester, etc-- but I want to play. Earlier this summer, I replaced my Muse Two DAC and Sony XA7 CD... | |
| barometric level change ? Hi Mw...; Haven't had your experience, but long term listening above about 80 t0 85 dBs (depending on who you read) can cause long term hearing loss. Save your ears. Craig. | |
| Use of Balance Control feature Sam; my listening position is very slightly off center and I mostly use balance control to correct for this. The correction is typically about 3 dB right (the SF Line pre-amps have a relative dB readout to .5 dB). My Vand. 3Asigs are 80" apart cen... | |
| Use of Balance Control feature While I'm sure the above posts are theorhetically/sonically correct, I would not buy a pre-amp that did not have some provision for balance control. I have an SF Line 2, and in my situation, I use the balance control much of the time. It in no way... | |
| XLRs vs RCAs Jc, thanks for asking the question. Lost & Nhorton-- you guys make the best case I've heard for going "fully balanced"-- need to get my ICs reterminated though. Thanks, and Cheers. Craig. | |
| Which Line Conditioner? Hi Bmccormick; I have a Tice Elite 4 (almost identical to E-3), and when I plugged my McCormack DNA-2DX (600 wpc/4Ohms) into it, music became much too bright. I called Steve McCormack about this, and he said the DNA-2 should be plugged directly in... | |
| Ear Candy: Most startling recordings. Tracks #7 and #12 of Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road"-- this is an HDCD recording though, and I don't know how important that is on non-HDCC players-- the rest of the CD is darn good too. I also agree with Treyhoss re: all of the Eni... | |
| McCormack SMC Audio Upgrades Thanks Schroeder, that's some really good info. on McCormack amps, and I've been curious about the new 125 and 225, and how they compare to the older upgraded models-- but haven't heard them. I've been a McCormack amp fan for years. Cheers. Craig. | |
| The Fourfold path...which way to go? You don't say what SS amp you plan to use, but my experience with several McCormack amps is that I've never heard it (I do have some HF hearing loss though). Its been my experience that tube type determines the size, shape, and character of the so... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge My thanks to Kevin Halverson at MUSE for posting his explanation of up and over sampling-- I just read and copied it-- it's great. And I agree with Treyhoss' post above-- it caps this confusing issue nicely. Thanks. Craig. | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Joe; for a 25 year old you certainly have a mature and positive outlook on life. I read your long post carefully and it's excellent-- I share your views, and apologize for contributing to some of the negativity found here. The only quibble I chose... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Carl; In my above post I was complimenting you for bringing it to Audiogon readers attention that JA and Sterophile have been talking about and promoting "upsampling" for quite awhile-- the rest of us kind of glossed over that important fact. The ... | |
| Upsampling DACS: Take the Pepsi Challenge Off the subject. Carl.... I've been curious for a long time why you seem to have such a preoccupation with people's Audiogon User Name(s), and for that matter their real names. Afterall, this is cyberspace and anyone can use whatever name they wan... |