garfish
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| Outlet shoot out Hi Tim; I've used and more or less compared FIM (wrote a rave review on them), Acme silver plated (non-cryo); Hubbell audio grade, and P&S hospital grade. I've concluded that the outlets that will sound best in any given system depends on on t... | |
| McCormack Upgrade reviews David; you should call Steve at www.smcaudio.com and get the "skinny" directly from him. In my talks with Steve, he indicated that the Rev. B would be an improvement over the DLX, and that he rarely gets requests to do Rev. C. The DNA2 is a big he... | |
| "RECORDING OF THE WEEK"????? Jacintha "Autumn Leaves"-- the music of Johnny Mercer. This is an XRCD2 by FIM and is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard besides being an audiophile quality recording. It has many beautiful ballads. It's the best CD I've ever heard... | |
| Does anyone prefer Toslink, with DAC? Eldragon; I've had a couple of Sony ES CD players that only had Toslink out, and in a $10K system with a good DAC they sound just fine as transports. I don't feel I'm missing anything musical by using Toslink. Cheers. Craig | |
| McCormack Upgrade reviews Bob B gives good advice. I had my DNA2DX upgraded to Rev A a year ago and was very pleased with the results. Steve's assistant is Kris Jeter (not Dekek Jeter, the baseball guy. I think Kleiman, above just made a mental goof). Both Steve and Kris a... | |
| Unbelievable Indeed Bwhite; yes, I believe the caution with the FIM outlet(s) was strictly a safety issue, and that's what I was addressing in my above post. We don't need any charred audiophiles here. The fact that you've heard significant audible differences is-- w... | |
| Some thoughts about value in high-end audio Scott; an interesting thread-- wish I could think of something erudite to add. On a personal level, I've always liked my McCormack amp-- felt even better about it when it became the more "elite" Rev. A. The same thing happened when I had my SF Lin... | |
| The weakest link? Pardon me people, but I see nothing tubed in Harnelt's system, so if it sounds "tubed" it's likely a soft sounding IC, speaker cable or PC. And I agree with Sean in that this looks like a good solid system that should sound great-- although I know... | |
| Unbelievable Indeed Bwhite; Some outlets require grounding of the cover plate if it is made of metal, and the outlet has an isolated ground. Is this the case with the PS Audio outlet? I believe the FIM outlets required grounding IF a metal coverplate was used (plasti... | |
| Why buy older digital gear? ........The "old" Pioneer PD 65 transport is still an excellent transport. I'b be more concerned about buying older DAC technology though. Cheers. Craig | |
| Is there an end.......ever? Tim; some good posts above. I also have 1000 + CDs-- and growing. For me at least, as Mike says, there is no end because looking for and finding new artists/music is certainly one of the most enjoyable and exciting aspects of this hobby. Then ther... | |
| I'm still working to love digital, are you? Hi Ehider; I like "good" CDs because they sound good in my rig. I have specifically put my stereo system together to sound good with digital, and yes it's expensive, but then so is good analog. But what really begs the question here is why one wou... | |
| Single ended vs. XLR Connection Advise Needed All of my equipment is fully balanced (XLR connections) but also has RCA terminals. Musically I have compared the two and choose to stay with RCA ICs. To each his own. Craig | |
| Music to die to I could come up with some Cowboy Junkies music for this sort of task, but as of right now, I'd "go" with either Melissa Etheridge' "Precious Pain" or Silent Legacy"-- so I'm immature-- I intend to die immature. Another possibility would be a slide... | |
| technical explanation for cable direction? A couple of years ago, A'Gon member Redkiwi stated that pretty much all wire is "directional" in audio, so prior to intstalling my ded. AC system, I decided to test that premise. I ran a 60 ft. 6 ga. stranded cable from my main breaker box to a su... |