garfish
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| Please explain encoding/decoding and what is best? Hi Steve; I'll take a stab at this. First, you are just talking about standard CDs here (redbook CD with 16 bit encoding, and not SACD or DVD-A). The CD players digital to analog converter (DAC) does the decoding. Sony, and maybe some others use s... | |
| Best speakers in 2k-3k price point I can highly recommend the Vandersteen 3As-- laidback, forgiving, non-fatiguing, yet still with good detail and dynamics-- and they sound good at low volume levels. In fact low level listening was one of the aspects I most liked about the 3As. I u... | |
| A great SS preamp with separate power supply Pass Labs has a SS pre-amp with separate power supply, and Pass has a reputation of sounding exceptionally smooth and somewhat "tubelike"-- could be expensive and I haven't actually heard the Pass pre. I use a Sonic Frontiers Line 2 (6 tubes) with... | |
| Amp for Vandersteen 3Asig. I agree with Rayhall in that the Pass amps are an excellent choice for use with the 3Asigs. I can also recommend the McCormack amps especially with Rev. A or higher upgrade for that "you are there sound". The DNA2 Rev. A especially was a good matc... | |
| 7500 for USED cables? Are they joking? Sean; you can't say "nuts" on Audiogon-- well, it depends on context maybe-- perhaps "family jewels"?. However it's much safer than saying "wires".Doc; your fishing line analogy, observations and comments are great.........gotta' love these "wire"... | |
| It's Been an Allison Kind of Month...... Paul; I think I'll probably end up with all of AKs CDs before long too. Thanks Sarah, I'll look for the Allison Brown CD. I'm not a "mainstream" blurgrass fan, but really like good female vocals. The AK CD "Forget About It" is more country/pop tha... | |
| Average age of audiophiles Yeah, Jvia has it right. Chronologically I'm 58 years young, but emotionally I'd say about 15. I've been into music since early teenage years when I started playing guitar(s). But I only got into the "nose in the air high end" about 10 years ago. ... | |
| It's Been an Allison Kind of Month...... Kelly, Vegas-- I'd really like to see Allison Moorer "make it" in the recording industry as I think her voice, style, and music are beautiful, and I hope she'll be around a long time. Maybe a bit of a throwback to a more classic country sound, her... | |
| Nuetrality be Damned... I would include Vandersteen 3A/3Asigs and Proac 2.5/3.8s. And I agree with your thread title. Cheers. Craig | |
| Audiophile oddities Hi Dismal; Don't mean to make light of your maybe distressing story about the YBA. But years ago there was a news story about a guy that bought a Cadillac that had an irritating knocking sound in the left front door. He finally took it too a GM se... | |
| Speakers with bass response? Not inexpensive, but the Vandersteen 5s are bass champs, and the bass is highly tunable. The 5s have built in subs that are near flat to 22 HZ-- they are powered by built in 400 WPC amps. Many also like the Vand. 3A/3Asig with subs also.It seems t... | |
| Soudstage Height? Is the huge room filling "bloom" that some gear creates the same as "height"? I've gotten this huge "bloom effect" with an amp, 2 power cords, and two different sets of tubes in my pre-amp. But I don't like this-- un-natural to me-- effect, and al... | |
| calling all audiophiles I too agree with Brulee and Drr-- plug it directly into the wall. Steve McCormack specifically recommended that I plug my DNA2 Rev. A directly into the wall. If you want to spend money on improving/cleaning up your electrical supply quite a bit, c... | |
| Can Someone Explain This? Hi Walter; If you bought the EMC-1 from a dealer, you should certainly discuss your observations re high freguency losses with him just to make sure that he's "in the loop" should something prove to be defective. And he may also have some advice/e... | |
| ARC VT-100 MK II vs. Sonic Frontiers Power 2 Hi K; I'll follow your thread with interest as I have not heard the VT 100 MK II, but would like too. I bought the Power 2 and used it for about 30 days in my system about a year ago. The Power 2 does tend toward neutral/accurate rather than "tube... |