garfish
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| Which DAC? Levinson, Theta, Sonic Frontiers I also agree with the Levinson DACS, and personally use the 360S. Good Luck. | |
| SS or tube preamp? Which one? I vote for the tubed Sonic Frontiers Line 1 or 2-- smooth, neutral sounding, lots of features for movies or just audio, and a great remote. Good Hunting. Craig | |
| What is a redbook CD? A "Redbook" CD is the standard CD that has been around since the early 1980's. The "Redbook" just defines the technical specifications for this format. For example it specifies a (maximum) 16 bit word length at a sampling freguency of 44.1 KHZ. To... | |
| Why a transport over a CD player? Well, you already have a very good DAC, so I'd look for the best CD player/transport you can find. For under $1K, I don't even know if you can even find purely a transport, so I'd look for a good CD player with coax out and features you like. Pers... | |
| Favorite sounding interconnects? There are many good ICs, but my favorite is the Synergistic Research Phase 2, Luminesence and Kaleidoscope with active shielding. The active shielding was a worthwhile upgrade over the already good Phase 2s. It especially improved soundstaging wit... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 2SE Hi Stereodad; I have used the SF Line 2 for about 3 years and consider it excellent. I haven't heard the new SE version, but it uses a set of 6 Valvo tubes, and I suspect those tubes are the main reason for the sonic differences in the SE.I say th... | |
| Info on Levinson 390S???? Hi Krocdoc; I read the info. on the 390S too, and it seems to me that the ML 360 is to the 360S as the ML 39 is to the 390S. So, my take is that sonically the 390S should compete fully with the ML 37 and 360S. I have the 37/360S combo.But, I think... | |
| Analog vs Digital Recordings I believe that almost all (certainly most) digital recordings are still made from analog tape. The process of going from a master tape (analog) to CD certainly has improved in the last few years IMO, and there are now many excellent quality CDs. I... | |
| What is a Transport? Excellent post/response Abe. Cheers. Craig. | |
| Buying Hi-End CD Player or Transport.. I agree with Lev335, the ML 39 CD player is a great choice. And if you want separates, it would be very hard to beat the ML 37 transport used with 360 or 360S DAC. I use this combo, and it is excellent. It can "boogie" on R&R, or sound sublime... | |
| CDR Longevity? Brand X vs. Brand Z Some time ago there were threads that dealt with this, maybe try a search. There was some testing done in Europe that provided some guidelines on CD quality, and at the time, the gold colored blanks were considered most stable, the silver very goo... | |
| CD Burners: Which one to buy? Danvetc is right on, the Pioneer 739/839s are easy to use versatile CD burners-- you can program up to 3 CDs, hit copy and you have a compilation CD. Quick and easy, and high quality. Like Charlie, I can't tell the difference between originals and... | |
| imaging and speaker placement with tv in center I agree with those above who say "if it ain't broke....etc". But if you'd like to try something else, I like the Vandersteen formulae which is an "odd dimensions" placement.Measure the rooms length and width in inches, then divide these measuremen... | |
| Upgrading electrical-things to do? I agree with the posts above. From a 50 amp breaker at my main breaker box, I had a sub-panel with four 20 amp breakers installed-- just outside my stereo room. I then ran 4 dedicated lines to 4 hubbell duplex outlets. The work was done by a licen... | |
| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? First off, CD-Rs, when done at 1X speed are certainly as good as the originals, IMO. And early on, I was convinced that some of my CD copies actually sounded more "crisp", or very slightly more "live" than the originals. I have no explanation for ... |