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| What is a "line level input"? Jvia; thanks for the kind words. Rob; I would just add that TVs, VCRs, DVD players etc. that have "audio out" terminals are also line level components. In a 2nd system, I connect my VCR to pre-amp so I can then play the sound track of movies throu... | |
| upsampling? ....BTW, Kevin Halverson also released an excellent position paper on this subject. To address Hornby's question, I would only say that "upsamplers" such as MSB, Bel Canto, dCS, and others are essentially similar to any outboard DAC, and there are... | |
| upsampling? Dan 2112, I agree, it is a matter of semantics, and the digital designers that were contacted last summer (see above) also agreed that the difference between upsampling and over-sampling is purely semantic-- and to some extent "marketing hype" . B... | |
| CD Recorders--Audio vs. Music Stores I have a Pioneer W-739, and my experience is the same as Charlie's above. I like the Pioneers. These Pioneer CD-Rs do require the use of the slightly more expensive consumer Audio, or Music CD-Rs as opposed to CD-Rs for computers. If we can get Ra... | |
| upsampling? Last summer, we had long, and often heated, threads about the difference)s) between "upsampling" and the more conventional term for increasing the digital sample rate, ie "over sampling", and it seems they are essentially the same thing. So any go... | |
| Freak Me Out I like all four of Enigma's CDs, and they are pretty strange in a new agey sort of way. My favorite is "Cross of Changes". They're all driven by percussion. Cheers. Craig. | |
| What is a "line level input"? Hi Rob; years ago, all pre-amps including receivers had special input terminals for the very low output signals (levels) of turntables. Later, as CDs took over the market place, many high end manufactures of pre-amps dropped the phono section, mad... | |
| What equipment do you really like? I like my big McCormack DNA-2DX, 300/600 wpc 8 and 4 Ohm, so much that I've arranged to have it up-graded to Rev. A Gold+ by SMC. Steve McCormack agreed to put $4K worth of his best parts and magic into it. Yeah, I've got my fingers crossed that I... | |
| Floor Standing "Warm" Speaker .....Sean, I was glad to hear your perspective re: over driving the 2Ces and 3As. I'll try this test w/ my 3A sigs and big DNA-2DX amp and see what happens. Craig | |
| Floor Standing "Warm" Speaker Chuck, Sean; Actually I mentioned Vand. 2Ces as not playing at loud SPLs for two reasons: (1) because of what it says in the Vand. manual, and (2) I actually played the the 2Ces at an average SPL level of 94-95 dB at 14 ft. and could consistently ... | |
| components in your system I've got to agree with the software response as most important, but of components, I'd go with Levinson DAC 360S. It was the best upgrade I've ever made-- dynamic, detailed, natural, lifelike etc. Cheers. Craig | |
| Best 3-way or 4-way speaker under $15K Check TAS review of Vandersteen 5s (now about $11K) by Robert Harley. Haven't personally heard them yet but will soon, and I'm already starting to save bucks:>). Cheers. Craig | |
| Cumulative Effects of Cables? Several years ago I did the "audition a lot of different wires from the Cable Co.". When I was all done, I ended up with all Synergistic Research ICs and speaker cables. However, the IC from DAC to pre-amp was a different model than the pre-amp to... | |
| Vandersteen 3A vs. ProAc3.8 Yangsp; I have not used subwoofers as I don't think think my 14 X 22 room really needs them. The 3As come with McCormack Tiptoes (cone feet), and they seem to work fine so I have not experimented with others. I would expect that with enough room, ... | |
| SS vs Tube: What do you hear? ......got to add that yes, tubes really do produce a midrange magic that is seductive. |