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| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? P.S. No, the Arcam does NOT surpass the Oppo in sounding "like music." The Oppo resembles the JVC XL-Z1010TN (which I have, along with the 1050 model), and they surpass nearly ANY CD player I've EVER had in sounding like music. And this is with No... | |
| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? Yes, I have a FMJ 23 and had the Oppo BDP 83. Oppo is fuller and richer-sounding. Slighter higher resolution. I love my Arcam, but was highly impressed with the Oppo. | |
| Oppo BDP-95 as a pure two channel audio source? This is an interesting thread.I had a BDA-1 at one point, but didn't really "hear" music as I am accustomed to hearing it. I bought an Oppo 83, which i eventually returned as well, yet I found the Oppo more "musical" than the Bryston. I'm not spea... | |
| How Black is Your Background? A "black background" refers to the absence of noise, allowing each instrument to exist apart from other instruments surrounding it, ALONG WITH its own pocket of the ambience of the venue. It generally means, as Ablang, put it, a lack of RFI/EMI, w... | |
| Avalon toe-in? Wig:What are your room dimensions, if I may ask? | |
| Doge 8 and Conrad Johnson ET-3 I've heard the ET 3 and while I would say the CJ has a full mid, upper bass and lower midrange, this is not less "neutral." People seem to have the idea that live music is "neutral." Live music has color, and texture. A preamp that de-natures the ... | |
| For money Quality which is better arcam or NAD? Both are excellent, considering the costs.I've had the Arcam Alpha 6, and still have an FMJ22. NADs: C320BEE, C325BEE, C326BEE.The Arcam has a more extended - although a little dry - treble. It is the more transparent of the two, but also lighter ... | |
| Shunyata Triton I agree about the ZiTron Coba power cords. They are a significant step forward from the last generation of power cords, let me tell you. And to be able to get the cheap line of speaker cable (Cobra, and I meant "relatively cheap") and hear its low... | |
| Synergitsic Research Elements or Shunyata Ztron? "Numerous versions of there (their) power conditioners"? I've seen them come out with different lines (i.e. The Guardian line) of power conditioners, but Shunyata usually changes their line every 3 years, so i'm not sure what you mean by there bei... | |
| Changes to Shunyata's power cord line up? So, has anyone else gotten any of Shunyata's new Z-Tron series power cords? I'm sure I'm not the only person who has them. I got a 3rd Z-Tron, which, after putting them on the CD player, and preamp, I put on the power outlet (Quantum with the 2 QV... | |
| Upgrading Fuses And....hereeeee's ...Glennie!Wow, I'm really becoming addicted to the HiFi fuses. Just for the fun of it (and because I KNOW what the do to the sound), I changed the fuse in the PS Audio Power Plant 300 about 10 minutes ago. I shall attempt to rem... | |
| What makes a bigger change, dac or preamp? Pubul:I'd certainly think that, if the DACs are similar in quality and the rest of the system is "colored" enough, it would hide the differences. That's the problem, isn't it? If a system is built to sound "beautiful," the preamp will most likely ... | |
| Changes to Shunyata's power cord line up? Tm, you might want to look again. The current (new) top of the line is the Anaconda, not the King Cobra. The King Cobra was part of the CX line, not the new Z-Tron (or Zi-Tron) linehttp://shunyata.com/Content/products-ZitronAna.html | |
| Where to put my new power cable? Jedinite is on the money. There's no hard and fast rule, regardless of what people say. I've bought many a very high end power cord and found the most noticeable results on the preamp, not on the line conditioner. Just break it in, and use on each... | |
| What makes a bigger change, dac or preamp? While I, in theory, agree that the preamp is the "brains" of the system, your DAC is at the front of the system. If you have a fantastic preamp and a mediocre digital converter, you will not hear what the preamp can do, only what the dac's abiliti... |