ghasley
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| VAC 160i, any experiences Mwilliams, I am the proud owner of a VAC Sigma 160i amp mated to a pair of Wilson Audio Duettes. Not Sofias but very very similar. The 160i is simply stunning. I will try to describe for you. My recent amp journey was a Naim Supernait, then to a V... | |
| I am looking to get more bass out of my system Mainsound,REALLY, REALLY examine your tube compliment in your Jolida amp and your Cary amp AFTER you have determined that you are tubed correctly in your CD player. And do that ONLY after you have remedied using a splitter in line to connect your ... | |
| I am looking to get more bass out of my system The first thing i would try is to run your CD player WITHOUT splitting the signal into two amps. You may surprised that your bass will improve due to the fact you CD's output stage may not have enough horsepower to PROPERLY drive the 2 sets of out... | |
| Music Format, too many? which way to go? For your budget:Mac Mini w/Pure MusicExternal firewire HDDecent USB DACDecent cablesPurchase your music from HDTracks or similar site in the highest resolution you can, then settle for CD. Your computer will downsample to match up with your DAC bu... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? Paul, excellent question as you can probably tell, i've been tinkering and experimenting.This may be a bit long but it is important if you are considering a path such as this to understand what i have done....you may see a better way through my tr... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? Paul, certainly I agree and the usual disclaimers apply, including, I reserve the right to do something stupid, swap in or out a perfectly excellent component with one that screws up all synergy! LOL!As of this date:Vinyl: Rega P5, Exact 2 Cartrid... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? I'm still experimenting but a good vinyl album, recorded in 5.6mhz 1 bit (double the sample rate of SACD's) and then played back either in native 5.6mhz DSD or even downsampled to 24/384 or 24/192 is spooky good. I can say in my experience that th... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? T Bone, if by protocol, you mean interface, I use a USB cable to connect directly to the Playback Designs MPD-3. | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? I've been doing this for a very short time but i am pleased with the outcome so far. I'll try to be brief.Rega p5 ttpsu into Vac Sigma 160i phono stage, pre-amp outs to Korg MR2000S 5.6mhz DSD recording. I then transfer the files from the Korg to ... | |
| Having an ear for Jazz I was into all kinds of music as a kid and my dad was a big jazz fan and i grew up listening to Miles, Coltrane, Cannonball but in 1973/74 I was listening to alot of rock and then I discovered the group Chase. As a young trumpet player I thought I... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris and Playback Designs MPD-3 List price on the MPS-3 is $8,500 and the MPD-3 is $6,500 as of this writing. I paid full list and I would do it over again in a heartbeat. The MPD-3 is a stone cold bargain. | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris and Playback Designs MPD-3 DRSpence, it is my understanding they quietly began shipping in early July and I received mine a few weeks later. The Audiogate software is pretty cool, it came with my Korg MR2000S digital DSD recorder and is pretty darn simple to use for sample ... | |
| Any copyright lawyers lurking? Mike, excellent question. He has a decent copy of "Green Street" by Grant Green on Blue Note. A good recording on decent vinyl....several scratches but nothing out of the ordinary. I have the Hoffman/Gray Acoustech remastered reissue from Blue not... | |
| Any copyright lawyers lurking? Thanks for the replies. My initial feelings on this issue were closest to what Elizabeth so eloquently stated. I originally told my buddy that he could bring his albums over and record them for his use only. It does create an ironic inflection poi... | |
| Heed Obelisk Si The Vinyl Anachronist website has a review of both. |