grossman616
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| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! Mr McCormack told me a long time ago "Newer doesn't always mean better" I still have my Mod Squad Prism CD player ( his first company -1988 vintage) and it still rocks. 5 volts RMS!. It's loud - with a fantastic Phillips chip set. It can be mod... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! I am running my 2nd Icon MK II (I broke the digital out connector on the first one, long story) into a Kora non oversampling dual mono tube DAC and could not be happier. The Cal's are bullet proof, very well made machines, just look under the hood... | |
| What new gear have you just bought? 2 Puritan Classic AC cords, VERY nice. and a pair of Marrow MA 3 interconnects. Jury is still out on those. Sounded better out of the box. 10 days on 24/7 no big woop BUT Marrow says "that's normal" for them to get worse before they get better..... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players I have had players/transports w/separate DACS for years and am still buying CD's. New doesn't mean better. I had 2 Arcams and were underwhelmed. Detailed but over all thin sounding ( to me) I have a wonderful California Audio Labs Icon II CDP .B... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions See if you can find a Kora - Hermes Non Oversampling dual mono tube DAC. You will be very happy | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Magnepans | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Because they effect the sound. | |
| High end speakers at low volume Magnepans | |
| Sweet Sounding DAC If you ever looked under the hood of an Audio Mirror you would run away in shock!! I have an Kora dual mono with a tube output stage and could not be happier. Nice thing about tubes in the line is that you can experiment and find a "sound" you l... | |
| best SACD player McCormack UP1 Deluxe! If you can ever find one. I have a Opera Audio Consonance reference 2.0 with a tube output buffer which is not too shabby either. BUT would buy a UP1 if I could find one..... | |
| Technical assistance and recommendations needed I have a Shitts EQ and sometimes it's helpful for really bad recordings but other than that it makes everything sound like a 1970's Pioneer receiver. I put it on line very sparingly. Those Monster Cable interconnects aren't helping you much eithe... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Buy them! I am on my 2nd pair. All my friends who have listened to them have bought them, or want to buy them. BUT they come with their own set of issues. First you need a no BS real high current amp, 200 watts at 8 ohms would do the trick. A... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus The Raveonettes at Mercury Lounge NYC spring 2005??? Small room, low ceiling - band cranked up to 11 or 12!!! I think they wanted to hurt us. Ears were ringing for 2 days. I was a DJ at The Peppermint Lounge way back when BUT we never hand any... | |
| WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It's your DAC dude. | |
| Turntables Thorens!!! |