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| BNC or Coax? I'm absolutely not an expert on this but my understanding is that BNC is significantly better than coax from a jitter perspective. | |
| What to get some feedback/advice please b4 buying Based on your specified listening preference of "warm and musical", I would definitely go with the Marantz out of these two. However, you haven't said what your source is or what speakers it will drive - the NAD is significantly more powerful than... | |
| Cambridge Audio CD-6 The s/pdif digital out can be used to bypass the internal DAC of the CD-6 and send a digital signal to an outboard DAC or processor, should you wish to use a different D to A device. A great many of the current external DACs do specific de-jitteri... | |
| Tube Integrated or SS for Usher Be 718's? Indiesound, don't get me wrong - the Ushers can sound terrific with tube amplification! For me, the issue was that the room they are in is reasonably large (15' x 18' x9') and I had to turn the volume control up to 11am to get decent sound pressur... | |
| New Pre or Integrated for 2nd system, thoughts? I'd go for a pre rather than ditch the B&K. Whilst it doesn't double power into 4 ohms, it can still deliver 200 watts into 4 ohms which is plenty for the Thiels. They also have decent peak to peak current, so will work well into the lower imp... | |
| Why Can't I Get The Right Sound? Krell pre + PSB's I have to agree with Sufentanil. I really think that Arcam amp will struggle with the PSB's, which have an impedance which dips below 4 ohms in the low to mid-bass part of the frequency range. I think the Arcam can only deliver around 70 watts int... | |
| Tube Integrated or SS for Usher Be 718's? I've got a pair of the Ushers in my second system currently being driven by an MF A300 amp and I've tested them extensively in my main system with the A5 amp as well as with two Cayin amps (a 50 watt tube A-88T and 80 watt hybrid H-80A). They defi... | |
| Best DAC for PC audio direct to amp Get a USB to S/PDIF converter (Trends, Hagtech, etc) then feed to Audio Note DAC to whatever budget suits you. Even their lower level models are incredibly dynamic and musical. May help to have a jitter reduction device before the DAC as they don'... | |
| impedance vs sensitivity I think when you look at the sensitivity of a speaker, the amplifier's watts are important but when you factor in the speakers low impedance, it becomes equally important that the amplifier can deliver adequate current rather than just power. For ... | |
| NAD C715 : Linn Classik on a budget? A friend of mine had the NAD L-53 and I didn't think so much of it, even for a budget integrated solution. I rate the April Music Aura Note much higher on sonics and value. | |
| Where does fatique come from? "Where does fatique come from?" - she sounds Turkish to me! :) | |
| An Off Topic Question Re Off Topic Questions Its a nice idea although I would probably be similar to Markphd and not specifically look in that forum topic section. I think the benefit of having them in the general section is that you then easily stuble across them and they are an interesting... | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? Its a bit difficult to answer your question when you have "intentionally withheld" the imformation on your CD player, but nevertheless.In my experience, the difference between compressed files and Lossless, is very clear even just listening throug... | |
| Review: Usher Be-718 Monitor The pair is connected to a pair of Primare A32 stereo power amp(250 watts)-biamping.Wow, Jimel71! Biamping with two 250 watt power amps - now that's some power! Fully agree with your comments. I also own the Be-718s in a second system driven by 15... | |
| Budget DAC for Oppo VS. Orig. Rega Planet I would support the move to a DAC rather than an upgraded CD player. Much more flexibity for the future should you want to upgrade your transport or move to a server/pc based system. Personally I prefer the sound of NOS DACs and there are many goo... |