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| Where should I start for computer audio?? Depends but recently I have gone to a PC based system utilizing it as a transport & storage of ripped music from my CD collection.Before this I had a PC with a wireless router plus a dedicated Transport/DAC (or CDP if it is integrated). I adde... | |
| Rotel RCD 1072, As a CDP,Transport or with LinkDac I had a Rotel RCD 1070 (earlier model of the 1072) utilized as a transport driving my highly modded DPA DAC. I had great success using this combination for a number of years.Recently though, I have gone to a PC based system utilizing it as a trans... | |
| Top Five for 2005 My top 5 discoveries, in no order of preference;Tord Gustavsen Trio - The GroundConnie Evingson - Let It Be Jazz: Connie Evingson Sings the BeatlesJim Tomlinson - Brazilian SketchesRad Katoneff - FairytalesJacqui Naylor - Live East/West: Birdland/... | |
| Jazz recommendations? Not just piano but vocals plus piano recommendations;Stacy Kent comes to mind. Any of her collections except perhaps her latest "The Boy Next Door" which I find is leaning towards pop.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/649... | |
| Isoclean Fuses I have a Isoclean fuse installed in my Ayre amp sometime back but I did not detect any difference though. Must be just me but I find using contact enhancer like Walker's SST on the fuse brings a bigger improvement, IMO. | |
| Need advice ono a Tube preamp Yes, agree with Chris to check out the pre-amp offerings from Audio Research, BAT, CJ or even less main stream brands like Herron or CAT. I have recently updated my pre-amp to a tube Herron VTSP-2 pre & the sonic improvement to my system has b... | |
| Does a passive preamp need breakin time? As I understand, yes. All resistors, wires & caps in preamps will require a break-in period before sounding their best.Give it at least a 100 hours or so.Cheers. | |
| Best Tweaks..... Since you started with non-electrical components tweaks keepers, may not be cost effective in some......;1. Auralex's acoustic panels & Realtrap's Minitrap are on top of my list. They have "transformed" my smallish listening room into a concer... | |
| experience w/ Auralex room treatment Like the others, I have very good success in using Auralex in my dedicated music room. After installing the front & back walls with DST 112s & 114s, I assembled my own side reflection panels utilising wooden stands.The result of this was a... | |
| Tube rolling Herron VTSP1A preamp? I was tempted as well in trying other 6922s on my 3 months old VTSP-2 but so far with the factory fitted tubes it just sound so right.Being a "Tweaker" I could not resist tweaking all of the Herron's 6 tubes with Herbie's Hal-0s. I can now hear mo... | |
| What's your favorite Patricia Barber album? When I 1st heard PB's latest "Live: A Fortnight in France" I did not think too much of it but this is the type of CD that grows on you as you play more of it. IMO, the performance on this CD matches all her other earlier releases. A favourite of P... | |
| Help with a preamp upgrade If you like the sound of your current CJ & want more of it, tweak it with Herbie's HAL-O Damping Instruments, if you have not done so already. At only 10.00 for each tube, it does wonders & it has a 90 day trial period.http://herbiesaudiol... | |
| PS Audio Statement vs Cardas Golden Ref I/C? I 'm bought (with a 3 week return trial) a pair of the Cardas Golden Reference i/c, still breaking in (100+hours) and it is sounding very at ease compared to the Highwire i/c. The Cardas is not detail shy amd like other Cardas users might attest t... | |
| Speaker Cable choice, Cardas, AQ, JPS or SR? The AQ Mont Blanc has shown itself more after 2 weeks in my setup but now I find the HF & MF have a bit more bite (brigthness?) to my liking. The dealer suggested that the reason might be the AQ is not a bi-wired version and I had to use jumpe... | |
| Kasey Chambers; "Barricades and Brickwalls" I picked up her Wayward Angel sometime ago and did not think much about it until a few plays. The song writing in the album is pretty good and the recording is not bad as well, mostly ascoutics I think. I just became her fan and time to check her ... |