islandmandan
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| Critical listening or a reason to keep tinkering? Everyone's situation is unique to them. I have optimized every aspect of my system, such as I can afford, without going overboard. I have reached the point where to make worthwhile improvements, a considerable amount of money would need to be spen... | |
| Esoteric SA-60 DB, I was wondering how you made out. A splendid resolution to your problem, congratulations!I am also very enamored with my DV 60, it's the best digital source I've had. Though for Redbook, I still prefer using the Genesis Digital Time Lens and M... | |
| Esoteric SA-60 I can't know the operating similarities between your SA 60 and the DV 60 I own, but I've got to believe it has to be something in the settings that is amiss. There are a lot of settings to choose from, try going through them again, and see if you'... | |
| Loricraft PSU for Garrard - Do I need it ? Pani, you don't mention what variety of Garrard you have, but I'm assuming either a 301 or 401. With my 401, I use a Power Plant Premier by PS Audio. From what I've seen, anything you buy from Loricroft is going to be expensive, although well made... | |
| Buying Without Audition In my forty+ years at this, I've always lived in the "boonies". Early on, I was exposed to Tannoy speakers, and subsequently bought some 12" Monitor Golds, built cabinets, and then listened to them for 18 years.I wound up going to B&W's, and t... | |
| Nad M3 power board and R, amp The $75 fee is pretty much standard in the industry. I've had to have a Primare SP 31 rebuilt, even a new video board, which had to be sourced from Sweden. My Esoteric DV 60 had to have a new transport, it was readily available.Although we may be ... | |
| Transcendent "The Masterpiece" Preamp feedback? I've been wondering the same thing. I built the GG preamp a couple of years ago, using substantially better output caps, silver hookup wire, Goldpoint attenuator and selector switch, and NOS Amperex 12AU7 tubes. It is simply a great sounding line ... | |
| Esoteric DV60 I studied the manual a bit more, and no, there can be no SACD output through the HDMI terminals. I believe this dates back to the earlier days of this format, where SONY would not allow digital output of any kind concerning SACD output, so equipme... | |
| Esoteric DV60 I happen to own an Esoteric DV60, I use only the analog 5.1 output, mainly due to the fact that my my older Primare SP31 processor does not have HDMI capability.I have looked in my manual, and it states: "Set the Digital Output setting to "On"."Th... | |
| Subwoofer doubts: crossover setting for 60hz speakers Two subwoofers are a very good idea. Corner placement can be problematic, but can work. Trial and error in most cases, is how matching your mains to a sub(s), unless some automatic DSP is in the loop.I can't really advise you as to which sub to bu... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? SCM, do you know what the difference between the CDA amps and the SAD amps are? When I bought mine, Tom recommended I use the CDA 254, so that's what I have. Just wondering in which way the sound differentiates between them.By the way, I'm very ha... | |
| EAR 890 crackle and hum drpat, do the amps share the same power outlet? If not, I'll suggest you try the offending side using the outlet that powers the non-offending side. Other than that, I see nothing that may account for such anomalous behavior.You may want to try a ... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? Uberdine, I'm currently using a CDA 254 Class D Audio amp with an additional amp module, which provides 500 Wpc into 8 ohms, with the modules in bridged mono mode. I find the sound to be enjoyable, it ticks all the right boxes for me, and save hou... | |
| Where are the passive subs? If your main focus is music, check out the 15" Tannoy Sub 15i. It's not great for home theater, but for music it's one of the best I've heard, and not too expensive. | |
| Class "A" phono cartridge discussion. I'd like to interject my choice, which is a Zu Denon 103R, which has had ESCCO's white sapphire cantilever/Paratrace stylus mod. At under a thousand dollars in this state (it probably isn't expensive enough to be included for many people), I find ... |