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| Synergistic Research Acoustic ART- any comments? .Tbg...do you have a url for that article...? tia,:) listening,Ed. | |
| IEC Adapter .What you really want is CryoParts... excellent in every way.They have the Schurter IEC you want at this url at a reasonable price (I have purchased two of them with no problems):http://www.cryo-parts.com/aciec.html:) listeningEd. | |
| Spkr, interconects, or power cable upgrade first? .Power cords, very surprising change in any system!:) listening,Ed. | |
| McIntosh MC225 questions .thanks Apachef1... I nabbed a couple of 12ax7 Mullard 4004s out of another preamp (has two sets, one for high gain, the other for phono... took the phono set out) and put them in the two MC225s... what a surprise... I'd say the result was exactly... | |
| McIntosh MC225 questions ?Hi Apachef1... what was it you noticed or preferred about the smooth plate tele 12ax7?:) listening,Ed | |
| Best headphones for iTouch .Sammie... which model of the Ultimate Ears do you know or like best? I see several at various price points on Amazon.comThanks everyone for your interest and suggestions!Gherrera... I just set the song sequence I want on the iTouch, push the litt... | |
| ICs with great natural sounding highs? .I just swapped over to my Cary 303/300, tube pre, ss amp a set of single ended Poeimas from my all tube second system... what a revelation... very neutral, very dynamic, with nice clean point sources in the ss... highly recommended... these Ridge... | |
| Ridge Street, Locus Design Axis & Synergistic USB .Splashkin, looking forward to your report. Another variable in the USB cable testing might be to test the CryoParts $70 USB cable... very surprising... no doubt about it!:) listening,Ed | |
| IROC DAC or PS Audio Ultra DAC / Digital lens .Drubin... yeah, baby, the iRoc is just incredible! I agree entirely...btw, RSA's Poeima cables are also excellent stuff... my iRocs were transformed with them.:) listening,Ed. | |
| Power Cords for Cary .I like the Synergistic Research T3 power cable on my 303/300... very good to the bass and overall soundstage. Try one through the Cable Company. I think you'll be surprised.:) listening,Ed | |
| Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved? .Hi Syncrasy... how I understand splaskin is within the (his?) context of USB output from computer to DAC to audio preamp etc. That is my context as well.Because of the DAC being in the computer with the minijack connection in your setup I really ... | |
| Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved? .Hi Syncrasy... don't know. I 'm using MacMinis with 2 /GHz Core2 Duo, 1GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM on board for each. No problems. I think (therefore I think I hear) a difference with AIFF files vs Apple Lossless... but the powers of suggestion overwhe... | |
| IROC DAC or PS Audio Ultra DAC / Digital lens .I really like the iRocs I have on a couple of systems using the MacMini. btw, the USB cable of your choice matters. I have a couple of Ridge Street Audio USBs (and one CryoParts USB on a less critical system), and I'm very happy with both. The RS... | |
| You favourite .Tinariwen, Habib Koite, Issa Bagoyogo... Mali stuff is just amazing. On the other hand DJCheb/Sabah, Tabla Beat Science... wow some more... so much good music out there...:) listening,Ed | |
| Anyone know a good USB cable brand? .By $ price: Synergistic Research, Ridge Street Audio, CryoParts (phenominal for the price)...Well-made USB cables do make a big, big difference.:) listening,Ed. |