jadedavid
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| upgrade advice Lumin D1 should cover all the bases. After that then cables.Enjoy | |
| How do you deal with absolute polarity? Perhaps that explains why some cd's sound better than other. (besides poor mixing). I no longer have the ability on my current equipment to change polarity shy of inverting the speaker cables. But when I did have equipment with a switch I did noti... | |
| Soundstage - Amp or Preamp? Upon adding a pair of Coincident Frankenstein amplifiers, I thought it was the greatest factor in improving soundstage, depth etc. That is until I inserted a Lampizator DAC to the mix. The walls of my listening room just disappeared. As has previo... | |
| Cable Controversy First, if you can't hear the difference in cables, good for you.For the rest of us, I consider cables to be similar to spice in a recipe. You have the main ingredients, but without the spice's it just isn't finished.As previously stated, I too hav... | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp An audition is a must before you make a purchase. I would suggest that you start with a PASS. Detailed, slightly warm and smooth.One persons opinion FWIW. Good luck and have fun with it. | |
| Best sounding universal player (CD, DVD-A, SACD) OPPO/Modwright Truth. Someone I know sold their DCS stack and replaced it with this after hearing it.Worth looking into. | |
| Power Cables Check out Audio Sensibilities. Super cables with Furukawa PCOCC copper. Plus the exchange rate from Canada is is in your favor. | |
| Power Cord Length Have never heard that the length on a power cable is critical. Their is a lot of discussion on the proper length of digital cables though.Perhaps the Mfg was referring to some harmonic resonance frequency of the 60hz power wave?I have heard a defi... | |
| Dynaudio Sappires vs Focal Sopra 2's Congratulation on your purchase. Will be interested to hear your impression of them. | |
| Buying Without Audition Matching speakers to your room should be #1. There are many members with a great deal of experience here. Perhaps you could give some specifics on your room size, current equipment, what you like and dislike about your current system and what dire... | |
| System synergy or mix and match Yes, Counterpoint is a good one. I have a fully tricked out Audio Horizons that sounds very good. It has replaced an Aesthetix Calypso and was a nice upgrade from it. The fellow that I got the AH pre from replaced it with an Allnic which is a VERY... | |
| System synergy or mix and match Do you have any friends with a nice preamp or a dealer that would allow you to audition one? That is the only way that you will know how well it will integrate into your system.Yes there is something to be said about brand synergy to some degree b... | |
| Digital Audio Options OPPO 103 $499. | |
| Dynaudio Sappires vs Focal Sopra 2's I've heard the Sapphires twice at different times with different gear at a dealers showroom. While they were nice, but both times they failed to invoke an emotional connection. The associated gear was top notch I.E. Boulder, PS Audio, Clayton Aud... | |
| Using tube amp upside down Sure, it will work that way but one of the main problems would be with lack of heat dissipation. Instead of the power tubes radiating upwards to free air in the normal position, they will now be funneling the heat to the base, socket and chassis t... |