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| What's more important: phono stage or amp Kind of? | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective There are a lot of USB->SPDIF and USB->AES/EBU converters out there so do not limit yourself to only DACs with a USB interface. With a name like "tubesrule", I suggest the Manley Reference or The Wave DAC. Eveanna would be proud. 8-) | |
| Questions About CAT JC-2 Very true Brian, but most tube amps don't even begin to come close to the CAT in dynamic contrasts. Once you hear this, it's hard to go for something else. | |
| Questions About CAT JC-2 Well, even with the updated resistor set, that I assume will react quickly and breakdown due to a tube failure, I am still cautious to leave these amps "alone". Maybe had I not had a melt-down before the resistor update a few years ago, I might be... | |
| How far have power conditioners evolved? Same as ever? Elizabeth, such a statement implies either your system lacks resolution to hear the benefits of some of the great PC units out there, or you have not tried them. But they are hardly the same as ever.Many must be tried to determine if... | |
| Questions About CAT JC-2 What is a CAT JC-2? Do you mean JL-2? We are talking about Convergent Audio Technologies, right? And what CAT website are you talking about? 10 resistors rather than 6? What do you mean? The earlier JL-2 and JL-3 amps can be updated to the newer r... | |
| Thoughts of Pass XA30.5, 60.5 Another option would be to look for a non XA series Pass amp for less money than a second XA 30.5, maybe a 150.5 or 250.5 for the lower frequencies and run a XA 30.5 on the top. As much as a crossover may be of benefit, I would try every technique... | |
| Norway Wow, Gilmour-like indeed! | |
| Lamm 2L Reference vs CJ GAT For all of you anti-remote people out there, please explain how a stepper motor driven analog volume control would degrade the sound. | |
| Preamp for someone who's never needed one? I tried the Rothwell attenuators and surprisingly, they did a major truncation of 3D and harmonics in the system. They were out instantly! | |
| How does the sound change as power cables burn in? Liguy, you completely missed the point made by Glory. Glory did not dismiss that power cords can have an affect on sound. The point was that there was no difference from a cord right off the production line to how it will sound after it has been b... | |
| How does the sound change as power cables burn in? Rapid as in listen to 2-3 tracks and then jump to cord2 do the same, and then return to cord1. In a highly resolving system, significant differences can be heard between many pairs of power cords. Examples include NBS Statement vs. Kubala Sosna Em... | |
| How does the sound change as power cables burn in? The issue of cable burn-in and how many hours s required has been discussed here repeatedly. There is absolutely no way to know for sure what any amount of time may change for a cable unless you can do a direct comparison to another same exact cab... | |
| How do the Magnepan 3.6r compare to the new 1.7 You can get a great killer deal on a used pair of 3.3 or 3.5 that the new 1.7 can't match either. The 3 series is altogether in a different performance class. The core implementation of each series will never allow a 1 series to perform like the 3... | |
| Amp more important than speakers? Jafox, why not keep the ARC and throw away the speakers?Because the many ARC amps out there with their wimpy power supplies and output transformers might not be suitable with the speakers, e.g., SoundLab, Magnepan, Apogee, MBL, that I might ultima... |