jallan
Responses from jallan
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? I’ve only had one string of bad reliability. Arcam came out with a new line of excellent sounding universal players, and I bought two. Both of these had their laser assemblies fail three times each before I gave up after 2-3 years of ownership. Th... | |
| My wife weighed in…she wants piano white tower/bookshelf ATC SCM40 in white- listened to them in this color yesterday at CAF. $7000 in passive. | |
| Who remembers California Audio Labs? I had the CAL Delta and Alpha combo. Very warm and musical, but resolution wasn’t its strength. I still have them, but I have to say that streaming through my Bluesound Node II is more resolving. what sank CAL from memory was their movement int... | |
| Bluesound Node130 LPS upgrade... I have seen used Aurender NH100 streamers for as little as $800 used. I would consider going this route. It’s FAR superior to my Bluesound Node 2i. | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit C-J is notorious for being hard on preamp tubes. This was one of the factors why I bought a Cary instead. There was just too many reports in the ET series of the 6922 tube lasting only a short time. most tube preamps are easier on their tubes.... | |
| ATC active vs. passive I have passive ATC SCM40 v.2 speakers in a 22 by 24 foot room, which replaced similar ATC SCM35 speakers. I replaced the speakers after 18 years of ownership primarily because the production of the tweeters was moved in house, and the treble becam... | |
| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay Can’t beat the Yggdrasil! | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? I’ve got 53 years in the hobby since I bought a pair of Advents and I still don’t understand the term. I don’t think it’s very useful. | |
| Pass labs krell parasound amps I am going to throw in Schiit Tyr based on others reports. | |
| Speaker Suggestions for Next Move I own ATC SCM 40’s. I recommend them above all the speakers listed in this discussion, especially if you get the powered versions. I have them in a similar sized room. They are easy to place in the room and provide excellent imaging and simulation... | |
| Amp pairing for ATC SCM11 (v2) I drive ATC SCM7v.2 speakers with a Schiit Aegir in my bedroom and it sounds terrific. If you want more headroom, go with a Vidar. I also have SCM40’s. These are not difficult speakers to drive if your amp has a good power supply. | |
| Need suggestions on preamp You are not clear in what you are stating. I think you are saying that you ran your Saga with both the Parasound and the Adcom into your Maggie’s, and that your Parasound amp has less resolution than your Adcom. Occam’s Razor in this case, with my... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC @sdberman I bought my son a Schiit Modi Multibit and was surprised at its robust, exuberant sound. It is more detailed than the old Cal Audio gear, and has more drive and punch. The Cal gear is a bit smoother, but less focus everywhere, including ... | |
| An integrated bargain? Julian Hirsch set back the industry. He lied. His testing equipment was terrible. He belittled those who were identifying that circuits behaved differently under dynamic conditions rather than the static conditions that he measured. I regret that ... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC I had the bee’s knees in 1995 with my California Audio Labs Delta/Alpha combo, an older ladder style (multibit) DAC of some renown with 12AX7 tube output. Very musical, but my Yggdrasil wipes it on the floor, much better in virtually every way. I ... |