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| Apple TV and Brightness I'm not familiar with your DAC, but in general, and in my experience, Toslink is not the ideal interface for streaming digital content to a DAC and if it's the only option on the ATV that may be a weak link you will not be able to overcome. If you... | |
| Tube favorites for Modwright LS100? I preferred the Black Treasure tube in my MWTP over the very dear NOS TungSol round plates. I also prefer the Black Treasure in a headphone amp I'm testing out right now, compared to the same TSR. Go figure. I did not like the Black Treasure tubes... | |
| BDP 93 or BDP 95? More slam dunks from OPpo? A quick Google turned up this on the BDP-97:Here is the response from Oppo regarding the BDP-97...Steve,The BDP-97 is a product that we are considering, but there are absolutely no details about this player. When we submitted our players for testi... | |
| Speaker cable made in USA? It's hard to say whether any of these manufacturers are using actual product that is produced in the USA. But to add to your list of companies based here:Anti-CablesDH LabsMorrowKimberSoundstringMITReality CablesRidge StreetZuPS AudioAudio ArtPurist | |
| Tube favorites for Modwright LS100? For the 6SN7 I'd give the Shuguang CV181 Black Treasure tube a shot. These take a bit of break in time and in my experience will fluctuate widely in performance in the first few hundred hours, but the stable performance after that will be worth th... | |
| Coincident Dragon Amplifier At 2007 RMAF, I think Lou was showing with Red Dragon.Well, then perhaps it could have been '06 because it definitely was not Red Dragon. It was in a huge room and I'm pretty certain it was Art Audio. | |
| Coincident Dragon Amplifier Thanks, Marco. Re "great choice of speakers," it was actually your comments some time ago, in addition to some comments by others, that led me to the Ulysses, which are as magnificent as you had indicated!I will make a point of touching base with ... | |
| My Oppo hums Likely the hum is not caused by either, but is the product of an ungrounded cable or sat system. Unplug the cable (COAX at the wall) and see if it goes away.All of the Oppos so far have had no ground pin at all, so even if your cable is grounded y... | |
| Cheap Cure for Desktop Digital? I use Auralex in my office under my Adam powered monitors. I'd concur entirely - definitely a nice way to go for desktop monitors. | |
| Coincident Dragon Amplifier Hey Al - Did you ask Lou for his suggestions? I know he likes the Modwright amps I use, and I can tell you that combination is outstanding (Disclaimer: Modwright is a client). I also heard the Ulysses the first time via what I'm pretty sure were 2... | |
| Squeezeboz Touch and high rez files As Kal points out, it will go to 24/96 via wireless, but NOT via iTunes. You will need to put your hi-rez music in a separate folder. In the Squeezeserver "Settings" window, choose the iTunes tab and check "use iTunes". Doing this will cause Squee... | |
| HeadPhones: Best soundstage? Often the rather dramatic effects that might wow someone on speakers, can be downright disorienting and tiresome on headphones. I'm speaking of really dramatic spacial cues (Sgt. Pepper in Stereo comes to mind, to name something mainstream). In th... | |
| HeadPhones: Best soundstage? FWIW, I'm not particularly a fan of headphone's version of soundstaging - I think it's highly overrated and a bit disorienting in some cases. That said here's a few suggestions to check out:HD800 probably are the dynamic champsStax (just came out ... | |
| Headphone opinion Beyer's new T5 is designed to be optimized for portable audio. I have not heard them, but have heard the model they are based upon, the T1, which they reportedly share some qualities with. If that's true, they are certainly worth taking a listen t... | |
| Squeezebox Touch with no external DAC--Ideas Here's the short answer: No - I don't think your CD Player has a digital input, which you would need in order to feed the SB Touch through it. That said, the DAC in the Touch is actually pretty decent, though it can be bettered by more expensive D... |