jayarr
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| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Excellent job guys. This is what makes this hobby so much fun. Audio societies around the country should be involved with more of these "shootouts". It provides useful information and subsequent interesting discussions. Now if only someone would b... | |
| Anyone else regenerating A/C? I recently bought the Power Plant Premier after researching and waiting over a year before pulling the trigger. Nothing really appealed to me before. I favored AC regeneration on purely theoretical grounds but was concerned about its limitations i... | |
| Top ten tube amps Berning Siegfried | |
| Upgrade Rec $7K-$12K Range w/ Duos and Audiopax Consider the Reimyo CD player. I've seen several on Audiogon for very good prices. I liked it better than Esoteric, Levinson, Audio Aero. I haven't heard the Accustic Arts, EMM, or Meridian. I also own the Duos and like the Duo/Reimyo combo very m... | |
| Power Conditioner Suggestions I heard a subltle difference with the QSP. Adding a second QSP made a bigger difference. Go figure. Summed up, I could hear deeper into the recording. More ambience came thru. It sounded clearer. Still subtle tho worthwhile improvement. I would re... | |
| non over sampling DAC better than 24/96 or192 DAC? I also agree with dazzdax. I might add that soundstage focus is rather muddy with NOS(it was harder to localize instruments within the soundstage) and the bass slightly muddy or loose in comparison. The supposed organic quality of NOS was very sub... | |
| Valhalla spkr cable good match Pass and Legacy ? Ozzy, I owned Legacy Focus speakers at one time and enjoyed them very much. In the process of upgrading I auditioned 7 or 8 brands of speaker wire and IC's including Nordost. I agree with the comments regarding a lean/analytical bent to the Valhal... | |
| differences between tube and solid state designs Talk about painting opinion with broad strokes of the brush. I see this all the time regarding tube amps. The critical factor with tube amps is the speaker/amp combination. If this match has not been carefully chosen then sonics will suffer consid... | |
| Integrated amp: VAC, DK ref, Ayon Sunrise or Karan Consider Butler and Blue Circle. | |
| Spectral SDR-4000S hifirabbit Did you A/B compare the Reimyo to the Spectral? What did you think the differences were and why did you prefer the Spectral? What didn't you like about the Reimyo? Thanks in advance. | |
| Duke Ellington He's one of my faves. I consider him one of the few "geniouses" of jazz. I have about 20 CD's of his. There honestly is not a bad one among them. However I seem to play several more often then others: Black,Brown and Beige; The Ellington Suites; P... | |
| to replace or not to replace accuphase DAC I can't respond to your request for Accuphase owners experience but I would like to share with you my own similar experience. I used to own a Levinson 36S/37 DAC/transport combo. After a complete system makeover (solid state to SET/horns) I replac... | |
| Whic speaker sensitivity is better for an SET amp? Ask the speaker manufacturer. He would know his speakers requirements best. | |
| Has anyone used Nordost interconnects To my mind they have in spades the classic Nordost house sound--slightly lean,analytical,very slightly etched. In the context of your system,if it already leans to the bright side or you are particularly sensitive to brightness then I would seek a... | |
| Help with deciding on a small power conditioner Don't know what your price range is but Transparent Audio cables make some highly recommended power conditioners that would fit your needs. They come in single,dual,4, or 6 outlet configurations. |