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| Atma-Sphere S-30 MK3 My Atma "resume": I'd used M-60s for a few years and upgraded to MA-1s almost a year ago. Does the "hardness" occur at at both modest and loud volumes? Has it "been there" and "not" on the same recordings, but during different listening sessions? ... | |
| Emerald Physics CS2 at low volume? Always nice to read a thread on low volume listening - way better for your irreplaceable hearing in the long run. Some (including me) consider low volume performance (resolution/ imaging/bandwidth) one of the most prized qualities of a great music... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? Dcstep:I've copied below the questions I posed to you in my prior post, which I'm hoping you will answer.>>>>Neither I nor the first respondent (Mikelavigne) has written a bold faced lie; yet, are our claims any LESS subjective than wo... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? Dcstep - Below is a copy of the post I responded to on 08-31-08 (my bad - it IS still in the queue): >>>MikelavigneJB0194, you mention that you agree with Newly.....are you saying that you think that the DCS Puccini is 'best' compared to ... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? #1 Dcstep states: "So, your unequivical agreement with Newly must have indeed been baseless."In the first item of my 8-31-08 posting I clarified very specifically the extent to which I agreed with Newly. What about the phrase, "nothing more, nothi... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? To Dcstep:I hereby append my prior "baseless claim" as follows: my opinion based on my experience with other digital i have heard is that the dCS Scarlatti DAC might be on another level compared to anything out there. but i have not had everything... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? A response to my 8-30-08 post appeared this morning then promptly vanished.To that poster:1. I agree with Newly in that the dCS Scarlatti DAC is a part of the best digital source I have ever heard - nothing more, nothing less.2. I have not directl... | |
| Best Digital Source That Money Can Buy? I agree with Newly. I use a good transport (Lector with aftermarket clock) through a dCS Purcell to send 24/176 dual AES into a Scarlatti DAC. My digital cables are LessLoss RCA between transport and upsampler, LessLoss dual AES to Scarlatti ($250... | |
| Building first 2 channel system, need cable advice Look into Oyaide PA-02 cables. Uses Furukawa-supplied PCOCC ("Ohno Continuous Cast") copper, well-built and inexpensive relative to the "field". | |
| Speakers you regret selling The original Meadowlark Blue Herons with the gas piezo tweeter... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Honest1:The two outlet surge protector at www.brickwall.com is all I use for my MA-1 amps. The best protection for your amp investment. | |
| Speaker cables.. Budget again.. With a twist... Go to: www.diycable.comOrder the required length of "Canare 4S11" wire and the required number of Exodus "EX_BANA" banana connectors (yes, $5.25/pr but worth it).This should fall just within your budget for the two cables of 55 or so foot combined... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Please let's not forget that the Chinese-manufactured 6SN7s are actually very nice tubes. I've paid a bit of a premium for Sophia tester "A matched" metal base military pieces from DIY HiFi Supply, but still only $18 apiece.Matched pairs of Baldwi... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Amp-loudspeaker matching is no less important with Atma amps as with any other amps. I tried to make M-60s work with Talon Firebird Diamonds even using autoformers, but ultimately determined the match unsatisfactory to my ears. My present line arr... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Correction: "A fully balanced...PREAMP..." is what I meant to write. |