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| esoteric p/1d/1gorb or dcs scarletti or top emm??? I'd imagine all of your "contenders" are stellar.FWIW, I output a non-upsampling (Burmester 979) transport "16/44" into a Scarlatti DAC via a LessLoss SPDIF digital cable with the DAC extracting clock data from the transport feed. Phenomenal sound... | |
| Esoteric's G-03x Master Clock Generator As an owner of a dCS master clock in the context of a dCS source, my impression is that the clock makes a subtle but audible difference in soundstaging and overall realism. A master clock should be considered only for an otherwise "finished" (incl... | |
| VANDERSTEEN 3 A SPEAKERS I would seriously consider Davemitchell's advice. While I don't use Vandy speakers, I have gone to the stereo subwoofer paradigm (with sealed cabinet mains) with much more bottom octave clarity and impact. Takes a bit of time using a test cd/SPL m... | |
| Levinson, Pass labs or Parasound? If you choose to consider Class D amps, do visit the Cullen Circuits website and peruse his "Wyred for Sound" monoblocks. I recently bought a pair of the "Ice Cube SX-1000"s and am very impressed. 1000W/channel into 4 ohms, well-built and quite at... | |
| What power cord for BAT VK-300x SE integrated? My bias is that ICs from source to integrated will influence the "sound" more than any other cable. I own KCI (koolcables)Firefly balanced silver ICs and they very have nice treble. Very reasonable cost for the quality and service. I also have the... | |
| Mogami balanced cables .... or another brand? Signal Cable are very affordable as well. | |
| Power Cable upgrade for Sonic Frontiers Power 3 ? With just a wire cutter and philips head screwdriver you can build a nice PC pair using Acrolink AC power cable and Furutech FI-11 or FI-25 AC plugs. VH Audio sells the materials. No soldering or heat shrink needed. You can build the cords to the ... | |
| Esoteric G-ORb Master Clocks in general The Antelope "Isochrone 10M" Rb clock outputs at 10MHz and is NOT a standalone external clock. One must synchronize/slave an external clock to it. The dCS Scarlatti and Antelope temperature controlled crystal oscillator external clocks can accept ... | |
| Classic Audio Reproductions Thank you for posting about these speakers, Ralph. As many have come to know, your amplifiers with synergistic loudspeakers are capable of musical reproduction that equals the world's best. Your comments regarding higher impedance loudspeakers mot... | |
| Line Array speakers? Great line arrays needn't be huge. Mine are 62" tall and 15" wide by 14" deep. Yes, I have stereo subs as well, but I could have opted for ported rather than sealed arrays to obviate them. My loudpeakers do not dominate a 16' by 20' room. | |
| Line Array speakers? I had Rick Craig of Selah Audio build me a pair with OTL-optimized impedance (nominal 13 ohms, minimum 10). We used ScanSpeak 18W-8531s and Fountek NeoPro 5i ribbons. Paired with Atma-Sphere MA-1s they are sublime. The inherently low distortion an... | |
| Old verss new Dacs I have an older DAC as a spare (McCormack DAC 1 Signature) which cost me $600 new and has served time in a second system. Like you, I am impressed with its build quality. Its sound is warmish, yet detailed enough to satisfy. I've no problem puttin... | |
| digital Amp. Going green Cullen Circuits "Wyred 4 Sound" amps in my system are musical, very detailed and dead quiet. Impressive build quality and well-engineered, including a switchable input impedance to optimally match either tube or ss linestage. | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated Consonance Ella | |
| Cd player or Dac with 'analog' volume control dCS gear - Elgar, etc |