jc4659
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| 2023 Audio System Wish List @elliottbnewcombjr You'll get through it. Spend some time thinking about what you want to do after you've recovered! | |
| Experience with Black Cat and/or Triode lab Wires I use TWL speaker cables and they are excellent. I have not tried their interconnects or power cables but others seem to really like them. | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? @toddsyr the wikipedia description is correct! | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? Monty Python's Matching Tie and Handkerchief LP. It has 3 sides! | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? To answer the OP question, no, the ASR review has not changed my mind about this superb DAC. I honestly hope its reliability is as good as its performance. So far it has proven rock solid reliable! | |
| RIP Christine McVie Always admired her. | |
| Was it really an impedance mismatch? @gdnrbob I spoke to Jake at Ayre. Nice guy, audio engineer and bass player. He seemed to think it might be a cable capacitance issue so I'm going to swap out cables and see. They have such great customer service and a real pleasure to deal with.... | |
| New transport or repair CD player @soix You make valid points. I already use a Remedy with the Meridian and it sounds great, sometimes better than streaming Qobuz from my MacBook Pro. Fact is, I was debating whether to put the money into a streamer vs a new transport. I was leani... | |
| Was it really an impedance mismatch? You are correct, Bob. I need to know so will call them and get the scoop. This is going back a few years but I think the guy I spoke with was Mike. I know you are a big Ayre fan! | |
| New transport or repair CD player Yes, I have cleaned the laser lens many times. | |
| New transport or repair CD player The player had been updated by an authorized tech to 24 bit many years ago. Not sure if this matters regarding the new optical laser lens pickup. @kingsleuy Here's a new observation that suggests it might not be the laser?? If I play a CD that i... | |
| New transport or repair CD player @dinosore I am currently using the Musetec DA 005 DAC which replaced an Ayre Codex which was also very good. The Meridian player is still competitive! | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? +1 @erik_squires If you would consider buying used, what about a well cared for pair of 5A's? If only considering new then I'd wait until I had the funds for Quatros. I am using Verity Audio Parsifal Encores and agree with many of the suggestio... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week @jaymark I have recently learned of the SPL Elector preamp and was wondering how well it would pair with a Pass X350.5 amp. Your lake house set up sounds similar? My current pre, an Ayre K-1xe, is really good but the gain is a bit high for the Pas... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path @jjss49 Thanks for that analysis! I really should get out and listen to the newer versions of preamps from both companies. It's been awhile! |