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| Sistrum Platforms Though it has been quite awhile since I wrote a response on this thread, I nevertheless feel it appropriate to write about my experience with Star Sound. Due to audio room redesign and ever increasing job-related intrusions, it has been only recen... | |
| Good upgrade 20 A power cable for EAD PM2000? Mak- Power cords are like spouses. One person's dream is another's nightmare. (Was that sufficiently politically correct?) Anyway, you are going to have to try a few (several days auditioning) to understand the effects of each within the context o... | |
| Another dumb question Sdcampbell is quite right. In general, the higher the position of the volume control knob, the less negative influence the attenuator will contribute to the sound. (The best potentiometer is no potentiometer.) However, there were/are a few old pre... | |
| My EMC-1 24 192 experience Hughes- Your experience with SACD and the EMC-1 pretty much mirror my own. I bought into SACD, preferring the Marantz SA-1 to the SCD-1. In comparison to the EMC-1, the redbook performance easily went to EMC-1. The SACD performance was a toss up v... | |
| Central AC Ruining MY System Sound Denman- Ask member Albertporter about preferential grounding schemes. Though they do involve adding at least one grounding rod, dedicated feeds from the main junction (not your audio system sub-box) box to the A/C and furnace and utilizing prefere... | |
| How to get rid of groud loop noise from dish ? If your sat receiver has an optical audio output, use it instead of the coax or line level analog outputs. Cheater plugs may or may not be feasible depending on the complexity of the system and the effect upon the sound quality from other, better ... | |
| Amp Upgrade - 3k to 4k used? John- On the used market, don't forget about checking out a Cary 805b or c, and also the WAVAC 572. These SETs have power and sonics. I also like some of the OTLs, but they usually require a bit more "user involvement" in their care and feeding. G... | |
| Keep my XA7ES, or get a DVP-S9000ES for CD play? Paul- I agree with John_1. The XA7es is a very nice product. If you've got the upgrade bug, then look into adding an outboard DAC. The XA7 makes a very good transport. If you want to stay a one box player, then you're going to have to pay to play.... | |
| Class A/B switching cause sonic problems? Cdc- There are many class A amps available, though probably more tubes than ss versions. There is a theoretical advantage to class A amplification, but there is the efficiency issue. In class A/B amps, all voltage and driver stages (that I'm aware... | |
| Anyone ever hear Conrad Johnson Premier 9 Dac Hi Doug,I owned one for awhile. I did several mods to it(MIT caps RTX and PPFX-S replaced the CJ signal caps, ELNA and Blackgate caps in the ps, etc...) which really improved it. In stock form, it had a rather "woolly" bass, and was a bit dark and... | |
| TRELJA in New York, 2002 Great post for those of us who couldn't attend. Thanks, Trelja! | |
| Looking for speedy kable to hasten set-up You're using some already of their other cables already, but what about FIM speaker cables? Very dynamic but still has tonal weight. Just a thought. | |
| Overcharged for McIntosh Service? Sorry, but 180 for labor isn't excessive. If the unit works and sounds good, consider it the cost of audio and move on. Certainly, they should have called you with the estimate. However, assuming the work was performed and resulted in a functionin... | |
| Solid Core Power Cord "Any cord will do the job" doesn't preclude the very real possibility that a great power cord will noticeably improve the performance. Just food for thought.Enjoy! | |
| Amplifiers either work or they don't work. But In reality, nearly all components can or do degrade in performance rather than or before total failure. This is true of caps, resistors, ... and solidstate devices. When things are working and sounding good, we simply take them for granted. Unfort... |