jimc555
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| Transparent Audio I thought the Transparent Ultra mm2 were great on everything until I hooked them up to a Pass Labs First watt M-2 amp, the amp is great but is way too dark with Transparent Cable, subtractive, just wrong!A good non-network cable sounds wonderful o... | |
| Interconnects The new Transparent Audio Generation 5 is Excellent !! Might have to spend a bit more, do yourself a favor and listen to a pair, after a lifetime of audio, it's all I use now. | |
| Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists One responder mentioned "Snake Oil" long ago in the old west there was this item sold and people bought it because it worked! It was mineral water and hot pepper extract it helped as a pain killer just as hot peppers do today, the only thing false... | |
| Recommend half-width transport The Parasound "Z" cd player is a small half-width good one, great deal to get used. To upgrade, add a "Z"DAC-2. | |
| Is there a minimum length for power cords? Different lengths of power cord will produce different filter characteristics(combinations of capacitance, inductance and resistance which ALL cables have.)And this also depends on the type and configuration of the cable.The best length for a give... | |
| Raysonic gone belly up, is this a hoax? Read on... I have owned a Raysonic 128 cd player and still own a SE 30A Single-Ended tube integrated(The sound quality is like a junior version of the Audio Note Ongaku)stunning!In my research Raysonic no longer exists for production or repair.I did hear a r... | |
| Are We Talking CDs And CDPs Out Of Existence? CDs And CDPs Out Of Existence? Not in my world! And I still play LP's too.Why? For the enjoyment of Music Quality. To get those hi-rez 24 bit 192Khz and DSD files to sound like music in all it's glory, you still need a very expensive DAC.I'm not r... | |
| What's a great system at these price points? An SET "Single Ended Triode" Amp or Integrated Amp is the least expensive way to get the "high end experience".You can here on AudiogoN, buy used units for $1K on up that will give you "goose bumps" "Unheard before micro-detail" and "Pull on your ... | |
| Has anyone tried making their own interconnects? If you like MIT cables a lot of people don't know that you can buy DIY interconnect and speaker cable kits from MIT,the interconnect kit comes with RCA connectors and a 3-pole articulation "chip" inside the RCA, you soldier them yourself (WBT silv... | |
| cartridge plays the radio I too have had (in the past) radio playing through my LPturntable system. (At the cartridge clips, the wires coming out of the tone arm to the cartridge approx. 1" ), I twisted the right +&- together and Left +&- together only 3 turns(NOT ... | |
| Mundorf SIO in my tube integrated You'll know, you won't get any sound. | |
| Does this speaker exist? Drubin,Yes! A practically countless number of speakers fit your criteria, optimum set-up and placement is essential so the loudspeakers interact (mate and play) with your room.Please purchase Jim Smith "Get Better Sound" I recommend the Book and D... | |
| Any information on Mark Levinson ML-7A Brian,I used to own the ML-7A for about 20+ years and loved that pre-amp,I have seen the inside of both and based on memory the difference between the 7 and 7A was some better small- signal capacitors and a few better small resistors. I know the s... | |
| Need speaker advice Might not be the Dynaudio Esotec tweeter problem, it could be a connection along the way to the tweeter: check the wire connections inside on the speaker posts, at the tweeter tabs and along the crossover, if you are comfortable with disassembly. ... | |
| Analog vs Digital Confusion A good case in point would be the LP & CD of Eric Clapton Unplugged, a digital DDD recording. I have qued up both and compared the two with the flip of a switch, The LP sounds better when (as does most music)played on the Well Tempered Referen... |