jmcgrogan2
Responses from jmcgrogan2
| Audio Horizon Preamp Sherod, I've just received my February 2007 Stereophile. I can't help but notice a full page ad for Stereovox cables, then low and behold, a full review on Stereovox cables.Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm........ | |
| Tube pre-amp pop Well ARC's customer service is normally very good, that should not be an issue. Has your dealer let you try any of his SP16's with your Bryston? Just to make sure that the problem is not with the Bryston? I doubt that it is, I'm just curious. Have... | |
| Audiophile grade analog to digital converter There is no best. That's like asking what is the best flavored ice cream?You'll get many different opinions, my favorite is the dcS La Scala, at $15K it's a bit pricey though. I wouldn't say it is the best, simply the one that suits my tastes best... | |
| Tube pre-amp pop It does sound as if you have a capacitor leaking dc. Leonard at ARC would be the person to contact. I don't see anyway to fix it w/o sending back to ARC.It shouldn't damage your other equipment, if the pop is at a low level as you say. If it is a ... | |
| Audio Horizon Preamp 01-17-07: SherodMy opinion is if the audio rags, who get paid advertisements from other preamp makers, decided to review the TP 2.0 preamp(who doesn't pay for advertising), they would unfortunately lose some key advertisers.You have a little more ... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD Blu-Ray technology had nothing to do with my point. My point was that until Blu-Ray, Sony had always supported their SACD technology in their DVD players, they no longer do. So Sony, the creator of SACD has officially shitcanned SACD and moved on.... | |
| Audio Horizon Preamp Surely, a preamp that's outperforming preamps at three times it's price should be drawing the attention of Stereophile and the like. Don't you think? KensetsuActually no, I don't think so. Stereophile is not a non-profit organization. Their busin... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD 01-16-07: PaulfolbrechtFWIW, I've added Sony to my 'Enemies' list.They're at #673 at the moment following 'Jane Fonda' and 'New York Mimes'.LOL!FWIW, Sony is much higher on my 'Enemies' list, they come in at #342, right behind 'New Coke'. | |
| help identify IC's Ken, from the photos, these look like they were chopped and cropped cables. Quite common with Cardas cables. Someone buys a 2-5M length of Cardas cables, then cuts them up and re-terminates them. That's why you see the plain jane gray heatshrink. ... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD Well actually Paul the SA-11 is now about 2 years old as well, it was released in 2005. However, Marantz has just released the SA-7S1 as well, which also supports SACD and lists for $6999.99.It's a shame that Sony doesn't continue to support the f... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD You're right Paul, it is a tube buffer stage, not a tube output stage. Maybe the sonic difference is the better caps and diodes, who knows? I certainly cannot explain the benefits of a tube buffer stage, though I do know that Musical Fidelity made... | |
| help identify IC's Swampwalker you are right on point, Joefama comes out of left field to slam Jade Audio, that does sound like an agenda. I've heard the Jade Audio cables, and would have to believe that Joefama, if indeed he has heard the Jade Audio cables, has it ... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD You'll be happy, the Marantz SA-11 is a great machine....now send it to Underwood Wally for the Ultimate tube mod and..........John | |
| XLR to SE RCA interconnect - HELP please According to Victor at BAT it doesn't really matter, since 50% of recordings are recorded out of phase anyway. Does your preamp have a phase invert switch? If so, just use it in the position that sounds best for you.FWIW, pin # 2 hot is the standa... | |
| ELCO cables - what happened to them? Stopped?Have you checked out any cable auctions lately? Everyone is selling >$1K cables for around $100-$150. Maybe ELCO's business model was so effective that they split up into several current companies. I won't name any to avoid the flame wa... |