joeavid
Responses from joeavid
| Audio Research CD3 Sounds Fantastic(after about 300 hrs.of burn-in)ARC recommends a 2 week burn-in period.Wide,wide stage,slamming big well defined bass and a nice sweet treble.Blew away my previous rig,alpha/delta combo(of course) sounds like an Oracle cdp.It is on... | |
| Best tubes for ARC LS16 preamp Had to return the siemens too noisy and got a hum in my left speaker after a week.Went to vintage tube services,highly recommend you pay a visit or call Andy,the man knows his tubes.bought 4 matsushita tubes,already after r 6 hrs sound better than... | |
| Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD If your premise were correct then we would have a much,much larger inventory of copy protected sacd's as we speak.Not only that, but we have seen a recreation of the overnite vinyl phase out of the mid 80's happening to cd's...didn't happen! Just ... | |
| Best tubes for ARC LS16 preamp Just got siemens 6922 e88cc today,gold pins west germany(1960's)...from tube world,a bit pricey @$105 each.Asked my dealer re:upgrade to mk11 status but he hasn't heard it yet,so i'll keep you guys updated... | |
| Best tubes for ARC LS16 preamp thanks for the suggestions ,i just ordered a siemens nos ,the cca was a bit too pricey so i went w/the 70's stock,platinium,acording to joe's tube lore,it'll still be an improvement,thanks | |
| Is Audio Research Corp alive and well? THE DAC YOU USED IS ALSO 3/4 YEARS OLD,NOT THE SAME AS IN THE CD3. | |
| Is Audio Research Corp alive and well? THE CD 2 AS A TRANSPORT IS WAY BELOW THE PERFORMANCE LEVEL OF THE NEW CD3. SO YOU SHOULD TRY THE CD3 FOR A TRUE COMPARSION. | |
| Supplied equipment feet or cones ,etc? THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES,I'LL PONDER THE NEW CHOICES PRESENTED.SEEMS LIKE IT'S YET ANOTHER CAREFUL DECISION TO MAKE IN THIS COMPLEX HOBBY OF OURS... | |
| Supplied equipment feet or cones ,etc? THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES,I'LL PONDER THE NEW CHOICES PRESENTED.SEEMS LIKE IT'S YET ANOTHER CAREFUL DECISION TO MAKE IN THIS COMPLEX HOBBY OF OURS... | |
| Best tubes for ARC LS16 preamp THANKS FO RTHE RESPONSE,I PREFER A VERY DETAILED HIGH END,LOW DISTORTION WITH A SOUND LEANING TOWARD THE WARM SIDE.HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY LINEAR ,I'VE HEARD THE TERM BEFORE ...THANKS | |
| Is Audio Research Corp alive and well? in response to Kiwi's remark regarding the cd3IT'S SO GOOD THAT IT'S BACKORDERED FOR 3 WEEKS ,GIVE IT AN AUDITION! | |
| New ARC CD Player, and their take on SACD ? MY INITIAL EXPOSURE TO THE NEW ARC CD3 WAS FLAWED IN THAT THE UNIT I SAW WAS ONE OF THE FIRST .WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR, AS I SAID ON MY POST A "SHABBY INTERIOR LOADIND SECTION".I'VE SINCE SEEN AND AUDITIONE DFOR A SECOND TIME THE CD3 AND TOOK THE $ PLU... | |
| New ARC CD Player, and their take on SACD ? What's the going price? | |
| New ARC CD Player, and their take on SACD ? What piece of gear does upsampling(besides the sacd)that's in that $ range...does oracle? | |
| What's the "best" tubes for a cal alpha 24/96dac? thanks to all for the info,i'll check them out since it's a pretty small investment. |