john_l
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| Apogee audio interface better than a DAC? How are you sending the digital information to the Audio Research? Through the mac's optical digital out? If so are you using a old/cheap/too_long digital optical cable? Those can introduce quite a bit of jitter into a signal. I've got the origina... | |
| Use my ICs for guitar rig? I tried a few upper shelf intereconnects with adapters on some of my equipment and found much better results with quality instrument cables. It seemed that the voicing of some audiophile cables was too lean and detailed. It felt very very wrong. T... | |
| dynuaudio c-1s in a small 10x12 room?/amppower? You will be just fine in a room of that size. Even though they are rear ported, you can put a c1 within 6-10" or so of the wall and still get great sound. If you get too much bass, but a foam plug in the port. You will likely need to do this.Amps:... | |
| Looking for CD players with digital inputs. It's quite reasonable to use a cd player. The Quad is quite nice for an older, devalued piece. The Quad could also support both direct and variable outputs so you would not need a preamp. Be cautious as the first gens had unreliable transports. La... | |
| Which file is better to rip cd's to itunes CD's store their data in an format called PCM. SPDIF wires have PCM flowing over them. Most DAC's directly interpret PCM digital data and convert that to sound. So you gotta get to PCM to get sound.WAV and AIFF store a bit for bit, uncompressed co... | |
| Dynaudio Focus 220 vs 110 or 140's The 220 has a fuller sound and of course greater bass. The 140 is superb all around with better imaging and a tighter sound. In a smaller room I prefer the 140. It's very similar to the 220 in overall presentation. The 110 has less bass and disapp... | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? Very little data on this... | |
| Which hard drive for digital music server? For IDE, I like the Seagate Barracuda series - very very quiet. If you can isolate them acoustically, a 15K rpm SCSI set up on a dual channel controller is THE way to go for performance in both audio and video. I can see and hear a distinct smooth... | |
| how 'bout Wilson Sophias with Simaudio P-5/W-5 ?? I have not heard the combination but I have heard the Sim equipment with Dynaudio's, Spendors and Quad speakers. The electronics have a very sweet, airy quality. I would guess that they will be a fine match for Wilsons. | |
| What do you think of the Quad 909? Disclaimer: I sell Quad.You can buy the 99 in monoblock but the 909 is a stereo amplifier. The 909 is 140/8ohms, 250/4ohms. I don't think it is bridgeable. I've found it can easily drive speakers such as the quad 988 and magnepan mg-3a. Very sweet... | |
| Power Cords for Wolcott mono amps Disclaimer: I'm a cardas & wolcott dealer.I found the Cardas GC refs were my number one choice for them in the store. Enormous improvement. John. | |
| What is the amp for magnepan's: tube or solid? Disclaimer: I am an audio dealer who sells some of these products. I had a set of MG IIIa's in the store a few weeks back and played around with some of our store amplifiers. The Pass X350 on up and Wolcott P220M's are the two best I have heard. T... | |
| P2 or P3 Disclaimer: I sell rega (and glad I do!). Since I happen to have a P2,P3, P25 and Heavyweight here! I think the new P3 is a worthwhile upgrade over the P2. I've heard both using the same Bias cartridge and the P3 is markedly better. A substantial ... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Tweaks, Up-sample settings, etc. Disclaimer: I am a dealer who sells Esoteric and Cardas. I've found that the maximum upsampling seems to work the best although one of my customers reports that he prefers the 705 setting (he's one of them there NOS tube guys if this is any indica... | |
| anyone tried Jolida amps with Maggies? How many watts does your Jolida have and is a fairly high current design ? I used to run my old 1.6's with a 45 watt CJ and thought it sounded great. |