johnhaines
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| Review: Great Northern Sound Co. Wadia 860 CD Player I auditioned the Wadia 860, 860x , 861 and 860x GNSC Statement The normal 860 had a warm sound equivalent to that of a decent LP and turntable with say a dynavector ruby cartridge. The 860x was a step up to say a Monstercable alpha 2 . I d... | |
| Cooling fans for tube amp I went the inexpensive route, nose tanning salon tanning beds run at 240 V. So I took some of the cooling fans from those which are already quiet, then I ran them at 120 V. So they would last forever, and run at half speed and be even quieter. Al... | |
| DSD vs. PCM vs. MQA - Group listening experiment Here's my take. I think a lot of time was spent trying to fix the grating sound of redbook . So some codecs to me are kinda out of order in regards to PCM only. Where Redbook 16/44.1kHz and 24/44.1 and integer multiples like 24/88.2 sound better t... | |
| Magneplanar Tympani Obsession Uggh next time I'll proofread this. sorry I hit post instead of preview. | |
| Magneplanar Tympani Obsession I own both of Magnepan models the Magneplanar Tympani 1D and Magneplanar Tympani IV-a. I have also have the MC1 (not for met at all).Let's just sum it up. The smaller the Magnaplanar panel, the smaller the promise of good sound. Sure you can try ... | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K Certainly late to this party, the solution to your quandary is the Chapman T –8 MKII loudspeaker.if you want something aesthetically pleasing but a little bit more money go to the Chapman T – 7 in the special rounded dual cabinet version. There’s ... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - what arms work? This might seem odd.it would seem to be hard to believe that a Technics 1200GAE is an audiophile table, and while not quite as good as my old Goldmund Studios with T3f with its midbass detail and full wave launch ...shockingly it is pretty good, m... | |
| Technics SL1200: standard overhang gauge or MintLP I’m in Laguna Beach , California USA. I get mixed feedback on the 52mm vs the MINTLP and someone said that given the use of the turntable the 52mm, does meet some sort of standard derived with the arc having two null points within the stylus tip a... | |
| EAR 912 impression I have had this pre-amp for 2 years. It is lovely sounding and has no problem surprising you dynamically like real music. It only suffers slightly on channel separation which seems to improve in the mid or near field it your side reflections are... | |
| BRICASTI M1DAC DIRECT TO VAC PHI 300.1A OR...? A little late here, I find that unless the pre-amp is of exceptionally good quality the sound suffers vs using a DAC with a quality digital volume control.I have done rooms for T.H.E. Show Newport and RMAF and we did some tests fully expecting an ... | |
| Tube rolling for EAR 912 I also have one, and have heard Bob Levi's E.A.R. 912 Dave Weinharts E.A.R. 912 at his shop when I brought in a pair of speakers to demo for him. Like you I also bought it for the phono stage, and remote, and the fact it can drive multiple outputs... | |
| Do anyone have a pair of Monster M1000 cable? I have the M1000 cable, just lying around now as a spare cable. Great cable for smoothing out edgy systems I have (3) .5 meter lengths. Sometimes in a pinch I use them for digital coaxial cables for sources like TV. I want to sell these at some po... | |
| I need to adapt a Hegel HD 25 DAC to 12 volts. Last ditch... Would be taking my apogee mini DAC to a tech, 1 measuring the voltage the mini DAC motherboard requires, and gets from the power supply.2. Doing the same for the HegelSwapping the mini DAC power supply to the Hegel mother board if po... | |
| I need to adapt a Hegel HD 25 DAC to 12 volts. My GF owned the Butler home and the tube driver 5150, it's nice but it's really a hybrid design and it's just using the tube as a buffer stage. I would probably like the Milbert amplifiers more, they were designed by David Berning and are ZOTL des... | |
| Contact info of Steve Huntley Thanks Atmasphere ... I unfortunately saw this a little late..but got it fixed anyhow by an ARC repair guy in LA.I am contemplating acquiring another of Steve's creations... I decided to NEVER sell my Audio Research VS 110. Which is bizarre since ... |