joncourage
Responses from joncourage
| HiDiamond Digital IC I continue to enjoy the digital cable in my system, the music has never been so satisfying to me.I'll be bringing my cable and DAC to my local (Tampa Bay) audio club's upcoming DAC shootout. I hope to introduce this respect-worthy brand to a large... | |
| Who is the World's Best 'New' Female Vocalist Another vote for Esperanza Spalding here. What a remarkable talent!Melody Gardot is also fantastic. | |
| Audience Au24e vs Cardas Golden Reference Frankly, I found the Audience -- in my system, at least -- wanting in a variety of ways and did not find them to compare favorably with the Zu Ibis or Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun. | |
| Audience Au24e vs Cardas Golden Reference I would recommend looking at Zu (Ibis or Event).I recently compared the Ibis to Au24e and kept the Ibis, which have the qualities you're seeking in spades. | |
| Review: Ayre Acoustics AX7e Amplifier Couldn't agree more with your conclusions. I love this amp. | |
| Teo XLR This is one strange and fairly obnoxious thread all around.That said, the Teo sounds interesting, and as I've stated elsewhere I'm always interested in trying out new gear, especially when others seem to be raving about it.Is there a loaner/tester... | |
| Inexpensive Transport Squeezebox Touch and put away all those nasty CDs. | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak Found this, from the Cardas website FAQ:===========================Cable Break-In Q.) I have all tube electronics and don't want to leave my system unattended while I burn in the interconnects. Do I need to have everything on and playing music to ... | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak If I want to break in some new interconnects (between DAC and integrated), can I run this on repeat with the volume on the integrated muted?I was thinking that the same signal is getting passed from transport to DAC and to amp, over all the cablin... | |
| What are the best interconnects. I'll second Sabai on the HiDiamond.Stunning in every way. | |
| Fuses that matter. Blew some fuses recently so for fun installed hifi tuning supreme.Maybe it's just my imagination, or could be related to a relatively new digital cable burning in, here's what I notice:-- more relaxed, liquid, musical-- more "space" around instrum... | |
| Worlds best DAC Oh yeah, another one that stood out to me was a MacBook pro feeding an ayre qb-9. That sounded incredibly good. Might actually be my favorite front end after mine. Of course, that's also computer files.I really want to stress that I am by no means... | |
| Worlds best DAC I should add that if anyone wants to swing by with a $20k transport I'm up for the comparison! (Tampa Fl area). | |
| Worlds best DAC I'm not sure digitsl transports I've been exposed to qualify as SOTA.In my system, I've heard:-- Ayre cx-7e-- Oppo bd95-- marantz sa8004In other systems, at dealer showrooms and friends, cd and sacd transports from:-- Cary Audio-- Oppo-- bel canto... | |
| Worlds best DAC I don't know about best, but I can say this:I have yet to hear another digital front end that sounds as liquid, as analog, as musical, as my NOS, tubed, Audio Note DAC 4.1 fed computer files. I have heard only 1 or 2 analog systems that I'd say so... |