jwong
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| Recommendation for vacuum tube CD-player Count me in on the CAL tube DAC bandwagon. A mere $200-250 investment might surprise you as I was. I have a Sony DVD/SACD 9000 unit and hooking it up to a tube DAC made my regular red book CDs sound very good. I played my CAL DAC with cheaper CD p... | |
| Scout to Scoutmaster I went for the Scoutmaster over the Scout when auditioning the two. A "fuller" sound was immediately noticable in the Scoutmaster after listening to the Scout. I never looked back and haven't regretted a moment. I also got the SDS voltage regular ... | |
| John Klemmer Like other recommenders, get "Touch" which is his high point because everything else he put out is just more of the same - echoplex with different chords. He's borderline "new age/smooth jazz". If that's your preference keep buying his catalog. Ot... | |
| Time to pull the trigger on BluRay? YES and on the cheap too. I bought the Panasonic BD 55 ($325-Amazon) for an older no HDMI HDTV to taste Blu Ray. I was less than overwhelmed looking at Blu Ray through video components. (Let that be a warning everybody!) However, I was forced to l... | |
| Questions about Zerostat use At the San Jose Analog Room I was told to use this technique and if you spray ions on the cartridge while playing an lp you get a nasty sound and be embarassed for the "know-nothing-newbie" you exposed yourself to be.Technique:1. Place record on t... | |
| To dac or not to dac Yes, experiment with a good quality DAC. Search on DAC threads for recommendations for your price range. For something very different, try a tube DAC. A very economical tube DAC is a used Cal Audio Lab Sigma I or II which can be had for $200-350 d... | |
| A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules The Dark Disc will soon call you to tubes-tubes-tubes for a preamp, than an amp (ideally monoblocks!), than a phono preamp, leading to a more expensive turntable and/or cartridge, isolation devices, rack, static gun, different record clearning sol... | |
| Help- why do my Definitive Tech BP7001's sound Bad A tube source helped my older BP 7000s come to life. I had the same complaint when the BP7000 were new (1985) hooked up to the then top of the line Denon AVR 3600 and the next to the top of the line Sony DVD player. My CD's sounded flat and metall... | |
| Could use some help, please Audiogoners, You're a beautiful bunch of nuts. So much generosity expressed in so many ways in these posts. What I'm reading here is likely just a tip of the ice berg of our community. You folks make me proud of my hobby. God bless you all. | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? Foremost, how do they sound? | |
| Considering doing Chinese See the San Francisco Chronicle 02-19-07 article about the rising quality of Chinese hi fi. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/19/BUGQ8O5EPN1.DTL&hw=chinese+audio&sn=001&sc=1000FYI, I have Antique Sound Lab Hurric... |