jylee
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| What does microphonic tube sound like? Ok, I have spent last 30 minutes crouching down next to the equipment rack swapping cables. The preamp has been exonerated. The problem is between my Unidisk and Rotel class D amp that I'm using as a backup.When I said previously I didn't have thi... | |
| What does microphonic tube sound like? Ok, I did a knuckle test on the preamp, and the tubes seem to be fine.Shadorne, overdriven preamp is a definite possibility. Although the CDs with distortion problem are not the hottest CD that I own by any mean. It happens with a Diana Krall, and... | |
| How to connect sub to Cary SLP 98 preamp? It sounds like you have MERGED the second left and right into a single RCA channel instead of splitting them. That was not a good thing to do. Just connect the right channel to the sub, as we commonly do. | |
| Sony Playstation 1 for a CD player ??? Does the DVD remote for PS2 also work for CD navigation for PS1? The wired controllers for PS1 and PS2 are largely compatible so I assume the DVD remote is also compatible, but I want to make sure before buying one. | |
| Marantz DV9600 vs.Lexico RD-20. I haven't heard either, but I was very interested in Lexicon and I came very close purchasing RT-20. That's when I did image search on google and noticed the internals of DV-9600 and RT-20 are virtually identical. The only differences I could find... | |
| Sony Playstation 1 for a CD player ??? Is anyone using PS1 with a tube preamp? I have been using PS1 as a secondary CD player with McCormack solid state preamp for some times. I liked the smooth and natural analogue-like sound very much. Then I've recently replaced McCormack with a CJ ... | |
| Cary 303/300 vs Linn unidisc I have Unidisk SC. The sound is very open and lively, just as you described. If you like open and airy sound Unidisk is for you. | |
| How good is the Onkyo DX-7555? I haven't heard Onkyo, but I doubt it will sound any more analog-like than your Sony PS1. I also use a PS1 as second CD player to complement my Unidisk from time to time, and it's distinctive NOS DAC sound is really seductive. | |
| Amps-Cables for Focal 1007 BE I'm running 1037BE with Levinson 335. There is absolutely no edge in the treble region at all. Previously I've used B&W N804 and Revel M20. They both utilize aluminum dome tweeters. Compared to the previous speakers that I've used, BE tweeters... | |
| New DAC Not a Dramatic Improvement? I think you have confirmed one theory that many believe in: that modern digital gears sound pretty similar to each other. Modern 24 bit DAC chips from BB/TI/Wolfson are dime a dozen, and some of the budget players nowadays share the same DAC chips... | |
| Audio Aero and Accustic Arts Ben, could you describe in which ways Accustic Arts were better? I haven't heard Capitole, but since they have tubed output stage I assume the sound characteristics are somewhat different from Accustic Arts. | |
| Audio Aero and Accustic Arts Thanks all for the replies. Elberoth2, thanks for the explanation of the various models. Ben, which Audio Aero model did you compare Accustic Arts combo with? | |
| Low cost Amp? Aragon 8002 is a good buy. Also Rotel is a good bang for a buck. I have five channel RMB-1085, and I'm very satisfied with its performance. You might want to look at the two channel versio RB-1072. | |
| Hopelessly mid fi? I'm not sure about the claim that a reputable CDP will outperform a computer based transport. I would imagine the most of the difference will be in the DAC and the downstream. That's not to say that all transports sound the same, but the differenc... | |
| Does power conditioning really matter? I had Shunyata in my system to use as extension cords. It made no difference in sound quality at all. I also had PS Audio PS300 before. Sometimes I thought I heard improvement with PS Audio, but in most cases I wasn't sure if I heard the differenc... |