kana813

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Rich sounding line conditioners?
You don't need a "Rich sound line conditioner," you needa line conditioner that will clean up your AC and allow the sound of your all Cary system to come through. Take a look at the Running Spring Audio units. 
Is the Exemplar 3910 clearly superior to the 2900?
Tbg- "I resent your implication that we are fools as I am sure you would resent our saying, "if you cannot afford better equipment, don't resent those who can."You are totally off base with this comment.I implied nothing, other than I'm sure the m... 
Is the Exemplar 3910 clearly superior to the 2900?
711smilin-"you keep reading and dreaming. Tbg snd I will keep buying, trying, and smiling."I was just passing along some info, I saw this morning on another forum. I have no interest in owning a stock or modifed Denon DVD player. Glad you and Tbg ... 
Is the Exemplar 3910 clearly superior to the 2900?
The Dec. issue of HiFi News (pages 46-49) compared the Denonold Denon 2900 and the new 3910, and said, while the new 3910 added videophile features, the old 2900 was "night and day superior" to the 3910 from an audiophile point of view, and recomm... 
Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better?
Audiojoy4"I am surprised that switchmode supplies are being used, i really did think that they were using more conventional power supplies. I do also know that the famed Meitner is also working from switch mode. My general experience has been that... 
Single vs Multiple driver loudspeakers...
Sean & Twl- thanks for the feedback. The Mangers aren't thatmuch more expensive than the Lowthers, and with dual subsand digital crossovers, I don't need response below 100Hz.I'm just wondering if the high frequency response is betterthan the ... 
Help me tune my Theta Gen Va DAC
"I in some cases I even exceed them, since original voltage was not available (470uF/50V instead of 470uF/16V for example)." Why? If Theta had a 16v caps in there the working voltage was probably no more than 8 volts, and BG makes a STD470/16,FK47... 
Is the Exemplar 3910 clearly superior to the 2900?
Tbg- Since this is a review, other than the H-Cat P12A line stage and IsoClean PT-3030G II isolation transformers , what's the rest of your system? 
Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better?
Tbg-"I think shootouts are useless." Careful, you might put an end to, in Avguru's words: “one of the best, most interesting and most well responded to threads going on Audiogon now.” "About a year ago, I decided to evaluate all of what I thought ... 
Upgrades to Cal Audio Delta Transport
"Just last week I put a Delta in the trash."Vegasears- what foolish thing to do. All you had to do wasclean off the dried up grease on the transport drawl rails,put on some fresh grease and it would have run for another ten years. Jdombrow- if you... 
Single vs Multiple driver loudspeakers...
Has anyone tried the Manger or KM-50 mini drivers in a DIYproject? 
Upgrades to Cal Audio Delta Transport
The Delta benefits from upgrading it's power supply,output pulse transformers and applying damping to the drive and chassis. It already has very low jitter, so no clock updates ae required. 
A guide for Audiophiles and Marriage
The best way for an audiophile to have a happy marriage is a separate listening room. 
Best Live Redbook Quality Recordings Classic/Alt
MASADA STRING TRIO – 1 
Help me tune my Theta Gen Va DAC
"I ordered 500$ worth of Black Gate caps for my Theta DAC. I'm gonna use Black gate Standard for the analog supply, and Black gate N for digital."Did you measure the working voltages for the caps you're replacing? Otherwise how did you select the ...