kbarkamian
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| Analog is the new pink Also...A year or so ago I was buying new vinyl regularly at Hot Topic of all places. Their prices were a bit cheaper than Music Direct, Acoustic Sounds, et al., plus no shipping to deal with.Everytime I'd see someone different at the register I'd ... | |
| Analog is the new pink I'd love a reel to reel player. Problem is what's available music-wise? | |
| Upgrading from Rega Apollo to Rega Saturn CD?? As long as Roy Gandy is calling the shots, Rega will always be made in England.I think it makes a lot of sense why Rega didn't include pre-outs on the Brio R - it's a compact component. Adding a power amp negates that. I think Rega is probably thi... | |
| What makes a bigger change, dac or preamp? The best upgrade for any system is upgrading the weakest link.As has been said, the DAC in the Touch is acceptable. It's digital volume control is not. To control volume, it more or less removes bits. It's digital output is bit perfect at full vol... | |
| Analog is the new pink I think it's great that a new group of people are getting into vinyl and actually playing it. I'd be upset if they were buying it as a decoration.I'm not sure you have to spend a ton of money to get better sound than a CD player though...I'm 35. I... | |
| Rega P5 vs RP6 purchasing dilemma It's difficult to hear similarly priced Rega, Music Hall and Pro-Ject turntables side by side with the same cartridge and system. How many shops do this?I fortunately have heard this. The Regas esaily sound the best IMO. The Music Halls look like ... | |
| Upgrading from Rega Apollo to Rega Saturn CD?? Also...When the new Saturn comes out, I'm sure the current Saturn's price will drop a good amount. Kind of like the Apollo's new price has dropped - it's currently $699 at Music Direct.The downside to waiting for the new Saturn is no one has any i... | |
| Upgrading from Rega Apollo to Rega Saturn CD?? Rega is being a bit contradictory about the Apollo R's performance IMO. From their website..."...an ideal CD format front-end for the Rega DAC." So does that mean that the DAC will imporve the sound of the Apollo R? Sound to me like that's the c... | |
| Help with new system I'm not making a recommendation, but...Cambridge dealers are selling their stuff at about half price, as they're rolling out a new line. | |
| Pre or Dac...which route and which brand... It depends on how good you want the system to sound, and how much you're willing to pay. I'm not the biggest fan of the DAC/pre combos, but they're not awful by any means. I think you can get better performance in a seperate DAC and preamp if you ... | |
| Is upgrading worth it? It's true that a more revealing system will reveal more flaws. But it'll also reveal more strengths in a poor recording too. If all you're focusing on is the flaws, that's all you'll hear.I bought a system to listen to my music on. I don't buy mus... | |
| Mini Maggies ? "Try searching under MMG."These aren't the MMGs. Different speaker. | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Vicdamone,A lot of people focus on the chip being used - especially if it's an ESS Sabre chip - and asynch. The power supply and output stages are critical in a DAC. I own an old Theta Cobalt DAC that's about 15 years old. Using coax or optical an... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC Tony,To get better sound quality than your current DAC, you're going to have to up the budget a good amount, as I'm assuming you just found out. I haven't heard your DAC, but I've heard a lot about it. I've heard the V-DAC and DACMagic many times.... | |
| Naim Nait 5i-2 The CD5i-2 is an excellent CDP. Their was a bigger leap forward with the CD5i to CD5i-2 than the Nait 5i IMO. The main difference is the old CD5i had hard edge in the highs, the 5i-2 got rid of it. Their should be some reviews of the original CD5i... |