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| Best headphones? The Sennheisers have both standard 1/4 inch and mini plug terminations. | |
| Best Power Conditioner Maybe the best Power Conditioner is still in the future. I'm thinking of the technology in the PS Audio is clearly the best approach but it cost an arm and a leg. Since the technology is not proprietary, (any one of us could build a 60 Hz power am... | |
| Upsamplers and 24bit/96kHz DACs Just got the D2D-1 form SF. I'm using it at 48KHz into my yet to be modified SFD2 MarkII. The upsampling from 44.1 to 48KHz is just noticable. I hope when I get the DAC upgraded to 96KHz I will hear a more significant difference. I am still using ... | |
| Upsamplers and 24bit/96kHz DACs Just got the D2D-1 form SF. I'm using it at 48KHz into my yet to be modified SFD2 MarkII. The upsampling from 44.1 to 48KHz is just noticable. I hope when I get the DAC upgraded to 96KHz I will hear a more significant difference. I am still using ... | |
| A "dumb" question about power ratings? All good comments. I'd just like to throw in one more consideration. Current limiting is a consideration for speakers that have impedence values, even over a limited region (frequency) of less then 4 ohms. Amps that can't put out power to low impe... | |
| PS Audio PS-300 one each for mono amps? Reference The3dman's comment about the Gray Power Company's superiority. I'd like to read the review that makes that claim..The PS Audio has a completely different engineering approach (DSP controlled power amp) then Gray and the other line condit... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 3 vs. BAT VK-5i I've owned the Line 3 for about 2 months. I auditioned the BAT VK50SE, the 5i's big brother at the same time. The Line 3 has better base and they tie in the imaging department. The Line the also has a more extended high end and is dead quiet. The ... | |
| Help! Need tube preamp to finish system. Look at the Sonic Frontiers used market. The Line2 is still a stereophile class A component and you can pick one up for around $1800-2000. If you are able look at the Line 3 going for $2500-2700. I just replaced a ARC LS2B with a Line 3 and am sti... | |
| Best headphones? The Stax win hands down, but I just purchased the HD-600 because I wanted a pair that could plug into a regular headphone jack without special power supplied etc. If you are purchasing headphones to be your main "speakers" go with STAX, if you are... | |
| Best Interconnects for under $300 pair Carl_eber's comment about the Alpha Core's design being flawed because of the close proximity of the conducters is wrong. That design feature is the reason they make sense to an engineer. There design cuts down on impedence (inductive and capaciti... | |
| Best Interconnects for under $300 pair I'd say Alpha Core for sure. Just got the QT/2s and Perl Silvers and was amazed at the difference in the system. I am an engineer and have poo pooed interconnects. After a day of derivations about 4 years ago with two top notch engineers we derive... | |
| 4 ohm vs 8 ohm What is the danger ? No danger normally. A 4 ohm speaker will want to draw twice the current from your amp as an 8 ohm speaker. If your amp is not a high current design then this could result in distortion. Generally a bright sound that hardens into glar as the volume... | |
| Toshiba HD vs. Sony Wega I have the 5109 Toshiba progressive DVD player and the 56 inch Toshiba HDTV ready TV. Almost all DVDs have the 480p formate on them and the picture blows away the Wega... BUT playing normal broadcast TV the WEGA is very close for lots less money. ... | |
| best DVD/CD transport/player under $4000 The Muse 9 probably this week. Right now the high end CD world is turning over with 24/96 upsampling systems ruling the top end (192/24 is just too expensive right now) So if you buy next month, the name of the best will probably be different. Bes... | |
| Best Power Conditioner for HC Amplifier Never heard one, but am getting interested after reading the Stereophile Dec 99 and May 2000 reviews of the PS Audio PowerPlants. As an engineer the technical discussions finally appealed to logic over all the other magic boxes. |