kennyb
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| BitPerfect for Mac vs Pure Music Loud blasts of static should not be occurring. No way that your older Mac mini is to blame for this. You should definitely try A+. I considered the cost of the license to be one of the best investments I made in digital audio. Not only did the sou... | |
| BitPerfect for Mac vs Pure Music Try defeating upsampling in Pure Music just to see if it has any effect on the muffled sound you've been hearing. Though there were many positives from upsampling in PM, this seemed like one drawback. But a friend did not hear the same thing in hi... | |
| MIT Cable preferences for Spectral I believe there are two separate lines to keep online dealers from stepping on the feet of the brick and mortar sellers. It appears that the "available in stores" series features the latest MIT technologies. I use cables from the online series pur... | |
| Anyone Listening to DSD files? DSD does tend to sound best from my Mytek DAC. But, I've not had too many (any?) opportunities to compare the same recording in both DSD and high res PCM where I could be certain that one wasn't just converted from the other. The other night I com... | |
| Powercord on VPI Turntable & SDS ? My original Aries motor has a captive power cord that keeps me from swapping cords. I've wrapped it with a Highwire Audio Power Wrap in hopes that it helps. I can't say that it has as I made no effort to confirm. It gives me peace of mind nonethel... | |
| Lyra and VPI Scout I have reached the same conclusion as Steve. I am currently using a Skala and a mono Helikon. Previous to the Skala, I had a stereo Helikon. These worked wonderfully on my JMW 10.5i arm. | |
| Phono preamp comparison/Pass,Herron,Avid I just recently got an XP-15, but the VTPH-2 would have been my first choice had I been using a friendlier preamp. My Spectral preamp has a very low input impedance - too low for a tube preamp such as the Herron to drive. Tube phono stages have a ... | |
| Original VPI Aries vs VPI classic 3 I think around $1700 - but this also included a second arm tube. I had a JMW 10.5 with two arm tubes (one for my stereo cartridge and the other for my mono cartridge). VPI took this in trade for a 10.5i with two arm tubes. They wouldn't take my Ar... | |
| Original VPI Aries vs VPI classic 3 I upgraded from an original Aries with JMW 10.5 to an Aries 3 with JMW 10.5i. To perform the upgrade, I simply purchased an Aries 3 plinth from VPI and then traded in my 10.5 for the 10.5i. Once I received the new plinth, I moved the platter, bear... | |
| Quantum QRT QX4 Apologies to Dcizmok. I went back and read what he wrote. He was talking about the QB4 and not the QX4 when he mentioned the star ground. My mistake. | |
| Quantum QRT QX4 The QBASE models have the star grounding - not the QX4. If you knew what a star ground does you would know how badly you just discredited yourself. And you are telling me I should read more? You've just proven that you could not possibly have open... | |
| Quantum QRT QX4 Can you post pictures of this somewhere? I'm skeptical as it is mentioned that it has star ground. How could a device that has only a single outlet have a star ground? So I'm having a hard time believing this. Claims this strong should really be s... | |
| Deliciously musical...Mytek DSD 192 DAC Yes it does take about 500 hours for the Mytek to totally rid itself of a slight hardness. I am absolutely delighted with mine. | |
| bass traps . Which kind A pair of GIK 244 traps placed in the front corners behind my speakers delivered a substantial improvement. I purchased them in hopes of improving bass. To my surprise I got across the board improvements that were particularly stunning in the midb... | |
| Digital Abbey Road fails for me I think Abbey Road may be the best sounding album among that series. The 24 bit version from the USB is stunning. |