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| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? Klein_rogge - 200W is only 22% louder than 100W. I drive Rowland with Benchmark DAC1 without preamp. You will find good class D bargains in Wyred4Sound. I don't know Plinus 9200 but it remember it had great reviews. | |
| Why terminations on speaker cable? Newbee - stranded wires should not be tinned (unless done in factory). There are two reasons for that:- Tinned stranded wires break easily, because stress point on the border of isolation is created (solder stiffens wire but stops short of going i... | |
| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? Klein_rogge - I use same Hyperions with Rowland Model 102 (class D) amp with great results. | |
| JRDG Capri vs. Parasound JC-1 Macrojack - acoording to this review: http://www.audioenz.co.nz/2007/rowland_capri-102.shtml Capri is a very good match to Model 102 amp and is stronger/better of two. I use JRDG 102 with Benchmark DAC1 and warm sounding speakers (Hyperion HPS-938... | |
| Streaming or long interconnect for better sound? If you decide to go with Airport Express (I did) remember that AE drops clock between songs causing some DACs to cut few seconds of next song before they get back in sync. According to thread: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?icomp&1266... | |
| Oversampling DAC Vs. Non Oversampling? Good to hear from you Vince. | |
| Oversampling DAC Vs. Non Oversampling? Matt - I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you. No excitement I can understand, as some DACs like Benchmark sound less exciting (or too clean), but poor soundstaging is disturbing (for expensive DAC). Benchmark brings tons of low level details an... | |
| Any Tom Waits Fans? Real Gone is incredible! Insane energy. Try two CDs:Step Right Up - The songs of Tom WaitsNew Coat of Paint - Songs of Tom Waits(both performed by other artists)He is great performer, great composer - great artist. Not too many like him these days. | |
| why use a dac? "I don't think investing in a cdp is risky. Tons of people are trying to offload their cd collections"Wd515 - You're right, I forgot about it. | |
| why use a dac? - for better sound- to use DAC as a preamp (I do)- some DACs have headphone amp (my Benchmark DAC1 does)- to connect computer, HDTV, DVD etc.- to use flexibility of a server- to go higher than 16bit/44.1kHz- to play different formats like mp3, DVD... | |
| New audiophile looking for first speakers. HELP I second Mapman recommendation for class D amp. A lot of raw power and very clean presentation. Wyred 4 Sound is perhaps the best bang for the buck. | |
| Need speaker advise for "budget" speakers Mordante - after reading your post again, Hyperions might be too polite for you. They are more for Classical or Jazz but less for heavy metal. They are still very dynamic but have overall sound just opposite to hi-fiish (dramatic) sounding speaker... | |
| Need speaker advise for "budget" speakers I bought 6 month old demo of Hyperion HPS-938 for $3k with a warranty. Used go for about $2500. It looks like Wilson Puppy but, according to reviews, sounds better. It had whole bunch of awards including component of the decade from "Enjoy the Mus... | |
| Newbie Q: How do small woofer speakers reach 32Hz? It is not only that manufacturers cannot get bass extension from small woofers but often they don't want to (tuning bass for lowest distortion and not for extension). Paradigm Studio/60 v3 has worse bass extension than previous Studio/60 v2 but so... | |
| Dynamics at lower volumes? Face - there is something different with class D amps. They tend to play well at low volumes. I noticed it with my Rowland 102 but also read in review of class D amp later. Speakers I use now are 90dB. Your STI-500 is also Icepower beast. |