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Parasound P/LD-2000 or Halo P-3 Preamp
OK Daltonlanny. Your point is well taken. Yes, I didjump the gun, made statements that were uncalled for,and for that my deepest apologies. I never " claimed "to play golf with Richard Schram, the line was writtenas a joke. And your hearing? Right... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
I invite the readers of this thread to go to the TexasInstruments website, to the home page, upper right cornerand type in delta sigma. Other parts of their websitegive technical data that they are currently using DeltaSigma modulators, not Sigma ... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
Unsound...If you read the previous posts in this threaddated from 9-5 thru 9-7 your question is answered. 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
One bit is now called Delta-Sigma? Not true. Delta-Sigmais a modulating technique, which is actually called aDelta-Sigma modulator. For example, Texas Instrumentsmakes a DAC called the PCM-1803 24 bit 96 khz Delta-Sigmaconverter. So your statement... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
Ar_t, its not my intention to get intoa street fight, and as you suggested, letskeep it civil, which I respectfully will.I assume from your last thread that you were with Texas Instruments. Also, theirare questions I hope you would answerregarding... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
I'm making accusations about stuff youbuild? What do you build and how many HighEnd outlets around the country sell yourproduct. Do you work for Tom Burr and PaigeBrown? I have purchased many home systemssince 1975, and over the years I have liste... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
One more note Ar_t, I just checked daltonlanny's digital source. He's using the Sony SCD-XA777ES player.Surprise! Surprise! The XA777ES usesBurr-Brown PCM-1738 DAC's. Too fast.Too cool. Have a nice day!! 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
The bottom line is in the listening.The Marantz, Arcam, and Integra pieces,based on reviews over the past five years,have drawn concluded opinions that they produce the warmest, smoothest, most analogsounding players available. Its not just theBur... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
The transient speed from Burr-Brown dac's is sofast, that it throws the music so far out fromthe speaker, that its like being slapped in theface, and this can be a real problem in smallliving quarters. I still have my old 38 lb Denonplayer, which ... 
Parasound P/LD-2000
Why I didn't own a P/LD 2000? At the time the unit was on the market, I had a far more costly system in my homeconsisting of all Counterpoint components, Camber speakers,a pro studio Denon player, and MIT cables. The quality ofthat system was head... 
Parasound JC1's
The Halo JC-1 mono amps would be perfect with your LR5's.They are a 4 ohm speaker which are harder to drive and require amps with greater power reserve. 4 ohm speakers arevastly more efficient than 6 0r 8 ohm designs. The LR5'scan handle amps up t... 
Best wire to replace stock wiring in preamp?
Leave the wire alone. The problem from brighteness is notyour pre-amp, its from your digital source. The frequencymeasurments from your P/LD 2000 are so flat it will revealall flaws from your D/A converter chips. Companies likeWolfson from England... 
Parasound P/LD-2000
Several days ago I asked Daltonlanny if we consider selling his P/LD 2000, since he had planned to buy theJC-2. I asked him when he purchased the piece and he wrote back that he bought it several months ago. I Discovered apost he wrote on Audiogon... 
Parasound P/LD-2000
The P/LD 2000 is a masterpiece. Inside are gold platedboards. All twenty relay switches are 24K gold plated.Vishay and Caddock resistors. All silver internal wiring.S/N level is at 120 db's. {WOW!!} A true dual mono design.This is the best preampl...