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| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? My experience mirrors OP, Almarg ... In a high resolution system, one can hear the flaws in poor recordings. For me, the most obvious is compression, brightness and thinness.11-06-14: Maplegrovemusiccan someone who feels as the op provide us with ... | |
| MW Sony HAP-Z1ES 11-06-14: MechansPlease define your contractions and subjects instead of assuming everyone knows what your talking about.MW=ModWright, does that help? | |
| Harry Pearson I got sucked into this crazy hobby after a colleague gave me a TAS many many moons ago. RIP Harry. | |
| MW Sony HAP-Z1ES Who is Dan? Was this a mod and if so how much?Checkout www.modwright.com for more information on the mod. Forgot to mention the V-Tuner is excellent. It's a great way to discover new music. With DSD enabled, it just smooths out the rough edges but... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The real solution is using wired Ethernet instead of USB. This is a solution that makes the computer and its power unimportant. Cabling is unimportant. Even the playback software should in theory be unimportant, but I feel that it will be. This is... | |
| Resonessence Mirrus vs Sony HAPZ-1ES My MW Sony HAPZ1-ES arrived Thurs. After 48 hours of break-in, I'm at the point where I can enjoy it. Sound stage is expanding in all directions, images are well defined with solid density, dynamics improving with excellent Bass and High extension... | |
| YRC Freight Experience I sold my SS amps and had to ship freight. 2 mono in one wooden crate was picked up at my house and arrived safely. Price was reasonable and process very efficient. I also got quotes from Pilot, Crate & Freighter and FedEx. I recommend YRC Fre... | |
| Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work I hope the OP took his CD 3 to an authorized ARC service tech. These guys know their ARC gear and work closely with the factory to ensure the unit is returned to original operating spec. or return to ARC for repair. Don't trust any tech with your ... | |
| Surprised by Synergistic Red Fuse on Source for 99 I must say I found the RED fuse more of an improvement then the Cardas Caps. Not that the Caps did not help.We all have different systems and environments but not in my system. Most obvious improvements are any glare are eliminated, smoother mid/h... | |
| Surprised by Synergistic Red Fuse on Source for 99 Charles1dad,For $90, you gotta give it a spin.These are my favorite tweaks, inexpensive and excellent ROI. Another one is Cardas and AQ caps for all you unused RCA and XLR connectors. Cost me few hundred bucks to cover all the connectors. You don'... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 10-20-14: Zd542"If your house has no access to natural gas, would you buy a natural gas furnace? Post purchase, install propane and all the hassles in getting it to work."A lot of people do it that way. Not only that, you can usually make a deal w... | |
| Surprised by Synergistic Red Fuse on Source for 99 Anyone else concur or having heard it found it otherwise?Yes, I have similar results after replacing the HiFi-Tuning Supreme in my pre with Red Fuse. It's difficult to contemplate how a little fuse can alter the SQ by this magnitude. | |
| EAR Amplifier owners Help EAR 890 is one of my favorite tube amps. Have you considered getting a 2nd and run them in mono configuration? | |
| atmasphere 6as7g output tubes. Preconditioning can double the life of the tubes, help restore a better vacuum by activating the getter, and will also reduce the possibility of premature arcing. BTW this process applies to all output tubes, assuming they are new/untested or NOS.... | |
| Has Anyone Found Shunyata Cables Sounding Thin? You're welcome. There are 3 connection levels with Paul Speltz auto-transformers. Paul has detailed information on his site. If you have any questions about how to use the auto-transformers with your own speakers I am sure Paul Speltz and Ralph Ka... |