kpoulard
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| Review: LessLoss AC Filtering Power Cables Power cord NOTE: The correct spelling for LessLoss' main contact is Liudas, not Luidas as indicated in the review above. | |
| Accustic Arts Drive 1 Mk1 vs Mk2 driving DAC 1 Mk4 Chuck, I think you will appreciate the upgrade from the Mk1 to Mk2. I had the Mk1 for about 4 years before upgrading to the Mk2. I was able to detect a wider soundstage, and a more refined presence with the Mk2. A clearer image of the music detail... | |
| New Accustic Arts V3 Tube Dac anyone heard? Dev, Thx for the feedback. I haven't heard the 2000 personally, but understand it's a keeper. Keep us posted if you decide to do the RCA vs XLR compare, as I'm trying to decide whether to make the switch to XLR. Sounds like you have the perfect ve... | |
| New Accustic Arts V3 Tube Dac anyone heard? Man, just my luck, I have just moved up to the DAC 1 Mk4. Not to change the topic, but I have the Accustic Arts front-end (Drive 1 Mk2, DAC 1 Mk4) in my system. However I am using a Omega Mikro RCA digital cable between the two. Am I missing somet... | |
| Good SS Designers and their lesser known designs Peter B. Noerbaek of PBN & Montana Loudspeakers. He is the designer of the Sierra Audio power amps: Whitney, Denali, Everest, and Olympus. Great SS power amps that can be ran in stereo or monoblock configurations. I currently use a pair of Den... | |
| Acappella/Vocal Jazz/Gospel recommendations? The ARC Choir produced by Mapleshade. An Acappella gospel CD. | |
| DAC decision, help please Sean,I also own the EVS Millennium DAC II fed by a Accustic Arts Drive 1 transport. I am thinking of upgrading to the Audio Aero Prima D/A Converter (24/192). Do you think this is a step up? down? awash? If you were to replace your DAC II what wou... | |
| What is a Choke? A "choke" is another name for an inductor. An inductor can be used as a device to supply current (for a short duration) under high demand conditions, without a drop in voltage level. Think in terms of the "Richard Gray Power Company" type AC Power... | |
| Kora Hermes or EVS Millenium or Audio Note DAC One.1x? I second Sean's response. I too own a DAC II,and have found this unit to be transparent, dynamic, focused and involving. Jdubusc may have experienced an unfavorable system interaction, due to the reveiling nature of the Millenium DACs.Ken | |
| Opinions on preamps I would suggest the Opal. I have found this preamp to be a very quiet, excellent performer.It's build quality is topnotch and it's soundstage is very robust and lifelike. Although it's a tube preamp, it is not overly rich or warm sounding.I use it... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1.) Weekdays: My company car, 2002 Impala, weekends: 70Corvette, 454, turbo 400, red/red convertible (white top).2.) Next car: Jag 3.) Fantasy car: Bentley,Aston Martin DB5 (new model)Ken | |
| Sistrum Platforms Good to see that the Sistrum racks are proving as beneficial to others as they are to me. I haven't noticed if any of the other posters state whether they are using the micro-bearing as filler for the racks? I did a mini evaluation with and withou... | |
| New cable from TG Audio Ozfly,You know I have the same experience as you do..Initially I sometimes thought the cord was about to disconnect from the amp, however I later learned that this is the way the pwr cord interfaces to the amp. Every cord I have used on the amps "... | |
| What percentage do you spend on each component? Here's what I ended up with:Speakers: 20.8%Amps: 30.7%Preamp: 16.4%Transport/DAC: 3.9%Cables: 20.6% - I/Cs - pwr cordsMisc: 7.5% -pwr condr -triphazers -bybee spurThis was an interesting exercise in that I have not looked at my system breakdown i... | |
| Review: Tritium Electronics AC Power Triphazer AC filter Audiojerry,I concur with your assessment of the AC Power Triphazer. The impact of the triphazer becomes even greater as the unit "breaks in". I too use the triphazer on my transport, but have found to have a similar impact using it on my preamp an... |