kschiu
Responses from kschiu
| DAC1 or DAC1 USB? Dac1Pre has even more LM4562 in the circuit. | |
| Micromega DUO DAC TDA1541a sell? mod? can you please elaborate? | |
| what ARC combo- Ref 1/Ref 110 or Ref 3/VT 100 MK3? i'll go for a "better" preamp. so Ref3/VT100 mk3.just my guess. | |
| CD player NOT made in China under $1,000? It's not about where it's made, it's about the QA processes, company policies and customer service.You will get horribly unreliable products if the company is not paying attention, regardless of where it is made. | |
| Aesthetix Calypso VS ARC Reference 3 i guess i accidentally opened that can of worm ...I wasn't a believer, and trust me, the best power cord I have right now (!) are the generic 14awg ones came with the amps. I have some other generic PC power cord kicking around.What happened on th... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso VS ARC Reference 3 Ckoffend,FYI, I was discussing with Aesthetix regarding HT bypass a long time ago, and I vaguely remember it was 2k-4k hours (stock tubes). I think it is crazy to burn $600 worth of tubes on a tube-preamp when watching movies. I'm just curious if ... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso VS ARC Reference 3 How long typically do the tubes last in the Calypso? 2000 hours? or 4000? or 10000 (like what the 10M claims?)?by the way, Ckoffend, you just out bid me on a 10M a few days ago on ebay.cheers,KC | |
| NOS tubes for Aesthetix Calypso What's the average burn rate (i.e. how many hours can the tubes last ) for the Calypso? | |
| How do you distribute your $ on cables? in ? so in your opinion, the most effective is the source signal cable, isn't it?how effective are power cables compared to speaker and interconnects? | |
| Has anyone try the Benchmark DAC1 Preamp? Cldinsmore, was your DAC1 the DAC1USB?I asked BenchMark, the difference between DAC1USB and DAC1PRE, other than the extra input, is the premium connectors and more use of LM4562.Since I don't need the extra analog input, I was thinking that the DA... | |
| 1, 2 , 3 , 4, etc of speaker mod / upgrade #4 and #5 make the biggest difference.For my speakers it used Hovland, (but If I do it again nowadays it could be a different brand)For coil I used alpha core copper foil.these things get very $$$ these days. | |
| how good are the non os dacs? Djwilbourn,Thanks for the tip. I wonder if the veiled presentation is jitter related? Back then when the product was launched, jitter wasn't even a topic. (after that they switched to bitstream chips which to my ears, sucked)It's quite an interest... | |
| how good are the non os dacs? I have a 19 years old Micromega DUO with a TDA1541 chip, is it a NOS DAC?you guys make me want to hook it up again ... it was considered very musical at the time but totally loose out in upper frequency detail. But it was a true enjoyment to liste... | |
| I Have 100K for Speakers? I think your musical taste plays a big factor to the ROI.Most budget of high $ speakers goes to improving the Bass and SPL performance. so if your favourite music doesn't contain lots of Bass and you don't need it loud (how big is your room?), the... | |
| Rich; organic true balanced amp w good detail $6k How does Conrad Johnson's amps compare to the amps listed above?(except they are not balanced)I see quite a few of the LP70s showing up lately. |