kucharsk
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| Solid State Phono Stages Kind of late to the thread, but I will just say I have an ARC Ref 2 SE Phono and demoed a Boulder 508. It took less than five minutes of listening to the 508 before I had it unplugged and ready to go back to the dealer because though it was ve... | |
| It's time to replace my 2009 factory-modded Wadia S7i with a current R2R DAC. dCS Rossini Player with Rossini Clock.It takes both pieces to exceed the performance of the S7i, but they do. | |
| Wilson Audio speaker jacks No, you center the jack under the speaker’s center of gravity and raise the jack and the speaker lifts straight up.Replace the casters with spikes, lower, remove jack.The spikes are tall enough they keep the speaker off the floor enough so you can... | |
| Has anyone compared the Ayre KX-5 and the Moon 740-P I wouldn't say that about Ayre at all, but it also depends on which piece it is.For example, I demoed an ARC Ref 6 against a KX-R Twenty and it took me less than two minutes to give the Ayre the win in terms of soundstage width and depth.The ARC s... | |
| dCS Rossini Owners - sonic differences with and without the clock I just auditioned a Rossini with and without the clock this past weekend and quite frankly I don't believe dCS should allow the Rossini to be sold without the clock. The clock literally makes a night and day difference. You could pull random peopl... | |
| Personal amp evolution Sony Receiver ->Carver M500t ->Carver M1.5t ->Adcom GFA-555 ->Levinson No. 27 ->Levinson No. 334I've had the 334 for a little over a decade and aside from Pass Labs haven't heard much that makes me want to upgrade.Of note is I do NO... | |
| Wilson Sophia III vs Sasha The Sashas are the only Wilsons I've heard that I like.When I listen to the Sophia IIIs I can still hear cones in an enclosure on certain tracks, an effect that completely disappears on the Sasha. | |
| VPI Super Scoutmaster Cartridge ? I've had absolutely wonderful sound for years with a Sumiko Blackbird, and it's an order of magnitude better now that I've upgraded to the Classic platter and Classic tonearm from the original acrylic platter and JMW-9 tonearm.Stayed with the sepa... | |
| Wadia S7i direct to amp FWIW, I run my S7i directly and don't hear any negative effects on the soundstage until the volume goes below 70 or so; typical listening is done in the upper 70s/low 80s and Wadia's papers claim no degradation above 74. | |
| Parasound JC3 or Ayre P-5xE What else can I say but what I heard?The Ayre was clearly brighter and harsher than the phono stage I had at the time, a Graham Slee Era Mark V, and had nowhere near the presence of the ARC PH5 I eventually purchased.However I'm still wondering ho... | |
| Parasound JC3 or Ayre P-5xE I found the Ayre too bright for my tastes and eventually went with an Audio Research PH5.Unless you're opposed to tubes I'd demo the PH6, though I'd like to know how IT compares to the JC3. |