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| CDP for Naim I am personally a bit leery about even NAIM's emphasis on what they call PRAT. If one were looking for the player to impart a kind of impact or edginess that makes the beat more obvious and insistent in rock music, then yes, the CDS3 is not that k... | |
| CDP for Naim I have a CDS3. It is quite a different animal from the CDX2. It appears, on first audition, to be less dynamic than the CDX2. But, it's leading edge attack seem, to me, more natural. It sounds a lot less mechanical and artificial in this respect. ... | |
| search for musical s.s. yields a tube epiphany I am not saying tubes are superior to solid state, or vise versa, but you've discovered that, FOR YOU, tubes deliver the things that matter most. I feel the same way. But if taut and punch bass were what I crave, uber alles, or if I fell in love w... | |
| Jumpers for Spendors A friend of mine with Spendor S-8s hates the jumpers that come with the speaker and insists on using high quality jumpers made out of speaker cable. A dealer does the same with all of the speakers that come with double binding posts. | |
| Great sounding close to back wall speakers. It's hard to guess what will work in a specific location, but certainly speakers designed to work close to the wall should be the focus of your search. In the relatively high efficiency group, I've heard and liked the sound of Audionote speakers. ... | |
| LCD or DLP? Dawgbyte,SXRD is Sony's name for what is essentially a LCoS technology. LCoS/SXRD is a form of reflective LCD technology. LCD technology involves a chip whose pixels are composed of long molecules that twist when an electric charge is applied. Tha... | |
| Listening to my HD650's, a sobering experience... I, too, like the AKG 1000. But, while it is not as much an in-the-head experience, it does not come close to the natural soundstage of speakers. I consider headphone listening to be a completely different experience so soundstaging is not importan... | |
| Best preamp is no preamp: always true? I have never heard a situation, where price was not a limitation, where NO preamp or where a passive preamp was superior to a really good, system-matched linestage. I know the mantra about sufficient output and compatible input and output impedanc... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think Not only are they quite expensive, but unless you are willing to spend REALLY big bucks, they are still 720X1080 and not 1080X1920.The 3-chip SXRD front projector from Sony is the the one everyone now has to chase in front projectors. It is amazin... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think Bruceomega,You are right about the Sony sets not accepting 1080p input. This is idiotic, considering that the display operates at a native 1080p rate. I own a Qualia set and I've been looking into outboard processors. It would be nice to input a f... | |
| DLP or LCD what do you think As noted above, SXRD, is a different form of LCD. It is a reflective LCD vs. a transmissive LCD. Reflective LCD (Sony SXRD or LCOS, the term used by other manufacturers) respond much faster than transmissive LCDs so they do not have problems with ... | |
| Best Isolation HRS? SRA? Zoethecus? Symposium? I have found there is no other way to approach mechanical isolation other than to try different products. It is not simply a matter of finding something that gives you the MOST isolation or dampening. Sometimes less is more desirable. I've heard s... | |
| Amati Anniversario in CES... Don't know about CES appearance, but the importer, Sumiko, generally does a static display in one of the big exhibition halls, and does not take a room at Alexis Park. I don't recall seeing any Sonus Faber speakers at Alexis Park or the next door ... | |
| Tremendous RF problem -- phono stage is a radio As noted above, it is an absolute "must" that you use shielded cables. Also, if you have your cartridge "unloaded" (e.g., 47kohms or higher) you might try a lower figure (higher loading), such as 1,000 ohm or 150 ohm, etc. Higher loading attenuate... | |
| "Off" vs. "Standby" and tube life The safety issue is not limited to tubes. The tube itself won't start a fire, but the failure of the tube could casue other components to overheat and create a hazard. But, that is the case with solid state gear as well. Actual fires from componen... |