listener57

Responses from listener57

Considerations when choosing a DAC?
Clio09, I emailed you privately about my systems so as not to hijack this thread. 
Considerations when choosing a DAC?
A digital IC which added zero jitter (as measured by my Genesis Digital Lens input reading) is the new Auricle Audio Encore Signature Digital IC. This item flies below the Audiogon radar, surfacing on auction, occasionally.Musical, non-fatiguing, ... 
Tube cage on or off during use
If you want the convenience of leaving on your tube cage then suggest you absorb the microvibrations by placing a few Cardas Myrtle Wood Cuboids (myrtle wood vibration reducing/?tuning blocks) on the top of the cage (not directly over hot tubes) a... 
Cables /power conditioner- Order of importance
If you want to upgrade many components simultaneously then consider the very top of the line Mapleshade Records power strip that does an amazing job of conditioning without resembling a traditional conditioner. It can make it seem that all your po... 
Star Sound Sistrum pltfm? About to pull trigger.
Saw this at a recent demo, and it does not have a built in barbed wire fence to keep away bodies in motion. Worked perfectly to hold a big CDP in position while the sound was wonderful. Is your plan to have points up into bottom surface of your CD... 
Christmas & Seasonal Music
Scott, I have discovered a CD which is quite a surprise despite being from well known performers.BWE Classics at bwwe.com Telephone number- 800-654-1686 BWE 0196 titled -- A Christmas Gloria, The Morman Tabernacle Choir and The Canadian Brass.Ther... 
Joan Baez - Do I just not get it?
By coincidence, recently finished reading an old paperbook copy of Joan Baez autobiography, And A Voice To Sing With, which was a surprisingly unpretentious (and, hilariously funny, in spots) telling of her earlier life story.Her take on the early... 
Help-Genesis Digital Lens
Even if you plan to leave always on, I have found with any power outage you will need to re-enter all your settings.If you need another member's Genesis remote to act as source for a programmable remote (if this is practical idea) then keep me in ... 
Need Copper Cables for 18ft Runs: Bang for Buck
Although I now use Reality Cable which replaced Alpha Core MI-3 Divinity, the Alpha Core is wonderful. In my own experience, the Reality is better in two systems, but you won't be sorry, either way, except by direct comparison.From what I remember... 
tube amps or amps between $1000 and $2000
Also, take a look at the Aronov LS-960 and the LS-9100 monoblock amps on aronovaudio.com.A used pair recently on sale for $1900 here on Audiogon. A stunning bargain price; not sure if still for sale, but worth checking if you want to avoid that re... 
older dacs
Just a plug for a recent Audiogon discovery, the totally revealing Auricle Audio Design Encore Signature digital IC. Lets both tube and solid state DAC's sound so much better than previously in each of my systems where inserted. Both a really old ... 
How to reach Scott Nixon?
Jeffga, I privately emailed phone number to you since I don't know whether or not it is meant to be published.Probably, just very busy fulfilling holiday orders for his great DAC's. 
Lived up to or beyond the hype for 2005.
Something old--EVS Millennium DAC IISomething new--Auricle Audio Signature Encore Digital ICTogether these two bring me the same pleasure I experienced listening to my ideal, the Reimyo setup I could not afford.And, don't laugh--Brilliant Pebbles ... 
Don't let this happen to you
With very modern, contemporary, musical pieces there is sometimes no obvious or recognizable traditional ending, leaving the audience dead silent until the conductor relaxes his shoulders or turns toward the audience to trigger a response. Sort of... 
Could some one explain how to buy best cables?
When you are auditioning cables with a return policy, don't forget realitycables.com whose cables inserted in my different systems beautifully conveyed the character of each system. Does not tune a system, but lets you hear what is possible. You'l...