mapman
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| Transistor Preamp that sounds like a Tube Preamp? Saxo, Still out there?If you like the sound of tubes, probably best to go with tubes. if that is the sound you like, then any thing else will be a compromise.Shouldn't cost too much to build a nice sounding tube system around something like PrimaL... | |
| DAC as an upgrade After doing some research on DACS and some more critical listening today and some needed fine tuning on speaker positions (they were inadvertently moved a tad recently), I've decided what I have sounds fine + will most likely stay put. Most issues... | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests I've been doing some critical listening this afternoon with a variety of CDs and vinyl.I've reached the conclusion that Jaybo was right. The issues when they occur are mainly in the recordings.Jaybo, you the man! | |
| DAC as an upgrade I'm getting some good tips here and on some other threads regarding various DACs to consider.BEl CAnto and Musical Fidelity are some of the names I am familiar with that seem viable for me and worth considering. Some other lesser known specialized... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? "Some of the Dick's Picks live Greatful Dead recordings feature wonderful playing and certainly have their following"Good point. Garcia was a fine acoustic guitarist. Most re-mastered Dead CDs I've heard sound pretty good. "American Beauty" and "R... | |
| DAC as an upgrade Blu Ray is an interesting technology to keep an eye on. Can it do for digital audio what it does for video? I would have to think so.HD DVD isn't going anywhere at this point, is it?I wonder if there is an audio only format in the works for Blu Ra... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Steve Hackett "Sketches of Satie" is pretty good. Classical acoustic guitar + flute though.Hackett also has a DVD called Hungarian Horizons that features him playing acoustic guitar with some accompaniment in a live concert that I would recommend.... | |
| DAC as an upgrade Meanwhile, right now I'm watching a Three Dog Night Live DVD playing on the Marantz DV-4200 DVD player in my separate 2 channel A/V system (vintage Yamaha receiver driving Triangle Titus 202 + M&K sub) and its sounding pretty sweet. Digital ca... | |
| DAC as an upgrade Cerrot,I'm with you regarding what makes for a good listening experience."RH said that with each component a window pane is added"True, but with digital, it doesn't take a component to do this. A lot can happen within a tiny chip embedded within t... | |
| DAC as an upgrade Cerrot,You're right, of course, but I find it hard to determine when a deficiency is in fact in the recording when the only way to tell is to listen on a player. Even very high end playback systems like DCS employ digital signal processing algorit... | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests Dc,I'm wondering if some of the enhancement tricks played with digital processing of lesser digital source material can be introduced via separate digital signal processing devices of some sort as opposed to having to change out the entire player ... | |
| DAC as an upgrade I notice my Denon has both digital out and digital in connections (both coax and optical for each).Rather than changing DACs, I could try hooking up a digital processor of some sort with these connections and run the built in DAC for now as a firs... | |
| Silky and soft highs II: CD reference tests A common theme emerging seems to be that many problems with CDs start with the recording itself and that different units do different things to compensate or not.I'm still struggling to determine how much of a resulting good sound from CD source i... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Recently:Nick Lowe - Labour of LustGary Brooker - No More Fear of FlyingChet Atkins - Teensville (RCA Living Stereo)Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow (particularly excellent recording) | |
| DAC as an upgrade 2chnlben,iThe Denon CDR1500 is only 2-3 years old and is still sold new on Amazon and other locations. |