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| USB from external hard drive to mac mini I noticed it too. There's also a noticeable difference plugging the external hard drive into a conditioner as was the case with a Hydra-6 that I own. Enough to where it tips the balance too much in the upper frequencies and I avoid it. I picked up... | |
| Bel Canto USB Link 24/96 vs Empirical off ramp 3 I have the Off Ramp Turbo-3 with the upgraded clock. Works as advertised. Very resolving and smooth when paired with good equipment. Not much to look at but gets the job done. I've had it paired with a MHDT Havana Tube DAC and a Redwine Audio Isab... | |
| Dissapointed with my new speakers As for what I was driving the MAs with - it wasn't super great gear, but not bad either. Originally it was a Denon receiver. Then an Outlaw amp and pre/pro. Then I believe I had them paired with a Musical Fidelity A308 integrated for a time at whi... | |
| Dissapointed with my new speakers I had two pair of the silver series. One pair was the 5's (gold cap in the middle of the two 5 1/4" drivers). The later pair was silver 8's I believe (2 x 6 1/2" drivers plus the same gold metallic tweeter). They were my first ventures into better... | |
| My first post, need some opinions about speakers I tried the Devore Super 8's for about a week in my setup. Found them too forward/revealing for digital gear (I've heard that Devore designs his speakers around analog sources). They're nice, just not good with my tube amp and digital front-end. T... | |
| Finding a little warmth from Benchmark1 USB DAC Funny that you like a dry/revealing sound yet you find the Benchmark too glaring and bright, that says something about that particular DAC. I owned a Benchmark USB DAC1 for close to a year and tried everything under the sun to tame it. I prefer a ... | |
| Requesting input from iMac users USB beats out the toslink on the IMac in my setup hands down. That was into a Bel Canto DAC3 at the time I tried the comparison. Using an Empirical Audio Turbo-3 converter now which is pricey but about as good as you can get for USB conversion. At... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations under $5K I've been demoing speakers recently, looking to upgrade from my Quad 22L2's. Tried to stay in the $3k range (new), but I'm now demoing a pair of Living Voice IBX-R2's.It depends on the gear you're using and what your tastes are, but I've tried bot... | |
| Dissapointed with my new speakers A word to the wise, you might stay away from Monitor Audio and be super careful of tweeter arrangement/design in any speaker you buy. MA speakers are incredibly bright (I owned two pair before). Great for home theater, brutal for music.Textile dom... | |
| Mac to DAC thats comparable to Linn CDP? if you look into the MHDT DACs, you also might want to look into a USB converter of at least some sort. The MHDT DACs sound great, but they sound much better with a clean digital signal that is reclocked by a capable USB converter.Examples are -Be... | |
| Mac to DAC thats comparable to Linn CDP? I've had a Musiland MD-10 that sounds about like you're describing (poor).Then I went to a Benchmark DAC1 USB (Incredibly detailed and much better, although bright).Then a Bel Canto DAC3 (similiar to the DAC1 as far as being incredibly resolving, ... | |
| Audio advancement - why? Not sure anyone answered the original question, which in other words is why can't the SS technology progress enough to rival that of tubes (that is, rival SS for those qualities most admire in tube design). It seems there's a large number, if not ... | |
| Shunyatas New CX series Digsmithd - You're saying there's a huge difference between the Hydra 2 and Hydra 4/6? I have both, can't really discern any huge benefit of the 6 over the 2 and my system is fairly resolving. The 2 works better in that I can isolate my amp/dac fr... | |
| Shunyata Python Helix. How good they are? Blindjim pretty much summed it up for you.I've have two currently, one 20amp feeding a hydra-2, another 15amp version on my tube amp. The one exception to any equipment I've owned is the MHDT Havana Tube DAC, where a Taipan Helix actually is a bet... | |
| Power conditioning Good power conditioners do make a difference, but most high quality units with 4+ outlets start in the $500-$1,000 range (used). A $200-$300 power conditioner probably won't provide much more benefit than a power strip as far as 2 channel music is... |