melbguy1
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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD AL, just to correct you regarding the 'ping' on Ayon spinners when you press play or change inputs, that 'ping' sound comes from the 6H30 tube filament and is very normal. Ayon do not use any negative feedback or compensators to erase tube noise o... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? @Audiolabyrinth, I have no interest in kissing up to Charles1dad. Best he keep to his side of the forum, and me to mine. And that's all i'm going to say on that subject. That said, in the interests of harmony, I will bite my tongue from now on. | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Charles, thanks for the character reference. Funny, I thought running a blacklist, then promoting that fact was incredibly rude and arrogant. Different points of view my friend. Btw, I find your description of my comments as "pugnacious" ironic. W... | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Browns, it's kind of anal running a black list, isn't it? Anyhow looking at your system, I doubt you could afford to buy any gear from those members anyway and vice versa, I doubt those members would want to buy any of your gear apropos of which I... | |
| Magico S1 owners - speaker cable suggestions Nice choice Imaginett on the SR Element Tungsten cables. Magico were using Synergistic cables at CES this year. I will have to check those out. And yes they would be a big upgrade from your old Holigrams. I'm enjoying the natural/organic sound of ... | |
| How good is the krell fpb 700cx? It is a big bruiser of an amp at 81.6kg & is a bit of a room heater running at full tilt, whilst the power consumption is rather high running at 430 watts at idle! That said, it has a lot of nice class A power and will not sneeze at any load. ... | |
| CD Transports a relic or a good option? Aune/AN Hard luck on the loss of your old CD-77.1 Bud. Yeah i've heard that is a musical sounding player. The EAR Acute III is similarly well regarded as a musical sounding valve spinner. I was seriously considering buying one as my temporary player at on... | |
| Speaker grills As a rule of thumb, most speakers sound better with the grills off. I have the optional grills for my Magico S5's & found this to be the case. However bare in mind some speakers have been designed such that the speaker grills are an integral p... | |
| CD Transports a relic or a good option? Aune/AN Why not just get an AMR CD-77? I plan on buying a reference CD player in the next 2-3 months. I am also planning on adding a server transport next year, and plan to use my cdp as dac for the forseeable future. Servers by and large are not set up f... | |
| ARC ref 3,5 OR Lamm LL2.1 for my ml2.1 11-19-13: Stereo5Go with the Lamm. They were designed to work with one another.+ 1. | |
| CH precision or Trinity or combo of both? Azjake, I believe AlistairM on Stereo.net.au has heard both these dacs in his system (not sure if he is a member here). Also Adam (Elberoth) on WBF/AA owns the Trinity dac & could share his experience. But just to throw another cat amongst the... | |
| Stillpoints and reference-level speakers Tbg, the premise of the thread is fine, only some of the contributions leave a bit to be desired. Fyi I am installing two pairs of 3 Ultra 5's with Ultra bases under my Magico S5's soon. I have the new top-threaded U5's and new thread adaptors as ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 08-11-14: MattnshilpThanks Melbguy1, for bringing up a nice option. I'm sure some readers will definitely look into the SCD-025 with your suggestion. What is the retail?08-11-14: Bill_kMatt - I couldn't find confirmed US pricing but the SCD-025 se... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 08-10-14: MattnshilpThe Vitus looks amazing and I'm sure it sounds it as well. Congrats. Feel free to post some thoughts on its sound here as well.Thanks for your comments Matt. The SCD-025 takes the sound of cd's to a place heretofore unknown in ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 08-10-14: AudiolabyrinthCongrats are in full order Melbguy1 on your Vitus singnature series SCD-025 you will be getting, I would like for you to do a review of the player on the Tara Labs Thread when you get your final impressions of the player af... |