mgottlieb
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| 24/96 or 24/192 When I had a chance to compare 24/96 on a Levinson 360S DAC to 24/192 on a dCS Elgar (using a dCS Purcell for the upsampling with both), I traded in the Levinson for the Elgar. Just to check, I tried the Elgar at 24/96, and there was almost as gre... | |
| Why so many Power plants for sale? They're very good units, but are inefficient because they require so much power themselves that even the biggest ones really don't work on large power amps. I had to use a Richard Gray unit for those. Eventually it was just easier to get rid of bo... | |
| Should I get Dolby B decoder for my open reel deck The very best source of pre-recorded open reels was a small company named Barclay-Crocker, which licensed performances from a number of the majors, and did them in very high quality Dolby B. They had several thousand titles, as I recall. At least ... | |
| Classe' amps I have a pair of Classe CAM-350 monoblocks, driving a pair of notoriously power-hungry speakers. They're fabulous, reasonable ($7000/pair) for their quality, and one person can actually move them (75 pounds each). | |
| Levinson Amps: What do they really sound like? I agree with most of the above comments. The problem, once you already have the speakers you want to use, is getting one-three dealers to lend you three or four (or with monoblocks, seven to eight) huge amps and drag them home to listen. And then ... | |
| Speakers recommendations when placement is an issue Here's a further thought for you--the Egglestonworks Andras. I bought them, aside from the fact that I loved them, because they are designed to go close to a back wall without any boom (I've had them as close as 10" to the back wall with no ill ef... | |
| any one comparing DCS with upsampling to SACD? SACD is a substantial improvement over CD generally, but it depends, like everything else, on the quality of the particular SACD, and I have heard several instances on particular hybrid SACDs where dCS-upsampled playback of the CD layer is prefera... | |
| laid back, warm interconnects with tight bass clean highs Ditto Cardas, especially Golden Reference or Golden Cross. | |
| RCA to XLR connection Both BAT and Purist Audio Design make high quality adaptors of the kind you need for approximately $90-$110 a pair.Both are excellent. | |
| EMC-1 vs. Levinson 360s/Sony SCD-1 For what it's worth, I believe the SCD-1 is a phenomenal transport after fully broken in (500 hours minimum) and the 360S, which I had for almost a year, is a great DAC. I missed using them together because I traded in the 360S for an Elgar, but b... | |
| Short Power Cable (ie, 3 to 6ft) I assume also that you don't really mean short power cables, but short speaker cables. I found an audible improvement when using short (4 foot) speaker cables and a longer (8 foot balanced) IC between the pre and power amps than when I had used a ... | |
| XLR adapters for single ended cables I've used a Purist Audio Design female XLR to male RCA adaptor to use a balanced cable between various XLR outputs and the RCA-only inputs of my preamp, and it sounded great. Can't tell if there was any loss, because the only way I had previously ... | |
| RCA Connections to Amp (Jumpers) ? Adaptors can affect the sound. That's why they have to be top quality to minimize any bad effects. Purist is known for making the best, which is why I suggested them. | |
| RCA Connections to Amp (Jumpers) ? Purist Audio Design in Clute, Texas can make about any kind of adaptor you want. Top quality, not cheap. Suggest you try them. | |
| C.E.C Tl-1 transport Second Marcell's recommendation. Very good guy, although I haven't dealt with him on CEC. |