mgottlieb
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| Sony SCD-1 as transport? Actually, that's exactly what it does best. CD payback is good, SACD is excellent, but with a first-rate digital cable (NBS 0 RCA-RCA) through a really fine external DAC (dCS Purcell and Elgar) it out-performed my Levinson 37 (using a balanced NBS... | |
| Best interconnect for Sony SCD-1 w/ss Cardas Golden Reference is a very nice matchup with the SCD-1--very smooth. A trusted friend says Purist (e.g., Proteus) works particularly well. On all of these, balanced cables are supposed to be far preferable with the Sony, but that's all I've... | |
| Help with Sony 777 SACD I would agree entirely with GMorris. Switching to Custom opens the sound up more on SACD on the SCD-1 (I listen to CD though an external processor). If you were auditioning a new component for an upgrade, you wouldn't pay a great deal for the chan... | |
| Cardas or Harmonic Technology Haven't heard the Harmonic Tech, but I do have Andras, and the Golden Reference speaker cables and interconnects go beautifully with those speakers, which need a bit of warmth as long as there is no compromise in clarity--which perfectly describes... | |
| Tri-Wire Cables Straight Wire will tri-wire for a little extra. At one time I had tri-wired Straight Wire Crescendo cable, and it was a major advance over bi-wire plus jumpers. | |
| Absolutely Amazing Absolute Power Cords Gregm--you committed an unforgivable sin, you expressed honest curiosity about something as to which a lot of people have closed minds. So you must be a fool, a shill, or some part of a vast and unhealthy conspiracy to confuse and defraud. Notice ... | |
| Pass XONO - stories from the front? Have had one since November. It is a significant advance over the Aleph ONO, which already was very good. Have only used one cartridge (Koetsu Rosewood Signature) and one phono cable (Cardas Golden Reference) and changed cables to preamp (Pass X-1... | |
| Nottingham any good? I BELIEVE this is the new turntable being imported by Audiophile Systems in Indianapolis, the distributor of dCS and Arcam. They have a good website. It looks good in pictures; that's all I know. | |
| Odd Power Cord--Recommendations? Can't answer your question, but it sounds exactly like the power cord which came with my Marantz CD recorder. Maybe Marantz USA or a dealer could help you. Good luck. | |
| Absolutely Amazing Absolute Power Cords So now that you've all got your rocks off calling each other names, has anyone who has actually tried the cables got anything clear and non-self-defensive or accusatory to say about them instead of about each other? Sorry, I was just kind of curio... | |
| Kimber Illuminations D-60, proper length I have two d-60's (both BNC to RCA), one 1 meter, 1 1 1/2 meter. I can't hear any difference. But maybe a hunting dog could. | |
| So many choices what to buy? There are dozens of great speakers out there, but the real problem is to get a home audition from the dealer of the ones that seem best before you buy. Some dealers spend a fortune treating their demo rooms, while others just throw a system togeth... | |
| Is there an SACD that can play cds well? There is something strange about the Sony SCD-1: the more you use it, the better it seems to get on CD playback. I have a Levinson 37-dCS Purcell-Elgar combo, and in the beginning it was light years ahead of the SONY on CD playback. Then I started... | |
| Sony SCD-1 vs SCD-777es? I have an SCD-1 and am very happy with it. I heard the two side by side at a dealer, and the SCD-1 did sound better. Somehow the 777 sounded darker, slower and heavier. My first instinct was to think that it was balanced vs. unbalanced cables (I k... | |
| Koetsu cartridge rebuild I've had a pair of Koetsu Rosewood Signatures either rebuilt by Koetsu ($1300 for a complete, like-new rebuild), or retipped (new stylus, some maintenance) several times by Benz Micro. That was about $800, and was also fine, but it was not a rebui... |