mikelavigne
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| Difference between active and passive preamps i agree with all the previous comments regarding passive's advantages and the system issues required for passive to perform properly. for passive to work correctly in your system you do need sufficiently high input impedence amps, short interconne... | |
| DACs: Burmester vs. Meitner vs. dcs Dolphin, good question. i have heard both the Burmeister and dCS at CES both this year and last. i also have had the dCS in my room about 2 years ago......so my opinions are not only based upon this past weekend. i feel (especially on the dCS whic... | |
| DACs: Burmester vs. Meitner vs. dcs after hearing all three at the Stereophile show in San Francisco this past weekend......it is not close; the Meitner was a good deal better than the other 2 on redbook.....and light-years better on sacd. i went back to these rooms multiple times t... | |
| Any Good SACD Player Plays CD Well Kana813, if you need a fellow Hawaiian to confirm the performance level of the Meitner emmlabs DAC6 and modified Philips SACD 1000; last weekend i hosted Ronald Yee, who goes by the moniker of 'Oahuan' on Audiogon, in my room. Ronald had seen my s... | |
| WADIA / dCS / AA Capitole - the ultimate CD ??? . i've had the Meitner emmlabs DAC6 and modified Philips SACD 1000 for the last 4 months. it replaced the 24-bit Linn CD-12 and the Marantz SA-1 in my system. i have heard all the digital sources mentioned in this thread either in my room or at CES.... | |
| rockport technologies capella MK2 Tetsu, i just spoke to Andy Payor. he said to use 50 cps silicone on the bearing. you fill it so that when the bearing plunges into the well, the silicone doesn't come up above the large diameter of the well-shaft. the silicone should come up to w... | |
| BAT VK75SE buzz and humming ?? help.. the Ghost of the Buzzing Halcro's has come back to haunt you.but seriously, maybe try moving the amps to another room with your surround speakers and Capitole and see if that eliminates the buzzing......you may have some sort of RF that is being r... | |
| Who makes the best passive volume control? Eantala, i am a committed passive volume control lover. the Placette is the best all-round unit i have found in my system. i recently did a shoot-out of the Bent Silver TX102, the Silver Rock and the Placette. of the three i very slightly preferre... | |
| rockport technologies capella MK2 Tetsu, i will call Andy Payor of Rockport and leave him a message with your question. i probably won't hear back until Monday. when i hear i'll post it here.btw, Congradulations on owning a Rockport.....i love mine! | |
| Aesthetix Question interesting thread. i owned the original Aesthetix Io for 2 years and then had the priviledge of having an Io Signature with dual power supplies and volume controls to compare to my original Io and my Lamm LP2. i also had previously tried the Call... | |
| The Fastest most musical amp interesting thread. "i want to find the FASTEST and MOST MUSICAL amp and preamp"......what is "fast"? my perception is that some amps achieve speed thru skipping over texture and nuance. the very best pieces of gear and the best software seem to a... | |
| Stylus pressure gauges i'm with Albert. i purchased the ALM-01 Winds guage (the 01 reads in hundreths of a gram) and i can really be confident of a repeatable measurement. this is especially helpful if you own and use multiple cartridges. you are able to go back to your... | |
| Lamm or Edge solid state ? i agree with all these pro-Lamm and Edge amp comments. both these excellent amps have been my favorite ss amps.one additional alternative would be to bi-amp with 2 new hybrid stereo Tenor amps. you would have one stereo hybrid on each side. my exp... | |
| Audio Physic Tempo 3i vs Revel F-30: Better Value? Sunnyjim, i own Revel F30's, S30 surrounds and the C30 center channel in my HT room. i have one friend with Audio Physic Avanti III's and another with Virgo III's. i have been in both friend's rooms numerous times. so i have a pretty good idea of ... | |
| Cartridge suggestions for around 2K Cmo, Salvatore has one perspective, but he has not personally heard that many cartridges. i think his web-site is valuable in that it will make you think for yourself.....which is the best advice.in my personal cartridge experience i have found th... |