moto_man
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| DCS Sending Legal Notice To Reviewer (Golden Sound) Over an Old Review of Their Bartok DAC I’m sorry but DCS is completely full of it. Other than a recitation of the technical specs, a review is almost entirely the opinion of the reviewer. Opinions are not capable of being proven to be true or false. They are therefore not actionable... | |
| Upgrade from WIlson Sabrina My room is 11.5 x 11.5 x 9.5. I have the Sabrina X’s about 2 ft from the front wall and 3 from each side. no room treatments. They are powered by a Pass 250.8, with an ARC REF 6 pre and an MSB Discrete DAC and Premier power base, a REL S/510 an... | |
| Ebay selling my missing amplifier I would definitely NOT contact the current seller. If you do, you may never see the amp again as possession of stolen property is itself a crime. I would work through the local police or eBay fraud. As someone suggested, you can also buy it fro... | |
| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? Congratulations on the Sabrina X's. I have a pair, powered by a Pass Labs 250.8, with an ARC REF6 and an MSB Discrete DAC. I think that the sound is phenomenal -- just the way I like it. I think that the tube pre and a powerful Pass Labs amp is... | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? Audiophile listening isn't dying. The music worth listening to is old, just like the audiophiles who listen to it. We are a dying breed of connoisseurs, soon to be extinct. People have mentioned the lack of attention span and the inability of yo... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @roxy1927,I too have a Pass 250.8 and an ARC REF 6 pre. Switching from the stock ARC power cord to a Shunyata Alpha v2 yielded a definitely noticeable improvement in the sound. On the other hand, I first replaced my Pass stock power cord with an... | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? I am actually somewhat surprised that you didn't like the Pass/Pulsar combo. I had Pulsars in my music room and to me they are a warmer speaker, which I paired with a Prima Luna DiaLogue HD tube amp. I thought that that combo sounded very nice.... | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? @erik_squires, I think my point is slightly different. When one is ripping from a vinyl album, I would think that the analog signal from the cartridge would be captured and converted "lossless" to FLAC. That should mean that the FLAC so captured... | |
| Why do Wav and Flac Files Sound Different? I find it an interesting question. Lossless should be lossless, i.e., bit perfect, whether a WAV file or FLAC. This brings me to another age-old debate on here. If FLAC is bit-perfect, and it supposedly is, if one rips a vinyl album to FLAC usi... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords I'm surprised at the amount of derision and hostility heaped on the OP here. I am on the side of "power cords make a difference." Why? Because I hear a difference. I disagree that having the neighbors over for a listen disqualifies them because... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @roxy54 I have a 250.8 and an ARC REF 6. I noticed a significant audible difference going from stock ARC to a Shunyata Alpha v2. On the other hand, the difference between the Pass stock cord and another Shunyata was audibly better, but not nearl... | |
| Audio Research Pre-Amp advice I was using my MSB DAC direct to the amp without a separate preamp. My local dealer loaned me an ARC LS28SE to try. It was only marginally better than the DAC direct, not even close to worth the money for it. But I could hear some potential. S... | |
| Kind of Blue This is an incredibly tough question, given that jazz varies so much. KOB is obviously a classic, of course, as is Take Five. But my go-to morning coffee recording is Bill Evans Live at the Village Vanguard -- a masterpiece. I am also a vibraph... | |
| Overkill for small room So I have a small music room, 11.5 x11.5 x 9.5. I have Wilson Sabrina X's, a REL s/510 sub, an MSB DAC, ARC REF 6 preamp and a Pass Labs 250.8. The Wilsons are fantastic in my room . . . very pleased. I can't say anything about the Dynaudios, ... | |
| Help with XLR ICs. I have an ARC REF 6, and I use Shunyata Anaconda XLR's, which can be had used at very reasonable prices. In fact, I have a Shunyata loom because I think that their cables sounded so good in my system. I have them between my MSB DAC and the ARC R... |