moto_man
Responses from moto_man
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp I would recommend the Audio Research REF6 over the 5SE. I use an MSB Discrete DAC with a Premier Power Base with the renderer module, and a solid state hard drive connected with CAT8 cable, all managed by Roon using an iPad next to my listening c... | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? For me, price dictates my desire to actually hear a speaker, unless I am familiar with the "house" sound. But I have found that no matter what, speakers don't sound the same in the store, of course, and as you go up in price, they become more sen... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers I don't understand it and therefore the phenomenon of "break-in" doesn't make sense to me, except perhaps with speakers. But nonetheless, I have perceived a difference between when I first hooked cables up and ran them for 50 or 100 hours. So wh... | |
| A $250 Power Conditioner? @questforhifi , I do not notice any "brightness" that is not on the recording itself. I understand that it seems to go away when you remove the Puron, but all I can tell you is that I have not noticed anything like that in my system and 2 of them... | |
| A $250 Power Conditioner? After readings a few threads on the Puron, I purchased 2 on sale. One went into the wall with the Shunyata Alpha V1 power cord from my Pass 205.8. The other went into a 500W isolation transformer into which my DAC and pre are plugged. I found b... | |
| Why so many ARC Ref 6SE preamps up for sale? I have a REF6 and I love it. I recently thought of listing it, solely because I wondered about the future availability of replacement tubes. But it seems like there is a significant demand and supply of tubes -- just look at the number of NOS tu... | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? I have Menieres Syndrome in my L ear, a symptom of which is low frequency loss, and tinnitus. it goes into remission for 6-7 years and then rages for a month or so, and then reduces. The tinnitus never goes away but it does get quieter, when in ... | |
| Robert Plant @nitrobob, you are so right. Get The Led Out is just an amazing show. front row center for their show coming up in March. Last year, they were EPIC. I was looking around at all of these old geezers singing along, with their walkers etc., and t... | |
| Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described I have been on both sides of this issue. I bought a subwoofer that was shoddily packed and arrived damaged and unusable. The seller claimed that I was responsible for getting money from UPS, not him. I fully documented the unpacking and the dam... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation I second the Morrow cables as a good buy,and there is usually a 50% off sale or something. I had the SP7’s in my system and they were really nice, especially for the price. They replaced MIT 3.3 Shotguns and Cardas Golden Cross. I replaced them... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER @webking185 , I understand that it is counterintuitive to think that adding a whole bunch of circuitry into the line between the DAC and amp would sound better, but all I can say is that with my setup, which I don’t think is any slouchy setup, the... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER @ghdprentice, absolutely. I have heard great things about the XP-32, but as usual, there are those that like the REF 6 over the XP-32 and those who love the XP-32 over the REF 6. One thing that I have learned is that there are no reliable ways t... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER I an MSB Discrete DAC with Premier Power base, an ARC Ref 6, Pass Labs 250.8 and Wilson Sabrina X's. Although MSB's National Sales manager thought that I should definitely run the DAC direct to amp, I experimented first with a loaner ARC LS 28SE,... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 @daveteauk, just to clarify, my valve anxiety is based on the availability of replacement tube sets 5-10 years down the road. I already have a full replacement set that came with my ARC. But in an ideal world, my preamp should be good for a long... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 @curiousjim, LOL! Yeah I bought my REF 6 (not SE) with a full set of replacement tubes. @sleeeepguy thanks for your input, especially since you and I have similar systems. The combo of the 250.8 and the Sabrina X's and the ARC REF 6 has been gre... |