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| How important are transports? Here's what I know: the $30 CD Drive in my computer can read most CDs (except those that are heavily scratched) PERFECTLY (tested via checksums during the ripping process) at speeds up to 52x normal playback speed. If you don't think your audio-... | |
| Transports bog standard CDP ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Agree a basic cd player are dated and a temporary fix until cash is avaliable for a superior cd player can be added.The only 2 cd players I consider equal/superior to a good DAC, are the two mention... | |
| Transports Everyone is talking <,DAC's>> I'm old school, sticking to a combo player.Trans/DAC in one unit.The 2 units folks might wish to consider before adding a DAC is the Cayin 17 Mark2 and the Shanling 3.2 cd player.Both built like tanks with ... | |
| Danny Richie "fixes" the Linkwitz Arion loudspeaker Just after posting above,, went back to my listening room, and the thought that richard planted in my brain,,came back as Faith Hill cd played on,,,**You have the wrong amp, or get new speakers.., mismatched***, Told Richard, can't part with eith... | |
| Danny Richie "fixes" the Linkwitz Arion loudspeaker ~~~It’s very important for the audiophile to think they have found the perfect speaker ~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Richard Gray (upon his advice, = as he was installing new outside cab xovers he measured the 1... | |
| 6922 tube Here you can actually see the sovtek 6922 which i mention in the OP, Although I appreciate a friend lending me a pair, this tube is anti-music, completely destroys the beauty of the Cayin Cd17 Mark1go to 1:12 to see this most putrid sounding 69... | |
| CD Player vs. music streaming There is no streaming crap that comes close to SACD Streaming is like FM radio vs our old phone days,, FM never did compete with the sound of LP.sNeither will stream compete with a good tubed cd player. | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity Aside from that, just the other day I read about some Chinese car company that is planning to build a car manufacturing plant in the U.S.A. I forgot details. Well with the Chinese Flu shutting down businesses across the USA, there will be plenty o... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity @ mozartfan, My new buick encore, is made in (China). This has been the world plan, 50+ years now. HELLO! :-) Not doubting your word,, just had to google that fact,, yep says made in china,, HOWEVER,,not designed in china,, What I am saying the... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity @mozartfan, China does indeed make cars. hard to fathom/believe, If you say so..A chinese car...something on the level of a Yugo,Fiat, Chevy Chevette, Ford's 1980's crap, There is a sort of relation, the more things a country makes, the l... | |
| 6550 vs KT88 vs KT90 Well I actually sold the original NOS /very low hrs, maybe 200 hrs, on the dozen sold for $250,, and bought the KT90's, which I then(10 hours useage) sold, bought 150s(10 hrs usage), returned, rebought 90's(10 hrs) returned, bought 6550s(10 hrs)... | |
| Top resistors The Vishay TXs are one of the best, if not the best for use in the Jadis My tech ordered the Zfoils, most arrived, others are special orders, TI will allow folks to call in for any value they need, price bumps up a few $'s. This is for the Jadi... | |
| 6922 tube I've tried several NOS 6922 pairs in my VAC preamp and settled on 1961 NOS Amperex after finding the Mullards a bit too warm and Siemens much too bright. The Dutch made Bugle Boys were my goldilocks tubes ;-) OK now this is a good report,, Loo... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity Excellent post, This is very helpful and based on your persoanl experience. Yes china makes everything,, with the one exception, automobiles, China can not nor ever will make a car. Everything else they can make. But by making everything, result... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity I've used KT150s for the past couple of years without issue Ok this is what we need to hera,, and would make sense the KT150 are in fact reliable, as jadis uses this tube in stocking a few of their amps, jadis would never (except in the choice... |