mrtennis
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| Benefits of DAC & Transport vs. CD player the one disadvantage of a separate dac is the interaction of transport and dac. some dacs are very transport sensitive. you may purchase several transports before you settle on one, or you may own more than one transport.it is possible that your o... | |
| Speaker Preferences? at the risk of being labelled an elitist, why is speaker selection so critical if recordings feature mainly amplified instruments ?i can understand why someone would be concerned about speaker selection if most recordings contained acoustic instru... | |
| Benefits of DAC & Transport vs. CD player the advantage of separates is flexibility. you can still find current production dacs using 16 bit, non up sampling chips. it is very difficult to find a one box player which does not up sample and uses a 16 bit dac chip.you may be able to voice y... | |
| Speaker Preferences? dealer's demonstrations are problematical. the best suggestion is to visit several dealers and listen to a spekaer on your short list. if you observe some consistent sonic patterns, maybe you can trust the demonstrations.if the "sound" varies sign... | |
| Top ten tube preamps a macintosh c 22. | |
| Curious about Audio Horizons TP3.0 Tube DAC i had a chance to audition the dac, recently.well, it sounds like a solid state dac without the usual transistor "edge", yet it uses 4 6 volt tubes.mine had siemens tubes.its presentation was not my cup of tea. why put tubes in a component if you ... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? i have a great idea. designers should provide no power cords with amps, preamps and digital gear.most purchasers of said equipment prefer to use after market line cords.think of the savings and the ecological benefit of supplying components withou... | |
| Most helpful audio companies heads up to leonard at audio research, conrad johnson and magnepan. jeff roland is pretty nice too.in fact my experience is most companies i have contacted have been cooperative about answering questions.it is the exception that is not customer-fr... | |
| Do true audiophiles own Mcintosh gear what difference does it make what audiophiles own>when were they anointed the true cognoscenti of matters audio ? | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker smoothness and resolution are at opposite ends of a continuum.too much smoothness obscures resolution. too much resolution eliminates smoothness.it would seem that speaker designers may voice a speaker to provide a balance of the two.it is difficu... | |
| My new room is 8 x 16 x 32, what to do? hi herman:you could put a hardowood floor over the concrete floor. i have a listening room which has a concrete floor. i added a plywood floor over it and a carpet over that. obviously, you may not want to place a carpet in your basement, but you ... | |
| My new room is 8 x 16 x 32, what to do? you are lucky to have such a large room.you may be able to avoid some of the effects of room boundaries by placing your speakers away from the rear and side walls.for example, you could move the speakers, say, 10 feet from the rear and at least tw... | |
| McAlister Audio Opinions Sought i owned one, 75 watts, but don't remember the model number.the amplifier sounds like there are no tubes in it. i was glad to get rid of it. i suppose, before the price increase it was a good value, if you like a transistor amp with tubes. it's a b... | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. fatparrot:i agree with you. i just can't listen to cone speakers too long, without wanting to walk out of the room.i have been listening to quads for so many years that my ears are not receceptive to cones, or horns | |
| Speaker Preferences? i beilieve that a new martin logan full range electrostatic speaker, the clx, is to be introduced at ces 2008.hopefully, they will be better balanced than the cls 2z.i would be surprised if the clx would be described as "dull" |