mrtennis
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| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put if you are a problem solver, you don't need a dealer. learning the basics about component function and mismatches is necessary.then trial and error will eventually lead you to a desirable result | |
| Neodio NR22 Cd player - thoughts? does the neodio have a tube ??it sounds like it is relatively uncolored.i would say the original lector and the original zanden dac would be interesting competitors.again, a digital component without a tube is ast a disadvantage, in terms of long ... | |
| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC hi dpatterson:would you consider the possibility that a particular tube could provide more bloom and a more relaxed presentation than the ss mode of the minimax.i have listened to both modes and have not liked the ss mode at all, even listening to... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put a dealer can tell you what you like. there is no substitute for experimentation. | |
| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC hi dpatterson:what did you prefer about the solid state mode over the tube circuit in the minimax dac ? | |
| the quest for the best--within limits i think the basic issue is there is no best in audio. there will always be disagreement as to the superiority of one component over another.what is best for one is not best for another, as there are many variables which determine what is best for ... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put the answer is no. the dealer's ears and brain is not my ears and brain.i am an empiricist.i would rather listen to different components without dealer input.experience is the best teacher in audio. | |
| Cables ... what's up with them? educate your ear by auditioning different types of cables. that is, listen to copper,silver and gold-based cables. losten to cables with different dielectrics and of course the connectors will vary too.the problem is there are many variables and i... | |
| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC i confess that i may have forgotten what you wrote in the pasr.i think the answer to the question "what is better", aims to get at the heart of what you consider sonic excellence.if i understand your frame of reference, e.g., the greatest resoluti... | |
| Don't read you'll be sorry hi tycobb:keep in mind that in your experience cable a performed better than cable b.you are reporting one data point--hardly the basis for a generalization.your findings are purely anecdotal and your opinion. perhaps another listener might not ag... | |
| MSB DAC IV or dCS Paganini perhaps, an aside, but a question nonetheless.the issue is a comparison between two solid state dacs.could someone explain how a ss dac can better a tube dacwith respect to the strengths of tube character. also, the facility to find the ideal tube... | |
| 5AR4/GZ34 Rectifier Tubes i am partial to the older brimar tubes. i prefer brimar to mullard. i'm not sure there is a brimar 5ar4. if there is, and it wasn't to expensive, i would buy it.i have two brimar tubes--12au7 and 12at7, in my collection. | |
| Metrum Octave versus Eastern Electric DAC hi doug:you frequently use the word "better" , without contextual reference.thus there is no way to assess the connotation of your statements.better is subjective, and, as i have said, i think that the "right" tube in the original dac may be prefe... | |
| For the sound, or????? it seems counter intuitive that a solid state amp would be preferable to a more expensively priced tube amp. then again. this hobby is subjective--one man's rapture is another man's rupture.i have never had the experience of a decent tube amp bein... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? one can analyze the question until the cows come in , but there is an obvious answer.people have different tastes. some like boats, expensive cars, art objects, etc. . those who are passionate about a particular hobby, may have no interest in anot... |