mrtennis
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| What's better out from CD player: coax or optical? there is a greater variety of coax digital cables than toslink, which should increase the probability of finding one which will do a better job than a toslink.i believe it also depends upon the particular dac and transport. i have always preferred... | |
| Sony XA-5400es VS Oppo 83SE i have the ps audio pwt and pwd. i also own the 83se.i prefer the ps audio gear.as far as sacd the oppo is fair. i heard a $400 onkyo which i heard. i may consider the sony 54000 if i can buy it cheap.in addition, with the ps products you can play... | |
| Success Rolling Opamps in EE Minimax DAC hi doug:there are many opamps available.i don't want to listen to too many for obvious reasons.if i were to replace the single opamp feeding the tube, i would to select one which "slows" things down, is less transparent and has more of a classic t... | |
| What Cables should I try? oops i goofed. i meant to imply that if there is sufficient corroboration of a sonic signature, one may have some confidence that the performance will be replicated in another stereo system. but, since such an approach is inductive, there is only ... | |
| What Cables should I try? at this point it is almost imposssible to predict the performance of a cable. listen to as many cables in your price range as possible.until a cable has been heard in manu systems, it is hard to have confidence that it will perform in a certain wa... | |
| Is Stereophile seeking a new reader demographic? is it possible that a more successful business model for stereophile, to expand the topics covered ?granted, readers will be lost, but perhaps, others will be gained ?what is sacrosanct about a one-subject magazine ? | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? the fact that a word is defined does not rule out the possible arbitrary nature of the word. i am not saying holt's definition is not valid, but like any word in the english language, the duration of its usage and acceptance in communication is af... | |
| Success Rolling Opamps in EE Minimax DAC i own the minimax dac. i have several nos tubes. i believe that if you use the tube gain stage, you bypass the opamp. is this correct ?if this is correct, it may be more productive of your time to tunr the dac with a tube rather than try to find a... | |
| New Marantz SA11S2? it occurred to me that it is impossible to know the sound of any component. one listens to a stereo system. while each component contributes to the sound of a stereo system, introducing a new component into your stereo system does not provide suff... | |
| Cardas vs Synergistic does anyone believe that a cable, any cable has a basic sound, regardless of the system, but may very somewhat from that basic sound, as function of the interactions of that system.thus a sows ear may sound slightly different as you move it from s... | |
| Why don't gold based cable fans try Synergistic eaach metal in its pure form--either copper or silver or gold, have their own sonic signature. notice i have excluded alloys and mixed metal construction.i suspect that each of us prefers one of the three metals in a particular application and so ... | |
| Will a good power cable replace the need for a PC? i previously used power conditioners. i noticed that each one changed the sound spectrum. so, i eliminated all power conditioners, and use cables--power, interconnect, digital and speaker as tone controls.in fact, in my opinion preamps, amps, dacs... | |
| Is Stereophile seeking a new reader demographic? lets get back to economics--supply and demand. in most industries, if you want to increase sales, you lower the price.the question is, at what point is the subscription price economically infeasible, unless more ads are included, or some philanthr... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? all of the discussion regarding harmonics is useful and instructive, but does not address the question of whether warmth is a form of coloration. unfortunately, no one has definitively spoken on this subject.the purpose of the thread , i believe, ... | |
| Will a good power cable replace the need for a PC? my statement regarding dedicated vs non dedciared lines is based upon my own experience.i have two dedicated and one non-deicated line in my listening room.i prefer the sound of the stereo system using the non-deicated 12 gauge romex line to the d... |