mrtennis
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| You got to be ?& ยท Kidding me our hobby is so subjective that some audiophiles will prefer a non over sampling dac with a tube in place of a current production dac with over sampling.what is one's criteria of sound?is timbre preferred over dynamics, etc. .the nos dac may excel... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System how does one answer this question when it is impossible to ascertain the contribution of cables to the overall sound emanating from a pair of speakers.there are so many variables, including the room and ac, that questions such as this are at best,... | |
| Is this Placebo or something real? as long as our senses and nervous system is imperfect one can never be certain that one is hearing what exists, or hearing what doesn't exist (hearing things).there is no way to definitively answer your question without aid of objective measuremen... | |
| XRCD Technology i have three hi rez dvrs, which i received from reference recordings, i listened to them both on my ps audio pwt and pwd and then i substituted the ess sabre dac fro the pwd. the sound was in another class compared to red book.regrading xrcd, in m... | |
| Solid State Power Amps That Sound Most Like Tubes? here's a thought. there are capacitors which can alter the frequency response, or at least alter the tonal balance, perhaps emphazing the lower frequencies and reducing the presence of treble frequencies.replacing caps in the signal path with mund... | |
| Which attributes do you value most? timbre is #1, tonal balance, harmonic content, coherence, bass extension, the others are unimportant. | |
| XRCD Technology hi smoothjazz:do you find the highs a bit more emphasized than on the other 5 versions you have auditioned. i own a number of xrcds, including xrcd2s and find that compared to the commercial version, there is a change in frequency response and a f... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players hi pubul57:i have a question for you:suppose you hear of a comparison between 5 similar components, e.g., cd players, and the number of listeners exceeds 100. suppose one of the players is favored by more than half of the listeners. do you think y... | |
| XRCD Technology i have a number of xrcds--early and 24 bit versions.i am not keeen on them and probably would not buy anymore.here are my observations:there is a change in frequency response. when comparing an xrcd to an original i have observed greater resolutio... | |
| CD players - Luxman vs. Esoteric? i am not an authority on either brand. my listening experiences have consisted of a friend's stereo system (luxman) and ces (esoteric).i would say that the luxman brand, based upon my limited experience is probably warmer than the esoteric product... | |
| "What's Your Best Price?" i agree with tvad that asking for "the best price" is highly correlated with not buying an item.tvad, even though you and i have had our differences in the past, i respect you as a reasonable man and one of great intellect. your wisdom is evident ... | |
| Throwing your gear under the bus if you main regretting selling a piece of gear, i regret selling my cary slp 94 preamp. i think i was a bit hasty during the break-in process. | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players the problem with such a test, is that the results cannot be extrapolated onto one's own stereo system, i.e., one would best listen to the same digital hardware in the context of one's own system--true for any component, to make a meaningful judgment. | |
| Why buy older digital gear? hi art:i too use the ess dac in tube mode, but i think the old forsell stuff, is more musical and more expensive.i'd love to listen to the original tempest cd player again, but would be afraid to own it because of the difficulty of finding a repla... | |
| Opinions - The Absolute Sound i apologize for the discussion of what may be an arcane and irrelevant topic and perhaps boring some of the readers. my bad. |