mrtennis
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| the oppo 83 special edition as a transport hi tvad:i did not audition the ps audio combo before ipurchased it. thus i took a chance based upon other factors. i should have known better. | |
| Top of the line old technology VS Newer technology hi shazam:i own the perfect wave dac and perfect wave transport. the cal aria, cal tempest, wadia 2000, zanden, audionote cd 2. the ps audio is a fair performer.i owned goldmund gear. i think some of the older tube gear is competitive with the gol... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? wow, what an academic series of discussions which have not been proven relevant to the satisfaction accruing from listening to music.the key word is "proof". can someone offer up a study which shows as one approaches a neutral presentation of reco... | |
| T.H.E. Show 2010 i had a achance to review the jatpon opera amps, list at about 5k--300 watts class a. they are indeeded worthy performers at around 150 hz and below. however, the upper mid and treble sounded like typical solid state. overall the amp is a dr jekyl... | |
| Sony XA5400ES DAC Chip with regard to playback of redbook cds i believe the ess sabre dac (32 bit chip, 7 channel) is superior to any burr-brown chip. i will admit howevere, having auditioned many players/dacs using the 1792. i am not sure about the 1796. can anyone men... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? ultimately, i think most of us do not listen to music in an analytic mode and are more concerned whether the sound reaching the ears is pleasurable. in that sense, musicality may be more important to most audiophiles. | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 what makes the sony such a great player ?frequency responses, timbre, depth, clarity, does it have tube like characteristics ? i understand the redbook section is no big deal.i am auditioning and will review the oppo 83 se. perhaps that will give ... | |
| Mag 3.6R or 20.1 , Sanders & Montana EPS2 i think a good alternative to the sanders speakers (i almost bought a pair of his pure electrostatic, not the one exhibited at the show, which is a hybrid), is eithr the apogee duetta signature or the analysis audio epsilon (more money, however). ... | |
| Is Hi-fi getting more expensive? the demand for above 20,000 components is inelastic. that is it may be wiser to increase the price and sell a little less, when introducing new products.how many compoanies have annual revenue in excess of one million dollars. if you can sell more... | |
| Just got the PS Audio Perfectwav DAC -- Amazing i own the pwt and pwd. i assume it is broken in. i left it on for two weeks and fed a signal, changing the cd every so often. i used the coax and hdmi input to the dac.i disagree with all of the opoinions so far about these products. it extends th... | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed i have quads. don't like the sound above 200 hz with any solid state amp. i have tried several. quads and a tube amp is the way to go. the newer quads were assempled in china. don't sound as good as the 63 or esl. i have owned both .i have a parti... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 i will be reviewing the oppo 83 se. perhaps its sacd playback will be a competitor opf the sony. | |
| What’s next up on the docket for you? i will be receiving the oppo 83 se for review. curious about sacd playback. | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker how can a component be smooth and resolving when they are adjectives having opposite connotations ? | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker since a speaker is connected to an amp one must consider the combination when answering this question. personally, i think a pair of apogee duettta sigs with a cj mv 125 is the epitome of smoothness. |