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DCS Puccini and/or Soulution 740 players? Anyone??
It's tough to compare unless you do it in your own system that you know very well, and needs to be very resolving. And even then there is the "magic matching" of certain brands and others that do not ... match.I heard the Dcs Puccini in a Spectral... 
The best speaker you ever heard?
Heard for past two days:The Magico V3, very impressive, driven by all Soulution and PAD cables.But so was the Vivid Gaya, driven by Ayre/Wadia chain and Transparent cables.None of these want to make me change from what I have, but good effort none... 
The best CD Player for the money
RBCD encoding allows up to to 22 Khz maximum specification ... 
Bose lifestyle 48
Out here in Europe the Lifestyle 48 retails for EUR 5000 or USD 7000 !!!I would look for a second hand Resolution Audio set and a pair of highly sensitive speakers (96db+) or DIY a single baffle like a SoloVox. Very musical, yet modern and versatile. 
The Alan Parson's Project
I was about to start up an APP thread, until I bumped into this one! Thanks Dave.As I am building up my vinyl collection I'm starting to frequent some 2nd hand vinyl shops, surprisingly many around here, about 16 within an hours drive that I could... 
Bose lifestyle 48
Miel1, I have what many would regard as a high-end 2-ch stereo. This did not preclude me from buying two bose systems, Lifestyle 38 and a 1-2-3 for each of my large flatscreens (in other rooms than the stereo though). I think that the quality and ... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
I use the Jena Labs Model One active powercord ... I've always loved this PC over anything else I've auditioned. You should try new feet too (I use the Apex's, fantastic).OK, mine has one week of solid burn-in today, that is about 175 hours as I w... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
I've always kept my CDP on, also the CDSA, as the CDSA's best performance is after 48+ hours on. Has to do with the type of power supply I'm told. I usually just turn off the display before turning in for the night...120+ hrs, the PD is audibly mo... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
OK, 100 hrs mark passed today. The most tuneful and controlled base I've ever heard in my room, or any other for that matter. I threw every kind of music the PD way this afternoon and all came out gloriously, whoaw, I have to re-confirm how impres... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
Always appreciate your view, you know that. But even the views on the Emm one vs two box are split as you are probably aware. After 70 hours this morning, on Tina Brooks True Blue 24-bit 2004 RVG reissue, there is very little difference. Maybe sli... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
Henryhk, you've just given Emm an opportunity to incorporate it in their next product ... I think its just a matter of time.It is one of the reasons I changed to the PD, before I turned vinyl, my idea was to go the high-rez server route. Now this ... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
Dave, I once experienced something similar. At the end of 1995 I was at Overture Audio in Delaware and listened to a setup in their largest stereo room with very high ceilings. The set was the top Spectral, MIT cabling and AF Caldera's. When we li... 
Review: Playback Designs MPS-5 CD Player
Dave, I'm not sure happened at your visit to AF, I read the various accounts and even a casual comparison with these two components can have valid observations, some of which I recognize. But my experience is different so far.If I were to demo my ... 
Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter
Hotbird - the most recent retail I read was EUR 57100 !!! Outrageous price for sure, reserved for the super rich or super foolish, or both... as its only a small part of a full system.But again a smaller new player in the business with a radical n... 
Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter
Teajay, I'm not so sure that the SE version is going to bring a whole lot of musical improvement to your system in particular. The SE version is only an improvement of the output tubes (Super Premium Military Outputtubes) and the quality control (...