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| Quick take on the MBL 6010D Reference Preamp Beware od this product. Make sure you have enough money in bank to pay for this premap before you bring home for an audition. Because once you bring it home YOU have to buy it. Yeah, it is that good! As Teajay states it makes your system " a true ... | |
| Best CD player money can buy ? MBL, Nagra, Naim? Dev, I just sent you an email.... | |
| Best CD player money can buy ? MBL, Nagra, Naim? Best CD Player Money can buy? To my ears Metronome Technologie's Kalista Transport with C2A signature DAC. Non digital or more like Vinyl sounding, rest of the equipment needs to be same caliber to get most out of this combo. High quality 6922 tub... | |
| Musicality vs Transparency & Detail Jmaldonado said: "In my view, there's no such thing as "extreme detail retrieval". There is just the detail that every recording contains, and from that point you can only go down. The idea probably comes from the particular habit of some componen... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Jesse Sykes ' " Reckless Burning" and " Oh my girl" . Try to get Vinyl. Oh my my !! | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. I found out what system (see my post above) the store I visited was . Here it is:Technics SL1200 TurntableOrtofon Pro S Cartridge w/ OM 30 StylusNAD 1155 Power EnvelopeADS L70 SpeakersNo wonder. In the other thread, majority votes has said the Tec... | |
| How is more than 16 bits better for CD? Shadorne wrote:" So the extra bits of a 24 bit DAC playing 16 bit CD data only help improve performance when PROCESSING the signal, such as upsampling and EQ adjustments. It does not improve the dynamic range of the original 16 bit CD data. A high... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. So yeah, It is worth it!! | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. Comments from wwwrecords and winegasman were rendered true for me last week while I was travelling to Santa Cruz (for spring break). Having neve travelled to this small sea side city we spend few hours just cruising the area. Then we hit the 'hub'... | |
| Siemens Halske versus Siemens Rohre Gammajo, No I don't think it was the same seller, but description, picture , characteristics are same same as when I bought mine just few weeks/months ago. Note that I said " similar". I should add that I should be "liking" the 50's tubes, but for... | |
| Siemens Halske versus Siemens Rohre I have bought similar (as the ebay link above) tubes off ebay upon a tube expert's ( that I highly trust) suggestion and it turned out to be the best tubes(Early sixties Siemens CCa) I have tried so far on my DAC. Thus leaving up to its reputation... | |
| All the Emmlabs dcc2/cdsd hoopla.. Thanks Alex. Since I never got in to SACD or DVD audio, CD based digital was the only need I had. I must have missed the messages. Next time around I will be sure to read the messages. | |
| All the Emmlabs dcc2/cdsd hoopla.. Hi Alex, If you sent me an invitation/s I must have not gotten or not read (very rare). I have just bought Metronome Kalista and C2a signature combo that I am extremely happy with. With right output tubes , the digital combo is exceptional soundin... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hedgehog, what a coincidence!!I started with Lucinda Williams - WestAir- Pocket SymphonyAllison Krauss and Union Station Live (first two records)John Renbourne - Sir John Alot | |
| What is the best DAC ever made? Well, I am not a distributor but proud owner of the Metronome Kalista/C2A signature DAC combo (for few months now) and upon extended listening in my own system it rivals my two well reserched and set up analog set-ups. The Kalista/c2a combo simply... |