nsgarch
Responses from nsgarch
| Dedicated Lines - 32 amps possible? You can use 32 amp breakers but there are two drawbacks I can see:1.) They may not protect your equipment (trip quickly enough) in case of an internal component failure or partial short.2.) You will have to use very heavy (and expensive) wire in t... | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? Keep an eye out for a used ML 23.5 or 27.5 (not a 23 or 27.) | |
| power cable recommendation for dartzeel amplifier Ask Mike Lavigne (mikelavigne) | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan"......wellll, I jus' don't know" -- Lou Reed. | |
| The importance of proper set-up Stew, that way madness lies! Suggest you read this whole thread from the beginning:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1140840022&openfrom&51&4&&st0Neil. | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? What I want to know is: why can't they package the CDs in a decent 12x12 inch gatefold jacket so there's some real content to read and look at while you're listening to the album for the first time. Hell, you might even forget and think you were l... | |
| The CD is Dead Long Live The CD? My pet peeve about CDs (OK, and cassettes too), from the very beginning, wasn't to do with the disc itself, or even the sound per se, but the fact that there was no way to included additional (printed) content/lyrics/notes/artwork -- at least that... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? CDWallace -- Like most things in this material world, it's about money.On another thread, someone (not me) commenting on thee SS-vs-tube amp neverending story, made the brilliant observation that the sonic qualities of tube amps out-pace SS amps a... | |
| The CD is Dead Long Live The CD? Pragmatist,You may know technology, but you know nothing about capitalism:Because I don't have to charge you the price of wholesaling,copying the master,defects,and returns,I can charge you a price that doesn't make piracy that much cheaper---so t... | |
| Dac or CDP? Which one would be a better upgrade? OK, then all the more reason to invest in the best (used of course) CDP you can scrape up the money to buy, and then improve/upgrade the system around it as time goes by.A used ML 390S will cost between $3-4K Quite a few right now on the Gon.A use... | |
| Dac or CDP? Which one would be a better upgrade? Good question! But sticky because one could argue either way.Some would say buy a great ($$$) DAC and use the DVD as a CD transport for now (plus you'd get good movie sound!) And maybe get a great CD transport later for 2-channel Redbook regardles... | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 I agree w/ Jafox about the PAD AA. IMO, it's a step down from the Opus and Venustas (which are basically identical in my mind -- but don't tell Albert I said that ;--)I haven't heard much of anything about the Purist Anniversary which is EVEN MORE... | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 Audience AU24 or a used pair of Purist Venustas (better but hard to find.)I was surprised by your remark that the Pass XA is warm and laid back. It is supposedly very smooth compared to most SS amps -- but it is pure Class A, so I'd expect it to b... | |
| Power Cord Suggestion for Audio Aero Capitole No specific brand/model suggestion. But whatever you get, make sure it has minimum 10AWG conductors. DACs and CDPs (with dacs) sound best with big conductor PCs, don't ask me why, it doesn't make sense. AND, make sure that PC has a floating shield... | |
| Cable for my amp. Sam, the Powervar is simply an isolation transformer with some noise filters, an on/off switch, and a few built-in outlets. If you have good reliable power from your utility company, and you can install dedicated circuits, this would be a nice fin... |