o_holter
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| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Borrowed a pair of Quicksilver 2 x 60 watt p-pull monoblocs from a friend. Didn't make it. Not surprising. These are good amps and didn't sound so openly "strained" - but clearly, they didn't grab the speakers in the full way that the s-state does... | |
| Best recording My vinyl recordings like Grateful Dead Terrapin station sound marvellous through DSD and the Jade otl headphone amp, that also drives my small active pc sony srs z500 speakers. Never got this terrapin / therapy feeling so close before. Jade is ver... | |
| Headphone amp advice I am very satisfied with my new headphone amp Audiotailor Jade. Great sound. It can drive headphones excellently, and even drive small active speakers to new heights. See Jade thread at headfi: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/review-audiotailor-j... | |
| Headphone amp advice GK 1-J picture, now uploaded to my mobile system. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? For soft listening, try- Jobim: Wave (audiophile speakers corner LP)- Lynne: Just a little lovinAlso, looking forward to Amadou and Mariam: Welcome to Mali, on LP, which I've preordered. | |
| Best recording First test, Studer Revox A77 versus Korg MR1: 0-1.The Revox recordings sounded boxed-in and faulty in many ways. The faults with the Korg were on another, smaller level. Note that, I didn't have new tapes. I found that older tapes performed worst.... | |
| Small hi-res player? Have anyone compared Apogee Duet FireWire 96/24 PCM output to the DSD output from the Korg Mr1, recording from vinyl? | |
| Headphone amp advice Sharky, GK 1-J foto: I have it, but haven't uploaded pics to my virtual system yet. It is an unassuming black box, weight ca 200 grams, size 12 cm deep x 9 wide x 5 high. It has two output jacks and a volume knob in front (can used balaned h-phone... | |
| Small hi-res player? Decoding DSD seems to be easy, according to technical papers I've browsed. I have paid for the music (vinyl recordings) I am playing. I bet most audiophiles would fall of their chair if they heard the quality of it, played back on my Jade OTL head... | |
| Headphone amp advice The Jade is a great value for the money. Still burning it in. Good OTL sound. The GK, also, has a positive effect, though not as much. | |
| Small hi-res player? Thanks Jimmy,Yes, we are talking about ipod-like players supporting high resolution. I wonder why this development is so "delayed". It might help if audiophiles lobby producers to get going. I am in friendly contact with the Cowon importer to get ... | |
| Small hi-res player? We won't get hi-res players unless we use pressure. A-goners use Cowon, Archos, Sony, others. We need to make our voice known, to get better audio resolution. I've mailed Cowon, please do the same. | |
| Headphone amp advice I will report back. So far, I've invested in an AKG K450 (small-above ear phone) which needs burn-in (300-500 hours) before reporting. Sounds a bit hard and closed in, still, after ca 50 hours, but I have hopes. I am waiting for the Jade and GK1-J... | |
| Best recording Ok, I have now carried my Studer A77 Revox down from my loft, despite my prolapsis and the thing weighing a ton - and will get back with listening results. Note my Studer only plays 3,75 and 7,5 ips. It was modded by Lauvland of Doxa to good effec... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I am recording Lps to digital, and the whole of the Spooky Tooth catalogue is on the turntable tonight. This is, politically, a somewhat embarassingly incorrect band that nevertheless had something to say, and especially, good music - even some of... |