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| Biggest impact on you? Several impacts over the years but the biggest....Amp: First time I heard an SET.Preamp: Conrad Johnson ART 2.Speaker: Apogee Duetta Sig.Source: Long ago, when fm was FM, tie between the SAE Mark VI tuner then a Marantz 10b. I could hear the DJ tu... | |
| best amp for Magnepan 3,7 For brands, I like Pass's XA.5 series on my 3.6's.I side with Ahendler on the power issue, it just depends on how loud you like to play your music and the size of your room. | |
| Make Internet Radio Sound "Better"? Chain of command:The source: Not much you can do there. GIGO or "it is what it is". Find your best source.The DAC: You're not asking about that.Cables: Well, there's the digital from the DAC and the ic's from the DAC to the pre. Maybe you could sq... | |
| What does mist racking actually sound like? " What does mist racking actually sound like? "Kind of a liquid/airy but opaque type of sound.But seriously, I don't have the foggiest idea. | |
| Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC Excellent review. You have the system to show what this DAC can do. Glad it was a home run for you. | |
| Grill Cloth Subwoofer Cover Ckoffend,Excellent advice. With the daisy, if he ever decided to add more subs, he could daisy chain them together. I've heard some people put marijuana plants in the room. I guess it makes the highs better. | |
| Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC Charles1dad,My DAC is NOS. Not sure what it's based on. Power supply is strong and analog as opposed to a switching type.You are a patient man. Love to read about your impressions of it, even out of the box. Hope it's a winner. | |
| Keith Jarrett What timing...I have Pandora Radio streaming into my office. I heard something I really liked (type of music + quality) got up to see who...Keith Jarrett, Live at the Blue Note.This is one of the things I love about radio. I will be buying the CD ... | |
| Yamamoto YDA 01 DAC Charles1dad,I have listened to 4 DACs in the last month or so. My favorite one, by far, is an older one a friend gave to me. He helped design it for a company and was given some of them which he modified to his own tastes (got rid of all electroli... | |
| cooling mono amps "They give off a lot of heat when the ac is not on"Are you trying to cool the room or the amps? | |
| Wouldyou have another brand speaker next to mains "Have you ever wanted to purchase on a "whim" another set of well reviewed speakers to alternate with your main speaker system??? What reason??????"I have a set of Magnepan 3.6's and a pair of custom made studio monitors in the same room (driven b... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Speakers: Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage (original ones in Walnut). Amp: My Art Audio Symphony II. At night with 300b mesh plates and the 2 small blue crystals reflecting on the stainless steel (looks like chrome) chassis. | |
| An interesting Digital vs. Analog experience "I've always wondered why people get so hell bent on the vinyl vs digital topic""I don`t understand the often zealous reaction this topic seems to generate"I agree. Some people treat this hobby like it's a religion and we know how religious wars g... | |
| Ipod Touch as a music server Get a good dock for it (one that will extract the digital stream from the iPod), I use the Cambridge iD100, a good Toslink or Coax cable, I like silver coax, a DAC that will suit your tastes then link it up with some decent interconnects. Your goo... | |
| Preamp for Pass The RCA input impedance of the XA30.5 is 20k. Pass originally listed it at 15k but it was tested at 20k and Pass has changed that spec on some of its literature.On preamp output impedance: remember the spec is the "average". Just like an 8 ohm spe... |