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| 'Racks'. Important? Best bang for $$? Yeah, I think you're right.. Many people neglect this aspect, which is a big mistake in my opinion. A good rack/support makes a BIG difference.On a budget, I would strongly recommend trying to find a heavy and well-balanced platform of some sort t... | |
| 'Racks'. Important? Best bang for $$? Racks are certainly very important. As recommended already, check out the Finite Elemente racks, especially the Pagode which is simply excellent. Anybody hearing a demo on the Pagode racks (with vs without) will certainly leave their jaws on the f... | |
| Anyone owns the mbl 116? I have heard the 116 with the ASR Emitter II Exclusive, and that was very good.. Until we plugged in the MBL 8011AM monoblocks into an MBL pre-amp, that is. They were a LOT better than the ASR! Everything improved, and not subtly either. I was qui... | |
| Would treated CD's or OOP's-hold its value later? Nevillekapadia, I know what you mean.. I tend to make copies of my most loved records, not all I listen to since that would take forever as you suggest. :) I basically listen to the originals first, if it turns out I really like them I take the tr... | |
| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? Yeah, please Alex (or anybody), can you explain this? I'm lost! :)I do understand that CD transports differ because data and clock is being transmitted in real time and are so suspectible to jitter. But reading from a storage device such as HD or ... | |
| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? Jsadurni: well, as Seandtaylor99 says, no matter which storage device you use, the data must hit the RAM first, since that's the only way to retrieve data off a hard drive, a flash card or whatever. They work as storage devices, so you read from t... | |
| Would treated CD's or OOP's-hold its value later? I suggest you do what I do: make copies on CD-R of the discs you want to treat, and do all the tweaking on the CD-R's.. Good CD-R's are cheap these days, and often a copy sounds better than the original does (if you use quality media and burn them... | |
| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? >>playing back from "flash" memory (and NOT the hard-drive)And the difference between these two are what, exactly? Both are digital storage devices. Both methods can easily handle the 1411kbps bitrate required for Red Book playback. Any diff... | |
| favorite SOPRANO? Mirella Freni. Listen to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra on DG, the classic Abbado recording from 1977 - it's about the finest moment on record imho. Available on midprice CD (DG 449 752-2) or a 3LP box set (DG 2740-169) | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Rene_l: you can contact Jorma directly via his webpage - www.jormadesign.com. I'm sure he'll be happy to answer any questions you might have on the Prime cables. :)Also, Audio Federation sells the Jorma range, did you try talking to them?Good luck! | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Branimir, thanks for your response!Yes, I am already leaning towards the MBL combo because of the way the cheaper 1521+1511 sounds, and the synergy with an all-MBL setup is fantastic. It's really, really natural!Yeah, don't worry, I will be auditi... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Teajay recommended in another thread to ask Branimir of impressions of the top MBL combo: the 1621A + 1611E, so here goes!Branimir, have you tried this setup yet, and if so what were your impressions? :)I'm getting an MBL setup with the 116 speake... | |
| Recommend digital source for opera & classical? Thanks everybody for the suggestions, most appreciated!Teajay, yes, I've read your comprehensive thread and it has helped a great deal. Not being used to audiophile speak I'm finding some things hard to understand however, but I guess I will learn... | |
| Today's Transport War: Significant Differences? Aplhifi: if I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that a vibration/error free front end as you suggest reads different data from a disc than would a lousy CD-ROM drive in a computer? Has this been tested, e.g. is it possible to somehow ca... | |
| New DAC, or new amp? If you like the MF sound, try auditioning the A5 integrated in your setup! I think it would play great with your Sonus Fabers, and it should be a big upgrade overall. The tube buffer could be a source of grain too, does it really improve your sound? |