pardales
Responses from pardales
| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? I compared my hard drive based system as transport with my CEC TL-51X as transport. I was using a Dodson 218 DAC and the Waveterminal U24. I found it difficult to relibaly tell them apart. | |
| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? Matrix: It only take about 2-3 minutes to rip a CD to hard drive. To me, that time does not necessitate needing a separate transport -- though there may be other good reasons people want a seperate player/transport anyway(SACD/DVD-A).I agree that ... | |
| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? Dweller: When you rip a disc to iTunes it accesses the Gracenote database and assigns album and song titles to all the music you rip--for free. Also, the Waveterminal U24 can be used as a D/A converter or just a USB to S/PDIF converter. | |
| Intergrateds: Bryston,Creek,Naim,Musical Fidelity Unison Unico SE is worth considering. | |
| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? I agree that digital inputs on new CD players should be standard (if not USB inputs). | |
| Will computer to DAC replace transports and cdp's? As I have stated many time elsewhere, I changed over to a hard-drive based system last Spring and too have never looked back (I have iterated the reasons before and they have been stated in this thread already, so I am not going to repeat the now ... | |
| Best speaker deals on Audiogon at the moment I might go for the Von Schweikert VR4SR's that are being sold right now for 6K. | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? Unison makes some really nice integrateds as well. | |
| Tube 2nd system for 5k. You would maximize your amplification bang for the buck by going with an integrated amp--maybe something like the Unison Unico which can be had used for about 1K -- I would not spend more than $1500 on a source -- and that would leave you +2K for ... | |
| Hook me up Need advice on moving to tube amp ple Unison Unico might be nice. | |
| Good amplifer match for Pass X1? You could sell the X-1 and buy the best integrated you can afford. | |
| Talking Heads Remastered I was a bit disappointed in the packaging of the brick. I will likely look for deals on the individual releases wich have nicer pacakging. It is good to know about the European 2 disc relseases -- I am not sure my CD player can play DualDiscs. | |
| Recommendation on hard driver based CD player I agree with Ckorody. GO with a computer and external hard-drive. much more flexibility. | |
| Where to buy SACD's ? eBay is a good place to buy SACD's too. | |
| Modwright SWL 9.0SE Pre ... your thoughts welcome Though this is an educated guess, it is still a guess. I think swapping IN the Modwright would be a GREAT idea. |