pardales
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| TRL Marantz Sa-14 I know I did not give it the full break-in. I'm sure the sound does improve. I thought the unit sounded quite nice. I guess I made the judgment that, since I heard strong similarities to the 9500, while it would improve, the fundamental characteri... | |
| Waveterminal U24 vs M-Audio Transit Can't compare as I have only used the U24. I think the U24 sounds quite good as a stand alone DAC. And, as a USB translater to convert a computers' signal so you can send it to a DAC, I think it is a perfect pass through device. The manual says th... | |
| McIntosh MCD 205 I owned a 205 for almost three years and it never had any problems reading a disc. I think it is the best sounding CD changer out there. | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Okay, here is my truth. I received my TRL Marantz SA-14 v.2 and, after 50 hours of break in, just was not comfortable with (i.e., did not enjoy) the sound. Please, I am not going to go into the ill-defined audiophile vocabulary of extended highs a... | |
| Cable auditions - Hard Work? John, I think you offer a thoughtful perspective. But, what I think you are referring to more than the issue of cables is the issue of SYNERGY. A system that is assembled to work toegether can sound outstanding regardless of price. A knowledgable ... | |
| Any high quality music servers out there? From what I have seen the dedicated music servers are very expensive (too expensive at this point). I strongly recommend a laptop (running iTunes), an external hardrive, and a USB converter of some sort (check out the threads on the PC audio forum... | |
| Cable auditions - Hard Work? It is so hard, I don't even do it. I choose a quality cable based on reccomendations and price and hope for the best. | |
| ExactPower EP15A I decided to give the Audiophile APS 1050 a try. I'll you know how it goes when I get it in a few weeks. | |
| Musical Fidelity X-10 Tube Buffer Stage Wrightstuff: Well said. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Put it this way, my car is worth signifcantly less than any one component of my stereo. | |
| CD players with variable output/volume control Newmanoc: I appreciate your qualifiction. I am running a Prima MK II SE DAC direct into my amp and find it outstanding. It has a tube output linestage built in and sounds great. I have not yet made any direct comparsions with a linestage in the mi... | |
| TRL Marantz Sa-14 Vertigo: Without a doubt the TRL SA-14 sounds better than the XA777 on redbook CD. The way you described the XA777 is exactly the way I would put it: SACD was wonderful and redbook was a bit dry and could be a little uninvolving (but very accurate... | |
| What are the best CD Player around $3500? Having owned the 6900 for several years and with a few different CDP's (XA777ES, MAC MCD 205) I would say the the 6900 will make nice music with pretty muchany of the CDP's you listed. I do not think it will mate poorly with any of them. Of the on... | |
| ExactPower EP15A Nsgarch: Thank you. Going back and reading the first few posts of this thread was clarifying. Conclusion: clean and stable power, then balanced power.One other question: could I stack an SP15-A and EP15-A on top of one another or would there be to... | |
| ExactPower EP15A I guess I have to figure out whether I would benefit more from a regenerator or a balance power unit. How do I do that? |