paulburnett
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| The Great DAC Mystery To me, NOS sounds more real than the upsampled, filtered options on my Pontus II. Listen to the echo decay of an organ in a cathedral. The decay with NOS sounds more realistic, 3D. Instruments have presence. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Don't know in this helps, but I have the XP-17's distant ancestor, the XOno, and I listen at 1000 Ohms with the Hana ML. I've tried many settings from 50 Ohms to wide open, and 1000 was hands down the best, for me. paul | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection My two cents, conductor and sound engineer matter. So when I write about "recordings," I am thinking of the best combination of recording quality, artistic expression through recording, and the interpretations of the music by the conductor. Of c... | |
| Fraudulent sale on eBay Has anyone ordered the CEC transports from ebay? They are Japanese voltage, which require a transformer, but are a lot cheaper than the US-voltage variants for sale in US. Too good to be true, or is low price a function of the need to purchase a s... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage This doesn't help the OP, but I use the Hana SL with a Pass Labs XOno. Hana recommends >400 Ohms, but Wayne Colburn, the designer of XOno, claims that, due to the design, listeners should start at 100 ohms and work down. The design features doz... | |
| Heard the Mirage MS1-si today. What ever happened to Mirage?? I have Mirage Frx-7s, front-firing. Fantastic speaker for under $1k. Very balanced, scales nicely. I remember a friend saying Mirage also made use of the National Research Council's lab, before PSB. No idea if this is true. | |
| Audio tax write-off @gs5556 I think I made a mistake in asking for tax advice. This is a fun audio forum. I don't want people to feel resentful about a bummer topic, or that I am trying to get something for free. I was genuinely curious about what other people, who h... | |
| Audio tax write-off Wow, thank you for all of this input. I assumed that my situation was fairly unique, and therefore I plan to consult my accountant about the tax details. It's an LLC with just yours truly as its owner and employee. I have a dedicated home office s... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world To those who are critical of the use of one sub over several, or none, I had 2 Vandy 2wqs in my 11 x 16 room, and I like the sound much better with one. Anyway, once you add all the gear, a wall of records, bookcases, and a computer desk, there is... | |
| Hot Schiit for Bifrost listener Thank you, @! Yes, considering an upgrade to a Yggdrasil GS, Denafrips Pontus, Holo Spring DAC. Looking for better room decay, separation of instruments, and definition of vocals (classical). Don't know if this helps, but I have the original Bifr... | |
| Hot Schiit for Bifrost listener Care to compare the Ares II to the Bifrost 2, I mean, leaving aside the heat issue?Thank you,Paul | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? There are so many issues here. 1) measurement of x variables defines quality2) exponentially increasing cost for marginally increasing perceived quality (the $200 version gives you 80% of the quality of the $2000 version" argument)3) parts count ... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial On BOTW, the strings are absolutely dripping with electronic or spring reverb. I think it was meant to sound chintzy, far away. Same with the solo snare sound. When that got transferred to CD, the charm of that processing turned grating and, for s... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Respecting your need for a small, attractive integrated that will do the job:The Parasound you just mentioned, or https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa46bj-ayre-acoustics-ax-7e-solid-state60 into 8, 120 into 4. Respectable, within spec of recomm... | |
| My system is where I want it be and it sounds awesome... @fastninja12 Can you describe the difference with the YG? I'm looking for a DAC to deal with the digital decay of room echo in classical choral and chamber recordings especially. I have the bifrost multibit, and am looking at the Yggdrasil GS as a... |