paulfolbrecht
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| Have you "lied" to yourself? Have I lied to myself? Yes.Most recently, it was that whole "your shirt is not on fire" thing.Big mistake. | |
| Solid-State Preamp/Crossover That's what I'm doing now and it's non-optimal.It's almost trivial to build a two-way analog crossover into a line stage. Much better to have both in one component if you do want to actively bi-amp, as I am. | |
| Rega RB2000 - Bearing Play NOBODY has experienced this? Really? :) | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? Ralph, you have been probably the most consistently knowledgeable, helpful poster here (the whole forum) for the past decade or more (despite your biases - many of which I share).The post above is very interesting. Something along those lines def... | |
| Leben CS300 tube amplifer without load / speakers "You have severely stressed the output tubes by turning the amplifier on without a load."This sounds like a straight-up guess. In any case, it's completely wrong.A tube amp's *output transformers* can be damaged (overheated) if the amp is *played... | |
| DEQX - TACT - QOL - Thoughts on these? One thing that's for sure is that it is highly possible - perhaps even likely - to have a DEQX-based system sound terrible, in multiple ways. Measurement and using the calibration software correctly are everything. | |
| DEQX - TACT - QOL - Thoughts on these? I've just got ot chime-in to this old thread to counter Steve's experience above. I've had DEQX HDP-3s and always used them with external DACs, and never experienced the issues he described - never. The internal DAC is not "bad" but one can do qui... | |
| Tranquility Signature vs. Bryston BDA-1? Ok, Cfluxa, bad assumption on my part.[Since the T has the JFET output stage (an 'extra', unneeded stage depending on your PoV), the weight could be due to that, in part or whole.] | |
| Tranquility Signature vs. Bryston BDA-1? You are saying the T SE has a more substantial PS? The size of the case is the same...Anyway, I do not find the 41 lacking in dynamics at all. The Zout is fairly high, so impedance mismatch is a possible issue. | |
| Tranquility Signature vs. Bryston BDA-1? Just wanted to add that I do think the Oppo 95 sound is representative of the Sabre "house" sound because I have heard several Sabre players/DACs and they do all have this house sound. | |
| Tranquility Signature vs. Bryston BDA-1? I own a Moore DAC-41 (transport is a 2011 Mac Mini) and a modded Oppo 95 (mainly a DVD spinner, SS mod by ModWright). I believe the Oppo will have some similarities to the W4S DAC as both use the now-ubiquitous Sabre chip.I spent an evening compar... | |
| Mac Mini Power Supply Hey Mintzar,FYI, your link above - http://www.circumpointaudio.com/ - does not work.Since the new, wonderful audiogon no longer allows members to email each other (in their defense, I can see member emailing quickly leading to anarchy), please con... | |
| Cary 805 C or 805 AE? Nobody seems to be considering the differences in iron between the C & the AE. See the stereophile review:"Other features of the CAD-805 Anniversary Edition include a "new and improved" output transformer "to yield full bandwidth coverage at f... | |
| Core Audio Technology - power supply for Mac Mini "According to Ryan, that configuration is good, but nowhere near as good as his amp, which takes a digital feed directly from the Mac Mini and keeps the digital signal intact, amplifying it and reclocking it before it's converted to analog at the ... | |
| Core Audio Technology - power supply for Mac Mini Thanks for the review! I'm using a Mac Mini feeding a DAC-41 so naturally this piqued my interest.I've also had those Tonian speakers and they are magical.I take it you send the Mini to Core for this internal mod? I'll look them up."I found a hand... |