paulfolbrecht
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| Review: Ultra Fi DAC-41 DA converter I am a new DAC-41 owner. Boy, this thing is pretty amazing. I got it as part of my effort to downsize my audio system. I've only had two nights of listening by my initial impression is that it rivals my old Marantz SA7, the best digital source I h... | |
| 845 tubes for Cary 805 AE amplifiers Dean,I have to say I think you were misinformed by Cary.I currently own 805 AEs. I bias the 300Bs to 60 mA as instructed and run either stock Chinese 845s or Super TNT 845 Ms. If either were pulling 95WI think I would see both glowing plates and s... | |
| 845 tubes for Cary 805 AE amplifiers 845Bs are indeed 100W dissipation. And sound quite good IMO.SuperTNT 845Ms also handle 100W, but are rare.I never heard an OS 845, and it's too bad the prices are preposterous, but the cheap 845B is pretty darn good in these amps or others. NOS 21... | |
| Prestige Miles Davis on SACD vs. vinyl Musicslug, you make a good point.Viridian, I do not know that the LP and the SACD were not made from the same master (in the case of Relaxin' and the others) - do you? I do not see how you can chalk this up to differences in the master tape. The L... | |
| playback mps-5 v dcs puccini Mike, can I ask where you are sourcing your DSD files from? | |
| SACD vs. Redbook and other formats "That is why the SACD of Kind of Blue is disappointing compared to the CD."The Columbia KoB SACD is sure a disappointment compared to the vinyl (any 33 RPM pressing).Some might say "well, duh", but I have SACDs that are *much* closer to vinyl (and... | |
| Living Voice Avatars Review It sound's like Psam fed them with mid-fi equipment and processed pop/rock - not the diet the speakers are designed for, by a long stretch.With acoustic music and the valve amps they are designed for these speakers are absolutely amazing. Nothing ... | |
| Comparison Living Voice IBX-R2 to OBX-R2? The manufacturer recommends a stout 15-20 watts generally. As for detail, they have it, they just don't make you notice it. IMO they are enormously musical speakers (the whole line), excelling at microdynamic/tonal shadings.For very large rooms? P... | |
| Any of my existing amps work on Quad ESL-57's "Do NOT use high powered transistor amps - you are asking for trouble."The ASR Emitter is known as an excellent match for PK-restored 57s. (With, of course, the clamp boards.) Considered the very best match by some gentlemen out east who have spen... | |
| Is Stax headphone still in business The Stax 507 (about $500) with one of the Stax drivers is better than any dynamic can in that price range for acoustic music, IMO. | |
| An interesting Digital vs. Analog experience Tmsorosk, you cannot assume that a person's current system is reflective of their experience in a format. What I mean is that a person who has decided (perhaps via a great deal of listening to expensive digital gear) to make vinyl his main source ... | |
| Bizzare Oppo 95 failure Thanks. A simple failure to read on one format or the other would not seem odd, but this distortion is really odd. I guess on IC only in the RB path has gone bad... or maybe it is in transport. Anyway, back to Oppo it goes. | |
| An interesting Digital vs. Analog experience It's a safe bet modern Hatfields are digital aficionados. | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? Ghasley, sorry, you already had listed most of your stuff.How does playback via the Korg sound via the Playback?? That DAC is one of the very best in the world, of course. I am really curious as to how the Korg sounds compared to it.I take it you ... | |
| Are you recording your vinyl? Ghasley, please list your equipment, if you wouldn't mind.Certainly the quality of one's vinyl playback chain has a large bearing on whether or not digital recording (even at 2x DSD or 24/192 PCM) can fully capture it. I don't doubt, say, MikeL, w... |