paulfolbrecht
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| State of HDCD and SACD I don't understand the motivation for tubed output stages on CDPs. It's an "additive" mod - the tubes are used as buffers after the SS output - so what's the point, other than impedance matching, which shouldn't be any issue with an active linesta... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD Yes, again, I'm quite familiar with the sonics of both formats. I have a MiniMax CDP that does HDCD very well (2nd system). What I'm looking for is insight into the future of both formats. I think that, as in a year ago, nobody really knows! No su... | |
| THE EXTERNAL DIGITAL CLOCK Your system must be over $100K easily and your pre is the $3.5K Sauvignon? Well, that says a lot. Mine is stuck in customs in LA at the moment... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD TVAD, how is the SA-11 on redbook? Have you played with the different filter settings? | |
| State of HDCD and SACD A couple more comments. SACD library: my big thing is jazz and there is a LOT of good stuff on the format. Enough that I'd probably only got around to buying around 1/3rd of what I wanted. That is a personal plus for me.As for HDCD, again, I find ... | |
| State of HDCD and SACD I do already have a number of SACDs (about 15), mostly hybrids, that I bought when I had the Shanling.When I switched to the all redbook, NOS DAC front-end I kidded myself into believing it was as good as SACD. Listening to a friend's Denon univer... | |
| 'Racks'. Important? Best bang for $$? Anybody familiar with Ultrasonic?http://www.ultrasonicusa.com/detail.asp?IDA=67The deHavilland room at RMAF sounded great on these racks.I've been looking at Grand Prix, but the coin is just, well, way up there, especially when you need a rack + 2... | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre How about the Pope 6SN7s? I asked a very well-respected tube seller in the U.S. for the best NOS 6SN7s in his opinion and this is what he sold me.Don't have the preamp yet to try them. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Australia to Ohio in two days? Well, that is bloody impressive. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century What is the current ship time to the US (midwest)?Have been waiting for a week for my Sauvignon to ship now. I'm wondering how long it'll take once it goes. | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Around two or three is good. No, I'm not kidding! | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks Thanks, Duke. I was listening to the Druids tonight (with my current Dared 2A3 SET amp) and really digging them. They are definitely really killer on some types of music. So, I want to buy used only to audition against the Druids, and sell what I ... | |
| Atma-sphere OTL S30 Amp with Green Mountain C3 sp I can tell you two things:1) Roy at GMA told me personally that he's used the S-30 on C3s with good results.2) My 28W 845-SETs drive the C3s very well - the S-30 ought to be very similar, though I believe it's output impedance is somewhat higher. | |
| Tact Pre Amps 2.2XP One thing that's steered me away from digital room correction is that it's only going to be correct for one spot. Isn't this more or less true?I have a room that is essentially completely open (open-concept house) with a high, sloping ceiling. No ... | |
| Green Mountain C3 speakers I need to add a bit more - certainly these speakers are one of the true gems in audio. I've not heard a speaker up to, oh, at least $28K (Wilson WP8) that I'd prefer. In fact, I've never heard one I'd prefer, but I have little experience with anyt... |