peter_s
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| Has anyone experimented with switching the Havana No, but I had to replace the PCM56P-K chips in my early production Havanna (solid top, no logo) because the chips were defective and made clicking sounds. It was a very easy operation. Let us know if you do. | |
| quad 57 vs vandersteen for low volume listening Please do post your impressions. My impression of the Quad 57 was more delicate micro details than the 988 (which I owned). Not a fair comparison, but I was really taken with a stacked set of 57's, whereas the 988 was "very good". It's been a whil... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? Electron-Luv. Pathos Integrated. | |
| Suggestion of Amplifier for Dynaudio Confidence C4 I was recently impressed by the C1's paired with Gamut D200 monoblock amplification. I'd heard great things about the Gamut line prior. To me the Gamuts sounded agile, smooth and musical - no solid state edge at all. May be worth checking into. | |
| Quad owners I had poor luck deadening behind the Quads. I put home made diffusors behind them, which helped a lot. They are "skyline" designs (2D diffusors). That said, I still preferred them 5 feet out, and had the space to do it. | |
| W/ $200 what amp would you buy? I would push my budget up just a bit, and go for an Aragon 2004. Great amp for the money. Sounded excellent on my Quads. In that price range, and associated increments, you do get what you pay for. | |
| Magnepan 20.1 improved midrange planar units? Maybe he's referring to the generation before it - was it the 20R? I've not seen Magnepan making changes without indicating it in the model number. | |
| HELP Maggie 3.6 bi amping Should make a big difference. External Xover a must! Could try Bryston or Pass, or Marchand (just OK), or get a custom one built by Tom Tutay (highly recommended). Try a Bryston 4B-ST for the lower end. | |
| Ayre v-5xe or parasound jc-1’s? I've also had both amps, and infinitely preferred the Ayre. Compared to the Ayre, the Parasound just sounded flat and uninteresting to me. I listened to it on multiple speakers. The Parasound I'm sure pushes out more bass, but to my ear that's the... | |
| The truth about Apple/iTunes volume control? I'm also thinking it's not your USB signal, but instead either a problem with your DAC or your DAC=>preamp compatibility. | |
| Uncompressed PC to Compressed iPod? This is interesting. Just found this on "Doug's Scripts", which is only usable on macs:Lossless to AAC Workflow v2.1 Two scripts assist with importing/managing Apple Lossless audio files and sending converted AAC copies to a mounted iPod set to "m... | |
| Uncompressed PC to Compressed iPod? You can do the same thing with itunes, pretty much. Create a new "media folder", change your default format to mp3, select a bunch of songs, tell itunes to convert to mp3. The songs will be in your new folder. If you don't want them cluttering up ... | |
| Uncompressed PC to Compressed iPod? I too would love to know if there's a way to have itunes convert to lower resolution files on the fly, as it ports songs over to your ipod. It would take more time, but wouldn't require the file management hassles of making low res copies, moving ... | |
| Modwright 36.5 v McIntosh C2300 preamp I agree about the synergy b/t Modwright amplifiers and preamps. I've had both the above mentioned in my system and they were both very good individually, but put together, they became excellent. Very complimentary. | |
| Output Impedance of Hovland HP-100? I spoke with Alex at Hovland a couple years ago, and got the following information about amplifier compatability with a long cable run:Output impedance of preamp is 2500 ohms has a unit gain FET at the output to help drive long cables. Long cabl... |