phaelon
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| Do not buy any Sonus Faber used This is not new. But I suspect that they just want to be able to say no at their discretion. I take it as their version of the right to refuse service to anyone sign in a restaurant.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1258638486&am... | |
| cd player or computer with dac "data resynchronization and magnetic separation of the ground. The first solution allows different methods to release from the transmission on USB, using on-board reference oscillator with low jitter of the DAC is capable of re-clocking of incomin... | |
| Man in need of new music Another good opera to start with would be Bizet's Carmen.If you have to go Opera, Carmen is hot! I like Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra on SACD. | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? Saki70, The Prologue II is a nice amp but not known for its dynamics, IMO. Experimenting with tubes might get you closer to where you would like. | |
| Man in need of new music Erndog, I like the way you think. Newbie, middle-bie or oldbie, you just cant go wrong with Rachmaninoff! Im particularly fond of Piano Concerto No.3 performed by either Byron Janis on Mercury Living Presence and/or Van Cliburn on Living Stereo ... | |
| cd player or computer with dac After a good nights sleep and breakfast, Im unhappy with the harsh tone of my last post. And in the first place, I am not technically competent enough to be the one to make that point. I apologize if I offended anyone. | |
| cd player or computer with dac This is maddening! For those who dont understand our trepidation concerning the "computer with DAC option, this thread should be an epiphany. I cant understand why two esteemed DAC designers would have almost diametrically opposing viewpoints o... | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? Saki70, Youve put your question to the forum in a general way and received a lot of interesting answers, but Im wondering if you are also trying to find the dynamically weak link in your system. If so, Sidssp is correct; we need to know more abo... | |
| cd player or computer with dac Thanks Steve and Jonathan, you both agree that the CD transport is unnecessary. That has been the unresolved issue for many of us. Now, if we can just make the process of switching over a little less daunting... "Slowly I turned...step by step...i... | |
| Memory Players "You are better off to get a Mac Mini and put Amarra on it. This delivers a world-class sound that beats all CD players and transports if coupled with the right USB DAC.”Is it really that simple Steve? If so, what are all of the problems and compl... | |
| Memory Players 11-29-11:Buscis2" Who has experience with either the Nova or PS Audio Memory Players (or others like it) and what could you tell me?”"It's very interesting.” 11-30-11: Chayro"It seemed to me that the OP was considering the Memory because he was at... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Thanks Al. Terrific explanation. | |
| Why CD players will never be dead " "Error correction," which as I understand it occurs many times during the reading of a typical cd, is by definition bit perfect, i.e., the error is corrected! Hi Al, please take this as a question and not an argument: If information (bits) is m... | |
| Why CD players will never be dead Nonoise, regardless of the details in the article, youre right about the ripping process being bit-perfect while the transport read is not and is reliant on error correction. | |
| Why CD players will never be dead "I remember reading a review over at 6moons.com about how the reading of a disk and transfer to the DAC, in a CDP, is still an analog (mechanical) function or something to that effect. Its not really digital until the conversion. It cant be call... |