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| Ultimate Outlet vs. PS Audio P300 Add up the power requirements of all the pieces of gear you want to plug into the P300, and if it exceeds (or even approachs) the maximum 300-Watt rating of the P300, you may need to rethink this. You could possibly use the P300 for front-end gear... | |
| HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers Well, horns are huge, your room is not, and how would you implement a matching center channel for your HT???The electrostats you mentioned, the InnerSound are very directive in their sound and are only good for a center-seated listener, whether th... | |
| Amp with a hard,clean and cold sound... hho -- NuForce is not an ICEPOWER amp, so I guess you haven't heard the NuForce. Also, that's sort of a bold statement saying that the H2O amps are "hugely different" (i.e., much better) than all other ICEPOWER amps that use SMPS power supplies.Yo... | |
| dac choice 84audio, I'm actually running the M24's DAC stage directly into my preamp and then into my amps. I have tried it both ways and think that the M24 sounds a bit more palpable and immediate if you bypass its linestage and volume control. I put a pair... | |
| 33 vs 45 speed quality Maybe your system is not wide-range enough or dynamic enough for you to tell the difference. There definitely is an audible difference. Record companies don't record at 45 rpm just to take up more space on the record (and charge you more on top of... | |
| Amp with a hard,clean and cold sound... Tvad, you keep referring to toroidal vs. SMPS power supplies as if this was a significant point of some sort. Personally, I don't think it is. I believe there are some very well designed power supplies of both kinds. I also have to say that I beli... | |
| Bel Canto, Nuforce, Acoustic Reality, Channel Is. I'm in general agreement with what Tvad and Slaw3 have posted. The CI may be less bright and a little warmer sounding than the NuForce or AR amps. With any of these amps, going straight in from the Wadia could yield a bright presentation from the ... | |
| dac choice Haven't heard the CI VDA2, but I do have the Monarchy M24 and the Benchmark DAC1 on hand. I used to have the Monarchy in my second system and now it has moved to my primary system. I think it may stay there.It's just so sweet and musical. I believ... | |
| BIX TT Won't Hold Speed - Bearing Lube? Hi Doug and Dan,Thanks for your tip on the ATF, I will likely try that soon. It sounds like a good idea.Billbo, I appreciate your attempt. DD might be right, but my feeling is that you should never be afraid to jump into the fray and participate. :) | |
| best way to integrate tube pre into home theater? If you ran the HT pre out into your tube pre, you'd probably have to crank the volume high on the receiver to get sufficient volume from your tube preamplifier. But the way you had it, you were still going through the HT receiver's internal proces... | |
| getting rid of two-way radio interference? Hmmm,That's a pretty annoying problem. I know because years ago I had the same thing happen to me. Maybe using shielded interconnect cables and trying ferrite RFI collars on them would help a bit. There may be other things that can be done but I'm... | |
| Is Parasound D/AC-2000 ultra still good? The D/AC-2000 is a very good sounding DAC. I think some of the newer DACs like the Benchmark offer improved performance. I replaced my Parasound D/AC-2000 with an older modified Monarchy D22 DAC, which I thought was a bit more musical. And I sold ... | |
| TAD-803 2 way speaker review Azstereo, I'm not sure what you're implying with your statement, but it seems to be something negative from the many .........'sSince you're in AZ, I invite you to pop by and check my pair out sometime and see if you're not impressed...........Wit... | |
| TAD-803 2 way speaker review Mkinsman,Thanks for your review. I have the TAD-803's with the single-driver mod. I have not heard the stock TAD-803, but can say that the one with the single-driver mod is very special. It is extremely musical and articulate; as you said, a littl... | |
| BIX TT Won't Hold Speed - Bearing Lube? Yes, it's kind of a strange problem. Perhaps the bearing is still breaking in... Anyway, it seems to be set for summer temperatures. But if I have to keep fiddling with the electronic speed control I'll try experimenting with a different type of s... |