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| MSB Platinum DAC I have owned a Platinum for a year. It drives my Melos mononblocks directly. I also use the Z- Systems RDP-1. I highly recommend this unit. It replaced my Theta Pro Gen Va because I got tired of waiting for the Gen VI. It is noticable superior acc... | |
| Heavy Metaller needs some class ical . At a Judas Priest show in the late 80's a sociologist asked members of the crowd as they were leaving who was their favorite band. Of those who answered Judas Priest about 1/4 listed their second favorite band as classical music. I can't add too m... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty There are several interesting technical papers on the dCs site, http://www.dcsltd.co.uk/, and one specifically addresses their position on upsampling. | |
| Jolida202a vs. Creek 4330 I own Jolidas, a 202, 302 and 502 in my various secondary systems. There shouldn't be an annoying hiss but these units aren't dead silent either. If you are on a restricted budget you will still need to retube. The stock Chinese tubes are terrible... | |
| Measuring Vibration in Equipment I use small shallow round dishes. I get mine from a lab glass supplier. Put water in them and shine a flash light on the water. Moving the dish around will show you the major resonance points. Make sure you don't overfill it so the water doesn't b... | |
| Tuning speaker / room response? The methods described so far really only give rough approximations to the actual response at the sweet spot. This is because of the multitude of reinforcements and nulls that are caused by the multiple reflections. Your actual response is actually... | |
| New Music vs. New Equipment While I agree with Redkiwi and Cornfedboy I really back Raguirre's post. I got into this expensive hobby after I heard a live concert of the Chicago Symphony when I was 14 and realized that my parent's Zenith console playing Reiner didn't sound li... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty I had owned a Theta Data III, Genesis Digital Lens and a Theta Pro Gen Va upgraded to 96K. I also use a Sigtech DSP and a Z Systems unit. The last two years have seen VERY significant improvements in transports and DAC's. For example, the MSB Plat... | |
| Upgrade, Tube Amp ESL Speakers My wife and I are big fans of tube poweramps and have owned various top of the line ARC, CJ and Melos over the years in my main system as well as owning 3 Jolidas in our secondary systems. Our current amps are Melos 400 watt triode monoblocks driv... | |
| Salamander Synergy Rack Experiences? I own the Salamander rack for a secondary system and the Zoethecus in my main system. I'm happy with my Salamander rack and would recommend it. It is on chrome feet but I do use both isolation and absorbtion tweaks on the CD transport and Jolida. ... | |
| upgrade tubes for jolida 302 I've tried the RAM tubes in my Jolida and they sound good and seem to be a decent but not spectacular value. I also have NOS from Upscale Audio and while they are better in the Jolida, I only use them in my main system's amps. I personally prefer ... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I own Dunlavy SC-V's and they are great. The best sounding speakers I ever heard were the large Pipedreams | |
| Late 60s Stones I think I must not have been clear. I own the original Vinyl. I bout it new in the early 60's. The albums the Rolling Stones and the Rolling Stones Now are definitely mono pressings. I bought Hot Rocks on Vinyl when it first came out. All of these... | |
| Inner Sound Eros Experiences I had a pair of Eros Inner sound speakers and the ESL amp in my home for a few weeks. My general observation, They play LOUD (105 db SPL+) in an approximately 8000 cu foot room. The bass integration is as good as all but the very best hybrid desig... | |
| Late 60s Stones I'm old enough to be the original owner of the albums in question. I went back to them to check as a result of this post. The sound is awful on the Hot Rocks vinyl and CD, slightly different awful but both awful. The sound of the original albums, ... |