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| USB to I2S that supports DSD Well, I've borrowed a friend's server with I2S out, and compared with analogue. Both are superior to the USB connection, such as providing more harmonic depth, more "air", less grain, tighter imaging - overall a bit more musical. Plus, avoiding th... | |
| USB to I2S that supports DSD Yup- that audiobyte hydra x seems like the only one out there right now. Thanks for the tip!! With Empirical on the way, it appears the mfgrs have seen this niche arrive. I'm guessing that going with an outboard converter is the way to go. So then... | |
| Spectron Musician III SE Mk.2? What Changed? It appears there have been no changes to the Spectron amp since 2008. Does any one out there know why? | |
| Virtue M-5001 Monos Do you still have yours? I read about your mods - I could do that. As I'm new to Class D and a bit tentative about this step, yet these look interesting - tho it appears Virtue is no longer making these. Perhaps 500ASP module is out of date. | |
| Consonance Opera Cyber 211 mods For those interested, I finally completed the mods to both Cyber amplifiers. Complete upgrade to the signal path - replaced all caps (2 vcap teflon and 2 blackgates), resistors (20 assorted and recommended by Nick at HiFi Collective), wiring (VHau... | |
| Consonance Opera Cyber 211 mods I don't know if 211 design is similar enough to the 800s - check with the distributor regarding similarities in design. It's likely that the 211 is similar to the 845 version because you can buy it to be compatible with both tubes, for an upcharge... | |
| Consonance Opera Cyber 211 mods I had to get back into the amp last night to finally repair a ground hum when connecting the to XLR. Pictures can be found here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/80136324@N02/ | |
| Consonance Opera Cyber 211 mods The improvement with the resistors is more dramatic than the vcaps, tho to be fair, the vcaps supposedly need 400 hours on them and I have about 150 or so. My 211 amp now has base that is controlled, deep, and rich. Voices etc. have lots of air. I... | |
| Consonance Opera Cyber 211 mods Having just finished some extensive mods to my 211, I just thought I'd look here to see if anyone weighed in. Thanks David. It would appear that this amp has good design in need of much better parts. I have been tackling my 211s one at a time. I f... | |
| Personal amp evolution Let's see:Hafler 500, then I modified it with that musical concepts kitSonic Frontiers SFS80Graaf GM20CJ Premier 11a, and then another to vertically bi-ampOpera Consonance Cyber 211 mono blocks - love these | |
| Setting Antiskate - visually Actually, I believe we do agree here. There are several rather precise measurements and settings that must first be made visually, which if done correctly should set the analog deck up correctly - which is to say, it complies with the mfgs design ... | |
| Vinyl for Digitally Recorded Music - ? Wow. Thank you. All of your responses are really quite helpful and educational. It makes complete sense that much more information can be placed on the vinyl than the redbook. It is interesting to learn that some current recordings are using analo... | |
| Setting Antiskate - visually Almarg - Thanks, that is straightforward enough. Yes, your question about my approach identified the big flaw. I did do it without the record rotating, duh. (though it was easy). I'd also say to dougdeacon that at least one of the reasons to use y... | |
| Kharma 3.2.2: which tube amp to use? Anyone try the Consonance Cyber 211? | |
| exactpower ep 15A Nsgarch - You confirmed, pretty much, the design I had in mind. Thank you. However, I had thought about putting a regenerator upstream of the balanced power unit (still deciding between a 2qr equitech or BPT 3.5 sg plus - largely because I do not ... |