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| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Murat, Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you will get to hear the APL player soon....Just make sure that it is burned-in. It takes about 500 hours for the NWO-4.0SE before it begins to resolve the most refined level of harmonic texture and ... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Lokie, "How much?" As far as I know, it's $25,000 plus your Esoteric UX-1 or X-01; add $10,000 if you don't provide one. The NWO-4.0SE uses the Esoteric chassis and its VRDS-NEO transport, but Alex guts most of the innards and replaces them with h... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Dracule1, The company streamlined its operation couple of years ago: After I requested an upgrade, I was asked to send in my player only when it was ready to be worked on. Consequently, the turn around for each of my last two upgrades was less tha... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Simontju,I haven't heard the NWO-S1. If, as you say, you would use similar words to mine to describe its sonics, then it must be superb.It took about 500 hours for the NWO-4.0SE to fully break in.....before its ultra-refined levels of texturing bl... | |
| APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD Player Review Guidocorona,You're absolutely right about the rarity of textured transients in digital gear. Perhaps, that is why the subject does not get discussed as much as other topics like sound stage and imaging.Although the NWO-4.0SE has spectacular sound ... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Murataltuev, I just posted a comprehensive review of the APL Hi-Fi NWO-4.0SE CD player on Audiogon and on aplhifi.comhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1280828264&openmine&zzPuremusic&4&5#PuremusicBest Regards,John | |
| Do better ingredients make a better Ground Wire? Jejaudio, Are you talking about ground wire that is part of a power cord? Or as a stand alone wire used to ground a component chassis to earth ground? In either case, what were the sonic differences for your two versions? | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Murataltuev,I'm considering this DAC as it uses 16 multibit DACs per channel and must be something really different from all other DACs on the market!The APL NWO-4.0SE has 20 DACs per channel. | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Wflm, how could you isolate the Scarlatti form the rest of the system and room?The only way to isolate a CD player is to ideally compare it head-to-head with another one while keeping all other elements in the chain unchanged including the room. (... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? For what it's worth, I listened to the Scarlatti for a couple of hours under show conditions. It was set up in a larger room with the large VTL amp and Sceana speakers. At the time, I strongly preferred my APL NWO-3.0SE for its superior coherence,... | |
| What albums available on both SACD and XRCD? First Impression Music (FIM/LIM) has a few titles that are available in both SACD and XRCD. | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem Vhiner, I used equal lengths of 14 gauge solid core copper wire from Lowes. Attach one end with a screw on the chassis and the other to one of the ground posts on the Ground Disruptor. | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem Vhiner, The Audio Magic Ground Disruptor in my system has ground posts. As per the dealer's instructions, I used wires of equal lengths to connect each chassis to those ground posts. That solved the shock problem and improved the sonics. | |
| Help me solve static electricity problem During prior winters, I had the problem of being shocked when I touched my components. Last fall, I grounded all my chassis and I haven't had a single shock this winter. | |
| Elrod vs MIT Nirodha35, Thanks for your kind comment about my review. After the Statement Gold is burnt-in (it takes a long time), please let us know how it performed in your system. |