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| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? +1 @jasonbourne71 and @2psyop You are limited by the data stored in a CD regardless of what one do how to extract, decode and play. An audio compact disc consists of one or more stereo tracks stored using 16-bit PCM coding at a sampling rate of ... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions +1 @decooney Your speakers needs a good SS amplifier. Some may not agree, but when your impedance drops below 4 ohms, it is a problem for tube amps to drive it. Even though specified sensitivity is 90dB, looks like actual sensitivity is close to... | |
| Duntech Sovereign, Dunlavy IV, V, VI purchase make sense today? I have heard two models if not three when I was trying to find the speaker for my setup. I am a fan of first-order cross overs due its inherent properties. Those days, there were only three designers who produced such quality speaker Richard Vande... | |
| Is it all phasing or is it something more? I have several CDs with one or two tracks recorded out of phase. This is a technical mistake, and easily corrected changing the phase of one channel. However, I have also heard some New Age music and some instruments were recorded out of phase to ... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? Reviews in audio magazines including Audio, Stereophile, Stereo Review, etc., helped me a lot when I started to put together my system many years ago Also hours of listening with an audiophile friend of mine in his system gave me clues what I nee... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? Correct questions should be "why some speakers need more powerful amps whereas some other speakers don't?" Because choice of a speaker is a highly personal one like finding your spouse. Once you find the speaker of your choice, next you try to ass... | |
| TV audio into DAC via eARC or better Several year back I had both DirecTV and Xfinity. One day out of curiosity, I compared the same program from both providers switching back and forth. Sound quality and picture quality was way better by DirecTV compared to Xfinity. Picture and soun... | |
| Looking for an Amp Replacement I have ML 23.5 in my main system. This was services by George Meyers AV, Los Angeles. They replaced the capacitors and some resistors (unmarked). I cannot say enough good things about this amp which is driving a pair of Thiel 3.6 speakers. My reco... | |
| 6DJ8 vs. 6922? @bdp24 Yes, they are equivalent can be substituted. If possible, try finding 7308 which is even better depending on sound quality your after. Some of the best NOS tubes include Amperex and Siemens brands. You can find a detail analysis about types... | |
| Center Channel Dialogue @hillbilly559 I agree with @ghdprentice here. There is something very wrong here. You don't have to do any of these extra stuff to balance left, center, and right speakers. Marantz should have three options for the center channel: phantom, norma... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @grislybutter There are rules and then there are some. Some prefer brand names and some prefer particular designs (ported versus non, first order crossovers versus other, two-way versus three way, floor standing versus monitors, high efficient ver... | |
| Help with Dunlavy SC-IV signature @petg60 I agree with you about running these with a good SS amp due to impedance dropping to around 3 Ohms. All of my auditions with these speakers were done with SS amps. I think "problem" is with the speaker, not his electronics up stream. I ha... | |
| Help with Dunlavy SC-IV signature @cerberus79 This is hard to believe, but I trust you have done your home work. Dunlavy speakers are anything but bright. May I ask you what kind of source material you used to find out these speakers sounded "bright"? Also, these are very efficien... | |
| Vintage turntable with a modern phono stage, is it worth it? @avgonzalez77 I would recommend a tube phono stage. I have gotten excellent play back on my Thoren TT with Audio Research PH3 and PH5, both are tube phono preamps. Yes, you will see a noticeable improvements. You can also swap stock tubes with NO... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems Forgiving or Resolving? I tend to agree with the analysis given in the PS Audio website on this topic. Opposite of resolving is forgiving. If your system lean towards forgiving, then everything sounds good, but nothing sounds great. If your syste... |