randy-11
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| Why So Many Raidho D3's ? Because the rich dudes that buy Raidhos don't like changing out trophy wives all the time - cheaper to get rid of the speakers | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... I assume kait does not use any medicines ... | |
| What would be an upgrade over the NAD M51 Direct Digital D/A Converter? You will want to audition the Schiit Yggy for Redbook.Benchmark Media Systems DAC3used BrystonCambridge Audio Azur 851DMytek BrooklynAuralic AltairIf you have - say 2,000 Redbook CDs - and a couple dozen high bit rate downloads, SACDs and whatnot,... | |
| Jeff Rowland to what? You are not going to change the speakers you have. You ruled out ARC gear (and all tubes), so the question boils down to "what electronics will be better than Rowlands"Is that right?Ayre was already mentioned. What about Moon Evolution?I'll also... | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? I don't understand the comment re Melcher. He is a neuropharmacologist. Can you provide a citation to which of his publications you are thinking of?? | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... For those who tried some aftermarket cables and listened, I challenge anyone who has not done a blind test to do so. if you haven't then you are just muddling placebo effect and expectation bias.Money can be spent to give better sound in other wa... | |
| Help my Rotel RCD 1072 make music 1st try the CD player in a friend's systemdid the Sony CE595 sound better in the same system? same room with nothing added (like, say, a rug)? | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is I use a cat trampoline to suspend my cables inside the speakers | |
| Jeff Rowland to what? french fries has your fritesget better speakers (esp. if the ones you have now cost less than 10k) | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... the only cable that can really affect SQ (rather than individual preferences like cable swaps on some speakers) is the DC cable from a power supply to a DACand even that can be problematical | |
| Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced I'm curious which releases have the Plangent Process used? Any of Dave's Picks, or when? | |
| Best way to save digital downloads of purchased vinyl IIRC, Apple Lossless format is the same as AIFF, just uses a different container.once downloaded into FLAC or a compressed but lossless format you are fine - you will just need to backup your HDD, figure out a way to organize it and use one of the... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... if you have a noise problem it most likely from componentsif there really is noise on the AC line, you need an isolation transformer, not a power cable filled with snake oilPS Audio will be happy to overcharge you for one, or you can buy used medi... | |
| Audio Research PH7 does it have any electrolytic caps in it?age? | |
| Power Cables and Power Conditioner you can test to see if it is a placebo effect or not - use best imaged recordings (or your most difficult ones...)I would explore use of an isolation transformerbut if noise is the problem it is likely not in the AC line (despite the huge $$ some ... |