rcprince
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| What is the SACD Mod business all about? I see the parallel to the earlier years of CD players, until the high-end companies got into the arena. There was a very large market for mods/kludges of the stock Philips/Magnavox players until the late 80s--Scott Nixon got his start then--becaus... | |
| Set up Dunlavy SCIV's Room acoustics permitting, Dunlavys can be set VERY far apart. I heard a pair of SC VIs which were spaced 20 feet apart but imaged like mini-monitors. | |
| Set up Dunlavy SCIV's Check the archives, there was a recent thread on this set-up topic, I recall. Don't know anything about biamping them. | |
| Compare: Basis Debut, VPI TNT, top Teres tables Can't comment much on the others, but for over 13 years I've owned a Basis Ovation that was upgraded a number of years ago to the equivalent of Debut Gold Standard Vacuum, and the only table I've heard over that time that I like better at dealers'... | |
| About the EMM Labs DAC I would imagine that the principal reason is Meitner's proprietary DSD interface to be able to transmit a DSD digital signal for SACD to be used by the DAC. Add to this that there is a lot of space inside the Philips unit to allow the necessary ha... | |
| Best monoblock tubes amp with Vandersteen 5As John Ruttan also used the huge and expensive Cary monoblocks with them (can't remember the model, but it was the $40K ones with the huge transmitter tube) to good effect in the past. | |
| Audio Logic v. Audio Note v. Audio Aero v. Audiome Congratulations, you made a fine choice, although really you could not go wrong with any of your choices. Just remember to give the Audio Logic some break-in time, as the caps it uses take a very long time to sound their best, and the unit needs t... | |
| Audio Logic v. Audio Note v. Audio Aero v. Audiome Each one of these units has its supporters; they're all excellent (in my experience with the Audio Logic and Audio Meca), or reputed to be excellent, performers. The advantage to a DAC like the Audio Logic vs. a one box player will be its no-compr... | |
| Will Audio Logic DAC improve EMC-1? Kenl: One of my friends in the NJAS has an EMC-1 (not sure which version). If you don't get anyone with actual experience responding here, I'm trying to arrange for him to come over with his unit to compare it in my system to my Audio Logic and we... | |
| Where's Opera on SACD??? La Boheme is on SACD (likely a pcm recording, on London); there may be some others as well, but I haven't checked it yet. The major labels likely would never take advantage of the storage capacity of the medium, for the reason you mention. | |
| Best available Tube Dac around 3k Another vote for the Audio Logic; used they are an absolute steal. Other good recommendations above as well. | |
| What is the best transport for Audio Logic DAC? Goone: I did a bit of tube-rolling in the AL before I did the transformer upgrade. The stock Mullard 12AU7s supplied in my unit were very lively sounding but too hot for me in one frequency band in the upper mids, where they had a glare, so I swit... | |
| Suspended Basis vs Nonsuspended Teres Having talked with him at length in the past, I don't think AJ's trashing the way other tables SOUND as much as he is saying that he is a strong proponent of, and a fan of, sound engineering practices in design and machining to exacting tolerances... | |
| What is the best transport for Audio Logic DAC? Forsell and CEC, in my experience. Levinson, Wadia and my Sony SCD 777ES sounded OK with it, but lacked the analog-like magic that you get from the two I recommend. I'd also expect the Audio Meca to work well with it. | |
| DVD-A on Krell and Trivista and DV-50 question Hey Irishdog, sorry to go off-topic, but Elusive Disc is now taking preorders for the Mercury Living Presence SACDs! Hopefully the delay was just temporary. |