rcprince
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| What music is best for an Audiophile Society Meeting? When we had a NYAS member visit our meeting with the NJ Audio Society he remarked on how much more classical music we played at our meetings than they did. I'd suggest you bring really what you think sounds best on the speakers and maybe some of t... | |
| Which ARC amp to pair with my ARC SP9 MKIII I'm not sure how much power you need and how big your room is, but the Classic 60 or V-70 might be a good match for the sound you're after, hybrid amps like your preamp. Seems more powerful than its rating, too. I also saw a pair of VTM 120's on t... | |
| Life span of tubes? Depends on the tube manufacturer and your equipment. My Jadis amps seem to eat up every 6550 (ARC Phillips, which lasted 5 years in my ARC M300s, and Svetlanas) I've put in them within 12-15 months, but I've been using NOS GEC Gold Lions for the l... | |
| Dumb Question Definitely not SACD--that requires a separate laser, and there is currently no universally accepted DAC interface to get a digital signal into the DAC. With DVD-A, I'm not sure if your Pioneer can read and, by itself, decode the disc, but my under... | |
| DVD Audio -- processor....TOSLINK or RCA? In answer to both you and Argent, I believe that, at least at this point in time, you cannot output a 24/96 digital signal from a DVD-A disc played on a DVD-Audio player, and it is a software issue, not a hardware one. So an outboard DAC would hel... | |
| What is causing my speaker hum? The hum could be a ground loop between your source and receiver; if either has a three-pronged plug try cheater plugs on all of the cords to start. There are other possibilities, but I'll leave those to other posters. As far as the song, it could ... | |
| Is there anyone who came back from tubes to SS? In answer to your initial question, I "sort of" have returned to solid state. I originally used a Krell KSA 80 on my Duntech Princess speakers, replacing that with ARC M300 hybrids and eventually Jadis JA80s. I was disappointed with the deep bass ... | |
| Which support for underneath CD player? I second Rgd's suggestion, except I'd add try it without the book or the slab of marble as well (just make sure the player is level), as you'd like to drain the vibrations from the player into the innertube as well as those coming from the shelf o... | |
| complete SACD catalog listing Just got my internet back today. For classical or jazz, try sacd@bitzwareoz.com. He tries to keep it updated. | |
| complete SACD catalog listing Unfortunately our firm's internet connection is down, where I bookmarked the site, but there is an Audio Asylum post a month or two back where the poster had assembled a list of all SACD titles he had found and said he was trying to keep it curren... | |
| Best DAC to match CEC drive model TL 1 I agree with Glide 3, the Audio Logic works especially well with the more analog-sounding transports like the CEC and the Forsell. And Jerry Ozment is extremely knowledgable and helpful. His products strike the right balance between detail and mus... | |
| Info on Levinson 390S???? I happened to hear this player a few weeks ago at Audio Outlet in Mount Kisco, while I was principally listening to some amplifiers. I believe it upsamples (I'm not talking just about oversampling, but using some kind of filters, etc. like the Pur... | |
| New arm for Well Tempered TT Years ago Stereophile in its Recommended Components (when that meant more) mentioned that there were reports that the Wheaton arm could work with the Well Tempered, but I have never heard of any other arms with it. Pklieger's suggestion is your be... | |
| What is the story with 24 bit masters 24/96 . Lake513: This whole thing is pretty confusing, so don't feel alone. As I understand it, you need a transport that can read a 24/96 disc (a DVD player will do that; there are also some high-end transports out there, but probably not worth getting u... | |
| What is the story with 24 bit masters 24/96 . I don't believe the true 24/96 discs from Chesky can be read by a CD player; my Classic DADs can't be read by a CD player, only a DVD player. There's a difference between a 24/96 RECORDING, which can be downsampled to 16/44 redbook CD standard, an... |