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| What digital cable to connect a Tuner to Cary 306? Does the tuner output a digital signal? I am an analog guy, haven't been keeping up on the latest cheap tuners. If it does not output a digital signal you can't run it through the Cary. | |
| DAC and CD Transport Question The short answer is that the unit you use as a transport, as well as the digital cable you use, will make a difference in the sound quality you hear through the external DAC--how important that difference is to you can only be answered by you afte... | |
| Audio Logic 24MXL compared to Audio Logic 34MXL Yes, I did buy the EMM Labs combo--on SACD it is truly stunning. I'll let you know when I switch the digital transports. Right now I still enjoy both of them too much to do any experimenting. | |
| Live performance of Mahler's Symphony No.1 I'm there tomorrow night for the St. Louis SO playing Bartok and Sibelius. A couple of weeks ago I heard the Leipzig Gewandhaus play Strauss there, and I agree that there is no system on earth that can have that kind of power and authority. The li... | |
| Audio Logic 24MXL compared to Audio Logic 34MXL I'm still comparing the 2400 (upgraded Mosel 34 with the transformer coupling and 24-bit chips) to the EMM Labs DCC2 SE. Can't say anything definitive yet, as the EMM is hooked up to its matching transport and the Audio Logic to my Forsell, but ri... | |
| Rowland Model 3 As I recall, the Model 3 was the mono version of the Model 1. Nice, warm-sounding amp that gave more of the sound of the instruments than of the hall. Not sure if it would be that big an improvement over the Mac sound, maybe more of a sideways mov... | |
| Spare change on a speaker cabinet This is Sam Tellig's old tweak from back in the time of the Combac dots that people (yeah, me too) put on their speakers to change the resonant frequency of the cabinet. I think that Sam felt that the dots did work, but they were expensive (he was... | |
| Small bookshelfs that reach 42 hz If you can live with an extra inch of height, the Dali Helicon 300s might be in the mix for you--spectacular finish as well. The less expensive Dali Icon IIs are also a possibility, but they are the same height as well. I was very impressed with b... | |
| DeHavilland More likely the sign of a small company, as is often the case in this industry.... | |
| DeHavilland Not according to their website, but why don't you ask them? | |
| Tube fuses on Jadis JA200 amps It is the tube starting to go bad, though you should keep the tube in there to make sure it's not a one-time thing (unless the tube is glowing cherry red, then it's a goner). One year is about all I got out of any 6550s or EL34s in my JA80s before... | |
| Krell Head Amp Was it the KPE? I don't recall it having external controls, though. | |
| Owners of Duntech Crown Prince still out there? I owned the original Princesses (which were fully-veneered but had the Crown Prince base) for many years. At one point I had to replace some of the drivers in one of the speakers and found Duntech's service to be outstanding, in terms of price, qu... | |
| Basis Debut Mk v or Walker or Brinkman ? Congrats, Strapper, now we have to get you to join the NJAS and host a meeting! Gotta hear those speakers of yours as well. One thing, though, from the pictures of your system it looks like your listening room is on an upper floor of your place (I... | |
| Has anyone heard of this? Depending on what you're ultimately going to do, you may have some legal hurdles too with copyrights, etc. Think of the disclaimer read at the beginning of football games ("this copyrighted telecast is presented for the non-commercial use of our a... |