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| Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select I am very keen on the Jena Symphonies when it comes to copper, but I have not had them in my system long enough and tried it in my other system yet to make more definitive comments. But it appears to work better for me than the Kimber 1130 or the ... | |
| What about a product can irritate you? One little pet peeve I have about products is that they will sometimes suddenly perform miraculously immediately before totally failing. You go off to bed saying to yourself 'wow, the stereo really played music tonight'. The next day it blows up o... | |
| Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select Hi Tvad. Seems we agree. Where I live there is no chance of trying burned in cables for long enough to make a reasonable judgement. I use these forums to get a rough idea of which of the hundreds of cables I should shortlist and then I go about bu... | |
| Latest iPod Configuration -- Any New Hope? We only have a decade or two to wait I reckon. The telephone age was about making connections with other people. The internet age added access to information and content we wanted that other people had. The coming Multi Service Single Access, Next... | |
| Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select You're absolutely right. Don't know why we bother posting opinions on anything here, since everything is system and room dependent, and perhaps even taste dependent. Hence it is only right and proper that Audiogon closes these forums forthwith. Al... | |
| Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select No admonishment was intended Raquel. I was just making the point that advising someone that you have no advice other than 'buy them both and listen for yourself' seems to defeat the reason why people come here to ask the advice of others in the fi... | |
| Pure Note Paragon vs. Kimber Select Raquel, if there were only two cables in the world, your advice makes some sense. The fact is there are hundreds. The point of these forums is to get multiple reports based on others' experiences in order to narrow it down a bit. I imagine the ori... | |
| solid state gear- leave on? I leave my solid state electronics on all of the time. So far in decades of audiofoolery I have not had any electrical failure or repair that could be put down to that practise. | |
| Placette Audio – Great Customer Service I had similar experiences from Rowland and from Resolution Audio who both helped me as a purchaser of their wares second hand. I have always had great service from Placette. | |
| What about a product can irritate you? Valve gear in general. Drives me nuts I have to turn it on then wait 20 minutes for it to warm up before listening to it, and knowing that it will keep improving for a couple of weeks if I left it going that long. But if I leave it on all the time... | |
| 1/2 meter difference in IC audible? I have not heard very marked differences between interconnects simply based on a half metre difference in length except where there are electrical interface issues or where the noise level picked up by the interconnects is significant. It could be... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Thanks for that. It makes a bit more sense now. Suitably configured, I don't find the Benchmark lacks liveliness, and it is already pretty smooth, but do agree that midrange palpability would be welcome, and more firmness to dynamics from the lowe... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... To put it frankly, I think the interest is generated from the mystery that appears to have been orchestrated about this, and that it is beginning to smell a bit wiffy. If there is something to say, why not say it? | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Dne, am I right in assuming that the 'adjustment' is one of the permutations of the settings discussed in the user manual, as opposed to involving an adjustment not discussed in the user manual? That is, the 'adjustment' is some combination of fro... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... I will leave your post to speak for itself Uva.That is very interesting Dne. I look forward to trying the adjustment with my DAC1. Rest assured that if it does what you say it will oust my Lavry, and I will be happy to report on that.I tried a lot... |