rhljazz
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| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison Erik,I do not listen to test tones or specs. I only use red book as digital source. There are few innovations in the digital conversion world that truly separate one product from another. Most use the same chip sets with various number of chips... | |
| Best practices when conducting a DAC comparison I agree with bigkdz. If you can't tell which one is better within the first 30 seconds there really isn't a significant difference.Level matching may make a fair comparison if you are switching back and forth, but if at that point you are straini... | |
| Let's talk power cords A difference for sure but that does not translate directly to an improvement. Change can generate an heightened sense of awareness whereby the change is perceived as an improvement. Listening for a period of weeks or months and then switching ba... | |
| Speed I think a significant factor is most speakers have ported bass which introduces that column of vibrating air that is not under direct control of the driver. Sealed box designs sound faster to me. Their transient response in the bass is faster. ... | |
| 804 d3 amplification What is the budget? At a reasonable price point I would recommend a W4S ST500 preceded by the best tube preamp you can afford. In my case, I use a VAC Renaissance. This is an outstanding combo on my N802's. | |
| ESP Speakers Crap, I bumped the post button. So anyway, my listening position is about 9 feet away.I never could really achieve the bass impact I was looking for so my solution turned out to be a pair of Gallo subs. I'm used to full bass from my summer N802'... | |
| ESP Speakers I have the Bodhran SE which I purchased after hearing them at RMAF 2007. I took delivery in the spring of 2008. So, I've owned them for over nine years. What initially attracted me to investigate these was they had to be tube amp friendly and n... | |
| Need recommendations for inexpensive power cord PS audio Power Punch since discontinued beats my more expensive Audioquest NRG 10 and Nordost Brahma cords on the class d W4S ST 500. The Pangea cords were not even close.The Power Punch cord is also my choice on my BAT VK 55 which draws a lot of... | |
| Manley Neo Classic N250 Mono Blocks I have never owned them but listened to them many times at Az Hi Fi when they were located in Tempe. I would definitely consider owning a pair if I had room for mono blocks.They had them on a variety of speakers and in the times I was there, I ne... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not Erik,The MC 252 has 250 watts per channel. This is sufficient power for an N802 for music. Adding another amp which the OP doesn't have other than the Carver plus a processor or external crossover doesn't guarantee results that would improve upo... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not Erik, seriously do you have any experience with N802's? You give bad advice re this post. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Be persistant robd2. Ten hours is barely a taste of what is to come. I'm glad you have you have been open minded and decided to proceed. It has taken me years to take the time to give the phono a fair trial. I have owned the VAC since 2003. Y... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not N802 owner here. The crossover to the lower bass terminals is at 350 Hz so two disparate amps will sound exactly like that, a disparate mess. I've found no advantage to biamping either vertically or horizontally when I had a pair of Classe amps.... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I have the Renaissance Mk 1 with phono. I always thought the phono stage was bland and lacking dynamic expression. Initially, I was using mm cartridges. Then went to high output moving coil cartridge always using the mm input. I went through a... | |
| Triode or Ultra-linear? Why? I had a VAC amp that was switchable from ultra linear to triode and always preferred ultra. Triode was too soft and lacked dynamics even with my ESP speakers which present a tube friendly load. Now I have a BAT amp which is only triode and lacks... |