rja
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| Review: Audio Art Cable IC-3 Interconnect Jfacker, I've started having my cables cooked by Cable Burner Inc before I even listen to them. Seems to work very nicely. BTW: I like your choice of music for this review. | |
| cable break in Texasdave and Stanhifi,I'm with you guys on this one and I think most with high end systems would agree. Burn-in time varies with different cables. Also, some cables get cooked some by the manufacturer. This holds true for componants as well. I do... | |
| Review: McCormack DNA-225 Platinum Edition Upgrades Amplifier Finally received the Platinum up-graded DNA225 after a few delays. This amp replaced a Classé CA300. My initial impressions are very favorable. One thing that really surprises me about this amp is its power. Going from 300w per channel to 225wpc c... | |
| Aesthetix Calypso vs ARC LS25 MK2 Jafox & Jadem6,Am I correct in assuming that you are both in Minnesota? Maybe WBL, judging from the stuffed animal I saw in photos of one of your systems. If so, may I ask where you listened to/purchased your Aesthetix products? I'm in Minneap... | |
| The Chieftains - which CDs have the best sound? Try The Chieftains and Van Morrison, a fine sounding CD. MFSLs Long Black Veil sounds just a little edgy on top to me. May be me, my system or the CD I'm not sure. Musically, Chieftains 8 has always been a favorite. I think the entire Chieftains c... | |
| Review: McIntosh MC-275 reissue Tube amp SHB, The 275s can be used as mono amps which will take them to 150w per side. That should drive most speakers with no problem. | |
| High output DAC? The Wadia 27 has adjustable output voltage. It can pump it out if you need to. | |
| cary 005 any news about it ? In a recent e-mail from Cary they quoted a price of $8500 for this pre-amp. I'm not sure if this price includes a phono-pre or not. | |
| Review: McCormack DNA-225 Platinum Edition Upgrades Amplifier Well 4yanx,SMc was a bit backed up but Steve called and told me the Platinum up-grade will be completed this week. So, should have it back sometime next week. I'll try to post my impressions. | |
| Damping Top of CDP I use VPI bricks. | |
| Recent reviews on Cyberlight IC's Well the latest review in Stereophile by Mikey Fremer is definitely undifinitive. He loved em, the measurements showed some real abberations. | |
| Any Issues with Levinson 37 I owned a 37 transport and had problems with the drawer. I really liked some of the transports features especially the programmable CD memory. | |
| Sound Quality of Remastered CD's I think the key here is; who does the remastering and whattis being remastered. If it's someone like Steve Hoffman or the XRCD guys using original tapes it's probably going to sound pretty good. If it's some unknown using 2nd or 3rd generation tap... | |
| Wadia direct into amp, Sound a bit too lean?? Another solution to consider is the Musical Fidelity X-10v3 tube buffer stage between CDP and amp. Only works single ended on RCAs though. Adds a little tube warmth. At $399 a lot cheaper than a lot of cables and maybe worth a try. | |
| Another sign SACD is dying As far as I know Best Buy never stocked any high-end eqiopment. They are what they are, a mass merchandiser. The demand for high-end audio isn't worth the effort for them. Each square foot of retail space is required to produce a specific amount o... |