rja
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| Exogal DAC Several reviews of the Exogal have been published. Should turn up in a search.Sounds like $500 optional power supply is necessary for optimal results. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable We're still arguing about "expensive" cable while failing to define what it is.Here's my, admittedly extremely subjective, take: $0-$500 modest price, $500-$1,000 medium, above $1,000-stratosphere, expensive. Would anyone agree with this (yeah rig... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable The term "expensive" doesn't really mean much.All these responses and discussion over such an ambiguous term seems rather ridiculous.Please define "expensive" so I know what we're talking about.$100, $500, $1000, $5,000, $10,000? For all I know we... | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? I don't understand why a PhD would factor into this story. I've got a measly BA and I'm sure no audio dealer I've ever dealt with knew about it or cared. | |
| Best DAC for around $10K new or used Tomic,Did you get the volume control option?Have you rolled tubes? | |
| Cable Upgrades or Better Components??? Aintitgr8,I'm in full agreement with your statement concerning y-adaptors.IMO: Cable comparisons using them would/should be highly suspect. | |
| Disappointing audition after great review Lifted from a recent Legacy speaker ad: "Room resonances and reflections make up the majority of what reaches your ears".IF this is TRUE then most speaker reviews, at least, would have little value considering that listening environments are so di... | |
| A-B testing of cables Several thoughts on this discussion.I have no problems with A-B cable comparisons but I do have some questions about the Y-Adapters. What are they made of and are they of good quality or are they cheapies? In my experience most adapters aren't mad... | |
| Best DAC for around $10K new or used At 10K you might consider a used Berkeley Reference DAC. | |
| Anyone heard the E.A.R. "Acute"? Yes, there are new tubes being labeled Mullard. | |
| Esoteric or CEC cd-transport Purchased a CEC TL3N earlier this year, nice unit.Has anyone heard any CEC DACs? | |
| Cadillac of Turntables? The "Cadillac" of turntables would be extremely complex and expensive to repair. | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Recently released, "Homage a Eberhard Weber". | |
| Anyone heard the E.A.R. "Acute"? I'm also using Mullard 12ax7s which might be balancing the Telefunkens. I've not heard the the Telefunkens on their own so what you're saying may be true. | |
| Anyone heard the E.A.R. "Acute"? Yes, I also owned an Acute CDP, liked the "sound" very much. |