roberjerman
Responses from roberjerman
| DAC upgrade from Oppo 105 Here you go: Naim NDX streamer/DAC with 24/192K upgrade. $1995 + $75 shipping from Wayne, IL. Audiogon seller is "nextlevelav". Unit is a one-owner trade-in with original boxes. List price is $5995. You won't find a better deal than this! | |
| Replacing CDP The CXC v2 is a transport-only machine. It needs a DAC to function. | |
| Replacing CDP Any CD player from the major companies will do just fine! No need to be so neurotic about choosing one over another! | |
| EMC Record Label ECM! Some claim the German pressings are the best! However, I have found the US pressings to be uniformly excellent. I am not aware of any heavy vinyl reissues. | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses It has been shown that witnesses to staged crime scenes are notoriously unreliable. And the validity of subjective reviews of aural phenomena are equally suspect! | |
| McIntosh Mc30, 40 or 60 ? Mc60! Those B&W's like power! The more the better! | |
| Listening in mono No need for a dedicated mono cartridge! However, a stereo cartridge can in theory still react to any vertical modulation in the mono grooves and add some noise to the playback. I myself have not experienced this, so it may be a moot point! | |
| How many times have you ... I prefer and search for original pressings. Still, paying hundred for a particular copy of Rumours seems questionable! I am not that neurotic! | |
| Help!! Bought Rega TT in the UK and now cant use it in the U.S. Voltage step up transformer! Cheap! | |
| Snell C-III Leave those x-overs alone! Peter Snell used quality parts in his x-overs! No need to be so neurotic! I own Type AIII's, E's and J's. | |
| Furtech Fl-32MR or Qyaide M1 AC/IEC plug ends? The capacity of Humans for self-delusion is apparently unlimited - Mr.Spock | |
| Audiophile Magazine Recommendation HiFi + (another Brit publication) I have bought in the past. Along with HiFi World. But because both come from the UK subscription costs are high. | |
| Audiophile Magazine Recommendation I'd like to subscribe to HiFi News And Record Review. But paying over $100/year is daunting! It comes from the UK. I used to buy it whenever I saw it at Tower and Borders - both now gone, alas! | |
| Audiophile Magazine Recommendation Stereophile! TAS has become a mag for the uber-Rich! Confession: I still subscribe to both! | |
| Streaming + DAC questions. Please help this noob! IMO the Node2i DAC is capable of excellent SQ - limited by the program source. Why spend more? |