ryder
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| Transport - does it matter to the sound at all? Pardon my ignorance. If the only difference between a good transport and bad transport is jitter, does that mean the best and most expensive transport will have an extremely low jitter? IF jitter is the sole parameter in affecting the sound qualit... | |
| My Jolida 100 skips even on new cds. How to fix? Not familiar with Jolida players but once my Sony XA7ES starts to exhibit skipping problems, I used a dry cotton bud to clean the lens. The lens is fixed to the tray as it slides out, so there is no need to open the lid of the player. Worth a try. | |
| Pairing Plinius 9200 pre-amp w/ Nuforce Ref 9 amps Sorry, I totally missed out your last post. Glad you have found new enjoyment in your E5. | |
| Pairing Plinius 9200 pre-amp w/ Nuforce Ref 9 amps Hi, Not to hijack this thread. I believe you have a great unit in the Plinius 9200 and the quality is much higher than the rest of you components. Not exactly sure what you're trying to achieve in pairing it with Nuforce amps but I believe it woul... | |
| Need some advice on replacing a B&W tweeter I would do the same as Thorman if I've got a dent. Having said that, if the dent is real serious I *may* get it replaced even though it sounds perfectly normal. Availability of parts and cost of replacement would then dictate my decision. By the w... | |
| A mistake spending too much on amplification? Not sure this is relevant, but I'm driving $1,400.00 monitor speakers with $11,000.00 worth of amp/pre-amp. Oh yeah, and $3,450.00 in wires. The system sounds superb and even though the speakers were supposed to be interim after selling my Harbeth... | |
| Best integrated for B&W 704 and Rega Apollo A 4th vote for the Classe CAP-151. I had the older CAP-100 before driving B&W's and the sound fit what you've described -glorious mids and very tube-like with ample bass slam. I can just imagine the CAP-151 driving the 704's with more ease and... | |
| What DAC to use with a Sony XA7ES I used to own the XA7ES. Unfortunately I've never tried any DAC with the Sony before selling it off to one of my buddy so I can't offer any advice. However, just to let you know that even with my CEC transport coupled with the extremely cheap budg... | |
| A mistake spending too much on amplification? Guess pretty much has been covered and you've got some good responses. You have to ask yourself what 'improvements' are you after before deciding on your next step. In my opinion, you have realized that you have outpaced your speakers in the selec... | |
| How to Preserve New Shiny Banana Speaker Ends? Thanks for responses. Yes gold is an element that doesn't oxidize but I have the impression that the plugs must be metal or something, and the gold is just coated on it. Just checked on the specs of Nordost Z plugs(for the 1st time in 5 years sinc... | |
| How to Preserve New Shiny Banana Speaker Ends? Maybe my description does not convey the message across clearly. I'll try again, and sorry for the lack of terminology. It doesn't sound as serious like the plugs have gone entirely black. It's still gold but there is a slight hint of discolourati... | |
| Nordost vs. Transparent...which is better? A very logical response from Mrtennis which pretty much sums it all. There seem to be a consensus everywhere on the brightness of Nordost that it's thin and edgy, and I cannot agree more on Mikelavigne on his comments that they are revealing the s... | |
| Budget CD player with volume control? Sony XA7ES has variable outputs that enable connection to your preamp and you can control the volume via Sony's remote. Sweet sounding player, very nice and can be had about $900 or below used. | |
| Mid sized room -Full range vs Monitor Given your room size, you can still accomodate a full-range floorstander. The only question is how large can they go. I had no problems previously with Sonus Faber Grand Pianos in my smallish 11'W x 17'L room. However, in one review by John Atkins... | |
| Bryston or Outlaw Bryston.Our local PMC dealer used Bryston electronics to drive all PMC range of speakers on demo. You can consider Bryston's integrated as the 3B-ST/SST may be a slight overkill for your TB-2's. |