rzado
Responses from rzado
| Best used or new DAC under $3500 EMM Labs DCC2 / DAC6 - from my perspective, at their used prices, they really represent the knee of the cost / performance curve. Can easily be found for $2.5k used. | |
| Whats in your second system? My current second system is a ridiculous hodge-podge of leftover components that makes no sense (the digital front is is 10x the speaker price, so taking the full Linn approach here), but hey, if you've been an audiophile long enough ... Accuphase... | |
| Merlin Owners... Hi tomryanI had great success with Purist Aqueos Anniversary and Merlin VSM-Ms, and preferred the Pursit over the Cardas. You can find them biwired used for about $600-700 (retailed for about $1800-$2200).Best of luck. | |
| Curious about older "world class" D/A converters Hi Mark,I think older DACs have gotten an unnecessarily bad rap in this age of higher resolution audio, and a number of these older DACs, on 16/44 CD quality recordings, still sound quite wonderful. To give an example, my reference DAC is a Stahl... | |
| Eggleston Works Andra II speakers as forever speakers. Hi dorkwad (feels awkward writing that),Speaking as someone who demo'ed the Andra IIs on several occasions without actually having owned them, the answer is no at either their new or used prices. Starting with used, speakers available for about t... | |
| Best indoor FM antenna, your experience. Hi whatjd,I searched for this for a number of years, trying all the options I could find (including MD, Terk, Godar, Radio Shack, etc). The Audioprism 8500 is the by far the best indoor antenna I am aware of, hands down. Please note it is not at... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? This is just off of the top of my head - I am pretty sure I have had other tables over the years.1986 - vintage Audio Technica (inherited from my father)1988 - JVC direct drive (high school table)1998 - Oracle Delphi Mk II plus various upgrades (f... | |
| Best full range loudspeaker for the used price of 10 to 13,000 dollars Hi george99sa,There are many great used speakers available at this price range. Here are some of my favorites:Avalon Eidolon / Eidolon Diamonds (my top recommendation)Genesis 300 (maybe 200s if you can stretch a bit)Vandersteen 5AVon Schweikert ... | |
| Has anyone had experiences good or bad with speaker isolation or isolation in general ? Hi mains,I have found significant improvements by adding isolation to my last two pairs of speakers. Specifically, on a lark, I put Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference stands under my Avalon Eidolons (with spikes coupling the speakers to the ... | |
| Subpanel/Isolation Transformer/Dedicated Lines Hi Bill,Echoing the above, seems like you have a really good start. Regarding the dedicated lines and interference, running the lines seprately and not bundled is of course a good thing to do. You may also want to consider running shielded 10g... | |
| Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Platforms Hi Labro,One other comment - if you play a lot of vinyl, instead of putting $7k into the HRS rack, please take a look at using one of the active vibration isolation tables out there (such as Accurion, Herzan, etc) under your table - it will be a m... | |
| Harmonic Resolution Systems (HRS) Platforms Hi Labpro,I am also dealing with the never ending isolation question, and to your direct inquiry, have been using HRS platforms sucessfully on a Music Tools Alica stand (somewhat similar to the Burmester stand; looks like some kind of MDF composit... | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? Hi mmporsche,As several have noted above, auditioning and selecting an analog front end is probably the most difficult purchase in audio given the number of interdependent variables, and thus I wish you good luck in your search. I think Inna puts... | |
| The "Digital" listening experience By adequate isolation, I am guessing you are referring to component isolation from vibration (although I suppose you could be referring to acoustic isolation as well). With that said, I think your analogy is a reasonable one when applied to less ... | |
| Do you use an autoformer/transformer preamp/volume control? Hi tommylion,I only have the original grey MDF version, although it has been modified to have a selector switch and an added input (Serge would cringe if he read this). It's still better than any active preamp I have heard (when used in the right... |