shadorne
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| What does microphonic tube sound like? I expect The Linndisk is overdriving the new preamp and this produces distortion - especially on a modern "loud" CD but less so on a CD made in the late 80's...The PS1 may simply have lower output and therefore it does not overdrive your new pre.M... | |
| Transport for DAC Benchmark do not recommend to use the Volume pot at less than 9 oclock as it may cause slight channel imbalances when used at extremes (same goes for any volume pot actually) - I think I read a comment on Headfi.org by Elias Gwinn about this very ... | |
| are all amps equal Kijanki,There is a lot of distortion in power supply transformers - AC power has all kinds of terrible harmonics to begin with and can often look more like a square wave than a sinusoid - but who cares - the idea is to prevent all this stuff from ... | |
| New to Classical Music - Album to try first?? Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 Agreed - the Lorin Mazel version with the CLeveland Orchestra is OTT! It may not be the moving interpretation but it sure is fun. | |
| Transport for DAC My power amp (Rowland 102) has only XLR inputs rated as 40k impedance. 9pF with 1600 ohms of output impedance makes fc=11MHz. It has to be something else. It has to be something else.I agree 100% - which is why I asked. It does not make sense unl... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Who cares about Rock n' Roll when God gave us James Brown! | |
| are all amps equal I wonder what explanation "experts" give for power cord differences - that will be fun. I'm no expert on building or designing power supplies and nor do I work for a utility but one can't help thinking it might be a combination of;1) Dirty Power ... | |
| Subwoofer for ATC scm ?? HSU are great value and have very high SPL output for their modest price but they tend to have higher distortion levels than other models - more suited to HT than music perhaps? | |
| Transport for DAC I can hear a little livelier sound at 0dB than -20dB but -10dB is much worse and my 0.5m cable has total of only 6pF/ft x 1.5ft=9pF.Are you using the calibrated output - bypassing the DAC1 volume control?What you report strongly suggests that the... | |
| Transport for DAC Word of a warning - Benchmark is not a warm sounding DAC. According to John Siau it was meant to be neutral because warm sound (exaggerated even harmonics) sounds wonderful with voice or guitar but not with instruments that have more complex harm... | |
| why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon? My perception at the time was a lot of folks thought they sounded sterile and overly analytical. That is a fair comment - it certainly won't flatter a bad recording - in fact chances are you 'll more easily hear whatever errors there are in the r... | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers To enjoy your new speakers buy any or all of these:Dave Grusin Hommage to DukeMaceo Parker Roots & GroovesGeorge Benson Weekend in LA live ("On Broadway")Tom Petty WildflowersEagles Live Hell Freezs Over Eva Cassidy Live at Blues AlleyOld Scho... | |
| why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon? There was another thread like this recently. Perhaps people are upgrading to the USB version and selling the older DAC1. Certainly the newer USB version and preamp may make the conventional DAC1 seem more dated. | |
| It's Hammond B3 Organ Day Maceo's Roots & Grooves - Advanced Funk and Pass the Peas has some real funky live Hammond B3 by Germany's Frank Chestenier. I'd also suggest The anthology collection of The J.B.'s with James Brown playing the organ on several tracks and simpl... | |
| Bob Ludwig - masters / remasters I thought he did a good job on the Rolling Stones early releases. You can find what he has mastered on Artists Direct. |