sjh32
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| Marantz SA8260 Direct to Amp Mikesinger, You mentioned a 'midbass/bass suckout' when running a CDP directly to an amp. I assume this phenomena occurs even with players that have a variable output. You've obviously experienced this first hand. I wouldn't make sense to me that ... | |
| Rogue 66 vs. 99, the magnum versions I currently own both models. If I find the 66mag is significantly close enough in subjective listening I will post my opinions. If it's not that much better, I'll be selling the magnum 99 version. | |
| favorite pass amp? Mjcmt, I want to get An Aleph 3 or 30, depending on what input I gather from those who've owned them. The amp will be driving an efficient DIY MTM design, electically crossed at aroung 80hz. with a slope between 18 and 24db/oct. Also, should I con... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? BigKidz, which tubes DAC did you use in your comparison? I'm debating a new DAC or getting my SCD 777 modified. You've owned plenty of Sonys, which would you recommend, new DAC or mod? | |
| Opinions on the SACD playback of Esoteric DV-50. Right on Rex. I wasn't expecting as strong of a recommendation for the Sony/Levinson combo for redbook. Your post really helped me decide not to mess around with other players, for now at least. Although more Hi-Rez title are being released every ... | |
| Opinions on the SACD playback of Esoteric DV-50. I own a Sony SCD 777ES. I noticed that one of you thinks the Esoteric outdoes the Sony with SACD. I've been really tempted to buy one of these since they came out but have waited for some other universal players to come out. For CD, I use a Levins... | |
| Why do tubed preamps image better than SS? The question doesn't make any sense? Funny, I've read a lot about how tubed pre's have more lifelike imaging than ss. If fact, it's almost cliche. Next someone will say that tubes produce tighter bass than ss. And yes, there are certainly exceptio... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening For analogue, my whole system is wired and connected with Audio Synthesis. Some of the RCA's(no balanced) are better than others but they're all at least "very good" according to the research I did when I bought the stuff. I also got a very good d... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening I have to admit, Aroc, that your suggestion is over my head. A USB fed buffer sounds like it uses a USB cable, but why that might be superior (bandwidth?), I can't figure out on my own. As with most of my hobby knowledge, I pick things up slowly o... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening First, jdaniel, you bring up a very good point that I had considered but sort of dismissed, thinking that any general improvement should be at least audible with any well recorded music, regardless of genre. But I guess complexity of the signal is... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening Artisen65, You make some good points, looks like transport synergy might be the issue. My local stereo guy always refers to a CEC transport he once owned as his reference. I read somewhere that Parasound sold a similar design under their banner th... | |
| Sonic Frontiers line 3 vs. AR 25 II Actually Shamburg, I'd like to stay away from the euphonic camp. At can't get over the idea that I'd be adding something to the signal that wasn't there originally. Now I'm not one of the SS only guys who criticize anything tube related. My desire... | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening I don't follow Bemoptil, I use a Levisnon 360S DAC. In the original post I said that I was comparing the Levinson to a newer Marantz DVD player, one of the better ones. To restate my original suggestion, maybe the newer DAC's are almost equal to o... | |
| Technics A10 DVD digital output options Has anyone heard of any mod's for the A10? | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening Wow, judging from all the interest in this subject I guess there's a lot of us who are questioning the claims made by manufacturer's and reviewers alike. First, a couple of things I neglected in the first post. I don't use any AC filtering or rege... |