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| Time to change. But to what? I haven't heard the Opera Callas Divina, but do own Opera Quinta, which are very nice and a particularly good value IMO. They definitely lean toward the forgiving side, but are not overly mushy. | |
| Intriguing world of Analog Pedrillo: I get better dynamics than digital by a long shotI don't see how this is possible. TT's might be able to provide certain qualities that some folks find more enjoyable as compared to digital, but due to TT's mechanical nature and the limi... | |
| New to Analog and just played my first record in It's a well known fact that good vinyl beats digital every time...Oh really!!! Where exactly did you find this fact? | |
| Anyone knows the Classe CA-401? I owned the CA-400 for a few years which drove Martin Logan Quest speakers. Nice amp, I really liked it a lot; a real brute, never ran out of steam, very controlled bass. Although not a tube sound, I thought the midrange and top were quite good. V... | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player I agree with Larryi, as quite a few high end units use older out of production DAC chips. For instance, Esoteric, Naim, Muse, Zanden, Lector, & Empirical Audio all use the older Burr Brown 1704 in at least one of their current production units... | |
| Low Noise Tube Suggestions Thanks folks. I ended up buying a set of RCA NOS tubes through Vintage Tube Services. I had bought some stuff from Andy in the past, so felt comfortable with his suggestion. | |
| Low Noise Tube Suggestions Hi Rodman,Are 6201 tubes direct replacements for 12AT7's? I had not heard of them before. What companies manufactured them?How would you compare the Telefunken's and Siemens to the RCA's as far as noise and other characteristics?- Stew | |
| What tube monos for my Presence? Audio Mirror SET 45; 45 watt SET monoblocs based on the Russian 6C33 tube. I no longer use Zu speakers, but they are wonderful with my Opera speakers at 90db senstivity. Very well made and beautiful as well. Can be ordered with balanced inputs (as... | |
| Pictures, More Pictures Based on his refusal to do something so simple as to snap a few more pictures, his attitude about it here in this post, and his ability to elicit strong negative reactions in this and other posts, I would personally never buy anything from this se... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? I generally agree with your assessment... which is why for the most part prefer speakers with silk diaphragms. If there is a slight loss in detail, so be it; at least I can listen to more recordings without my ears bleeding! | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter In the current issue of Sterophile (June 2008) there is a review of the Cabasse La Sphere speakers, which do a fair amount of digital processing. Analog signals are digitized at 48kHz which let to the Author's comment: "A lot of processing goes on... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter Mtkh, I wasn't really comparing sound quality between sampling rates; all I was wondering is why does AA not actually support higher input sampling rates. There are some digital sources that output a non-adjustable sampling rate higher than 48kHz,... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter I'm still surprised that AA only accepts up to 48kHz. My Tact 2.2 XP can output up to 192kHz. I've noticed that some folks think they can hear a difference at the higher sampling rates; in any case I find it puzzling why AA has it limited as it se... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts Reference Tube Hybrid DAC II DA converter I noticed that the AA Tube DAC accepts a maximum input sampling rate of only 48kHz; I was surprised to see this, particularly for a DAC at this level. Do you know why they limit it to this? A lot of digital sources today upsample to 96kHz and beyo... | |
| Tact Audio Great Service I totally agree with Rodman. I didn't even know anything about this situation when I purchased my unit, and the service has been beyond reproach. Gdeisler has already been banned from the Yahoo forum for abusive language and unscrupulous behavior ... |