soix
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| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home According to Bel Canto website, that cdp you suggested is no longer being made, as the drives are no longer available. I'd be nervous purchasing a unit for which no drives were available, in case of failure. Couple thoughts. Bel Canto may have a... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? It depends on how good the reclocker is in your Marantz. It's really DAC dependent. The Empirical Audio Offramp is a well-respected design. | |
| Graduating to separates need help The modded Adcom might still be useful for the time being. I’d focus on the preamp, as a good stereo pre will provide a big performance boost over the preamp section of an AVR. As others have mentioned, a separate DAC is a better idea than an onbo... | |
| CD Transports Buy this Bel Canto CD2 and pair it with an Empirical Audio Offramp and you'll be good to go for years and years...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649501384-bel-canto-cd2/ | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 @kenjit"the best way to do infinity slopes is active. its hard enough doing 4th order using passive. The use of passive crossovers has no advantages. That alone diminishes the quality. You need to eliminate that passive crossover first before you ... | |
| Review: Silverline SR17 Supreme speakers @seanheis1 -- in what ways did the Regas surpass the Minuets? | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home @stuartk -- I'm not familiar with the syncromesh vs. the Offramp, but my impression is the Offramp could make the transport a non issue. Personally, I'd get an Offramp and not have to pay or worry so much about the transport going forward. And y... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home If you're using an Empiracle Audio Offramp I'm not sure you'll hear all that much difference between transports, no? I'd just buy this Bel Canto CD2 and be done with it. Built like a tank...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649501384-bel-canto... | |
| Review: Silverline SR17 Supreme speakers Would be interesting to hear how these compare to JA Pulsars. Both excellent speakers in the same price range. | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 I dunno. You guys seem to be implying that this is a 2nd order crossover that's crossed over relatively low in the high frequencies, and that this is what creates the magic. That seems like an over-simplification to me, and I don't know if it's ... | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 There is magic in that crossover. | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 But the only difference between these $9000 speakers and $1000 speakers is that it uses a $200 woofer vs a $50 woofer. @kenjit -- What are you talking about??? The cost of speakers has a lot more to it than just drivers. The original Pulsars are... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? Nice response @ | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 @kenjit - Manufacturers generally have to charge 4x the cost of the product to make money if selling through a dealer network. I'd bet Joseph loosely follows this. Those drivers alone aren't cheap. | |
| Image/soundstage and punch/bass IMO you're asking for a lot at $2500. Subs are the obvious choice, but if that's not your bag these Nola Vipers might be a good choice. Bass down to 28 Hz and mids and tweets are dipoles like the Maggies that may appeal to you from an imaging pe... |