stanwal
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| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? If Shadorne's argument is correct then why should the quality of the DAC or CD player matter? Even cheap one seem to measure very well. "Signal quality much less of a factor than in analog"? No wonder my LPs sound so much better. Why do transports... | |
| Ideal amp for B&W matrix 800 I would also look at the Musical Fidelity big integrated amps, NuVista, TriVista, 500 and 550. My NuVista drove my friends Wilson Sasha speakers very well so should have no trouble with the B&Ws. I was a dealer for B&W and Krell in the old... | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Of course not, these expensive CD players are just a rip off. Since the cheapest ones at Walmart are already perfect what use is there in paying more then $59.95 for one? | |
| What did you own in the 60's? 1962, AR-2, Dynaco PAM1 and MK 4, Knight turntable, wanted AR but Allied Radio didn't have them yet. The EJ in the South suburbs of Chicago had the best record section. What IS this sex drive of which you speak? I think it is more the ex drive for... | |
| Allison One speakers In my memory I would think that the 80s would be more likely. I think they were designed by Roy Allison who was a designer at Acoustic Research [AR] previously and they resembled some of the AR speakers in certain respects. This is off the top of ... | |
| Can foam padding isolate better than spikes? They are doing 2 different things; the foam is isolating the speakers from the floor, the spikes are coupling the speakers to the floor. The first act to keep vibrations from reaching the floor, the spikes to transfer the vibrations out of the spe... | |
| turntable recommendations for a vinyl newbie... About $2500-$3000 would give you a sound that would be at least completive with your digital. Are you sure you want do do it? LP costs have gone way up since I amassed my collection. The above does not include a phono stage and was figuring buying... | |
| What Wilson to Buy? Since the Sasha is a development of the WP8 I am going to extrapolate from my experience with a friends pair. I would say the Sophia's are likely to be much easier to drive and have a wider choice of amps they will work with. I used Quad speakers ... | |
| Seas Excel Magnesium Drivers - Warm Sounding? What amp are you using, this will have a major effect on the sound of the speaker. My friend had the D-1s driven by an Ayon amps and they do not sound warm or laid back, I am not sure what drivers it uses. The crossover and cabinet have a large ef... | |
| Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a Fuse holder? Things can travel faster than light, EPR effects are instantaneous as noted above. Space can expand much faster than light as well. The Special Theory forbids the sending of SIGNALS faster than light. Quantum entanglement applies only to certain t... | |
| SUT shootout I have a Bob's Devices SUT, which uses Cinemag and it is quite good. I just heard it Sat. used with the Phono section of my Magic preamp into a friends system consisting of Wilson Sasha speakers driven by Lamm amp and pre and Raven table with Grah... | |
| Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a Fuse holder? I searched long and hard for the source of the quote in the original post and finally found it. It is on page 963 of THE FENG SHUI OF FUSE HOLDERS by Hugh G. Lyar [sec. ed.]. Seriously, I have known audiophiles to obsess over fuses; a friend subst... | |
| Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a Fuse holder? I have never heard it said that Audiophile fuses have direction and I haven't seen arrows on them either. How are you suppose to know which way the arrow is to be pointed if there was one. Please explain why YOU think they are directional; "They" ... | |
| Will there be any 'Arrow' mark in a Fuse holder? I can think of no reason for one end of a fuse to be different than the other and have never heard any suggestion that they are directional. The quote sounds like gibberish to me. How does the current know anything about the orientation of the fus... | |
| Amp for Sonus Faber Cremona - old model I have been thinking of getting an older Cremona myself sometime. I think the amp I am currently using, a CJ Premier 350, would be very good with them. They will run between 4 and 5 thousand $ if you can find one. One of the best amps ever made. |