stevecham
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| How many will listen to tape and vinyl in the next century? Listening to the local classical music FM station with a circa 1975 Marantz 2270 receiver (upon which I am about to perform a complete refurb with new caps and transistors) into a pair of circa 1969 AR 2ax speakers (for which I recapped the crosso... | |
| NAD M51 vs C510 From what I read, the differentiation seems to be about features and utility, with the M51 being more of a dedicated DAC and the C510 a DAC/"Digital preamp." Connectivity seems to be the same in both cases. Hypothetically, a better power supply mi... | |
| How loud in DB, Is "cranking it" I think I recall in an article that Eddie Kramer would leave the control room if a band needed to listen to playback above 90 dB. | |
| Is it extra gain or two matched cables or both that improve the sound ? Inna: I think one of the coolest things you’ve brought forth here is something that I have supported and concluded for sometime now, that being what we hear is due to system context. The configuration you like best is not surprising to me at all. ... | |
| PS Audio CD Memory Transport?? Yes Or NO The PWT is a memory transport; it plays for about 30 seconds or so if I eject the disc while in play mode. The memory component of the transport has nothing to do with eventual DAC filtering. The memory is to make sure the DAC receives error-free... | |
| What in the world is going on..... Graceland, even on chrome cassette (120 us), Dolby B in, that I found a mint-almost-unplayed copy of for $1 last week, sounds amazingly dynamic, warm, vocally musical, danceable & party-able. Good times.And Dave: I agree that Peter early on in... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? I had a Rhea and a Chinook before the current Steelhead. While the Rhea had significant tube rush, even with a new set of Aesthetix tubes, The Chinook was absolutely DEAD quiet so, while I don't know what you're doing with tubes, you should not h... | |
| Wilson Sophia 1 vs vandersteen 2ce Here’s why I cannot accept Wilson’s design philosophy (and yes, I have listened to number of Wilson models over the years and, except for an early Watt/Puppy combo, they have never grabbed my attention):Vandersteen are time and phase coherent; the... | |
| PS Audio CD Memory Transport?? Yes Or NO I have a PWT and a Wyred 4 Sound DAC2 SE with the femto clock upgrade (all but vanished jitter, along with the cap upgrades over standard model, etc). This combo provides the most musical sounding CD playback I have yet heard and I connect them vi... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? Been reading about Transcendent’s products. I want to build one (or two monos)! | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? B: I hear you, thank you.When I encountered the OTL concept for the first time and read about Futterman's early efforts along with a few editorial accounts of experiencing "sonic bliss" but with the acknowledgment of some (potentially tube only-ba... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? "Mommywahwah": That type of response to the OP is utterly uncalled for. The OP simply wanted to have a discussion about this brand of OTL and become informed via help and support from our community. If you’re not able to participate in a civil man... | |
| Priorities... Again, what are your sonic goals beyond what you have now, what are your sources and ancillaries? Without knowing what these are, as much as we'd like to, it is difficult to make educated/experienced recommendations. | |
| Priorities... Given you could afford it, would the GamuT amps be the ones you would want to keep for use with the DC10As? Otherwise, if you had to sacrifice the amps for new speakers, and potentially exchange to a less expensive/quality amp, you could be defeat... | |
| ps audio perfectwave transport Bought one pre-owned several years ago, works like a champ.What are your concerns and what have you heard? |