stuartk
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| Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why? OK. I've learned something, here. Thanks!I'm familiar with impacts of increased transparency re: detail-- just not in terms of sound-staging. I think I'll still play around with different cables and would be interested to hear about anyone's favor... | |
| Anyone Tried COS D2 DAC? mrmani--Very sorry I neglected to respond earlier. The COS was way too clinicallyresolving for my tastes-- it focused so much on the "trees" that it lost all sense of the "forest". In other words, it dissected the music into constituent parts to s... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home soix: I talked to Bel Canto today-- really nice people. The tech with whom I spoke uses a CD-2 himself and gave me url of company that still sells new drives ($700 w/laser) and said B.C. had plenty of other parts. Just not sure about buying a unit... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home garrard; you are undoubtedly correct. . . in fact; since I posted my last comments I haven't been able to stop thinking about getting a new transport! If there was an online Sim retailer that offered returns to customers residing in CA, I'd order... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home georgehifi5: Thanks for the info. I suppose I could order the Cambridge from Audio Advisor and compare it to the Jolida. itzhak: To clarify, longevity is my #1 concern. I'd be willing to spend 3-4K, to extend my capacity for spinning discs into th... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Wrap-up: Given the current trend away from physical media and the lack of consensus as to how long manufacturers of transports/CDPs might continue to stock parts, I'm unwilling to gamble on spending 3-4K to upgrade in that direction. At the same t... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home soix2: how did I miss the top-loading aspect ? ! Can I blame that on age ? Thanks for pointing that out and for the suggestion that BC may have parts. bigkidz: very pertinent input, especially considering that we both have R2R Ladder DACs. Thanks. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home OK. Thanks, everyone, for your input. I'm afraid I'm still not inclined to buy anything I can't first demo at home.I've been burned more often than not in the past not following this policy. Maybe the best course for me is to simply wait till I ca... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home adg10: I've thought about going with one of the similar units by Innuos of Portugal, but I don't own a smart-phone or tablet and frankly, the prospect of having to use one to operate my audio system is not appealing. I'm idiosyncratically more inc... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home soix: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. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home mooglie:Did you approach Nick Gowan ? | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home georgehifi; I was actually intimating that, as my system is relatively inexpensive, my concern about using an inexpensive transport might strike some as odd. The only two audiophile friends I have own much, much, more costly systems, so that's all... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home soix: I found a short stereophile description of the two devices:" There is now an Off-Ramp 5 asynchronous USB converter ($1299), which now has HDMI in addition to S/PDIF and i2S output" and:" the Synchro-Mesh reclocker ($599), which dejitters ... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home uberwaltz: True Sound carries and services the CEC units, so if I was to buy one, at least I'd have someone relatively close by, in case anything went wrong. That changes the equation in CEC's favor, somewhat. . garrard: thanks for gear list. soix... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home mooglie: perhaps I should clarify that I have no real complaints re: sound. My main aim is to increase longevity of my capacity for spinning cds without degrading the system's present sound. I have no desire to burn discs or stream at this point ... |