stuartk
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| 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 ... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home mooglie: also, the Jolida was modded, so it definitely sounds better than the stock version. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home mooglie:I believe I borrowed my friend's digital cable-- it was a Zu, but I don't recall which one. I'm using Blue Jeans bnc at present. I should also mention I'm using an Empirical Audio reclocker, which (hopefully) is eliminating whatever jitte... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Mooglie: thanks for providing your sonic impressions of the Atoll. They are apparently available from a store in San Francisco by special order but even if they were in stock, I happen to know that particular store will not allow an in-home demo.... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Mooglie67-- many thanks for your helpful/informative response !Your list of considerations/priorities is very much in synch with mine. Can you give me any idea how the Atoll has affected your system, sound-wise ? I'm very pleased with my Aqua DAC ... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Thanks, twoleftears-- I've read a review of the NuPrime but wasn't aware of the Primare. Will check it out. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Yes-- I'm aware of the Cambridge and it may sound strange for someone with a 25K system to worry about a product being too inexpensive, but I do worry about that. Any opinions on using readily available/easily demo'd CDP's as transports, such as R... | |
| Please suggest bookshelf with best bass response under $4000 pr. Late follow up. . . I bought an Aqua La Voce DAC, coupled with Empirical Audio Synchro-Mesh re-clocker and coax cable, which made me realize there's nothing wrong with my speakers! The system, as it was configured before, simply wasn't doing just... | |
| Still looking for a DAC I can demo at home. . . To wrap up, I ended up buying Aqua La Voce. Together with Empirical Audio's coax cable and Synchro-mesh re-clocker, this has brought major improvement to my system-- a very worthwhile upgrade. It's very possible the Empirical gear would've correct... | |
| DACs and bass response? PS: I can report that the "dark" tonality I noticed in the system was solely due to the cheap Best Buy cable linking transport and re-clocker. As soon as I replaced it with a Blue Jeans coax, a veil lifted and the music immediately became noticeab... | |
| DACs and bass response? Shadorne: Thanks! This was my first standalone DAC, so I had no previous experience to rely upon-- only what I read online or heard for myself. I frankly didn't know what such a component might contribute to my system.There are certainly more DACs... | |
| DACs and bass response? Final post: My desire for better bass has been more than amply satisfied.The Aqua La Voce, it turns out, has a prodigious bass capacity! In fact, I’m frequently astonished by the bass my monitors are delivering, now. In my system, there were two f... | |
| Best affordable digital coax cable for connecting transport to re-clocker? OK. Message received loud and clear! Thanks. |