sugarbrie
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| Best Integrated for under $1000 I forgot about the Blue Circle CS Integrated. Check it out also. | |
| Best Integrated for under $1000 For under $1K easier to find YBA's cousin the Audio Refinement Compete. Most listeners could not tell the difference between the Complete and the single transformer YBA Integre..For a difference taste in sound look at some of the newer Creek Model... | |
| Which Solid-State Preamp under $7,000.00 New? If your are running balanced XLR, then also check out the Blue Circle BC103. | |
| Best integrated, ??? add YBA Passion Integre to your list. | |
| How badly does price drop for RIP manufacturer? After a long time passes, some gear becomes vintage collectors items and the price goes up above MSRP.. | |
| Whatever happened to HDCD? The folks that make speakers must love surround sound. Now they'll sell you 3 pairs instead of one. | |
| Power Conditioning/UPS for Digital Audio Server Let me be more clear. Some UPS devices (including some by APC) don't produce a sine wave; they produce a square wave. Using such a device could ruin your sensitive equipment.Most audio equipment internal power supplies are not able to handle the f... | |
| Power Conditioning/UPS for Digital Audio Server Be careful that the APC UPS model you choose can produce a true sine wave. There are also Audiophile APS available at www.audiophileAPS.com | |
| Mods for a Pioneer Elite DV-C36 Check with Dan Wright at www.modwright.comThere is information on Pioneer transport and audio mods listed on the website.mailto: modwright@yahoo.comI think his Audiogon screen name is Dwright | |
| Components of Cambridge D500 I would not bother trying to upgrade a D500, unless maybe you are doing the work yourself as a hobby..For the money you could get for it used ($200 to $250 on eBay), plus the cost of some outside person doing the mod work, you could go buy a new C... | |
| Noise from tweeter There is going to be some noise (HISS sound); it won't be dead quiet. If you have to put your ear right up to the tweeter to hear the noise, then it might be normal....Now if what you hear is a low HUM and not a HISS, then it could be a "ground lo... | |
| Anyone use Stereo trading outlet cables? A lot of people like the moderately priced cables sold by Bettercables.comAnother moderately priced favorite are those by LAT International... | |
| Whatever happened to HDCD? Yes, Microsoft now holds the patents for HDCD from when they bought Pacific Microsonics. Microsoft is trying to integrate it into online media.If Sony/Philips had also owned HDCD, it would probably be part of every DAC chip made today, and would h... | |
| newbie question - is DVD/CD combo player... Assuming you care most about CD performance; from my experience the best way to get good CD performance along with DVD, without spending a lot of money, is to use a separate audio DAC (digital to analog converter) for CD playback and use the DVD p... | |
| Project Phono Box vs. Creek OBH-8 I am currently doing a demo of the brand new Blue Circle BC27. Nice piece, but its MSRP is $595. |