sugarbrie
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| Best or most profound sleeper product I can start with the $89 Aiwa XC-30M, XC-35M, or XC-37M Five Disc CD Changer used as a transport for any DAC with a Delta-Sigma design. The MSB Link DAC is a Delta Sigma DAC, so if you pick up a Link DAC-1 for $150 used, you can have a nice setup ... | |
| So close yet so far....oh the pain of it all The other day I bought a used LP record from a public radio station. They packaged it very well, but did not indicate anywhere on the outside what was inside the square padded envelope. So my mail carrier folded it into my mailbox. OUCH !!!! | |
| How to read tubes? The different names, numbers only have to do with the country of origin, or whether they are military or consumer tubes. For example: 6SN7, VT231, and 5692 tubes can all be used for the same applications. Some of the lettering on some tubes has to... | |
| The most musical system you ever build? Brian..."Cleaner" does not mean more musical. Many times it is worse (sterile). I have copies of interviews with the guys at Conrad Johnson and Blue Circle. In both cases they were asked why this or that component does not lab test with noise and/... | |
| power up and shut down Power Amplifier is on last, and off first.If you leave the amplifier on, any "POP" from another component, especially the preamp, will get amplified to your speakers. The same if anything is turned on after your amplifier. | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse If the discs are from the same final Digital master, they will be identical. Jitter is a different issue. | |
| Amplifiers Recomm. to drive my Martin Logans Also check out the Blue Circle amps. Founder/designer Gilbert Yeung is a Martin Logan man. They are one of his reference speakers for designing his gear. You could eMail him for his opinion on which of his amps would match your particular MLs best... | |
| How to adjust bias on superphon preamp Yes, Call Stan. | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse CDC...From your last post, it sounds like it is a re-mix of some kind. The tests I mention are of identical CDs made from the same digital master (after mixing). Some are made for record stores, and others are made separately, possibly in a differ... | |
| Review: B & W Loudspeakers CDM-7nt Speaker I think B&W got it right this time. The earlier CDM-7SE was very dull/closed-in/shut-in sounding to me. | |
| BMG CD's ARE worse I agree that the club CD may been a poor remaster (because of the dates). They don't have the same digital information. Stereophile and some others have done very complete and detailed tests (technical and blind listening) of identical store bough... | |
| High powered integrated amps under 1K - Help Audio Advisor has a demo Perreaux E160i Integrated Amp with Remote for $999. MSRP is $1899. It is 160 watts per channel at 8 ohms.http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/closeoutlist.asp?All=1 | |
| Don Scott Specially Modified Marantz Tuner? I have heard the stock model and it performs great for the price. Don could only make it better. Don's mods on the Marantz include adding a Hi-Blend, which is missing on a stock model, the same as the Mitsubishi. Also read the HiFi Choice review. ... | |
| Is there an integrated amp that can beat my... The YBA Integre is anything but dry. It is one of the most liquid solid state amps made. Your problem is elsewhere. | |
| How to identify driver problems Have you first switched the speakers (easiest to switch cables at the amplifier)?? If it then comes out the left, it is not the speakers.If it is the speaker, can you get your ear close enough to the speakers, so you can determine which driver. |