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| Report from Rocky Mountain AudioFest I thought the Wilson Maxx sounded spacious and real. Does anybody find the Sophia 2 and Watt Puppy 8 boxed in? I came to the RMAF expecting great things from Wilson Audio all around, walked away with such extreme difference of opinion for the Maxx... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery I just wing it, and got a used Power Wedge 112. Very interesting result! My computer battery is fully charged, or supposedly fully charged. It's definitely better not to plug the Power Wedge into the APC UPS. No I didn't experience any loss of sla... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery Well, thank you for the comments, but the answer to APC S15 is a no. So far, it does not seem as if anybody had serious comparison between APC and the heavy weight audiophile conditioners such as PS Audio, Audio Power, Shunyata, etc. The existing ... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery What I see from the Forum search is that people attempt to just use the computer UPS as a replacement for a separate power conditioner. That's not what I would like to do.I'll be curious on what Mr_Hosehead means by these "caveats" must be there i... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery What are a few "caveats" you would consider as exceptions to the rule after an amplifier already charged up its banks?I currently use an old Power Pack II connecting to a 1100VA APC computer grade UPS. There is no way that I can concurrently turn ... | |
| Power conditioner plugged into computer battery I am thinking about one of the better power conditioner plugged into an APC computer UPS with battery. The battery is only to keep power coming when there is an outage. It's the audiophile grade power conditioner that corrects for problems. What I... | |
| Ayre V5xe I agree with you that the V5xe is a steal for its asking price. So what would be a major upgrade for this amp. Whatever is must still at least have that same great soundstage and the musicality that makes you just want to sit there and listen. Wha... | |
| Ayre V5xe I do think the V5xe is musical. There are not many amps out there that can bridge the 2 extremes, the solid state and the tube camps. Realism lies somewhere between the 2 camps. Yet I am being very picky now, since we are looking for the cream of ... | |
| Meridian 808 or NOT Meridian 808 I think I should at least do some traveling to check out the Emmlabs CDSD/DCC2 SE version. The MBL and Zanden stacks require too much work, cost too much, and probably outrun the remainder of my system.Has anyone made a direct comparison between E... | |
| Meridian 808 or NOT Meridian 808 What I get out from a number of threads is that we have either (1) marketing platform; (2) difference in personal taste; (3)sensitivity to peripheral equipment; or (4) hard to find items thus limited reputable reviews and questionable long-term cu... | |
| Meridian 808 or NOT Meridian 808 I'm still living the old analog world. So if you know of any CD player significantly sounds better than Meridian 808, please all by means let me know. Thanks. | |
| Balanced xlr or rca for Ayre C5xe My preamp does not have balanced input. Comparing different CD players is such a difficult task when the rest of the equipment is different from show room to show room. The only likely thing is that Stereophile probably reviewed the C5xe using its... | |
| Analog vs Digital performance of Bryston SP2 With my equipment, the level difference is not enough to grab me. Also the overall sound (when you listen at an off-axis position) are quite similar between the analog and digital side. What stands out however are the greater amount of detail and ... | |
| Bryston SP2 vs Meridian 861 This is probably a silly question, considering that Meridian is known for digital technology, and the price difference between the 861 and SP2 has to speak for something. But I just have to ask. Has anybody compared the SP2 and 861 when a digital ... | |
| Bryston SP2 vs Meridian 861 My speakers are not digital. So are you saying that the DAC inside the 861 would produce analog signal for the amplifier at the 2-channel music performance level better than the straight analog route through the SP2? Basically you can skip a high-... |