swampwalker
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| DAC for Cal Audio Labs CL-10 The answer is an unqualified yes if you can pony up another $3-400 for a Classe' DAC-1. I used it w/CL-10 with very good success. Another option that might work would be the Muse Model2 which is available for about $500. Look for the 4th order Bes... | |
| Aerial Model 20T vs Wilson WP7 vs Vandersteen 5A OK, Brain. What showroom was that? | |
| Using Headphone amp as a Preamp ? Any good ?? Some of them are quite good. Check with the folks at Headfi.com or headwize.com for more details. Of course, it would have to have rca outs, controlled by the volume. some headphone amps have RCA pass-thru, don't know if that one has a pre-amp out... | |
| Cable TV High Definition converter As far as I know, Comcast provides HD in some areas for some channels. You need a digital HD box, a component video cable, and an HD monitor (display) to view it. In my area, the Comcast rep said they are providing the Motorola 5100 HD cable box. ... | |
| One Box CD Units vs Transport & DAC IMP, Phasecorrect's analysis is "correct". the Classe' is a 20 bit unit and I do not believe that it oversamples, not a 24/96 or 24/192. If your pre handles and passes a balanced signal, the Classe' might be the way to go. There is also a Muse Mod... | |
| One Box CD Units vs Transport & DAC Within your budget, I would think that a DAC would be the way to go. I used a Classe' DAC-1 w/ a CAL CL-10 as a transport and liked it very much. It is very versatile, w/AES/EBU, co-ax, toslink and ST Glass inputs, balanced and RCA out. Could buy ... | |
| How many audiophiles bi wire their speakers???? 31,812 | |
| Best monoblock tube amp with Vandersteen 5A OK, lets not start that debate again. There was a series of threads a while ago that documented the various opinions about RVs phone manner. Lets just say that he is a great designer and accessible by phone and leave it at that. | |
| headphone amp under $350 Savae your pennies and buy a Berning microzotl. Mine drives my HD-600s perfectly and also has enough oomph to run a pair of Sequerra monitors in my home office (12 x 14). Direct input from CDP w/its own volume control. Should be able to get one fo... | |
| Aragon, Plinius, or McCormack Labtec makes some very good points. I will disagree with #1, however. For $1k +/-, you can get a BAT VK3i if you shop carefully. This mates very well with the DNA 0.5 and can even keep up with the SMc mods up through Rev B. Not until I got to A+ d... | |
| Which Tube Amp? If you are going to consider a hybrid, consider the Llano Trinity or Phoenix amps. Tube voltage stage, SS current amp, uses one tube per channel, no biasing, no exposed tubes. Tremendous wattage and current delivery; can be configured as monoblock... | |
| Best 2-CH AMP at $2500 I will be receiving it middle of next week and will post something after I've had it a while. | |
| Best 2-CH AMP at $2500 In the name of full disclosure, I now have to note that since posting on XMAS eve, I found the amp I have been thirsting to try (Berning ZH270) and so I put my DNAs up for sale. FWIW, it would also be hard to go wrong with the recommended Classe',... | |
| Suspended Basis vs Nonsuspended Teres Not sure I would put much faith in a company that promotes its product by trashing the competition. Never heard any of these hi-end TTs, so take what I said with a grain of salt. | |
| Another Bi-Wire question, Denon AVR-1803 You can bi-wire your speakers by using internal bi-wire or shotgun biwire. There would be one + and one - at each amp terminal, and 2 + and 2 - at the speaker end. |