swampwalker
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| Difference bewteen McCormack DNA-2 & DNA-1 ?? Steve- many thanks from all of us. You are a class act (and I love my DNA-1, Rev. B) | |
| Anyone tried a copy protected CD? Yeah, my 13 y.o. son says that the net is loaded with posts that say black marker on edges defeats the Sony system. | |
| McCormack Upgrade reviews Definately a significant upgrade in sound from dlx to Rev B on my DNA 0.5 | |
| Lower gain in left channel. I'm having a similar problem with my 'phones. Both channels operate, but right is clearly "louder" than left. They are HD600s, run off of the tape out of my pre to a Headroom Home. Same problem from both headphone jacks, problem remains the same w... | |
| Bass Management Question Chris- you are probably going to want to x-over at about 1 octave above the point your mains poop out to get good music integration, to the 80 hz might not be out of the picture. | |
| Why buy older digital gear? Another advantage of older digital technology is the VERY STEEP fall off in price. I just bought a Classe' DAC1 for <25% of list. I have a CAL CL-10 changer driving it thru aes/ebu digital cable and the DAC drives a BAT pre operating in balance... | |
| Pinging sound from Preamp After re-reading my post, maybe I should say pinging starts AFTER pre-amp goes thru start up and is no longer muted, i.e, when pre-amp is muted, no pinging, when pre-amp is active, pinging is heard. I've swapped out the 6922s to a new set of NOS A... | |
| Help with shop set up You are going to need plenty of juice to get a moderate S in room of that size, esp. over machinery. I would think that the Bryston 4 series would be the minimum, along with a reasonably efficient pair of speakers. Any yes, the electronics and esp... | |
| Best system for the budding audiophile? Lets see, how aboutBAT VK3i used at about $850-$1250 depending on +/- phono stage and/or remoteMcCormack DNA 0.5 Rev B 100 wpc/8 ohms, used for about $850Vandersteen 2cesigs or Maggie speakers used at about $1KSONY 9000 or CAL CL-15 for about $700... | |
| New cd changer? I can verify that the CAL CL-10 sounds pretty darn good by itself. I now have mine output via AES/EBU to a Classe' DAC-1, running balanced to a BAAT VK3i pre. It sounds fabulous. Both the Classe' and the CAL have co-ax, ST, and XLR in and out on d... | |
| Help Me Get Out Of The Dark Ages If you're buying used, for under 2.5 you'd be hard pressed to beat the Vandy 3Asigs if you're looking for smooth, musical, plenty of detail and bass. Not the greated imaging or soundstage and you can definately find something more detailed (like T... | |
| 6H23 tube Ya or Na ? They have also worked well in my BAT VK3i which uses 2 per channel in the line stage. Can't comment on longevity as the BAT is very easy on tubes, but they sounded fine. | |
| best remote preamp for McCormack amp You may also want to try BAT VK3i; mine sounds very nice with DNA-1 Rev. B and uses 4 6922s and 2 6V6s. The pre runs cooler than the SS amp! | |
| Any thoughts or experiences with DH Labs cables I've used the t-14 shotgun biwired to my Vandersteens and it was a good match. Pre was a BAT and power McCormack. Not nearly as good as what I replaced them with (Syn. Res.) but way cheaper. | |
| What is the right thing here................ I would tend to agree with 02pete. If I shipped them out working, I would want to KNOW that they were blown, and not from abuse, before I paid for a repair. Assumming that they are, in fact, blown, not abused, I would pay for 50% of repair, since ... |