tbg
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| CD Dead?? I suspect massive storage devices, perhaps not rotating, and down loads with high resolution will displace cds at some point. Until recently I had no interest in servers as they all sounded like crap. At CES, I heard two that didn't-the Exemplar a... | |
| Soundsmith Strain Gage Cartridge system I posted this on the other strain gauge thread. I had strain gauge cartridges long ago, including the Win and the Panasonic. I saw them as quite good, but not reaching the realism of my Decca Londons. There are many benefits in the various grades ... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Hesson11, although I firmly believe your problem is largely in electronics or sources, I would strongly recommend the Reference 3A Grand Veenas. They are quite accurate in the top end thanks to the Murata supertweeters. If they sound shrill, it is... | |
| Strain Gauge Preamp/ Phono. A new standard? I had strain gauge cartridges long ago, including the Win and the Panasonic. I saw them as quite good, but not reaching the realism of my Decca Londons. There are many benefits in the various grades of the Soundsmith phono/linestages, but it does ... | |
| Whats the best record cleaning fluid? Cytocycle, most would not use alcohol on their records. You can get purer alcohol but it attracts water on opening. By all means avoid rubbing alcohol. I think I found higher purity alcohol at a pharmacy. I imagine you can find two stage RO on the... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES Davemitchell, I largely take this on the advice of others I respect, but I heard a cd burned in lossless and WAV played off a server. The WAV was clearly better with both a cleaner top end and a better sense of the soundstage. I had thought that l... | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer In my opinion the Sooloos is not intended for someone who want fidelity. It is for someone who merely wants the presence of music everywhere. I concede that it is better than the Ipod and looks nice. I just looked at their webpage--good styling, n... | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer David, I heard it with the MSB. It sounded great. Ask Ron if he is from ND and went to IIT in Chicago. | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer Davemitchell, I guess I am more interested in the sound and the ease of selecting what I want, especially if the processor's activity interferes with the sound. | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Hdm, the reason we have a RO device is that the sodium content of our water is quite high, but it could not be softer or we would never get soap off our bodies. I would just imagine that even a home RO machine would easily get lime or other minera... | |
| Reaching the top and stoping When I was young I used to think such thoughts. Occasionally, now I think I might die before I replace some component, but lacking that everything, I know, will be replaced.When I got the complete IsoClean system and loved it having experienced mo... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Guys, I have had a home RO filter for 30 years. It get replaced once a year. At the end of the year the water has about 300 non-water parts per million. After it is replaced this is 3 per million. Our chemistry department has a much higher quality... | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer Henryhk, I don't think the Memory Player is intended to just be a cd player, but I don't know whether it will allow larger than the .5 terabyte drives they originally offered. I suspect you are right about using an external dac for noise reasons. ... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES Wdrazek, I am sure my ears are older than yours, but I still can hear lossless and WAV differences. I am always perplexed that others cannot. Hack, I have known colleagues who still fail to backup their hard work on computers, so I am not shocked ... | |
| Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer Davemitchell, the sound is the only thing that is important to me, but convenience is next most important. VRS and the Memory Player both have the same capabilities as the Sooloos. You can easily add them to the Exemplar although they do not recom... |