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| Accustic Arts Dev, there were beta versions of the Indra. I had some. They differred from the production versions only in the connectors. If your friend has the low conductivity Stealth connectors, he has production versions. Indras are no longer available.I pu... | |
| Black CD's Eldartford, I tried to find out about the Nespa from the developer, but he pretends to not understand me. | |
| Best bang for the buck turntable? Kthomas, if you are happy with the sound of redbook off a hard-drive especially given the convenience of doing that, I would not bother with vinyl.I have been at this hobby since well before cds and had probably 1000 lps before I began buying the ... | |
| Black CD's Eldartford, and what about cdrs were there are no pits, just dark and light areas?And why does the Nespa unit which is supposed to get greater conformity between the reflective metal layer above the pits and the plastic pitted level also work on c... | |
| Accustic Arts I got my AA Dac Mk IV and Drive 1 MkII today. After four hours it is sounding much better than at first. I expect it will be several days before I can make any real conclusions. It is very quiet and has very nice extension at both ends, but the so... | |
| Accustic Arts Dev, I owned the Dac6 and the Phillips SACD 1000 and the dCS Elgar with sacd capability and the pro 972 upsampler. In neither case have I heard much of an improvement, if any, in newer models.I have no idea what the reason for the fictitious deale... | |
| Esoteric X-01 Limited or new D-03/P-03 Guys, there is much talk about the X-01 and the X-01 Limited Edition. Are we speaking of the X-01 Limited versus the new X-01 D2? I know that Fcrowder has a D2 and suspect this is what most if not all others are speaking about. There was, however,... | |
| Accustic Arts Jeffrey, what hard drive have you gone to? I have been very interested in the StereoTimes review of the Memory Player by Nova Physics. It now is available with a dac included. I heard VRS equipment beginning about 5 years ago. They did manage grea... | |
| Accustic Arts Dev, all that I can say is that I know many very happy H-Cat users who listened first and asked questions afterwards.I anxiously await my AA equipment. The reviews here and from other sources suggest that this maybe a major advance. I only know wh... | |
| Accustic Arts I just became aware of this thread and have the AA Drive 1 MkII and DAC 1 MkIV coming. I imagine that it will be some time before it is at its best and that I have much experimentation with isolation, power cords, and digital cords to do.Did anyon... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? A consensus view on Audiogon? Even were there such a thing, I would not trust it either. In reality we are dependent on an extended group of friends whose views and ears we trust. Most of mine will not post on Audiogon or AudioAsylum. Why do I pos... | |
| John Dunlavy may not be with us much longer. I had two different pairs of his Sovereigns, a pair of the Black Knights, and several pairs of his wall speakers and the Thor subwoofer. I also once negatively reviewed his Standard Head Amps. He was an irascible but interesting guy. I very much e... | |
| Isoaltion why so many options? Confusing I probably have tried 50 isolation devices over the last 30 years. I have definitely found that spring or soft isolation is no good. I have also found that some hard isolation also hurts. It is quite clear also that some isolation works on some de... | |
| Black CD's I did compare other black cdrs with the ProDisc that I got from RealityCheck and preferred the ProDiscs. Recently, however, on the strong recommendation of others I have decided to buy Mitsui/MAM-A 80m Gold Thermal cdrs, but I have yet to do so. I... | |
| Best bang for the buck turntable? No question, a good Garrard 301. |