teajay
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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective One more piece of information that might be helpful to know would be all the DACS were audtioned using the following transports: Mark Levinson 31.5, Cec TL-0, or the Ensemble Dirondo. Thanks. | |
| PassLabs X250 X350 and X250.5 Ezaudio, in the first generation of X amps your 250 was the best sounding of the three two channel amps by far. I don't know if you talked to Peter or Kent at Pass, but when I did they both agreed that the new 350.5 was the new "sweet spot" in the... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Sorry, to anyone reading this thread, I forgot to mention that all statements regarding the sonic signature of these DACS is based only on redbook cds. Its the only format I listen to or care about. Thanks. | |
| Absolute Best CD Players Out There Under $12k ? I'm sorry if you took my post personnally, No1willfan, I was not trying to be nasty towards your question at all but be helpful. I gave you some suggestions, the Reimyo and Ensemble CDPS, and would also suggest/ask if your open to transports/dacs ... | |
| Absolute Best CD Players Out There Under $12k ? No1willfan, the way you phrased your question makes it almost impossible to answer. Yes, you put in your budget and the desire for great bass, however many of the CDPS you mentioned are wonderful pieces, but your leaving out the subjective factors... | |
| Has digital come close to or beat up analog yet ? Lithojoe[also known as the "old flaming fart"], if you want a serious answer by using your own ear's go audtion DACS or CDP from the following manufacturers: 1) Accustic Arts 2) Meitner 3)Zanden 4)Bel Canto 5) Reimyo. Just like analog front ends t... | |
| old vs new DAC designs and sound differences DAzzdax, I agree that new doesnot mean better or that any specific design( upsampling,non-upsampling,tube,ss) is superior sonicly compared to other well designed DACS. However, my experience with DACS is they can sound very different, as much as a... | |
| isolation transformer I use an Ensemble Duo Isolink for my digital front end with wonderful results(blacker background,more natural timbres,deeper bass,bigger deeper soundstage) and their are no negative aspects at all as far as I can tell. I have tried other power con... | |
| Suggestions for upgrading audioquest interconnects Leatherneck1812, if you want to upgrade in the Audioquest line I can't be helpful, since I never cared for the sound of their wires, however I would suggest you audtion Acoustic Zen's Silver reference II or Matrix reference II which give great per... | |
| Transport for Electrocompanient ECD-1 I agree with Danlibl, without a stated budget its hard to make a recommendtion. However, I have over time had a ML-31.5, CEC-TL1, and presently use an Ensemble-Dirondo transport in my system. I find the Dirondo to have the natural timbres/smoothne... | |
| Best speakers for Classical music under 10k used Hstokar, I would highly recommend you consider Magnapan's MG -3.6s that are great speakers in general but really shine on classical, jazz, and big band music. If you could find a used pair of MG-20's, they rarely show up used for sale, it would al... | |
| APL 3910, Exemplar 3910, MF KW, Esoteric X-01? Sd2005gt, If you don't care about SACD, and want the best you can get from redbook, I would recommend you audtion the following ( they all fall $ in you budget range):1) Ensemble CDP $8000.00 2) Reimyo 777CDP $12000.00 3)Accustic Arts transport wi... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts DAC I - MK3 DA converter First, your welcome Krell man, yes I'm using the Artistic Arts reference vacuum digital cable with BNC's and find it to be a great cable compared to others I have audtioned. Secondly, Twopippis, I have never compared the AA to either the Reimyo up... | |
| Anyone tried the new Kharma amps? Injona, I posted a thread that was titled, "a very interesting amp audtion" that was about the Kharma amps that your asking about. My friend actually replaced his $20,000.00 Lamm monoblocks with the Kharma Monoblock amps to power his Kharma speake... | |
| Acoustic Zen Silver Bytes digital cable I agree with Harnellt, the AZ mc2 is agreat step up from the AZ Silver Bytes cable and well worth the money. I had to spend another $1200.00 to get a cable that would out perform the AZ mc2 in my system. The AZ mc2 is a great sounding cable and a ... |