tgrisham
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| Universal players as a transport I do agree the Oppos are very light. I like the smaller space it takes. I weigh mine down and use vibration control underneath. The small height works to my advantage. That said, the Denons as transports are excellent and durable. With a great DAC... | |
| Universal players as a transport Oppo. You will have to spend much, much more to better it as a transport. Even pairing it with a jitter reduction device will be cheaper, and in the long run, allow you to change transport as technology changes. | |
| Monitors + sub or Floor standers? John Marks in a recent Stereophile "5th Element" wrote about the inherent difficulty in designing a floorstanding speaker because of the resonant frequency of floorstanders at typical height. True or not, its an interesting analysis and may explai... | |
| Vinyl in St. Louis area 32 LPs! How much fun! If you are like me it will take awhile to clean them and listen to each one. It's like opening a present 32 times! | |
| Isolation and Monster Power conditioner I know that I need protection from spikes and can watch the incoming voltage vary. I think the Brickwall and similar non-MOV protection is better but I haven't spent the money to upgrade. It has "only" ten outlets, so one day I will move it to the... | |
| When using a DAC does the cd player really matter? It also assumes that the transfer of bits from CD to hard disc was perfect, i.e. bit for bit and error corrected and that the reading of the data from the hard-drive is perfect. These are much better assumptions than assuming that your CDP reads e... | |
| Isolation and Monster Power conditioner The question was, "will footers under the Monster Power make a difference". | |
| Vinyl in St. Louis area I scored again big the other day. Occasionally I get a record that looks clean, but is noisy and I can't clean up. Last time I was 6 for 6! Just curious, what did you find? | |
| When using a DAC does the cd player really matter? I kept my Jolida CD100 and added a PS Audio DL III. What a difference in sound. I think you will be very pleased. When $$$ allows, I too want to see what Cullen can do with mods. You can also add a computer via USB or second digital stream via Tos... | |
| Isolation and Monster Power conditioner In my opinion, no. Take a look inside. Few parts and some wire. Spend your money elsewhere. | |
| Looking for a quality all around unit correction, advice, not advise. typo. | |
| Looking for a quality all around unit I am not sure if you are going just two channel or multichannel. My advise for multichannel is the Onkyo 805 and one of the Oppo universal players. $1200 buys: 7.1 channels of amplification, HDMI 1.3, phono stage built in, hefty power supply, ipod... | |
| Interconnects I have to shield most of my interconnects because there are too many friggin' wires too close together. In a perfect world, all wires are separated from each other and don't need any shielding. But usually the IC from TT to phono pre-amp needs shi... | |
| Optimum size for music room? If you search the internet for "golden cuboid" you will find many discussions about the "perfect room". Note especially the Cardas site as well as many others. I have never had the opportunity to build a dedicated room so my equipment had to adjus... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-4.5 amp recommendations? In that price range I have been extremely happy with Bel Canto M-300s for my VR-4JRs. Or the IA version S-300. Plenty of power, clean deep bass, smooth highs. Sometimes available used. I bought mine from A-gon seller Walter at Underwood Hi Fi and ... |