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| Comments on new B&W 800 D3 Actually, what I like about the 800 diamonds is that they create an accurate sound stage without exaggerating it like many other speakers do. On recordings that are produced with 3D effects the 3D effects are all there exactly as intended, and lik... | |
| Are Revel and Paradigm Stuck? Hi Bimmer8 Yes, still have the Renaissance 90's too. Great speakers. The 800 Diamonds are a very different beast but I do like them a lot so they're my main speakers atm. My ultimate plan is to have the Infinity's working again in a second room /... | |
| Considering Bricasti and Lampizator If you like lots of color and excitement, the M1 is probably not your DAC. The Bricasti is an example of engineering excellence rather than artistic expression. Take a look at the analogue stages and you'll see that fast AD op-amps are employed to... | |
| Bricasti M1 USB I own the Berkeley Alpha 2 as well as a Bricasti M1 and a W4S DAC2 se.All 3 DACs sound distinctly different and have their pluses and minuses.The W4S brings some color and excitement to the table and has a real WOW factor, whereas the Berkeley and... | |
| Are Revel and Paradigm Stuck? From a tech stand-point, a stiffer cabinet might fix the slightly muddled bass (Salon 2), and they're not the most sensitive speakers going around. Aesthetically they're not everyone's cup of tea either, so a cosmetic upgrade might be worthwhile. ... | |
| Infinity Renaissance 90 questions AFAIK, All Ren 90's come standard with a 0.5R resistor in series with the EMIT and 2x 0.5R resistors in series (1R) at the input to the tweeter crossover. The tweeter crossover is identical to that (same values) used in the Sigma / Epsilon but the... | |
| Wyred DAC-2 I'm going a different path. I've modded some of the caps on the dac and analogue pcb's. The stock diodes are already fast diodes and there are snubbers across them to reduce ringing so there should be little to be gained by swapping them out. The ... | |
| Wyred DACS I think I've cured the sibilance related issue with ths dac. Although it didn't present as sibilance in my system I have experienced a slightly grainy and etched treble and reduced air, ambience and resolution. The fix was a good quality mains fil... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound DAC1 or DAC2? I have only just taken possession of the dac2 so it still needs running in.Interestingly at the moment the high frequencies are not clean. There's a certain courseness rather than a silky sheen that I hear from my Benchmark DAC1 pre. I'm not sure ... | |
| Review: Teac Z-7000 Tape deck This machine was reviewed in Audio magazine in 1984. They found the computer alignment to be one of the best and most reliable in obtaining a flat response with almost any tape. The calibration includes level, bias and equalisation at 6.3 and 15 K... | |
| The Hub: TidBits from RMAF 2009: Part TWO The RAAL tweeters are indeed fantastic. I'm using the 140-15's in a highly modified pair of Infinity Renaissance speakers. Compared with the EMIT planar - there's no comparison. Actually they might just be the perfect tweeter but you need a great ... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre - anybody heard a mod? I just finished the power line conditioner. It uses a 240V primary and a 36V secondary which is in series (opposing) with the 'active' on the load side. This is a neat way of reducing the mains voltage by 20%. There are ferrite beads on both sides... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre - anybody heard a mod? I have confirmed that the DAC1 USB uses 4562 op-amps for the output buffer which is an upgrade from the standard DAC1 which uses 5532's. The newest 'DAC1 Pre' uses LM4562 op-amps throughout. These are very superior op-amps so the Pre version shoul... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 Pre - anybody heard a mod? I have just bought the DAC1 USB to replace my XDACV3. The XDAC has a sweeter treble but not quite as much resolution. I agree that the DAC1 does sound a bit tipped up in the high mids and treble. I suspect that some of this is due to the LM4562 ou... | |
| Infinity Renaissance 90 questions Hi Clavil,I've not heard the latest Evo amps but from my experience the really big Krells usually don't sound quite as nice in the mid / treble as the smaller Krell's. My favourite Krell is the FPB300 which is also pure Class A. I heard that the E... |