tmsorosk
Responses from tmsorosk
| Upgrading Fuses The more resolving a system , the more likely a difference will be heard . I hope none of the good folks here with lower end gear will take issue with that , as I have always judged audiophile friends and club members by there passion not there pa... | |
| Cardas Golden Reference upgrade to what? " could you go back to the Cardas Gold " Yes I could , and sometimes do , just to get some prospective on cable worth . | |
| Decent DAC under $10k anyone? I recently purchased the Audio Research DAC8 , it has the least amount of digital artifacts of any I heard at any price . | |
| Upgrading Fuses I used the gold fuses on my Ref3 and on a few other components , the results were small but worthwhile . | |
| Cardas Golden Reference upgrade to what? I went from Cardas Gold , which I very much liked to Shunyada's top line stuff , big improvement . I don't know much about judging diminished returns , but I'm more than satisfied with the per dollar results . | |
| Grounded vs. ungrounded power cord The third terminal is there for personal safety only . | |
| SACD vs. Redbook and other formats Results ,, ya but nothing conclusive On some disc's I felt there was no difference between the two layers on the same disc , other times the SACD layer was clearly better . On the weekend a couple of audio buddies and I used some different duel la... | |
| Dynaudio C-4 or Revel Salon 2 The C-4 always sounded harsh to me , so the Salon is a big improvement in my eyes . | |
| SACD vs. Redbook and other formats Most of the comparisons I spoke of were from different disc's , I haven't tried A/B testing both layers on an SACD , that will be tonight's project . | |
| What are you 'TRULY' Looking for in Loudspeaker... Simply , a speaker you enjoy listening too . Specs and technobabble mean nothing if you don't like what your speaker or system are doing , and we all seem to prefer something a bit different . | |
| Why 24/7 warm-up period on amps? My solid state gear stays on 24/7/52 , can't argue the reasons why , but I've found large SS power amps definitely sound better , smother when left on continuously . The tube gear I've owned sounded ok after one hour of use .The power bill didn't ... | |
| What wall outlets? Furutech or Oyaide? Shunyada makes the best ones , and for similar money . | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... My CD player and DAC combined was about 10% of the total system cost . I didn't plan it that way , just bought the player I liked best . | |
| How good is the Ayre DX-5 Universal as a CD player Alfa , I have not had very good luck with optical cables , they sound a whisker thin and sterile for my taste's . I've preferred the XLR type cable's in my music makers last few incarnations . The XLR cable made it feel like something had been rem... | |
| How good is the Ayre DX-5 Universal as a CD player Hello Bullot . The DAC I chose after much research and many auditions was the Audio Research DAC8 . It adds a bit of warmth and roundness that the CD5 , KX-R preamp , Levinson power amp combination missed . The improvements are small , yet seem im... |