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| Worst remote nomination... MBL's top transport. This transport runs like $17k or so, and the remote is so horrible ergonomically that it is sad... Great transport though!Cary 306/200 CDP. This remote tries to do way WAY too much. It also has a very narrow angle that it work... | |
| Favorite Movie Soundtrack Nice one Mejames. The Hot Spot is a great soundtrack, but the movie itself was a stinker.My favorite movie soundtrack aside from The Wall (which was inspired by an album ofc) is probably Until the End of the World. The movie was bad, but the sound... | |
| Can I nominate Sean please ? You divided me by 10.tok20000Thanks,KF | |
| Wanna know how noisy your AC is ? I would like to sign up Sean.But I am going to need serious directions, heh heh.KF | |
| Where do tubes come from? StorksKF | |
| Preamps. Do we really need them? Passive preamplification can:- roll off the top end and the bottom end- limit dynamics- limit resolution, especially at low volumes- limit gainNow there are definite levels of passive preamps. And possibly the absolute best passive preamp that is ... | |
| EMM Labs Dac-6 Kana813, what is the new DVD software you are referring to?All I can say is that I have heard some of the best DVDa software that is available now, on some great 24/92 decoders, and I have been wholly disappointed. I will believe great DVD softwar... | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 3.6R and Room Size Theoretically you can drive the 3.6's with 50wpc. You can also run a Ferari on regular unleaded as well... And I have heard them being driven by ARC CA-50 amp. BUT, as Kck indicated the more power you can feed them, the better they will sound. No ... | |
| EMM Labs Dac-6 I do not normally comment on products now in this forum, but I am going to make an exception with the DAC-6.The Meitner DAC is the best I have ever heard IMHO. You are going to be hearing it sound it's worst using a normal (calling the ML 37 norma... | |
| Preamps. Do we really need them? YES.KFRead my previous posts on preamps vs. no preamp if you want more elaboration. | |
| Cable Influences: IC SpeakerCables Power Cord? Stevenkc, it all depends on what you want. You should try before you buy or at least buy at such a good price point that you can sell without loosing too much $$$.Truthfully, if I had not heard better AC cords in my system, I probably would still ... | |
| Cable Influences: IC SpeakerCables Power Cord? S234chang is dead on right about component matching.If your components do not match, no matter what cables you use, you are not going to get good performance from a poorly matched system.Because I am in the industry, I do not make specific product... | |
| Cable Influences: IC SpeakerCables Power Cord? Rule number 1 in audio: No component or cable downstream from the signal can make up for any problems that are in the signal.Basically a general system signal path is the following:PowerSource + AC cordIC from source to preampPreamplifier + AC cor... | |
| How does power cord affect a digital frontend? Dmitrydr, I have never heard a component that was not affected by power cords. I have tried a lot of power cords and a lot of components. There is an argument that a correctly designed power supply will be immune to AC cords, but I have yet to hea... | |
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