ultrakaz
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| What cable caused you to become a cable "junkie" ? You have a unique problem that a real audiophile doesn't have. (Of course it depends on what "real audiophile" means.) Truth be told most of us started out this way with Monster Cable back in the 80's. Now when I hear someone raving about their la... | |
| Why Hardly Any High Efficient Bookshelf Speakers? Efficiency is determined by the size of the speaker driver and the size and design of the enclosure. True efficiency is a balanced frequency response from at least 50Hz on up. Generally, this means that most 8" drivers will produce 50Hz at approxi... | |
| What are the most under-appreciated products? Hey TWL, does your Emission Labs tube recommendation apply to 6DJ8 and 12AX7? Or how about EL84? Thanks. | |
| Mid/High Power Phono Cartridges I second the Dynavector recommendation. I have a 20xh and I think it is a superb value. Compared to my Grado Sonata, the 20xh is more transparent and lucid sounding. I thought that the bass was lighter but it is not, it is just cleaner and faster.... | |
| What seperates "hi-fi" from "mid-fi" in cdp's? I agree with the above posts about listening and forgetting about specs and bits. I disagree with the above posts that say that 16 bit is outdated. The 47 Labs DACs are 16 bit are currently produced and sound very refined.Having said that, some th... | |
| DYI Speakers. How good can they be? DYI speakers can surpass commercial designs. I'm running a home brew rear loaded horn speaker using a single Lowther driver with supertweeters and a sub (sometimes two subs). These speakers sound better than any commercial speakers that I've had, ... | |
| What is more important ? Need some advice. I would use the Placette, as mentioned above. High quality passive with remote. The EVS hangs on the rca jacks, is inconvenient, ugly and is exposed to RF.The Wadia needs to be run at full output voltage level-meaning that the signal is not digita... | |
| If you were to carry a tube product line? From a business perspective (not based on sonic merits) a well known company with a long history would make the most sense. So Audio Research, Conrad Johnson and (maybe) Krell. These companies heavily advertise and get favorable press so a lot of ... | |
| Seeking full range single driver speaker recs TWL makes some good recommendations. I've heard the Cain and Cain Abbys (w/the Fostex 166e drivers) and they are fast, coherent, dynamic and exciting to listen to. They are also efficient and easy to drive. The REL should work very well with them.... | |
| Found Monster cables inside my Watt Puppy 5.1's Some amps, after clipping, send a huge surge of current to the drivers, which could damage them. If there is no bass with the new drivers, even without break-in, the crossover could also be damaged. To be safe, ascertain that the volume is down be... | |
| Getting into analog is tough.... Here are some reasons to get into analog:1. You have a large record collection.2. You want the best sound possible.3. Your system has extremely high resolution/ transparency that it make cds unlistenable.4. Cds make your ears hurt. | |
| Why can't I hear 20 years of phono 'progress'?? After reading the above posts this may sound silly. Remove the "donut" mat from the Rega and use a felt one or whatever it came with. If the donut mat is the "none felt" from extremephono.com it is a stinky dog. You will lose dynamics, soundstage ... | |
| The Truth About Preamps A preamp should not make your cd player/system sound better. If it does, then something is wrong with output/input compatibility of your cdp and amp. Having said that, a high quality attenuator (like the Placette) is really all you need.Unless I n... | |
| Wadia 861 vs. Gamut CD1r vs Sonic Frontiers T3/P3 My Gamut is the original. I read in a post at the Digital Asylum from the designer of the Gamut, he wrote that the "revised" CD1R has an improved power supply. And that this improvement affects the midrange not bass. I had a number of audiophile f... | |
| Wadia 861 vs. Gamut CD1r vs Sonic Frontiers T3/P3 The Wadia is overall better than the Gamut and more than twice the price. The Wadia has a very convincing sound without any digital edge whatsoever. It is the best all-in one player that I have heard. Close to analog, but lacks that last bit of li... |