undertow

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Crown amps
Sorry I just saw you have a crown preamp… Look at Fanless crown designs like the K series maybe? 
Crown amps
Well in general they will not be as sweet on mids and highs.. Bass is fine.. Main problem with most pro designs are they run loud and hot… They have fans that make a ton of noise if your actually listening to a home stereo, and normally unless you... 
Transport - does it matter to the sound at all?
The two biggest factors that I have heard effect a DAC / Transport combo is the Transport And digital cable.. Both pretty much as important from my many trials... A close next would be the Power cables on both units. Some transports sound more syr... 
Anybody heard the Lessloss DAC?
I heard the lessloss dac with a system running Atama-sphere amplifiers and preamp, And Rega modified transport to play into it with all lines of Zu speakers at a demonstration in 2005.. They also had the Reimyo 15,000 dollar hyped up piece at the ... 
What are the best tube amps for Klipschorns?
No, its even simpler.. Top end and mids maybe should have low power tubes for best dimension, and Big bass drivers should have solid state.. This seperates power supplies, and frequency demands of the weak points on both technologies, well its not... 
Invert Polarity in Digital Domain
My Wadia did this, And Yes it was always better on all recordings I had, I really don't know why, but in regular it would sound more direct and even compressed, in Invert it always added a little air depth, and bass was more Wooly and room filling... 
What well known MC cartridges can use a MM pre??
I believe the one that gets like the top spot a lot of the times for price and being a hi out 2.5 mV MC is the Sumiko Blackbird? 
Question about ZU speakers
you need to realize with Zu speakers they are prone to bad power hum, smearing etc... If not on very well tuned equipment and power supplies.. Atma-sphere uses Zu as a test on their equipment as they show everything up the chain, have incredible e... 
Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ?
Okay sounds good.. Yeah if I was to ever convert than I would like to eliminate any extra convertor or extra cabling and simply use a laptop USB cable direct out right into the convertor… Any idea of a price to add this Is2 interface? 
Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ?
I am Curious about adding the USB interface to a Audiomirror / Dac-ah ? is there a way to get it modded to add the usb direct, even if you have to eliminate the toslink or coax digital board ? 
Gruv Glide. How many use it?
I would not apply groove glide unless you have a rather crakley, or extra noisey album.. It then can help a lot to get the one not so perfect surface noise to reduce and sometimes eliminate, many times applying it will just make the album bearable... 
Whats more important? Speaker or the Amp
Its the synergy of the 2 components together.. so one speaker could infact sound better with a 200 dollar amp and another better with a 2000 dollar amp, but not all times will the 2000 dollar amp in place of the 200 dollar amp and speaker combo so... 
How to tell if the record is worn out?
Well the Armorall effect or Super shinny, and more so than any new album is not a good way to say it has been tampered with either, I clean using a VPI and record research fluid and its like a Black diamond when I get finished and the sound is Per... 
McIntosh MA 6500
Hmm, well play with the EQ, up the midband a bit, and the treble if you feel it is too restricted now, that’s why they have the controls. 
I know this is heresy, but...
Shadorne, you can look at my new system pics I added 16 linear feet of trapping just hours ago, and I am updating the pics right now.. I have no idea of the sound yet as I don't have the time to mess with it yet, however it looks pretty good! you ...