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dcs puccini software upgrade
When I bought my Puccini, it had version 1.12I upgraded to 1.20, and felt that there were some issues with it; not bugs, rather, the sound was not as good.This was rectified by version 1.21, which I was happy with.I have now upgraded to 1.30. I do... 
What Arm choices for the Garrard 301
I'm very happy using a SME IV arm with my Garrard 401, in a 70mm thick slate plinth. 
Quad 57 or 63 with Gradients
Hi Duke, an old thread, but I am about to try this tweak disadvantage by zero technical knowledge, but I do at least have a soldering iron!I have stacked Quads, in parallel, connected to the one amp. I have found a suitable, 8ohm one inch tweeter,... 
dCS Puccini Clock
Jfrech: Yes, I'm not sure why it would have the effect it does. Maybe it does help with USB. I'll try it when I have my computer audio set up. 
dCS Puccini Clock
Kops, I have just bought the u-clock. The main purpose was to make computer audio acceptable. I have a Sonos with a Rick Cullen mod (clock) and I just don't listen to it, because it is not as good as CD.So far, I've only listened to the u-clock wi... 
dCS Puccini Clock
I owned an early dCS stack, which was non-firewire. I had the Elgar and the Purcell.I now have the dCS Puccini (currently without clock). Personally, I think that the dCS Puccini is an improvement over the original stack, for the following reasons... 
QUAD ESL 2905 / 2805
I agree about the QUad ESL57 and McINtosh275 observation. I was blown away when I teamed the 275 with the ESL57s, I had previously been using a Plinius SA102. The improvement was staggering.