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DVD-A player with best redbook cd playback
Eldartford,Sure no problem...I just threw the whole D/A-D/-A-D thing in for Lorenc1he sounds very intrested to learn about this stuff andi think its important for people to understand whats goin on with all this cool stuff we have.As far as a book... 
Best used dac under $2000
Rhyno,I agree all those things are "very important" and im surethey were concerned about jitter even back then. I wouldenteven consider a DAC where the designers havent addressedthose issues.But the truth is the DAC's have come light years from th... 
DVD-A player with best redbook cd playback
Eldartford,Redbook is the actual spec/standard for all disksand players to play CD's including DVD's that areto play CD's. It isnt a special type of re-mastereddisk its the standard for anything with the CD stampon it. Now that doesnt mean that so... 
Best used dac under $2000
Rhyno,Maybe you can explain to us what the Entec does...If it doesnt upsample or reduce jitter what does itdo? And please feel free to get as technical as youcan for us... And what is the difference between a 1k CD with a goodDAC and a 5k CD player? 
Best used dac under $2000
Mdomnick,I would recommend going straight from your source intothe Bel Canto... as you read it does have jitter reduction..Im not sure about the Chord or Kora... I would guess that they do also.You could always try your Monarchy in the chain. But ... 
DVD-A player with best redbook cd playback
Stereophile has the Toshiba SD-9200 listed as a class "A"DVD-A that does well with redbook also. It just seems wierdto me that anything Toshiba would be class A for audio.Who would thought that? They have the list price @ 1499.00.I would lean towa... 
Best used dac under $2000
Mdomnick,Its always on... (no external switch) there may be a way to turn it off but i have never wanted to... One real nice thing it has also is a toslink and a spdif with a switch so you can have two different sources fed into it and switch betw... 
Best used dac under $2000
Bel Canto DAC2 offers great bang for buck for around 1.3k new but even cheaper here... Im listening to one rightnow :-) life is good! 
Best Concert DVD
Joe Satriani - Live in San Francisco 
What makes certain cd players better than others?
Krazeeyk,I will try and shedd some light on a few topics..Physical layout: The PC board layout has a huge impact. Think of the board layout for a CD player as a 3 bedroom house floorplan one room for the digital components one for the analog one f... 
Power Conditioners vs. Power Cables
Vector,I have a HTS5000 that i use for audio.. I am very happy with performance especially considering the price but i cantell you from recent experience adding quality PC's willmake a "huge" improvment even with the 5100 in the chain.Think of eve... 
Can I run my Amp from a Line Conditioner?
I want to update you guys on results:Right after my last post i decided to go direct into wall with my amplifier (dedicated line) Well right of the bat i heard some "tizz" or "hash" that i have never heard before. I have never heard my Bel Canto w... 
Anyone tried Jena Labs new Power Conditioner?
Yeah... EASY for him to say! 
Bass Management
Soogood51... correct me if im wrong but i think whatyour saying is put the ICBM between the DVD-A/SACD and the 6CH input on the Yamaha. Forever he is not saying to loop out and back in the reciever. The 6ch input is an analog bypass mode especiall... 
Can I run my Amp from a Line Conditioner?
Sean,I totally agree with you... The thing that bothers me the most is all components are being fed by one cord like you said. Where i live there is not alot of lightning or outages (just earthquakes and high energy bills)so im atleast going to tr...