westcoastaudiophile
Responses from westcoastaudiophile
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? @vinylmisterd +1 | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Hello melm, please clarify what exactly did you buy on ebay.. I never heard of “ebay” brand! We can buy everything' manufactured on this planet these days on ebay, good and bad! Since I was involved in design of USB interfaces it is really “intere... | |
| accuphase a36 vs p4500 @gwng8 A-48 + C-2450 is excellent match! C-2450 pre has excellent earphone amplifier as a feature “for free”! :-) I am using Accuphase C-2450 pre to drive Sony MDRZ1R EP. Compared it it to other counterparts, Accuphase wins hands down on sound st... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? @coralkong Absolutely, interconnect cables are playing very important in my system! My preference for signal cables lies on well known for reliability/noise connector brands (professional series Neutrik etc), impedance, flexibility, and cable shi... | |
| accuphase a36 vs p4500 I am using in my setup A-48 and P-4500, P-4500 runs at lower temperature and requires less warm-up time, thus it used more often. Despite P-4500 is one the best sounding high-bias AB class amps, A-48 sounds “sweeter”, more contrast in Jazz/Opera/C... | |
| Accuphase E600 voltage conversion @jtgofish : haven't seen any broken Accuphase unit yet even 30+ yr still running cool! | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @facten "Audiogon really needs an ignore function” agreed! | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @facten “possibility of improvement”: I did compare expensive heavy $500 power cord with built-in ferritic RF noise filter clamp, to Accuphase pre/amp stock cables, few times, and found no sound difference. I used analog vinyl - and SACD source. R... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @music_is_life how someone can design and manufacture all of your equipment, if it cannot be measured/tested? in analog design we use a lot of very expensive circuit simulation tools as well, where all electrical spec is verified on HVM basis. | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @music_is_life Higher standards always welcome, but technical performance superiority claims need to be confirmed either by measurements or blind auditioning, apple-apple. | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @facten thanks for your fb on my credibility, sorry for not impressing you much (yet)! Currently I am designing analog circuits, and I am using very expensive cable, in some sensitive measurements, specific signal test cables cost me $5000 a pair!... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @facten please provide “blind test” results to backup your statements. clarification of word “quality” in your statement "quality aftermarket power cord” will be welcome too! | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @ozzy "people with no actual experience with better power cords" Dear ozzy, please elaborate on “better” in your statement, it is not clear what do you mean. If would be good to know what cable you compared to, and what exact issue was fixed. If ... | |
| Marantz TT15/ Clearaudio Satisfy for MC carts? @big_greg I am using SL1200MK2/4/6 TTables for a long time, love them much for reliability and performance, here is my OP: 1): you will get nice SQ by adding Audio Technica MM cartridge, I personally found the best sounding one is Audio Techin... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @ursm 1): signal path cables - yes, better EM shielding, better match to audio analog/digital path impedance, better connectors always helping me to reduce noise, and to flatten freq response. 2): power cables - nope, clean, not oxidized over ... |