whart
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| SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC Very cool. I’ve been a vinyl only guy forever, and only recently decided to introduce digital into my main system. I am very pleased with the Border Patrol and this looks like a real step up in the same direction, at what appears to be a fairly re... | |
| DAC recommendations for CDs in 2-channel system The Border Patrol DAC is, in my estimation, a bargain for the sound it delivers. I am not comparing it to other DACS, but to a high level vinyl front end over a system using Lamm SETs and Avantgarde horns. I have used it in a couple of configurati... | |
| Mac Mini @miner42 - only for set-up as I understand it. You run it ’headless’ and depending on software, you operate it with a wifi remote control, e.g. Audnirvana, a software program designed for Mac computers (but now apparently on the verge of releasing... | |
| DSOTM on Vinyl @slaw - i’m not even sure what the "current" remaster is. As you I think you know, I’m not a fan of a lot of the old MoFis because the sound quality is all over the place and is often inferior to the standard issue of a given record. Some are kill... | |
| DSOTM on Vinyl If you are shopping, look for the UK A3/B3 deadwax on the UK pressings. It is a warm good sounding record (i haven’t compared every pressing) and is less grainy sounding than the A2 matrices (which were on the original solid blue triangle copies t... | |
| Integrating an Oppo 205 into system and need pre-amp and connection advice I just plugged an older BDP 95 into a small HT system and a vintage hi-fi system in my front parlor by:hdmi 1 out from the Oppo directly to the TVhdmi 2 out from the Oppo to feed the HT pre-pro for soundanalog stereo outs from the Oppo to the prea... | |
| The Electric Recording Company —Furtwängler’s Beethoven Ninth thanks. I'll check it. | |
| The Electric Recording Company —Furtwängler’s Beethoven Ninth and for those whose crypto-currencies crashed, what recording on LP of this performance do you recommend that is accessible? | |
| Best speaker/system piano concerts Piano is very difficult to reproduce. From the recording side and mic’ing to playback. There is a lot of gravitas in the lower registers and the timing of the attack and decay on all the registers is not so easily recorded or reproduced realistica... | |
| Pittsburgh, PA Audio Club I can't join you, but grew up in the 'Burgh. Opus One was the "place"- i slung gear for a little while, and knew a lot of folks in the audio scene there back in the early '70s. Haven't been back in a long while. Regards,bill hart | |
| CDs Vs LPs I’m a hair-shirt, dyed in the wool vinyl guy. When vinyl was declared dead, I bought bags and bags of old records, cut outs and the like everywhere I went. (I travelled a lot for business back then). I did not like the sound of the CD when it was ... | |
| Can someone explain to me why : Accupahse Equipment is that expensive ? I remember the gear in NY many moons ago- a guy (who passed away) had a loft space full of it for sale. Gorgeous. It is like classic ’70s era design, with wood, champagne gold finishes, but much higher build quality than the consumer grade stuff o... | |
| My 6922 Tubes Are Too Bright! I haven't rolled a 6DJ8/equivalent in a while, but found the Mullard to be too warm and smooth, and favored a Telefunken in the particular phono stage I was using at the time. But, the Mullard might be the ticket for you--there are various primers... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? @folkfreak - I'm a completist in that i cannot read "nattering nabobs" without the complete phrase. :)I was trying to discern what you are using- I remember some posts about Synergistic Research active blocks, and saw that at one time you had the ... | |
| Can someone explain to me why : Accupahse Equipment is that expensive ? I just checked. The gray market price for the big mono block amp is less than 1/2 the retail price in the US. I suspect there is some wiggle room there, but you are negotiating from a very high starting number. There’s a piece in 6moons about this... |