williewonka

Responses from williewonka

Best Dac under $600... New or used
I know it's not below $600 - but MusicDirect currently has the Musical Fidelity M1SDAC on sale for $699 with free shippingRegards... 
Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there?
Nglazer - did you find a solution?I took a quick look and found various other similar issues pertaining to a "0" file size.Responses to questions cited issues relating to- bugs in WMA related software drivers- certain file types- the CD drive hard... 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
Sunnyjim - there is no need to "trash" the 103 - you can simply mount the brass shim between the cartridge and the arm as many people do - it will provide the additional mass required to optimize cartridge performance.The bluetak suggestion is als... 
Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there?
Wildoats - it would appear that WMP does a very good job of ripping WAV - I ripped one of my more detailed albums to WAV and I could not tell any difference between that and the same album ripped to AIF using dbPoweramp- FYI both rips were perform... 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
Matt - you are correct, however, with the addition of a 7gram brass heashsell shim they are a very good match to rega style arms.I have two 103's, each epoxied to a 7 gram brass shim and they perform extremely well on my Audiomods arm, but even wi... 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
Matt - you are correct, however, with the addition of a 7gram brass heashsell shim they are a very good match to rega style arms.I have two 103's, each epoxied to a 7 gram brass shim and they perform extremely well on my Audiomods arm, but even wi... 
USB SQ, what can one expect
Cerrot - I'm assuming the spdif output you are using is on a seperate sound card - which one are you using?What others have you tried?Thanks 
Impedance mis-match?
Here's the response from MF... most digital parts I know of are 50 ohms (or 100 ohms balanced) to preserve square wave edges. That said at these relatively lowish frequencies (low MHz) such a mismatch is unlikely to cause problems unless going int... 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
Czarivey - ever thought of selling the v-90 with the TT also? - It's a nice little package :-)Do you hook it up to the car audio?Cheers 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
Czarivey - then you just gotta find a good suspension system for the turntable.Bentley probably has one :-) 
Anyone else making their own cables?
Pkoegz - you can see the construction method of my cables if you look at my "System" Link belowThe IC's are all single ended and mostly use the KLE Innovations Absolute Harmony RCA's - the SPDIF uses the Pure Harmony.I've played with different arc... 
Eichmann Bayonet plugs user experience
Keith Louie Eichman - now has his own company KLE Innovations.He is no longer associated with ETI - the company that sells those Bayonets.KLEI uses a completely different Banana plug that seems to be much easier to install and insert into the spea... 
Best sounding MC phono box at $250 or less??
There's also the most recent Musical Fidelity V-90 LPS at $229http://www.musicalfidelity.com/v90-lps/Although I have never used it I do have their v-Link192 USB to SPDIF converter which is excellent - I am assuming the phono stage is of a similar ... 
Keeping dustcover looking new
Tls49 - have you ever tried using Novus Plastic Polish on a badly scratched CD?I've seen posts about using Brasso, which I think would be a little too abrasive.I did try some silver polish, which is significantly finer than Brasso, and although it... 
Impedance mis-match?
Thanks guys - that was my thinking alsoHowever, I do have these two components and they work extremely well together.Perhaps it's a typo on the v-link spec? - I'll have to contact themPerhaps it's the cables I'm using - which are far from standard...