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| Masimo Acquires Sound United - Are Denon, Classe, Polk, B&W, Marantz, going to fade away?? The history of unrelated acquisitions isn't great so there probably will be some casualties from this. Most likely, over time some of the business will be deemed to be non core and sold off again. | |
| Rate my system/advise You are on the right track with Parasound. A pre-owned pair of JC1s would make a significant difference to your system. As others have suggested, I would address the power amps before doing anything else. The 803's need both power and refinement a... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. The question asked by the poster is if a DAC has have "the same influence on the sound because it's as close to the source as the cartridge is?". What makes the question problematic is that a cartridge's signal has to be amplified and equalised to... | |
| What is it I'm failing to grasp? Unless one is extremely rich, one of the key differences between live and reproduced is the presence of an audience - that changes the entire ambience and the acoustics of the venue. Second, there is the element of anticipation which has a signif... | |
| Are Your Ears Good? Simple Test For Your Ears That test is not in any way reliable. An audiogram is the only reliable way to check hearing - up to 8K at least. | |
| Berkeley CA audiophile is desperate need of help What model is the DAC? Overall, it's far more likely to be on the internet/Innuos side of things. | |
| Help.... I'm scared to 'upgrade'! The Pass Labs XP-27 is extremely quiet. Expensive but also very good. | |
| which turntable for the future? The Gyrodeck is a nice turntable but can certainly be improved upon. As you value design/looks, the Oracle Delphi Mk VI is worthy of consideration. The Clearaudio turntables also look and sound great. A final suggestion is Vertere. I regret I h... | |
| 48kHz vs 96kHz: audible? This whole area is a bit of a minefield. The ideal way to test this hypothesis would be to take a piece of music that can be mechanically performed -using something like the technology that was used for the Zenph reperformance of the Goldberg Vari... | |
| WILSON ORIGINAL SOPHIA'S I haven't opened a pair of Sofias but I have worked on other Wilson where the driver terminals are soldered. The leads can be quite short and substantial, so desoldering/resoldering the drive units is not a trivial task. It needs a powerful iron a... | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. I hate to say it again, but I will - Bluesound! | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question If you build the speakers yourself, you had better like them because you will find them difficult to sell. Unless you have a trade account, you will be paying a multiple of what the manufacturer pays for the components. There is also the opportuni... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Absent an (active) preamp one is effectively listening to the source device's output stage, which is most cases has been designed to drive a preamp and not a power amp. In addition, many digital volume controls lose resolution at lower signal leve... | |
| Do you trust your system? The recording of a significant amount of modern pop and rock music goes way beyond the use of relatively simple eqs, compression and reverb that would have been the staples of the signal chain in studios before the advent of computer based recordi... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer I suppose D'Agostino is the Breguet of audio then. Watch/audio comparisons are utterly fatuous. In the context of this thread and the references to Fine Sounds, the Rolex comparison is particularly inaccurate seeing as Rolex is one of the few Swis... |