zargon
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| ARC CD3 MKII I have tried the CD3 with both balanced and unbalanced operation in my system using AQ Amazon 1 meter cables for both. I can detect no difference. In addition, I have read in several places that if the balanced operation is properly designed, and ... | |
| Where 2 sit audio quiz Thanks, your method is straightforward. I put my 5As on baking pans and started pushing them around per the process earlier this evening. It was easy to hear the modal variations, and detect when the female voice image was solid. I will back this ... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System Reb1208 - the Volcano is not silver, it is multiple different sized strands of solid copper. It is the highest in the AQ line before the Everest which is silver. I certainly do not understand what happened in your situation. It is not consistent w... | |
| Where 2 sit audio quiz Sean, you make the point that speakers beam at higher frequencies and are less linear off axis. Are you then of the opinion that speakers should be toe'd in for best overall frequency response? If there is a high frequency hole at the listening ar... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System My Volcano is great and I am quite pleased. Reb1208 is the one who had the Monte Blanc for audition that had the highs MIA after day 9. Maybe he can give us an update? | |
| keeping collection organized????? I use CD Trustee and it works just as advertized. Especially valuable is the automatic loading of CD titles, tracks, times and genres from Gracenote. Having used this now for several months, I would not recommend you attempt to use a spread sheet ... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System Reb1208, maybe your ears were MIA that day? | |
| ARC CD3 MKII Pubul57, I listened to a number of top end players, including ARC, Ayre, Sony etc. Bottom line: the ARC was the best redbook only player I found that I liked and could listen to for an extended period without getting fatigue. Once I decided to go ... | |
| Which Golden Ratio??? .......Help For those of you who may be wondering what this discussion is all about, there is a fascinating new book out called "The Golden Ratio", written by Mario Livio, Ph.D., the head of the Science Divison at the Space Telescope Science Institute. It is ... | |
| ARC CD3 MKII I am quite familiar with the CD3, since I have it at home with all ARC tube equipment and Vandy 5As. It is a wonderfully accurate and involving CDP that you can listen to for hours without any fatigue. Last week I had a chance to compare the two a... | |
| Any comments on upsampling? I agree with Phild. ARC prototyped the CD3 with and without upsampling. They prefered the one without, and that is the one they sell. So let your ears be the guide. | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System My guess is that it is the same cable as before with the battery bias added. I was looking for a cable that would least affect the sound to the speakers. I wanted a neutral, highly defined sound with good clean highs and solid tight base. Granted,... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System Pbb, I should have been more precise. The Model 5 and 5a uses a "high pass filter" between the pre and amp. This filter is the device that has the 9 volt battery which I believe is used in the same manner as AQ does. Maybe others could shed more l... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System I recently upgraded from AQ Clear to the AQ Volcano with the battery bias. It has a 24 volt battery connected to a new central lead and one other wire (not sure which). The theory is that the field generated by this potential will keep the dialect... | |
| Stereophile confirms new gear is getting worse.... I, for one, am very supportive of getting the Stereophile speaker test graphs. These graphs can be very useful, for example, in determining if a speaker is truely time and phase accurate. Surely they are not a substitute for listening with your eq... |