zd542
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| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? If you use your CD player with your preamp, why not try lowering the volume on the CD payer. That should give you more range when using the preamps volume control. | |
| Cables more hype than value? "It's NAIM's entry level - but the reason I liked it soooo much was it's amazing clarity, natural tones and punch - and the reason for that is it's passive front end."Are you sure about that? I had the same amp and it certainly didn't sound like i... | |
| modest DACs: any real improvement, 8 yrs on? "The comparison seems fair. You can find a used Bryston in the $1000-$1250 range, and the combo costs $1250. If Moore's law applies to DACs, the combo should have bested the Bryston, shouldn't it?So I'm wondering, have modestly priced DACs really ... | |
| Primaluna & Klipsch Cornwall frustration HELP If you can borrow some tubes, try them. I doubt they will make a big enough difference to fix the problem. | |
| Primaluna & Klipsch Cornwall frustration HELP You need more power. Just because the speakers are efficient doesn't mean that you can under power them. Your amp is having a difficult time controlling the large woofers used for bass. | |
| Cables more hype than value? We all need to make our own choices. If, for example, you don't see the value in buying an expensive pair of cables, then don't. It would be foolish to do otherwise. If someone else wants to spend more, that's OK too. And when people make expensiv... | |
| Dynaudio Stand 6 and Contour 1.4' installation You should have 2 sets of spikes that came with the Stand 6. The bigger ones go on the on the bottom of the stand by the floor. The smaller spikes go in the top plate. Thread them into the top plate so that they are pointing up. The speaker sits o... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? I'm sure someone here can give you a better technical explanation, buy I wouldn't do it. With everything powered up at once, the both sources would interact with each other. You need to keep them separate. A better solution would be to get a passi... | |
| Cables more hype than value? Its interesting that you bring up Naim. Personally, I like the concept of Naim, but I don't think the performance is equal to the cost. The Naim components I've owned, over the years, wasn't in the same league as comparable products from other bra... | |
| Looking for new DAC: one box or two? "08-22-15: ArshThanks for the clarification guys. I would request that we please redirect the conversation toward my topic. Anyone care to add their comments on that please?"We were on topic. When you're asking for advice, you have no idea who's g... | |
| Shunyata Hydra idle current draw Where are you taking the measurements from? | |
| Esoteric K-03 X - mechanical problems w tray Dual Disk is the primary reason that you should have no pity for the music industry. This is the kind of product you design if you're secretly working for a competing company, and want to put them out of business. Back when SACD and DVDA were new ... | |
| Looking for new DAC: one box or two? "08-19-15: ColiActually, there's plenty of high end DACs that sounds no better than cheap AV Receivers."I'd like to know as well. Its not often that someone takes a high end dac and compares it to the dac in a mass market receiver, while in the sa... | |
| mixing brands The secret to making cable selection easy is to properly match your components. Get that right, and its far more likely that you will be able to use one brand. If you need to use cables to fix problems that you didn't take care of by selecting the... | |
| Dynaudio Stand 6 and Contour 1.4' installation Jaxwired,What's so complex about the Dynaudio Stand 6? The instructions are pretty clear and straightforward. That doesn't mean the OP couldn't have made some type of mistake, but I just don't see the complexity.Benmcosker,I think I know what the ... |