zd542
Responses from zd542
| THIEL Audio their demise... Its very difficult to design time and phase correct speakers. This is probably one of those cases where the company was bought for the name, but the new owner doesn't have the skill to continue the founders work. It looks like the same thing happe... | |
| Peachtree or Hegel Integrated? I tried the Clones. That thing was a piece of crap. Whatever they're trying to clone, they're not doing a very good job. Don't you have something to do with the company? You're required to disclose that type of info on AG. | |
| dedicated preamp. You really think they would tell him that there's no improvement in sound quality as he moves up the YBA line? Why build them if that's the case? | |
| audioquest nrg 1000 power cord vs zitron Alpha hc "Though my other dealer made me try out the new Audioquest nrg-1000. All I can say is wow! just as good of a cord or more to my taste."It doesn't get any better than that. You tried both cords and like the AQ better. You can't get better informati... | |
| dedicated preamp. You should get better SQ. It will all depend on getting a preamp that's better than the one you're using now. I would definitely recommend that you try a new preamp first, if you can. The preamp section on your passion 100 should be pretty good. | |
| Considerations when buying older CD player "Remember that the cd optical reading system principles have not changed in the last 20 years, but manufacturers have made them lighter and cheaper . As an example, I have a vintage Sony CDP-X7ESD, which weighs 40 pounds has two Burr brown chips(j... | |
| Which component video cable should I buy? You can always buy 3 separate 75ohm digital IC's if you happen to come across a good deal. Also, a while back, Cable Company told me that Monster made the best low cost video cables. They used the term "miracle products". I never tried them myself... | |
| Considerations when buying older CD player Why not just buy something new? You can get CD player that sounds really good without spending a lot of money. | |
| Pathos Classic One MKIII and Focal 807W Speakers It might be a good match. | |
| "Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers "The more the information, the more objective the assessment." Why? Information isn't generic. There's a difference between more info and the right info."The key is to research sufficiently long enough/thoroughly to get a take on all aspects/persp... | |
| NAS backup Question "04-26-15: Hevac1You stated what you backup to a 1TB HDD. What is the size of the Synology NAS. I do not use any backup software for my Western Digital 12TB Raid5 DX4000 NAS. I copied the music files directly to 3 4TB USB My Books external drives ... | |
| Help with Pono? "04-25-15: TpyCan you do that with headphones? I don't think my phones would work for that."Go to headphone.com. Its a very good resource. | |
| Meridian 808i reads no disc You can have someone fix it. | |
| Harbeth 30.1's w/Leben CS-1000P or CS-600 If you are coming to NY and want to do some shopping, I would go to Audio Connection. It's right outside the city, and sells Harbeth. He makes most of the other stores look like complete amateurs. | |
| USB Driven DAC for 2nd System The AQ Dragonfly would probably be a good choice for what you're trying to do. They sell them at Best Buy, so if you don't like it you can always return it. |