McCormack DNA .5 vs 1, after revisions...

Thanks for your insightsTbromgard and Jebel. Jebel, thanks for taking the time for such a helpful reply; it's replies like that that really make me feel like I found an answer to an important question. I'll look for a stock DNA-1 soon.

Jim

Hi Jim

Have you spoken to Kris Jeter or even Steve @ SMc Audio? They are both very honest and can answer your questions about the DNA .5 and DNA 1 after revision.

Also nice post Jebe1. Thanks for sharing all that info. I have had the stock and Deluxe DNA-1 a long with a DNA .5 Deluxe and my preference sound was the DNA .5 Deluxe. Luckily my room is smaller and speakers are pretty efficient.

I've owned both stock and SMc-modded 0.5s and 1s. If you can get by w the lower power rating of the 0.5, I think that it's a no brainer. O.5. If you can tell us the room size, speaker, relative volume and musical preference, we can probably help but I agree totally w Jedinite24. Give SMc a call. You'll almost certainly get Chris or Steve himself on the line and they will most likely be able to advise you in a definitive fashion. Of course, if you say 4 ohm speakers in a 20 x 30 x 8.5' room, reproducing orchestral music at lifelike levels, then I think you can guess what the answer is.

Thanks Swampwalker. BTW, I'm curious about the origin of that name.

I have ProAc One SCs in a 11x12 room as I just said in another thread I started on Pass vs McCormack. I plan to get Tablette Anniverseries or Harbeth Compact 7s eventually. Listening level is usually as loud as my Marantz 8B will go without distortion, usually about 11 o'clock on my CJ PV-5. Neither has been checked out since in storage but seem to work well. Listen to small group jazz, female vocals (Eliane Elias Dreamer lately), and occasional rock (Zeppelin, AC/DC, Floyd, Moody Blues, Hendrix, lots of Tom Petty and Jackson Browne).

When I talked to Chris at SMc, he seemed to say that after the revisions the difference between the .5 and 1 would be negligible but he and Steve were driving and we could not talk well. I want to ask that question more carefully later.

Thanks,
Jim

Jim said:

I'm curious about the origin of that name.

Back in the day, I ran a contest to guess the origin of my user name. Noble100 said:

Swampwalker?
That's an easy one.

Everyone knows Swampwalker down here in the bayou. He's famous round these parts for taking his boat to the favorite local dive bar here called the "Pink Alligator" which is built on stilts with a pier since it's only accessible by boat. He always orders the same thing: a bucket of crawfish and a bottle of Wild Turkey. He always comes in wearing the same thing, too: nothing but a speedo and his rollerblades. Once he gets his order, he skates around the bar, with the whiskey bottle in one hand and the bucket in the other, telling all who'll listen how bad the jukebox sounds, periodically yelling "I can't take any more of this,I'm an #@%& Audiophile damnit!!". And the evening always ends the same way after polishing off his bottle of Wild Turkey and bucket of crawfish: he drunkenly skates around the pier looking for his boat (for giggles we always drive his boat back to his house when he's about halfway through his bottle,he just lives about a mile away in a former hunting blind up in a big old tree). After he gives up looking for his boat and emphatically refuses offers of rides home, he petulantly slings his rollerblades over his shoulder and stumbles home through the swamp. The above is repeated atleast 3 or 4 times a month year round but he wears tights under his speedo during colder times like now. In fact, he was in the bar last night in his winter attire. But he drank more than his usual bottle and lost control of his bladder. People were calling him Swamppants and Swampwetter. Poor guy, I hope he's OK.

Okay, Swampwalker, what do I win for 'guessing' the truth behind your screen name and giving the readers a little insight into your life down here in What's That Smell, Louisianna? Funny thing, the patrons of the Pink Alligator didn't name him, the locals gave him that name because that's usually the only tine they see him, trudging through the swamp with his roller blades and wearing only a speedo. They also don't mind the loud music filling the swamp at night because it sounds so good, although they do wonder how he managed to get all that fine gear and electricity to that blind. He is becoming legendary down here since he often has to unavoidably fight alligators and monster sized catfish on his way home. If we patrons had named him, he'd probably be called the Swampstumbler or Swampthing.
I hope I've been helpful in illuminating ya'll bout the true origins of this local legend's screen name.

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Since that was WAY more interesting than the truth, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it ;-) If you insist on the boring truth, check out this web site http://www.epsct.com. Now wasn't Noble100's version better???