drubin
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| Choosing a new turntable There are many positive comments about the sound of the Amadeus, although for some reason it seems to often be paired with a $9K cart. It looks good but somewhat tweaky and a bit strange to me (tiny wires, golf ball) but I need to get some hands-o... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC AES/EBU is just balanced S/PDIF.Ayre's asynchronous USB implementation is courtesy of the software written by Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio, which Ayre licensed. dCS also has a true asynchronous USB implementation and apparently Resolution Aud... | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus Thanks guys! | |
| Well Tempered Amadeus Besides Jim Pendleton, are there any other US dealers for the WTA? | |
| purchasing a Scout/Scoutmaster: need input please I believe Albert Porter's project is based on the SP10, which is quite different from the current 1200 models. But perhaps the 1200 is unfairly damned as a DJ table. | |
| CES 2010 and THE SHOW The Venetian's floors were a lot bigger than the Flamingo's -- three wings per floor, each smaller than the Flamingo, but still. | |
| Bryston BDA-1 DAC, any thoughts? I use the Empirical Audio Offramp to convert USB to SPDIF.Cerrot, I think it's a meaningful upgrade from the Benchmark. It's not as good as the Berkeley (which I have only auditioned in other systems) but I don't have an opinion on whether the Ber... | |
| Bryston BDA-1 DAC, any thoughts? I have one. It doesn't have a remote volume control, you must use it with a preamp.I prefer it to several DACs I owned previously, including the Benchmark, Lavry and Bel Canto. The USB input is not good, however. I use an external USB -> SPDIF ... | |
| My Line Arrays and Dynaudio monitor - where to go Xti16 -- to answer your question, I bought my C1s used, so I don't think it a break in issue. | |
| My Line Arrays and Dynaudio monitor - where to go I have C1s and, when I first got them, also had Nuforce 9SE v2. I thought the two were not a good match and I sold the Nuforce. You may feel differently, and perhaps v3 will do the trick. I don't remember the specifics, but it just didn't sound ri... | |
| SHOW attendees: please post speaker reports here I liked both the Magico Q5 and the Maggies, though the Maggies were, uh, magical during only one of my three visits to that room.Others I enjoyed: Evolution Acoustics, Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone, Gershman Black Swan with VAC and Gershman Sonogra... | |
| CES 2010 and THE SHOW I really liked the Electrocompaniet Nordic Tone speakers, which are out of reach for my audio budget. | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed Maggies are not satisfying at low levels, so like me, if you use your system for long periods at background levels (in between actual listening sessions) you probably won't be happy.That's interesting. I was so taken with the 1.7 at CES that I'm t... | |
| The Hub: Viva Las Vegas! The Magnepan-Bryston exhibit was, in fact ,the new Magnepan 1.7's, not the 1.6. I agree with you about Wendell Diller being unwelcoming and a poor presenter. I visited that room three times. On Thursday, it sounded impressive but a bit mechanical.... | |
| What is the "best" cartridge a Technics 1210... I wonder if anyone has tried even higher-end MC carts with the Technics -- stuff in the >$1K range from Benz, Koetsu, Lyra, ZYX, Sumiko, etc. I know it =seems= like a mismatch from a price standpoint, but is it really? |