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| Why does my computer sound better than my CD player? Two reasons come to mind: 1. Your sound card may be truncating information that your other system doesn't.Your main system is revealing noise (RF? Bad AC?) that the computer can't. 2. The sound card may be have pure DC as its power source. Ever no... | |
| What's my next upgrade? Please advise. Yes, your system looks awsome! I agree with Glen and would work toward a unified wire family -all wire from same maker (hint: Nordost). Also, your YBA CD player may be getting a little long in the tooth. | |
| What does one do with old outdated audio equipment? I'd burn the speakers but Citation (Harmon-Kardon?) has always been a class act (hi-end before there was a high-end). Don't you need a "second system"? | |
| Contemplating vinyl, How hard is it to get LPs? You can't always tell playability by visual methods. I purchased a "not for sale" demo LP which, according to seller, "Are usually pressed with much higher quality as they are going to radio stations... blah, blah, blah". This poor platter was the... | |
| Get out your thinkin' caps.... Encase him in Lucite and hang him by his beard from the Brooklyn bridge. Where are the so called "phychics"?Just think what finding this vermin would do for your infomercials! | |
| Dedicated circuits...am I missing something? The word on the street is to use the "first" box on the circuit -i.e., the box that, when disconnected, kills every other box fed by the particular fuse or circuit breaker. This is as close to having a "dedicated" circuit in an apartment as you ca... | |
| Tube Curious Kirk930: Yes replace your tubes -but when??? Audio Research says "replace you VT-100 power tubes every 2000 hours"... When the heck is that? You've got to have deep pockets (currently $800+ for full replacement) or nerves of steel to deal with tub... | |
| monoblocks: one dedicated line or two? If I may offer: Any common line-born noise will emerge from monoblock "A" with "+" polarity and any from monoblock "B" will be "-". The noises (is that a word?) will come out your speakers, "meet in the middle" and cancel each other! Result is low... | |
| Recommendations of best violin recordings performances Try Ravel's "Tzigane", Stephen Chase performing. CALA: CACD1004. | |
| Tube amp for Thiel CS1.5s Abecollins: You are right. Per the archived review on Stereophile's website, the 1.5's do not need tons of power but likewise will not play super loud or display extreme dynamics. If one has a small room, this should not be an issue. The review al... | |
| Audio Recession After 10+ years in debt chasing the mythical "Absolute Sound" and recent run-ins with arrogant, unprofessional dealers. I've decided to save for the ultimate audiophile accesory -a house. The good part is: I have a great system to keep me company ... | |
| Science Fiction Time ? My favorite is the transducer (i.e. speaker) the size of a quarter that emits hyper frequencies (around 250 khz) that, when mixed with other hyper-freqs, magically reduce to human range (20-20K) and can be "focused" into a local "hearing zone" so ... | |
| 24/96 upsampling vs. 24/192 upsampling vs. no upsampling? Upsampling is converting 16 bit data to 20-24 bit data so a different kind of filtering can be used when the data is converted from a digital signal into an analog signal. The word on the street is that typical digital sounds so "unrefined" do to ... | |
| Tube amp for Thiel CS1.5s First you should get a picture of the Thiel's impedance curve. If it goes all over the place, avoid using tubes.I believe that Thiel's are VERY power hungry. Try Bryston 4B-ST or McCormack -you might be suprised! Solid state amps these days are ra... | |
| SACD : why ? I agree SACD is in trouble but not due to sonics. I've heard it sound quite good although dcs 24/192 upsample still best IMO. It seems that Sony is not interested in supporting SACD purchasers with the musical icons (Beatles, 'Stones, Zepplin, etc... |