markalarsen
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| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP First and foremost, make certain your speakers are set up properly in the room. Go to the cardas website. Also, see Jim Smith's book.Then, make certain the first reflection points are dampened properly, e.g., RealTraps.Mangnepans are very difficul... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC without the transport I am burning my PerfectWave DAC. Right out of the box, however, this DAC is fantastic. I also love the front panel with the touch-screen lcd. It is rich, liquid and full bodied: the perfect fix for my upgrade addiction. | |
| Cardas Golden Ref vs Anti IC vs Straley Reality IC The Anti-cables are not the equal of the Cardas GR. Not even close. | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? No. Are the colors of fingernail polish a turn on for men? If you shut your eyes, can you tell her the color of her shoes? | |
| Marantz SC7S2 preamp - any experiences..?? I have no A/B experience with Krell, but can compare it with my other system using a Bel Canto DAC3 without a preamp into Nuforce driving Gamut L7s. The Marantz was a step-up for me from a Rogue 99 Magnum. Other than the strange pin configuration,... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Mechanical Swiss watches are not the most accurate in the world. They are not even close in terms of accuracy to a much cheaper quartz movement.The same holds true in this environment. Mark | |
| Nuforce V3 mod I am using Zu Mother Mk II behind Audience AR1-P line conditioners, each directly from the wall. I also have a PS Audio Power Plant Premier for the front end. This combination works well for me.Mark | |
| Class D amps,bang for your buck ones I now have had an opportunity to upgrade to the NuForce Reference 9V3SE and allow them to burn in. Burning in was critical. What incredible amps. I doubt you will be seeing any of these on the used market. I am a NuForce fan for life.Mark | |
| Nuforce V3 mod Gammajo, likewise, sorry to hear about your broken leg.I have to agree with Sultrains's obervations on the sound of the V3s. He is dead on accurate, except for the vinyl comments. Best front end is all digital: USB DAC with no preamp, combined wit... | |
| Nuforce V3 mod At 140 or so hours, I noted the same problem Edgar Kramer observed at 100 hours. Everything fell apart. It was not as bad as out-of-the-box, but really muddled. Now, at 250+ hours of burn in, what a wonderful set of amps. Fabulous in all levels of... | |
| Nuforce V3 mod The 9V3SE does not sound lean or thin. In addition to more detail, the soundstage is much improved. It is far deeper and wider, extending beyond the edges of the speakers, both left and right.Mark | |
| Nuforce V3 mod After 130 hours of burn-in, my amps sound fantastic. What a difference from their out-of-the-box performance, where my initial, gut-retching reaction was that I had blown a voice coil. I did not chart the course of the burn in, but am thrilled wit... | |
| Nuforce V3 mod Edgar,I read your review on 6moons the day it was published. Well done. BTW, I purchased some Cerious Technologies speaker cables to try them simply because you were using them as a reference cable.I, however, am on a different roller coaster; I j... | |
| Nuforce V3 mod We may be listening to the same thing -- shrill midrandge and attenuated high end. I am calling it terrible and you, expecting necessary burn in, are saying not bad out of the box. Thank you for the hope.Mark | |
| Nuforce V3 mod Here is Nuforce's response on burn-in:"Hi, A moderate volume is OK to burn in the unit, not necessary very loud. Regards, Casey Nuforce"I know burn in is critical, so I am not snapping to a judgment until I hit 150 hours +.Mark |