marlin38
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| In need of a preamp with a prominent display I would also second the recommendation for Audio Research. I had an LS27 that I sold chasing the rabbit down the BAT VK-33SE hole. The display was nice, but there were other things about it I didn't care for, so I went with a LTA MicroZOTL Level... | |
| Heresy IV vs Zu DW6/Soul mk2 I’ll toss my vote in for the Zu’s too. I have a SET 300B that I use with my Zu Soul Supremes. I listen to a ton of live Dead (Dave’s & Dick’s Picks and all the box sets). The Zu’s throw a great soundstage (and aren’t bright). I couldn’t b... | |
| Did you notice.... I went from a Node 2i back to CD’s. I even tried sending the signal thru an external DAC, but it never approached the sound I get from CDs. Like the vinylphiles, there’s something tactile about reading the CD booklet and seeing what artists are p... | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 I was running a couple of no-name 300B SET amps for quite a while, and when the Ukraine invasion drove the tube market into a frenzy, I put my First Watt F-8 back on line and haven't changed it since. I'm running it with an AR LS27 preamp and Zu ... | |
| Your experience in "in their day" brands/components that you remember foundly? A Golden Tube SE40 plucked me from the NAD/Adcom components I had been using in the early 90's and into the vacuum tube world. Oh what fun it was to roll different 6DJ8's in that amp. And mine didn't even blow up, like most of them! It was th... | |
| Volume matched inputs on a preamp? Oooh. I think I like that Pallene. Sounds like it's kinda new, so I doubt there's one out there on the used market. Thanks all! | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC Hey Terrapin, Fellow Deadhead here. While you’ve gotten some excellent advice here so far, I’ll put in a vote for a vintage DAC that support HDCD. All of the official releases, new box sets, Dick’s and Dave’s Picks releases are still encoded wi... | |
| PS Audio Lambda transport making a 'tick tick tick' sound when playing CDs Thanks all. The CDM 9 Pro does appear to be difficult to find these days. Wondering if an alignment and/or cleaning might help? I'll look for a YouTube video to see if that might be an option. | |
| PS Audio Lambda transport making a 'tick tick tick' sound when playing CDs It's definitely coming from the speakers, not just a physical sound of the the CD rubbing up against something on the internals. Could an out of balance CD translate to that sound coming through the speakers? Thank you, Mark | |
| Low gain dac! If you can find a Muse Two DAC, they're nicely built PCM63-based R2R designs and only have 1.0v output. They sound nice! | |
| Which To Choose...Devore Fidelity O/93 vs Zu Soul Supreme ? I have owned a pair of the Zu Soul Supremes for the past three years or so. I just melt in front of them during most listening sessions, wonderful imaging and soundstage width/depth. Proper placement (toe them in) and bottom gap height adjustment... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Another Grateful Dead entry here. I've got all of the Dick's Picks, Road Trips, Dave's Picks, miscellaneous live releases, box sets - plus all of their other studio releases. Some of the releases aren't exactly reference level listening, since t... | |
| CDP voltage output...what does it mean to volume? Really? Do you know which models had/have this? I'm not a McIntosh guy, so the volume of gear they have is bewildering. | |
| CDP voltage output...what does it mean to volume? I'm hoping to resurrect this thread after being dormant for 13 years. I too am confused by output voltage from different sources and how it relates to volume.I have a Parasound D/AC-1600 which states it has an output voltage of 6.0V through the b... | |
| ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms?? It took me about a month to configure my Dennis Had Inspire SE amp (KT-150 w/ ~12 wpc) to sound 'right' with the Zu Omens. The bass was really woolly as supplied, and there was just no control in the lower registers - and seemingly very little pow... |