mooglie
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| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home I tried to purchase a CEC TL5, but the US distributor would not respond to me. I even got in touch with Pascal at Mutine who said the TL5s were not available to him. Maybe they’ve changed distributors? Or, perhaps with the exchange rate CEC doesn... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Your spdif cable might be a limiting factor, as could the power cables to the DAC and Jolida, to hearing differences. You could probably get more resolution or shift the tone around with other cables. Cables can certainly affect the sound, soun... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home I’d expect you would hear a difference with the Heed Obelisk. Perhaps the Jolida is not too bad? What type of connection and cable are you using? | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home I had been using an Oppo-93 SPDIF out to my Yggdrasil Analog 2 with a Jorma Digital cable (RCA at Oppo, BNC at the Yggdrasil). I was never quite satisfied with the sound. It seemed to be somewhat mechanical, bleached, or lacking tonal densities,... | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home I went through a similar problem recently. I wanted a U.S or N. American unit, or a non-Chinese sourced unit. I considered the Sim Audio unit, but was not sure what CD mechanism it used. I wanted a transport that used a dedicated audio CD dr... | |
| CD Transports I couldn't recommend an Oppo 93 as a transport. It has high jitter. I had one and it took me some time to figure out it was the cause of my system not sounding as good as it should. Replaced it with the Atoll and all is good now. Yeah, perhaps ... | |
| CD Transports I recently purchased an Atoll DR 200 Signature. It’s a fine unit. That may be another unit you may want to check out. The Atoll transport can be serviced in the U.S. and uses a Teac 5020 CD drive. I believe that drive is also used in the Ta... | |
| Am I deaf? I just went through what might be a similar issue to what you may be hearing with Redbook CD. I had been using an Oppo-93 SPDIF out to my Yggdrasil Analog 2 with a Jorma Digital cable (RCA at Oppo, BNC at the Yggdrasil). I was never quite satis... | |
| son of Ampzilla Years ago I had a chance to meet James Bongiorno when he was showing off his then new Son of Ampzilla at a local audio shop. I bought one, and used it to drive a set of Magnepans for a number of years. I really enjoyed that system and amp. I recen... | |
| Surge protectors without noise rejection I use a Brickwall in front of a BPT Pure Power Center (PPC). I've compared with the Brickwall in place with the BPT PPC , and without (BPT PPC direct to wall outlet). The Brickwall filtering does no real degradation. Note that I use a Brickwall wi... | |
| Comparing ARC, Lamm and Modwright Preamps I have a Modwright 9.0 SE Signature Truth (all the latest mods). It's very good with Rock. Just a pinch warm, good detail, speed, tone, soundstaging, etc. Quite "ballsy", IMHO. | |
| Need an " exciting sounding" digital cable The LAT DI-30 is bold, with good dynamics, soundstaging, and transparency. Plenty of bass. The Stereovox can be a a little closed in and bass shy in some systems. The Pure Note Alluvion is another great cable. A pinch less exciting sounding than t... | |
| Oyaide, Hubble, FIM etc, any consensus on flavors? The Hubbell 5362 is a nice sounding outlet for not much money. Doesn't roll off the highs or "soften" the presentation like gold platings can do. Doesn't spotlight the highs like silver. Fatter bass and a little more "laid back" than rhodium. In g... | |
| Best Bang for $2000 System Upgrade? A used Modwright pre, a Squeezebox Touch, and a CIA VDA*2 DAC should fit your budget, and sound very nice. | |
| need DAC and Transport or good CD player I like the Channel Islands Audio VDA*2 DAC. Couple that with an inexpensive Blu-Ray or DVD player. With your budget you can even get a nice SPDIF cable. |