moto_man
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| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? What’s a CD? :). You know what’s on my turntable right now? The box that my MSB Discrete DAC and Premier Power Base came in, LOL! Seriously, running the Discrete direct to my Pass Labs 250.8 sounds fantastic. I can’t imagine messing around with... | |
| DAC Upgrade Advice, budget $5k I loved my MSB Analog DAC with power base. Used with the Renderer module, a great DAC if you can find one used. I moved up the MSB line which I am very pleased with, but the used Aznalog is a great value, IMHO. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? the box that my MSB Discrete DAC came in! | |
| Get a load of this Deceptive add for a Gryphon Amp here on AG I just don't see the issue here. Although he certainly could have, and perhaps should have made that disclosure in the text of the ad, he has an excellent track record here, and made full disclosure of those issues in his confirming message. Plu... | |
| How good is MSB Discrete Dac? I have the MSB Discrete and I have to say that it is fabulous, albeit pricey. The only other DAC that I have had is the MSB Analog DAC with Power Base, which is also excellent, but the Discrete is a definite improvement. I also compared it to a N... | |
| Is it worth replacing an old amp? Something that people haven't mentioned is that over time, the capacitors in the amplifier section go bad and need to be replaced. That alone will likely improve your SQ. | |
| Speaker cable for focal scala utopia There are so many cable options out there, that it is tough to say anything other than that "I have used these and I like them." That being said, I have Focal Diablo Utopia III's and like the way Morrow Audio MA7 speaker wire sounds with them! I ... | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks Although I have several "go to" test tracks for new equipment, the following are at the top of my list:Patricia Barber Companion XRCD - "Use Me". Terrific live recording with excellent stand-up bass intro, and some Hammond organ highs that will sh... | |
| Upscale Audio and Primaluna I have a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premier HP amp. Couldn’t be happier with it. Sounds great and takes any hassle of tubes out . . . No biasing, can switch between triode and pentode modes, with the stock tubes is 75wpc and two in mono pumps out 170wpc... | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? I didn’t realize that the fuses were red and black. No wonder they eliminate "bottleneck distortion!" The black absorbs all light and therefore gathers photons. The red color reflects other photons. the push-pull of absorbing and reflecting photon... | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? You fuse, you lose!I would definitely pay $2,844 for a fuse . . . If Jimmy Page or Robert Plant came to install it and play Stairway to Heaven or In My Time Of Dying to enhance the soundstage! | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Sorry, but blind testing, if set up so that you can switch between two components or wires, may not be the "be all and end all" of what sounds better, but it is close, since you can immediately listen to each component and see if you can hear a di... | |
| Favorite cable brand. +1 for Morrow. I use MA5 for both speakers and interconnects and in my system, sounds perfect. I prefer them over Cardas Golden Cross for speaker wire and MIT 3.3 shotguns. They just have a detailed yet mellow sound to my ears. | |
| I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions? @stereo5, off- topic, but wow, you brought back some memories. I grew up in Framingham and Natural Sound was where I bought my first "real" stereo, back when I was in high school in '75, which I think was a Harmon/Kardon receiver and Electrovoice... | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? I live in Miami Beach. I live in a newer house (2015). We get lightning and storms all the time in the summer and a lightning strike blew my preamp and I had to send it in for repairs. I then put a whole house surge protector in at the breaker ... |