bill_k
Responses from bill_k
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I appreciate your ongoing effort and enthusiasm in this thread, but with all due respect you should keep a few things in mind. First of all even with a broken in amp one hour of warmup time is not sufficient for most solid state amps to reach thei... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! The first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem. ;) Many of us are similarly afflicted, it's just a matter of degree! | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Yes the three piece BC Black system is $50K. To be fair though it is effectively replacing the $30K ARC Ref 10 and power amp of choice. Not that I'm endorsing it, just that the price is not out of line with other combos being considered. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks for the update Matt, keep that system burning! | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I haven't seen any further mention of the Mojo DAC after it was received and reportedly powered up several weeks ago, also curious about it's performance relative to Matt's other contenders. Any update? TIA | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Awaiting the reveal of this latest amazing discovery... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - Any update on the performance of the Mojo DAC since you've had it warming up for a week now? I believe it was a reviewed model so it should have already been burned in and just required some time to settle into your system. Thanks and keep ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! While Balanced Audio Technology does indeed make excellent sounding gear, I don't see an indication of any of them operating in pure Class A on their website. They do offer a fine range of tube and solid state electronics. Their ability to drive y... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I've seen MA recently advertising their higher end models with full page ads in some hi-end mags to gain market visibility. However most of their dealers seem to focus on and only display their entry level lines. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! As a generalization usually the better cable would be used up front between the source and preamp with the lesser one between the preamp and power amp, but in audio things don't always work according to theory or expectations. In the end I'd sugge... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD @toetapaudio - According the following article Mark Gurvey (Source Systems Ltd.) is apparently the US importer for fidata. https://www.stereophile.com/content/fidata-hfas1-network-audio-servers | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Actually the Luxman TOTL separates were previously priced through distribution in the US at $19,900 each after initially being introduced at $19,000. Since Luxman has now taken over distribution themselves for the US market they have been able to ... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC @rbstehno - The latest release of firmware for the PS Audio DS DAC is Redcloud, is that the version you're referring to as best? Assume so from most of the comments I've seen. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Looking forward to your impressions of the $50K BC Black! I'm not a betting man but my money would be on the Luxman beating it out in overall sonic performance. I've yet to hear any implementation of Class D be competitive in presenting as natural... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC I'm also a happy user of the PS Audio PWT for many years, using it to play redbook CDs as well as high res PCM files up to 24/192 burned to DVD-R. However everything I've read from users who have tried the newer DMP is that it's a significant step... |