cooper52
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| Opinions about upgrade I've had a bit of experience with the combination of Hegel and Proac, though different models (Hegel H200 and Proac Response D2s). To my ear, as good as both these components are, the combination tended a bit towards shrill which I ultimately foun... | |
| Is it still possible to upgrade an AMR DP-777 to SE? Thanks for the responses. I sent an inquiry to AMR UK last week which has so far gone unanswered. Might try the same with iFi and see if they have any info about this. Hopefully I'll know one way or another soon. Stay tuned. | |
| Best bookshelf speakers Stuff_Jones: The one Silverline speaker I heard (last year) was the Minuet Grand, as that's the one I specifically requested. Fritz was kind enough to bring over several models of his speakers: Rev 5, Rev 7, Carbon 7 (not the SE, if I remember cor... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S And a final update here: I’ve jettisoned both of the PS Audio components, the PWD II and the PWT. Sorry, but I just never was able to come to terms with the sound of them, and no amount of playing around with the cabling could tame their shrillnes... | |
| Best bookshelf speakers Weighing in here based on my own experience: Of the speakers under discussion, I’ve heard/owned a pair of Proac Response 1SCs which were mentioned some posts ago (these spent about 10 years in my system before a change of amplification dictated so... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S Johnread57: I did a little poking around about the Oppo and discovered that while it doesn’t support the I2s protocol, but you can buy an add-on card that will enable I2s output via HDMI. Here’s the link: www.oppomod.comThey have a number of diffe... | |
| Insider or Outsider? To be or not to be,...? My 2 cents (and not $100): I was actually pretty irritated when I received the email describing this "innovation." There's already a certain amount of in-club and out-club mentality (my recent visit to the California Audio Show in July illustrated... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? It does seem that things are not selling as briskly here as we'd hope; certainly my recent experience reflects this. While I'm not a prolific seller on A'gon, I do have some worthy items I'd like to find homes for but they sure don't seem to be mo... | |
| Like the new look to audiogon ? NOT an improvement, and it looks like nobody bothered to do beta-testing before inflicting this on us. Maybe it's just a matter of teething troubles, but IMO the entire concept is badly flawed and in need of rethinking. I'm extremely amused by the... | |
| Have you ever hated the sound of your system one day, and loved it the next? Hmmm. Well, getting back to the subject at hand, I'm glad to see this discussion, as I always thought it was just me. My system never sounds actually "bad," but sometimes I've noticed that it seems to be in especially fine voice. Always chalked th... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? With regard to to the subject of what is "musical," let me paraphrase Sir Kenneth Clark (art historian, TV presenter, museum director, and crashing bore): I don't know what "musical" is, but I know when I'm in its presence. (He said this about Civ... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Whether or not HDMI cables make a difference is pretty controversial. In this case the cable is transmitting only audio data using the I2S protocol, so it's possible that the improved materials in the Transparent cable do a better job of moving th... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Another update: The transport has been serviced twice by PS Audio (both were covered under warranty), the first time to address an issue with the transport mechanism itself which was unduly noisy, and the second time to address an issue with occas... | |
| Mytek Brooklyn Hoping to hear how this all comes out, mp10019. They're still advertising here on Audiogon, and I'd been considering their newest version of this DAC. However, if this is their level of customer service I'll have to rethink it. Thanks for keeping ... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S Update: am currently trying out a Transparent Audio High Performance HDMI cable I found here on Audiogon and initial impressions are that though it sounds slightly smoother than the Pangea, there's not a huge amount of difference. Not really an in... |