cooper52
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| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Thanks for the suggestions. There are some dealers within driving distance who represent these brands, so when I have the time, I'll give these a listen. My only experience with Vienna Acoustics was over 15 years ago when Magnolia (adjunct of Best... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Thanks for your suggestions, nitewulf. It appears (from my internet research anyway) that the speakers you suggest (with the possible exception of the Totems) are all extremely accurate but rather clinical in their presentation. I've heard Dynaudi... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S justinm, thanks for your posts and for sharing your experience with the cables. I'm still really on the fence about spending some serious cash for a significant upgrade to the HDMI cable, as it sounds like this would make only a minor difference. ... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Further adventures: trying out different firmware versions, and yes there are slight differences between a few of them, I’ve settled on the latest for both the PWT and PWDII. Sorry I won’t get to hear the earlier versions but as bsme85 points out,... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Short update: neither version 2.02 nor 2.03 seem to work for the PWDII, as they result in a blank screen display. I'd still like to hear one or another of these sounds, however. Any suggestions? | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton After experimenting with different firmware versions (with particular thanks to cal3713 for sending me the 2.0.2 version, even though I haven't been able to get it to work), I do notice some differences but they're small and still haven't quite so... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Thanks for the suggestion--I've now broached the subject on the PS Audio site's community forum. We'll see... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Doesn't have the bridge, and I do have it set to NativeX. Generally, I'm using PS Audio's suggestion to use Filter 1, but I've tried pretty much every setting and the differences, while discernible, are not major. I have the volume set to 95, but ... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Here is a link to what information I can find about the APC unit I have:https://www.houzz.com/product/71815345-h-type-rack-mountable-power-conditioner-with-coaxial-protection-contemporary-home-electronicsWhat I know of what's upstream of that is s... | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton APC power conditioner, plugged into a dedicated circuit. | |
| HDMI cable for I2S Further update: the Pangea cable has been in the system for a while now and to be honest, I can't hear any differences between any of my various HDMI cables. Maybe doing so (if any such improvement is to be had) would require a really big step up ... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S Update: the PWT has been repaired and returned to me (high praise for PS Audio's customer service for how they handled this issue), and I'm currently listening via I2S through an old Monster HDMI cable I already had. Haven't really made my mind up... | |
| Cambridge Audio 751BD has failed--worth repairing? It was something in the tracking mechanism that failed. The player wouldn't recognize DVDs at all, and CDs played only intermittently with lots of skipping and freezing. Should mention that the CXU gives spectacular video performance to go with it... | |
| HDMI cable for I2S Thanks for the suggestions. I do have a contact over at PS Audio, so it can't hurt to ask. Meanwhile, I can go with my present pedestrian cables to get an idea of what that's like before I start climbing this upgrade ladder. Stay tuned... | |
| Cambridge Audio 751BD has failed--worth repairing? Audio Vision San Francisco. I had a very good experience when I bought the 751BD from them back in 2012 and they were extremely helpful to me in resolving this issue. I have to say that the CXU is, in most ways, an upgrade from the 751BD, though t... |