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| Bad experience with Emotiva UMC-200 Did you have your cable box attached to the umc?Did you do a factory reset in the settings?When you hooked back up the receiver, I suspect you also stopped using the McCormack as an amp. Were they all plugged into the same outlet?I suspect your un... | |
| Amp recommendation for Magnepan 3.7's? Dsper, in order to get the attributes you mentioned, it will require more than just an amp.No matter what amp you use with a resolving speaker like Maggie's (and many others), you need to have a good source to deliver those attributes. Any source ... | |
| Amp recommendation for Magnepan 3.7's? I've had good success using autoformers with Maggies. It's actually not a tough speaker to drive if the low impedance is removed from the equation.McIntosh SS amps are a great match because they already include autoformers.Otherwise, you can get P... | |
| Belles 350a or Mccormack DNA -1 Deluxe? I'm having a DNA 125 modified right now by Steve.I also own a monoblock .5 and a stereo .5 that have Rev A platinum mods.I have used other amps in my 20+ years, but his are a no brainer. Once you buy one, you can have it for life because he consta... | |
| Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo If you're with Xfinity, the new One boxes do pcm. There is a product that will convert the bitstream to pcm, but I have no experience nor think it would work well.However, lookup an article by Frank Van Alstine who I believe used such a product. | |
| Cable Box Digital 5.1 converted to Digital Stereo Some cable boxes have the option to choose lpcm output. Get to your audio settings and give it a try with your dac.You may not have the option. | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers Broadstone...if your pink noise test is coming exclusively from one speaker when out-of-phase, then you have some major issue in your system.Testing phase with pink noise phase is a very easy test that even non-audiophiles can identify. When out-o... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers Running specific tones probably won't help you too much as already stated. However, I can tell you a couple things I do to A/B speakers and identify a variety of issues.1. Run pink noise through speaker A and then speaker B. You can probably hear ... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers I run Zero's on all my speakers (Maggies) and they even help SS amps. On my other system, I use a SS McIntosh on my Wisdom speakers and that amp includes autoformers...so they don't just benefit OTLs.Personally, I haven't seen the problem that Ral... | |
| The most holographic Power Cord Barto...your statement pretty much wraps up the delusion..."20+ years experience with power cables that did not make it good, which tells me you haven't tried in your system"How on earth would me telling you that they made no difference in 20+ yea... | |
| The most holographic Power Cord If you find a "holographic power cord", make sure you nominate the designer for a Nobel prize since they can defy physics.In fact, all of you spending thousands on these miraculous power cords should do the same for your respective manufacturers.O... | |
| I'm in a preamp pickle: ARC Ref 1 VS CJ 17LS jmcgrogan...maybe you should re-read the Subject of the post.It asked for opinions between the Ref1 and 17LS. I stated previous ownership of one, asked questions about why he is changing, as well as provided questions that would help him choose th... | |
| I'm in a preamp pickle: ARC Ref 1 VS CJ 17LS The things I read on this forum are absolutely comical.First of all, Jmrgrogan2, I guarantee you didn't look up the input impedance of his amp BEFORE I said anything. If you did, anyone knowledgeable about the 17LS would have still made the commen... | |
| I'm in a preamp pickle: ARC Ref 1 VS CJ 17LS I've owned the CJ17ls and pretty familiar with most ARC gear.Most people giving you advice aren't really knowledgeable about what they are saying.Here's the first and PRIMARY questions to ask if you are considering the 17LS:1. Will you be running ... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA I can't believe people are still wasting time bad mouthing under $1k amps compared with all the snake oil and over-priced products in this hobby.XPA amps were measured by a third party who does this for a living and doesn't live in the snake oil d... |