sdecker
Responses from sdecker
| Can a rebias alter the sound of the tubes? Well, I'll answer my own question for the benefit of those who didn't know:-) There are no tube bias adjustments on SFI preamps, and small-signal gear in general. On the fully-balanced Line X preamp series, the only adjustment is one pot per chann... | |
| Whatever happened to REAL "owners manuals" ??? As I go over the owner's manuals for my hifi stuff I find most of it to be pretty good. And as someone who wants to know the minutiae of my gear and does a lot of technical writing (geez, look at most of my posts!), I'm fairly critical. I agree th... | |
| looking for amp for thiel 2.4 speakers. I can't disagree with the previous posters, only offer another option that I'm using with my sonic frontiers line 1 and thiel 2.3: McCormack. Inexpensive to start with, cheap on agon, plenty of current output for the thiels (and 2.4 an easier load... | |
| small-gauge decent AC PC with C7 connector? Kappa2, you are a little late, but that's just what I did. The nrg1 was just what I was looking for, and I did get it through AA, breaking all my rules of never buying a new ACPC. I don't doubt the Cardas is good, but for feeding a TT power supply... | |
| need help with old receivers tone controls The knob does select the turnover frequencies for the tone controls. With the knob 'out', the tone controls are bypassed regardless of their settings. With it 'in' the turnovers default to the broader band responses of the day, bass frequencies be... | |
| where should best tubes for a S.F. line1 be placed V1. V2 has the least effect on sound, V3 a bit more. | |
| Transport for a dCS Delius - HELP I recently *bought* a Proceed CDD so your discussion caught my eye. I agree with much of Sm2727. Mine was recently upgraded with the latest software and a whole new drive ass'y, now also used in the 37 and 390S. The CDD does share much of its circ... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 vs. DNA .5 The bluebook on the std 0.5 is $700 and the 125 $900 - not a big difference. The 125 stock sounds better than the unmodified 0.5. In fact, the basic rev C upgrade for the 0.5 primarily brings that amp's topology to match the 125, and costs $450 + ... | |
| What tubes are being used with Sonic Frontiers L1 A local Line1 guru who spent a year trying every NOS tube out there saved me the effort, I went with his recommendations, though have tweaked the sound depending on which tubes are in which locations. Tungsrams give an almost-startling amount of i... | |
| Bryston/McCormack Marriage I have a McCormack DNA0.5 revB with a (tubed) sonic frontiers Line1 and the combo works well: a somewhat solid-state sounding tube preamp with a slightly tube-sounding solid-state power amp. I'm not saying this is the Last Word in tubular sonics, ... | |
| ML No.39 or Proceed transport + BelCanto DAC2? Sgr, the Proceed was thoroughly upgraded by Madrigal 1/03, with a receipt outlining all the hours and parts that went into it, incl a whole new drive ass'y and support pieces. Two different customer support techs at Madrigal told me that this driv... | |
| mod my cdp or newer cd transport or ?? long #3 and final post on my series of transport follow-ups :-)Again, all your responses seem correct. I found a just-serviced Proceed CDD: all new drive mechanism - a current model sourced by Philips and modded by Madrigal for CDD, 37, 390s - with the... | |
| ML No.39 or Proceed transport + BelCanto DAC2? Well I took the cheaper route and found a just-rebuilt Proceed CDD: all-new current-model drive mechanism (now identical with No. 37/39/390s) with the new SW and HW to support it. As a transport it sounds no better than my $700 Yamaha single-drawe... | |
| Audio Transport 2004 I couldn't agree more with the original poster. Many of us have excellent standalone DACs that would benefit from not only top-level transport sonics, but take advantage of the newer formats w/o the video or multi-channel overhead. There are some ... | |
| transport sound quality of good modern CDPs VGrubb, I would love to audition a Levinson or equivalent transport, but don't know anyone with one, nor live near a dealer that carries high-end transports for home audition. Which is why I posted the question...Brawny, I was using the MF308 as a... |