socrates
Responses from socrates
| Upsampling DVD player Most every new DVD player made today, even those under $100, boast an upsamplin feature, usually 24/192. As to if a DVD player, especially a cheap one, will sound better then a dedicated player or dac combo at the same price: don't bet on it. Don'... | |
| SA-14 vs XA777es You must break-in both sides, meaning you must run a SACD through the player for a couple of weeks for the SACD side to open up, then CD for about 2 weeks to burn-in the CD side. The filter settings are definately critical. In my system the "Custo... | |
| Want More Bass Believe that your preamp is the issue, for it is or at least very well could be to blame, partly or fully. I've tried nearly a dozen modern preamps lately, tubes and SS, active and passive, the 66 was the worst of the lot in terms of bass performa... | |
| Want More Bass I found the Rogue 66 Mag preamp simply horrible in the botton octaves, rolled off by maybe 50hz, soggy/loose until ~160hz. If you want true deep bass your speakers have to go, but no matter what killer bass speaker you buy won't create what it's n... | |
| Speaker/Room help needed Rives, your site is simply awsome, thanks so much for the link and advise! I agree with your assessment that the midrange is actually closer to neutral, the HF and LF are actually too forward, as I heard when listening to solo vocal performances a... | |
| PS Audio vs Bel Canto vs Musical Fidelity shootout Thanks so much for the kind words! I had a blast playing with these amps, each wonderful in their own ways.Calanctus: I wish I could give you a review of the JC-1's but am not fully confident in my appraisal, having only heard them about dozen tim... | |
| Speaker/Room help needed I also feel that the room accounts more then half of the sound. If I had a purpose built room I really believe I could cut the MSRP of my system in 1/2 or less while still generating a superior sound. I've heard $150K systems sound awful, the faul... | |
| Would a Bel Canto DAC2 do the trick? Howdy Dennis! Just a little advise from a fellow trip-hop fanatic: Don't bother with an external dac unless you are willing to buy a top notch dedicated transport. Both the dac and the transport are of equal importance, and though adding a dac to ... | |
| Classe 201 -vs- Odyssey Stratos Mhubbard, please actually read my responses written on this topic, and also please refrain from putting words into my mouth, its quite rude.If a person can't tell the difference between his classic amp and another amp, especially a more expensive... | |
| Classe 201 -vs- Odyssey Stratos BTW, the claim that "Your name is all over the place singing the praises of Odyssey more than any other poster on ANY site" is more then a bit blow out of proportion, you know that, right? I post 80%% of the time on this site, ocassionally on Audi... | |
| Classe 201 -vs- Odyssey Stratos No need to be confused, just have an open mind! Time moves on, as does technology. I owned the Stratos for a long time and it bettered a lot of competition in my home, from well regarded Musical Fidelity to McCormack amps and many in between, henc... | |
| Classe 201 -vs- Odyssey Stratos Hammergjh, sell the Stratos, buy some music!I liked the Odyssey better then the Classe's mentioned above in monoblock form, mainly because I found the Classe too laid back and I'm not a fan of a 75th row seat, which simply annoyed me right off the... | |
| Amp recommendations: Wanted, Bass and Dynamics Once I finish evaluating the Bel Canto evo200.2 I will be posting my thoughts (a review) of it in a shootout with the PS Audio HCA-2, Musical Fidelity A3cr and the Odyssey Stratos. I heard the Krell at a dealer, but don't feel qualified to involve... | |
| Marantz SA-14 v.2 in United States? I am very interested in this player as well and would be interested in what differences, sonic and mechanical, that exist between the different versions, as well as the expected MSRP for the US, should it ever make it here! | |
| Which tubed cd player for this system Believe me, I really wanted this cheap player to sound as good as it was claimed to be. I like nothing more then cutting $$$ out of my system w/o loss of soni quality and putting the money in music or other hobbies, but just couldnt do it with th... |