timlub
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| Bryston, Sansui or NAD..which amp to recondition? Just a opinion... all of these can be beat by fairly affordable gear today. If you'd like to keep any of the pieces forever, I would consider having them up graded. If not, I would do as earlier suggested and possibly sell off pieces and replace t... | |
| What amplifier do you use for your Dahlquist DQ10s My first instinct is a Muse One Hundred Sixty, this would be phenominal on DQ-10's...My second thought would be a McCormack DNA .5 or DNA-1... Third I think of a Sumo Andromeda II... Fourth Hafler Transnova 9500and Lastly Musical Fidelity A3CR Pow... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Quote" Everyone seems to think that the DAC is more important than the master clock device (USB converter or reclocker). Not so. The jitter of the source is more important, particularly if you goal is to eliminate harshness and get more detail, be... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Thanks Steve, Has anyone heard that Microsoft will ever make a USB Audio 2.0 Compliant driver? | |
| Tweeter type and brightness Although in general the harder the cone material, the more we have to do deal with frequency break up or frequency rise in speaker design, today, you can no longer make the broad statement about any specific tweeter design based on material used. ... | |
| Are all asynchronous USB inputs similar? Is there anything out there that confirms that one USB Conversion chip in itself is better than another?? i.e Xmos, Cmedia, Crystal, Tenor, FPGA ??? I believe that there are most likely excellent examples of most | |
| Preamp suggestions for Belles 400/Snell Type A Ahhh, now that I posted my last response, I see your point, the 30 has a remote and is a Classe... Ok, I fold, but the 30 is not in the league sound quality wise as the other pre's that I mentioned in the budget asked to fill. | |
| Preamp suggestions for Belles 400/Snell Type A In my opinion the 30 would be a wonderful $350 to $400 pre... I believe the Classe Lineage was DR was Dave Reich, when he left they took the DR5 Dr6 etc and did an update, which produced the Model Five, Six etc These were the first models with rem... | |
| Preamp suggestions for Belles 400/Snell Type A Looked around at current listings for you, there is an Older Innersound on here for $750, this is designed by Coda, it looks to be a model from 2000 to 2004, but that's a guess, should be a nice pre for $750 and there is a Chinese unit... Jaton Op... | |
| Preamp suggestions for Belles 400/Snell Type A You won't find a Classe in your price point with remote, the old DR Pre's don't have remote, the next newer Classe's Model Five or Six has remote, but I doubt you'll find one for $750...The next newer are mentioned CP50 or CP60. If you can get one... | |
| Ipad to replace cd player? I would start with Foobar... its free. Others will tell you to use other programs more tailored for Apple products and you may want to end up that way, but initially get Foobar 2000 and get an external hard drive, use Foobar as a server program an... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Hi Steve, Yes, I knew that you recommended an off ramp regardless of a unit having asynchronous or not and agree, it would be better.... BUT, there are some very decent USB inputs on units these days, as I suspect you would agree, they have improv... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE The oppo 105 has Asynchronous USB in, it will work fine, you'll need wasapi or KS output on JRiver. If you don't buy the oppo, you will need to do as Steve mentioned and get a good USB to spdif converter for your Dac magic, you need your usb out o... | |
| which preamp I noticed Elevick mention Sumo, the Athena or Athena II (same preamp)is warm and rich, one of the nicest inexpensive preamps around, the Electra was fairly accurate, but could get gritty on top, it needed parts changes, the Electra plus was a bit ... | |
| DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult. This does everything that you are looking for, I have owned the WM8741 Version of this dac and it has always been very nice sounding. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ES9018-XMOS-Asynchronous-32bit-192K-384kUSB-DAC-with-XLR-Balanced-Output-DSD-/331068879445 |