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| Does good DAC improve sonics of low end transport The right DAC will make a world of difference, however it would be a good idea to mod the transport to make it a good one or you will not get the real performance from the DAC. Most DVD players make excellent transports, but only when they have th... | |
| CD lense cleaner. Is it necessary ? If you live in a dusty environment, lens cleaning is mandatory. The dust build-up over time will definitely affect the sound. I have never damaged anything using the cleaning disk. You are more likely to damage something using an anti-resonance mat. | |
| Technics SL-P1300 CD Player : good transport ? No stock CD player will have less jitter than a DVD player. They are so cheap, you should just get an older top of line DVD player and get it modded. | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Sean - I will try the zoebel experiment. What values do you recommend? | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? Flex wrote:"Audioengr, have you done a control experiment where you take your amp and dac to a city environment with really dirty power, fluctuating voltage, and rfi. Does the power cord independence hold for these conditions?"I recently lived in ... | |
| Power Cords Snake Oil ?? The effect of a power cord depends entirely on the power supply design in your components. For instance, before modding my amp and DAC, they both improved significantly with low-inductance power cords. After modding I can use a wall-wart ppower su... | |
| Which DAC to get? Here's some head-to-head:http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=5297 | |
| Electrocompaniet Bass prowess The bass is respectable, but mods will improve it noticably. | |
| transport recommendations DVD players outperform most CD transports. A modded DVD transport makes one of the best sources available, like a Sony DVP-S9000es or a DVP-S7700. | |
| Speakers for low level listening PCwizard is correct, the Proacs are very listenable at low levels, particularly the older towers that can be filled with sand. You will need a low-impedance amp to drive them or the bass will be out of control. | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Ritteri - My wife has a Yamaha grand piano and plays it a little. We have no problems whatsoever telling the difference between a Yamaha, Steinway, Baldwin and a Boesendorfer, either live or on our reference system. Once a system is at the level o... | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Dealer? Why does this matter? Essential audio is not advertising here. IMO, it's really charitable that dealers are willing to share their wisdom with us.... | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Bob - I have one for you. It's Andreas Vollenwider, Trilogy two-disk set. One of the tracks has several dogs barking, but one is actually behind you. Only well-tuned systems put the dog behind you in 2-channel stereo. Quite convincing though.Also ... | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Bob's right. It's a challenge to help customers over the internet. You never know what level of sound quality they are really at. They may be at level 5 and you are at level 10. Or you both may be at level 10... Sending out demo units helps.It wou... | |
| Help me spend $1,500 on cables Sounds like a reasonable budget for all of the cables that you list here. |