dcstep
Responses from dcstep
| Ella & Vaughan on XRCD??? "Take Love Easy" in incredible on vinyl. I don't have the CD for coparison, but the master of Ella and Joe Pass is one of the very best recordings of her voice. Pass takes a back seat with some incredible comping that's flawlessly recorded.So, I t... | |
| Interconnects Stick with a brand that works for you budet and performance-wise. If you wake up one day and find that you turned into a tweak overnight, then you can start searching for the "ideal" IC for each component. Good luck with that... ;-)Dave | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Kurt said:"I probably ought to think about reverting back to those AER Oris horns again, but I hate to go backward. It will lose a lot but gain in comfort and listenable dynamic range."Kurt, my friend, I have empathy, but I've never experienced yo... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Huh, what'd you say??? | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? I'm just afraid that Kurt has already damaged his hearing; therefore, I think that he should focus on improving his ambient noise level such that he can enjoyable listen at lower volumes. Yes, he needs speakers and amps that won't distort at 100dB... | |
| The phase button on my Rowland Capri is for...? Yes, that would be useful to know, does the Capri improve the SQ when added vs. the Benchmark straight into the 102? Since the Benchmark is one of the better DACs you'll mainly be gaining from the Capris superior attenuator.Generally, running the ... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Kana813, you got a few things wrong; since I retired the CJ amp there's no longer need to invert the polarity at my speakers (proper polarity confirmed with a test LP and CD, since it can vary with equipment). Oh, you've got to learn to play guita... | |
| Review: Jeff Rowland Continuum 500 Amplifier KR, sorry but I haven't heard the Concentra II. The pre-amp section is based off the new Capri that's receiving great reviews. (On A'gon, look for Guidocorona's preliminary review of the Capri and comparison to his ARC Ref3).Sweet is a word that c... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Well, that added information is useful for sure. You're more sensitive than most of us AND you have speakers known to be "unforgiving". I'm really worried that you're talking about listening levels of 95dB and reaching your limit at 110dB. If that... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Great suggestions. I've got the ToP on D2D Sheffeild Lab. "What Is Hip" and "Squibcakes" are a couple of my all-time favs. There's an effect on "Squibcakes" where some sound flies around the room and goes behind my head, in two-channel.With ToP, n... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Shardorne, I agree that drums, trumpet and trombone have bite, but they're not harsh, as too many systems make them. Most well recorded trumpet is brilliant with lots of high overtones. When trombones play loud, particularly in symphonic works, th... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? When you get into this territory, every element can potentially add harshness. The highest potential offender is your CDP, then your amp, then your speaker cables, ICs and PCs. Of course, as mentioned earlier, some CDs are horrible, no matter how ... | |
| The Alan Parson's Project Sgr, I've got the Pioneer Elite DV-58AV universal player that's been modified by Ric Schultz with a Superclock 4 and beefed up and cleaned up input and output stages. The base player is pretty good at $360 or so, but the mods bring the total cost ... | |
| The Alan Parson's Project I bought the DVD-Audio 24/192 a couple of weeks ago. You must have some incredible pressings if they sound this good. I'd give up new vinyl if I could buy everything in this format.Do you have the DVD-A??Dave | |
| Any thoughts in ICE amps? Right on Chadeffect. If more people would just listen for themselves, things would be simpler.BTW, great system(s), old and new.Dave |