ivan_nosnibor
Responses from ivan_nosnibor
| Amp design logic You're right that the total components don't nearly add up to $50k. What you're basically paying for, apart from good design and execution, is for the most part the sheer mystique that such a product has - especially the mystique that becomes atta... | |
| best sound for a classical and jazz cd I guess you're already familiar with Mapleshade for Jazz?? | |
| Digital vs Analog - A supposition... I tend to be of the opinion that analog (of sufficient quality) tends to be at least as good as or better than digital as a rule. HOWEVER, I've come to the conclusion over the years that vinyl (noiseless though it indeed may be under proper circum... | |
| SameSspeaker Cable and Interconnects The general model that I think wiring makers tend to follow is the notion that each of the 3 physical elements of cable design (connectors, conductors and insulation) of any given wire necessarily contibute, in their own unique ways, to sonic degr... | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? I take it the noise is apparently equally loud in both channels? Did you yourself ever buy a new tube (stock or any other kind) for the CJ before the tube you have now, and do you recall running into this issue then (or any other time with your sy... | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? All that said, a noisy tube could very well be the culprit though if there's no noise at zero volume. | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? If you believe your system otherwise checks out and there are no identifiable connection problems, grounding issues or faulty components and all that, then you are very likely indeed looking at electronic noise. This can be thought of as noise fro... | |
| CLEARVIEW BALANCED EXCALIBUR RIBBON INTERCONNECTS I have the non-Plus balanced Excaliburs and have been very happy with them. They do everything right, do nothing wrong and are excellent right from the word go. They are in effect invisible. The Plus versions promise to be a bit more delicately de... | |
| CD direct to monobloks? To see if you're a likely candidate for bypassing your preamp you can try an experiment: take any CD you know is comparatively quietly recorded and hook up your CD straight into the mono's, but be sure to start with your volume on the CDP all the ... | |
| CD direct to monobloks? Hi Tiofelon, ordinarily this can be a great idea, but certain requirements must be met or else it's plainly not worth it. What you stand to gain by this method is the elimination of an entire component from the signal path (preamp), which, unless ... | |
| Best CD player under $5K? My only problem is that, now that Mr Sprey's offer for an upgrade of the 840c is finally a reality, it's too bad they've been discontinued so long you now can't find a single one on the web anymore, new or used... :( | |
| Best CD player under $5K? Know what you mean on that Kiwi and ordinarily I agree with you. But, in my book Mr. Sprey is also one of the very few modders I feel I can trust implicitly. In fact, as far as I'm aware anyone apart from Ric or Mr. Sprey personally I'd have to th... | |
| Best CD player under $5K? Just noticed where Mr. Sprey now offers an upgrade program for the 840c for $700. | |
| Best CD player under $5K? Hi Kiwi, I do indeed recall that the 840c turned lots of heads when it came out. But, what I later found that looked even more intriguing was Mr Sprey's (Mapleshade) mod for the DacMagic which is said to use the same DAC stage as the 840c. The mod... | |
| Best CD player under $5K? Hey Mrtennis, when it comes to tube-based CDP's I'm not necessarily the one to ask since I've always managed to do well by solid state (at least so far, anyway). Although I've considered tubes in the past for a variety of gear, for me it has not y... |