jax2
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| What the benifit of using a separate dac? Kijanki - I listened at length to two versions. One was an early version, but post-2002, which was thoroughly burned in. I listened in three very different systems to that one. The second was more recent and was a current, USB version which I orde... | |
| Looking for power amp with warm, smooth sound Tubes would be a good direction to go if you are seeking warmth. I took from your post and your components that you were looking for SS, but in re-reading it I may have been wrong. I'd sell the Marantz and go with a tubed integrated, as has alread... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 You must replace the stock 6H30's with the 6H30 DR's! This is a no-brainer and will make a profound impact, especially in bass.Interesting. As I understand it the DR's are the military-spec'd version of the 6H30 - can you elaborate on the differen... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Rydenfan - Point taken. Which tubes are you running in your 36.5? I've only tried the stock 6h30's - are your using the supertube version and if so, is it worth the high cost? I did find replacing the rectifier with an NOS Mullard gave me some add... | |
| What the benifit of using a separate dac? Good points, Blindjim. There are a handful of DAC's that also convert USB directly to I2S (native language to the DAC) which circumvents the SPDIF interface (an additional conversion) in between. I think Empirical does a conversion to the Benchmar... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Vinnie makes fine sounding products and has given me the best customer service and i feel good supporting RWA and most of all I enjoy listening. I do not mean for my posts to bother you.Thanks for clarifying that, Jeff. No, your posts do not 'both... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Jwarmbrand said: This is my favorite preamp and I have a friend who now owns one and is also smitten over the sound. He has owned many preamps over the years, including the Modwright 36.5 - the Isabella is so far his favorite by far as well.Red Wi... | |
| Looking for power amp with warm, smooth sound I don't know how it would pair up with your Marrantz, but you might consider a Pass Aleph 3 or 30. | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Just give'em a link. $6500. No relation to the seller whatsoever. Good luck. | |
| What the benifit of using a separate dac? As suggested already, that would depend entirely upon the quality of the respective DAC's (and with the separate DAC, marginally upon the cord between transport and DAC). Also the separate DAC may take advantage of its own isolated power supply, F... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" Pehare - How does "Cardinology" compare to "Heartbreaker"? I really like the latter, but have not warmed up a couple of his other CD's (Love is Hell and Easy Tiger) with The Cardinals. I also enjoyed his contributions to the anniversary release of... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Whoops, obviously I missed your response as it had not been posted as I wrote mine. Also, I missed that you were considering an LS26 and not a Ref 3 - still, no experience there either. The only ARC piece I've owned is a GNS modified LS2B, which o... | |
| Compare: Modwright LS 36.5 & Audio Research LS26 Dan makes a separate, standalone tubed phono stage, the SWP 9.0SE, which you could use in conjunction with the 36.5 for your vinyl. I have no direct experience with that piece. I'd concur with Rydenfan regarding the 36.5 - superb resolution, linea... | |
| Need advice on overall system I'm not that familiar with your specific components so I will limit my comments to general ones. Although cabling and power conditioning can certainly make a difference, those differences are more about fine tuning. If you are unhappy with the ove... | |
| Filling the void for better sound Now that's the kind of posts we need more of. Great story! Making me feel kind of itchy and scratchy all over. Hope the foot's healing up well. This is a good argument for floorstanders!Marco |