jdoris
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| Another UPS Horror Story "What would you do with no UPS??"Use FedEx for my transactions, which is what I do already.The rest, I'd let Amazon figure out!John | |
| Best Minimalist DAC? A decision has been made -- for the moment! :)Embarrassingly, none of the DACs on my short list made it.A friend recommended I look at the Simple Designs Sonore exD just as one came up used for a good price here, and I went for it.Defintely minima... | |
| 3/3/2015 Another San Francisco Smash and grab I could make some rough guesses, but it would be fun to know the distribution of political orientations here. :0John | |
| Recommend Class a Amp Thanks Al!I got lucky with a local enthusiast who is moving and needed to downsize. They are non-poly v. 1s, but so far feeling little pressure to consider updating them :) I may be picking your brain regards set-up, though i'm pretty happy with w... | |
| Recommend Class a Amp As stated, a Pass INT-30A owner: While I've not heard other low watt Pass designs, I completely agree with Abrew regards the trade off: even with high efficiency speakers (Al, I'm now running the Ulysses :), you are trading low end authority for s... | |
| integrated watts or amp watts OnHi61 is right; any number of integrateds with more juice than 70epc.For example, there is a Plinius 9200 up here now that could be had for around your pricepoint that it rated at 200 wpc. (No connection to seller; I mention it as an example only... | |
| Can't get Acoustic Zen Adagios to sound smooth "when playing certain CD's"Are you convinced that it's not these recordings that are the culprit, rather than your Kit?Lot's of edgy CDs out there.John | |
| Recommend Class a Amp I agree that 200 watts of class A for 3k would be tough, except for considerably older equipment -- which might not be a bad way to go.On the Pass 30s, I have the corresponding integrated the INT-30A, and while I love it, I diverge a bit from the ... | |
| Replacing Veneer on ProAc Speakers I'd certainly file a damage claim with the mover; can't hurt.Contra some of the experiences noted above, when I did so for some broken furniture, I received a reasonable and timely settlement for repairs (which I ended up doing myself).If all your... | |
| 3/3/2015 Another San Francisco Smash and grab Keep the political rants coming! :) Nice change of pace. John | |
| Best Minimalist DAC? Strangely enough, I've not heard from Steve at Empirical.;)That said, I'm looking for a good price (probably used) on the following :Ayre QB-9 DSDAuralic VegaLampi AmberNad M51Wyred 2 DSDPartly this (negotiable) focus is arbitrary -- there's just ... | |
| Audiogon "Recordings to Die for" a complete summary For Art Pepper check out the "widow's choice" stuff. On the one's I've got, performance and sonics both very worthwhile. | |
| favorite independant audio dealers/designers Chris Hoff of Balanced Power Technologies (cables and power conditioning) | |
| Is my preamp useless? Larryi is right of course; try it both ways.When I had the PWD, my system sounded better with the PWD at 100% and a pre; does the volume control on the DSD "shed bits" as believe the PWD did?John | |
| Best Minimalist DAC? Thanks so much Steve! Even though I don't need the pre, I can definitely offer the full 2k on the SE. Used is OK. Please PM me, and we can set up a deal! :) John |