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| Audio Research Reference 250 capacitor issue Veerapaneni, how can you tell if the amp has old or new capacitors? I have a fairly new ARC 250 so wondering what capacitors I have.Probably a dumb question but is the upgrade kit free? Similar to a recall if Teflon caps are defective ... | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? Excellent mature question Tomcy6. One resorts to personal attacks when trapped in a corner/discussion. Pathetic! | |
| has BAT priced itself out of the market? 09-26-14: SchubertIn the USA there is little supply and demand pricing in general, from real estate to food its a what the market will bear economy.What the market will bear is supply and demand. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 09-10-14: AlmargSteve, I'm surprised at your question.What I'm talking about is the fact that depending on the quality of the design digital noise can couple between different parts of the circuitry in a component, via grounds, stray capacitances,... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES or NAD M51? JazzontheH: Where did you get your power supply upgrade for the touch? May be the cheapest solution to upgrade fever :-)I use a Touch digital out to my DAC for internet radio. I replaced the SPS with a Channel Island VDC-5 MKII linear power supply... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player 09-04-14: Kijanki In the Absolute Sound article I mentioned, the authors said the sound go worse the more times files were converted, even if they ended up bit identical. I will say, they did get a lot of push back on that topic. However, others d... | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Or you have stuff from Synergistic Research where you pay $400 for 4 things that look like socket wrench ends to place on your wall. This will then improve sound drastically. Sorry I just can't pull the trigger on that either.I'm not into tweaks b... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player If people think they hear differences from all these things, who as I to say?Nothing. There will never be a consensus in anything." When rip wav->flac->wav, depending on the software, possible loss of precision?"That is not likely. The data ... | |
| Review: Valve Amplification Company Phi 300 Tube amp ErndogSo what is the difference between the Vac Phi 300, Phi 300.1, and Phi 300.1a?Erndog 08-10-14I asked Kevin several years ago and he said the main motivation for 300.1a is improving the methodology in building a more consistent product. 300.1 ... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player Some people claim that 2 bit for bit identical wav files will sound different if one was ripped directly to wav and the other ripped to flac and converted to wav. Same if a wav file is converted to flac and back to wav. Makes no sense to me, but s... | |
| Krell New Pre-amps? 09-03-14: AudiolabyrinthThankyou Knghifi, Have you listened to the EVO 202, The Phantom, The reference 707 proccesor, or the Evo 2 pre-amps, These are said to be light years better than the pre-amps you have mentioned, that is funny you said that ... | |
| Ripping CD's - Bypassing Computer CD Player Kijanki - I assume bit perfect software/hardware delivery is a given. I am talking about different sound from bit identical files. There is no timing information in a digital file so the jitter comes on playback. There are lots of sources of it, a... | |
| Krell New Pre-amps? Krell KBL, KRC-2, KRC-HR and KRC-3 pre all sock to my ears. Bright, flat 2D sound stage and grainy so never owned one. Once I migrated to tube pre, never bothered with SS pre since.Now Krell amps are a different story. Had KSA100s, FPB300 and FPB6... | |
| Outdoor Speakers Madison Fielding outdoor loudspeakers. Here's the avshowroom video.http://www.avshowrooms.com/Cap_Fest_2014_Vids_1.html | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? Magico is very TRUE to source so important to drive them properly.When I was in market for speakers, I demoed Q3 and Q5. The dealer demonstrated their chameleon characteristics in driving them in 2 configurations. One all Spectral and other tube p... |