lowrider57
Responses from lowrider57
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC Thanks, everybody. I should have mentioned that I auditioned the Schiit “Gumby” and it sounded a bit too aggressive in my system. Excellent dynamics and soundstaging, but my system is very revealing and it wasn't what I was looking for. I've owne... | |
| Seeking Advice on NOS DAC @jl35 , always great reviews for the Exogal. I know it uses a FPGA, does it have a laid-back presentation? Not looking for anything "in your face." As I stated, need a dac that faithfully presents Redbook. | |
| Considering Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 DSD purchase That's interesting @stereo5 . By "in your face " do you mean it was very dynamic and detailed, or was the presentation too forward?The reviews I've read stated that the basic DAC-2 DSD produced a wide and deep soundstage, and the Femto version had... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC @audioengr , Purist Aqueous IC's ...1 meter. Also have a pair of Purist Museous. | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? That’s exactly right, randy. Finding the cream of the crop will cost the consumer.I have a very revealing single-gain stage preamp and needed to return some microphonic 6SN7 tubes to Vintage Tube Services. Andy replaced them and told me that he ne... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC Steve, attenuators were connected to the input of the preamp. Then preamp was removed from system and DAC output > ICs > attenuators > amp input. | |
| Dealers That Sell Large Volumes of Used Gear Online I recently discovered a source for new, used, and demo gear; Audiowaves Hifi. I’ve made two purchases so far on some "sale" items. I also purchased a JPS Labs cable and returned it, no problem at all.The owner, Alan, is great to deal with and offe... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? It's true that as availability of NOS tubes goes down, prices do go up. And the supply of true "New In Box" old stock is diminishing, but there is still a great supply of NOS tubes that are removed from electronic gear from military, medical, indu... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? Not every stage in a preamp or amp needs NOS tubes. There are phase splitters and cathode-followers which have less sonic affect on the circuit. New production tubes are cheap and also sound good as power tubes. There are some really good quality ... | |
| Looking for Better Jitter Reduction in a DAC But like Steakster says eveything in the chain is adding or subtracting the digititus and the results are cumulative. Its probably not one thing.I agree with this concept. So, here’s what I’ve been doing since my last post:- Tried Harrison Labs at... | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... That's true, mesch. Phase inverted preamp would not present a noticeable change in the soundstage. I believe that single gain stage preamps usually have inverted phase. A second stage will convert the phase back to normal. | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... Thanks nononsense. But the issue may be caused by the preamp.That's a good catch. | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... No wonder this amp is on it's 4th owner! I hate when somebody has a problem with a component and the solution is to pass it off to an unsuspecting buyer.Anyway, good luck with the amp. I've heard good things about Odyssey. | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... Sounds like a phase issue. How are your rear speakers wired into a 2 channel system? I suggest starting with the front speakers only to get the stereo imaging correct. If it sounds off, try reversing the L and R leads on one speaker only. | |
| Burning/breaking in new equipment? All very good advise. I'll add that during the hours you aren't or can't play music, leave your components powered up to continue burn-in.You don't say what your source will be, but play dynamic music that will cover the entire frequency spectrum.... |