rcprince
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| Krell KSA 100 vs KST 100 As between the two amps you mention,the KSA is a superior amp by far--my recollection is that the KST was the inexpensive Claa AB amp they came out with to be more user friendly, but not in the same league as their KSA Class A biased amps. The KSA... | |
| Classical Record Labels and Recording Engineers... On DG, I will chime in (as I always do) that I believe that a DG recording generally is not produced with the goal of accurately portraying a musical event (i.e., a concert performance), but rather the music itself--they are, and admit that they a... | |
| Classical Record Labels and Recording Engineers... I would probably add the Cozart-Fine and Mohr-Layton teams from the 50-60's Mercury and RCA recordings among your recording engineers. The latter's recordings sometimes come across a little bright or hi-fi to me, but for the most part their record... | |
| Walker HDL in bi-wiring set up. Woofer or tweeter? I had a tri-wire setup with the HDLs. While they do affect all frequencies, I found the most noticeable (and measurable) improvement was in the high frequencies, so I agree with Rush, I would start with the tweeter. | |
| Sony scd-1 vs Ayre C5xe I had a modified 777ES, with Kern mods on the transport board, Superclock 2 and high quality resistors and a Jerry Ozment designed tubed/transformer coupled output stage (essentially the analog section of my Audio Logic DAC). The sound was, to my ... | |
| preamp for dartzeel amp? The preamp section on the DCC2SE is, as Dennis the Menace says, quite good, but having used it for a while while my Jadis preamp is in the shop I have found that it lacks the dynamics, bloom and spaciousness of a great tubed preamp (like a Jadis).... | |
| Second failure of new amplifier Undertow: While your analysis would normally be correct on the above facts, the poster had an earlier thread where he said that he had used the amp for a week with no problems with the stock tubes, then decided to tube-roll and started having the ... | |
| Schumann Resonance and it's effect on music "Also, by generating the Schumann Resonance, there is an effect that it neutralizes harmful standing waves."This part of the explanation, I might add in fairness, might have a small grain of substance to it, though not much and actually the device... | |
| Schumann Resonance and it's effect on music Is Machina Dynamica behind this tweak? The explanations sound like snake oil to me. It may in fact work, but I do note that too loud a signal at that frequency should make you sick to your stomach and could even do you harm; and if it's set too lo... | |
| Second failure of new amplifier Does the amplifier exhibit the same behavior with the stock tubes? I would suggest putting them back in and seeing if the problem occurs again--if so, then the problem may not be attributable to the NOS tubes. I would not think tube rolling with t... | |
| I was driving my wife's new 2008 Acura RDX In all seriousness, while I don't like Bose systems, they do sound pleasing in the midrange and their philosophies of sound reproduction probably work decently in a car system (though I turned it down as an option in my wife's Audi). Does this new... | |
| Preamp to mate with Krell KSA-50 mkII My old Krell KSA 50MkII worked very well with an Audio Research SP11. ARC gear serems to work well with Krell amps, and I imagine CJ might as well.Keep the KSA 50, it is a remarkable amp. | |
| I was driving my wife's new 2008 Acura RDX Perhaps the room acoustics aren't the best. Have you considered adding sound-absorbing materials throughout the car's hard surfaces, such as the windows? :~) | |
| Emm labs CDSD se & dcc2 se- any updates I still think it's one of the best. Have not upgraded mine (it's an SE)nor heard of any upgrades as of yet. As my Jadis JP200 is off for a repair (Cap went bad after 10 years), I'm using my DCC2SE as a preamp--it's very good, lacks just that last ... | |
| Finding a DAC that will process SACD's Won't work. For a transport to pass a DSD signal, and for a DAC to take a DSD signal, requires a special interface. While some transport/DAC systems from dCS, Accuphase, Esoteric and EMM Labs, to name a few, exist, they are proprietary and limited... |