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| TOSLINK DIGITIAL CABLE WITH DAC AND DVD Using toslink has a theoretical advantage in that there is no earth connection between the transport and DAC - thereby eliminating one source of jitter. But in practise toslink still sounds awful, in my experience, compared with any competent coax... | |
| Dedicated line questions Hi Korn and Craig. Craig has covered most of the points well. Note that if you put a dedicated AC in you will have to get good AC cords for ALL of your components. You need the AC cords to provide some common mode rejection, and you may even need ... | |
| Am I deaf? I beg to differ slightly Subaruguru. CD players usually have no particular trouble driving a passive, it is the output of the passive driving the amp that is the problem (if there is one). This means a ladder attenuator is best in the passive as i... | |
| Who still sells NOS Telefunken 6922's? You can get them on eBay - but you take a risk. I have bought a lot of tubes this way and I would say 3 out of every 4 tubes bought are great. Personally I find Telefunken made great 12AX7 and 12AU7, but I am not keen on their 6922 - among various... | |
| Proportional Allocation to Total System I never did like numbers. But I advocate spending roughly equivalent amounts on source, amp, speakers until you are spending more than say $10k, and above $10k I would allow a greater weighting towards speakers. I am ignoring the preamp because th... | |
| dac wars I can believe it 84audio. I have often been sucked into the raves, but invariably found that the raves have to be read in the context of the price range of the product. Every time I have heard the claim "better than units ten times the price" thes... | |
| Fuzzy Lyrics I reckon you need that rack I mentioned before - but I hate to be so definite without you trying it first - see what local dealers will let you try out. Good luck. | |
| All cables are Neuteral? I had to laugh Carl. "No" is the simple answer. I have to admit to a high degree of bias and cynicism with respect to this $100,000 cable I have never heard. (By the way, do you realise what kind of a house that kind of money can buy you in Fiji r... | |
| High Quality Step Down Transformer? I cannot help you directly, but I can tell you that any solution other than a step-down transformer is better. | |
| All cables are Neuteral? Madisonears, pardon my testy reply, my only excuse is I just lost a bomb (pardon the pun) in Fiji, and it hurts. Anyway if the budget only allows for some cables then I see your point. But I can just see Korn remaining dissatisfied with the result... | |
| All cables are Neuteral? Madisonears - you can really perform an ironic twist when you want to can't you? And you can really suggest with a straight face that the best solution to Korn's dilemma is to purchase some Monster cables which from your admission provide "flabby ... | |
| All cables are Neuteral? Madisonears - you can really perform an ironic twist when you want to can't you? And you can really suggest with a straight face that the best solution to Korn's dilemma is to purchase some Monster cables which from your admission provide "flabby ... | |
| Am I deaf? I agree with most of what has been said here. If the Pioneer DV 525 sounded best then your system must be otherwise quite veiled and even muddy, because the DV 525 is quite bright. Some of this perhaps from the transport, which is very dynamic, bu... | |
| Fuzzy Lyrics Jklotch, can you describe how your components are arranged? Like, what do they sit on? It still sounds to me as if there is a major resonance in the midband somewhere. Vibrapods do work, but you will get the biggest improvement by getting your fir... | |
| Fuzzy Lyrics Have you experience of this Keis or are you speculating? Mic'd improperly? I find that difficult to accept. Improper mic'ing does not usually result in fuzziness. Firstly, vibration effects are not small unless you have low resolution components i... |