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| Sub? Can't Decide Looking back, I sure wish my apartment-life neighbors had been half as considerate as Elizabeth is! That said, with your Mythos soundbar rolling off at 60 Hz, I think it's clear you should try a small sub. Mateored is right. Get it dialed in with ... | |
| Oppo BDP-95 Versus Bel Canto DAC 3.5 +1 Doggiehowser, Ricketysmurf. Use BDP-95 as a universal disk source and for great home theater. Go elsewhere for computer audio playback, and a fully configured BC DAC 3.5 system is near top-of-the line, imo. | |
| Equipment Protection, Monitoring Electricity G.,I think that one of these power conditioners might go a long way in addressing your issues:APC AV H15or:Belkin PureAVBoth units provide some of the best surge protection available. Each will provide separate, conditioned power outlets to each o... | |
| Qns on Ayre AX-7e Int Amp Wyred,If you believe that the amplifier of interest is an Ayre AX-7E but it does not show the faint gold "Evolution" label on the front panel, then it is still possible that your unit is an "E" version that has been upgraded from an AX-7. To its c... | |
| Fixing Vandersteen 2c's? +1 Audioconnection. Give the staff at Vandersteen a call. They have a great reputation for steering folks straight on issues like this. There may even be an authorized repair center closer to your residence. These are classic speakers, BTW. | |
| Nad M3? Need amp for Vandersteen 3 $3,000 budget Ayre Acoustics uses Vandy speakers to "voice" their amps during design/development, so they are a natural and often-used pairing. Ayre V-5XE amps are available secondhand for $3K. | |
| Sirius radio quality vs redbook cd player +1 for TPReaves, Gz3827, and Charles1dad.For a rough comparison and ignoring codec issues, etc.:Sirius internet radio premium specs a bitrate of 128 Kbits/sec (Kbps).Pandora radio premium -192 Kbps Standard resolution MP3 -100 to 192 Kbps Highest ... | |
| older dedicated midfi cd player....2nd system Phasecorrect,Any of the Arcams from that period will do a very credible job for you in that price range. Their CD players were one of Arcam's most lauded products. Beginning with use of the Ring DAC (Arcam CD-72?) and later with their switchover t... | |
| Frequency Response? "I read somewhere where you are not gonna get anything below 40Hz in a live performance, except maybe a movie."Possibly, if all piano performances don't use the lower 7 keys (27.5 - 38.9 Hz), and all the string basses don't use the 5th string (30.... | |
| NAD 314 blaring volume problem; poor 906 sound If you're going to make a stab at troubleshooting this yourself instead of taking it in for repair, start with (unplugged!)internal visual inspection for anything obvious. Nothing lost by working the pots with De-Ox-it. You can isolate pre-amp sec... | |
| Sound Quality...iPad vs iTouch I sometimes use an iPad 2 with the Apple Camera Connection kit ($30) to directly output 24/96 AIFF and FLAC files to a small DAC and headphones when traveling. (Yes, it's actually 24-bit, and not the 16-bit feed that you get through the mic-out co... | |
| Why DACs have no BNC Digital In I'm using the AES/EBU digital input port on my Bel Canto DAC, and thought this was a more common practice than you're suggesting. I 've also seen discussions that there may be more issues with S/PDIF. But for shorter cable lengths, I suspect that ... | |
| LFD NCSE or Cronus Magnum Heard the LFD and Harbeth pairing at T.H.E. Show last year, and its midrange was magical - maybe one of the best I've heard. | |
| What preamp There's a Bel Canto Pre 3 available on Agon for 800 that is a great balanced preamp, and would be a significant upgrade for your system . | |
| DAC 3-4k range I'm enjoying great audio with the Ayre QB-9 into an AX-7e running balanced with Cardas Clear cabling. But of course that's with USB in asynchronous mode, not compatible with your logitech transporter. It's rumored that the next Ayre DAC may suppor... |