crooner;170105 Wrote:
Ok, so it's just plain ol' Amazon
I thought it was some wacky amazon alternative!
Thanks for clarifying...
Sorry, my tongue was firmly within my cheek in that post. Since buying
CDs is usually cheaper than downloading (especially since Amazon makes
it so easy to buy
It may be argued that coax is better (optical has less loss over a
couple of miles, but is harder to get a perfect contact), but I think
it's unlikely you'll hear a huge difference. Your current method
should be fine for now.
Just make sure you get a well-engineered 75-ohm coax cable, and don't
adamslim;170128 Wrote:
Sorry, my tongue was firmly within my cheek in that post. Since buying
CDs is usually cheaper than downloading (especially since Amazon makes
it so easy to buy from the USA, and it's $2 to £1), the old fashioned
way works for me :)
Adam
2.00 = 1 pound
1.30 = 1 euro
Blue Jeans is a great company and makes a good product at a fair price.
If you want to try optical, some people think glass optical is better
than the typical tosslink. You can get a good and cheap glass optical
from partsexpress
Some people think optical is a bit laid back and coax is more
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It's not so much the cables as the things they plug in to - sometimes
toslink or Coax interfaces are not implemented as well as it might be
at the transmitting and/or receiving end.
My experience is that in any system you have to try both and see which
one sounds best...there is no general rule
Does anyone know if the word clock feature on the transporter is
compatible with the ClockLink Feature on the Wadia 27i? The Wadia 27i
looks like an interesting piece of equipment if it's Clock Link would
work with the transporter.
Wadia info at http://www.wadia.com/products/products_main.htm
Thanks for the replies. I'll try my dvd to receiver coax lead when the
dac arrives next week.
I notice the Derek Shek d1 comes with a regulated switched mode power
supply. I thought these are taboo and should be replaced with a
regulated linear supply, or is it different for dacs?
Keith
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What is the World Clock feature on Transporter?
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Just been mailing him - lots of questions about is DAC's, I have just
ordered the D1. Anyway... I noticed on his site that he is preparing to
launch a new product - the h1. I asked him about it as his site says
nothing, I didn't want to order the D1 to find out a better toy was on
it's way. Turns
norderney;170197 Wrote:
What is the World Clock feature on Transporter?
The Word Clock feature allows you to use the Transporter with a DAC
that has a Master-Clock output. The Transporter would basically
throw-out any clocking information from the source and use the
Master-Clock from the
I buy all 99% of my music from www.cd-wow.com Cheap as chips!! Plus it
often works out quicker (delivery and ripping ;-)) than downloading
large FLAC files. There is also the added benifit of having a hard copy
of your tunes.
I can't see a reason why I would download, apart from maybe a listen
There's a nice Audio Research VT-60 for $895 Audigon right now..
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube1173977566
Looks like a pretty good deal. Similar to the Classic 60, but of newer
vintage...
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SB3 with Custom Linear Power Supply
Lite Audio DAC-60 Tube DAC
VPI Scout
You can buy two Behringer A500 amps, reviewed here:
http://theaudiocritic.com/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticlearticleId=20blogId=1
for $200/each new, and bi-amp the Vandersteens.
For $800 you could buy four, bridge them, and have one amp per post -
with something like 300W of power each.
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It does seem that buying CDs is still the preferred option.
My reasons for seeking downloads are :-
-(Fairly) instant gratification. Downloading 400 -500 MB is actaully
quite a bit faster than even fedex overnight.
-Just to buy indivudal tracks
-No unnecesaary packaging and associated
I would like lossless and DRMless downloads for the convenience as well.
BTW, why do they need to drm lossy 128kbps files anway?
The audio is already more degraded than making a tape of a vinyl
record.
Seems like their whole justification is full of wholes.
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Although bi-amping would give you plenty of extra juice, according to
Vandersteen bi-wiring gives you similar sonic benefits at a lower cost.
In case you still want to bi-amp, I believe he recommends vertical
biamping, that is, one amp for each speaker. Both amps being the same
model.
opaqueice wrote:
You can buy two Behringer A500 amps,
Normally Behringer is not talked about as audiophile level gear. It is
inexpensive
and aimed at the home studio or beginning rock musician market.
But they are always priced aggressively. You may like them
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Pat
crooner;170244 Wrote:
Although bi-amping would give you plenty of extra juice, according to
Vandersteen bi-wiring gives you similar sonic benefits at a lower cost.
In case you still want to bi-amp, I believe he recommends vertical
bi-amping, that is, one amp for each speaker. Both amps being
Pat Farrell;170248 Wrote:
Normally Behringer is not talked about as audiophile level gear. It is
inexpensive
and aimed at the home studio or beginning rock musician market.
I'm aware of that. After doing some quite careful (but not terribly
extensive) listening tests, I no longer
I'm searching for a pair of Active speakers for my bedroom. These look
interesting:
http://nhthifi.com/2006/products/pchifi/m00.html
The NHT also have a sub-woofer option under the same brand. I note that
AudioEngine5 speakers have a sub-woofer output option but no branded
sub-woofer on the
One advantage of anti-cables is semi-rigidity.
I find they sound best when they are bouncing up and down in time to
the music.
Since I have a pier and beam foundation I accomplish this by jumping up
and down to make the floor vibrate in tempo .
The resulting sound is OMG OMG !!
Pat Farrell;170266 Wrote:
And you call yourself an audiophile?
Such * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy*heresy.
It's kind of fun, being a heretic... here are two (of an infinite
number available) pieces of actual evidence (!!) to support my
heresy:
I have one of those NHT's that I use for smaller classical guitar gigs.
eg. playing an art opening in a moderate size gallery the guitar can
easily be heard over 50 people.
It's also perfect in a concert hall when playing chamber music.
It has a very nuetral and detailed sound. It is the best
I've been thinking about bi-amping (or possibly tri-amping) my Magnepan
3.6R's and the best way to go about it.
I've seen a couple threads about this, but is there anyone out there
actually using one of these:
http://www.deqx.com/PDC26P-Preamp.html
How is the sound quality? I currently use a
Pat Farrell;170266 Wrote:
opaqueice wrote:
Pat Farrell;170248 Wrote:
Normally Behringer is not talked about as audiophile level gear.
I'm aware of that. After doing some quite careful (but not terribly
extensive) listening tests, I no longer believe there are any
audible
Yeah I found him helpful - I bet he gets the same questions from
everyone! Anyway my d2 is excellent, so have fun with the d1.
Adam
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SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio
Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables
KeithL;170179 Wrote:
I notice the Derek Shek d1 comes with a regulated switched mode power
supply. I thought these are taboo and should be replaced with a
regulated linear supply, or is it different for dacs?
I asked Derek this when I bought my d2; he said that he'd found it
didn't make a
mikeruss;170213 Wrote:
I buy all 99% of my music from www.cd-wow.com Cheap as chips!! Plus it
often works out quicker (delivery and ripping ;-)) than downloading
large FLAC files. There is also the added benifit of having a hard copy
of your tunes.
I can't see a reason why I would
I don't have any hands-on experience with the DEQX, although I'm also
pretty intrigued by it. One thing to bear in mind is that to make full
use of it, and to get the benefit of bi-amping, you'll probably want to
bypass the analogue crossover. If it's external that should be easy to
do, but
totoro;170274 Wrote:
It's not just any old block of wood: it has to be myrtle, and the tree
must have been cut down by a virgin on the night of a full moon.
There is a whole other camp who believe beech wood, tuned with C37
laquer, is superior:
tomjtx;170149 Wrote:
If you are confused, you are now a true audiophile :-)
I thought you had to be adamant that One Way is The True Way to be a
true audiophile...
I can see the logic for both sides... especially on problems with
optical (since there is an electrical-optical and reverse at
Skunk;170284 Wrote:
There is a whole other camp who believe beech wood, tuned with C37
laquer, is superior:
http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PRODProduct_Code=NOB_C37_CCategory_Code=VOLUMEProduct_Count=2
If you follow the link back to volume controls from
Agreed - very helpful.
What cable do you use?
I was thinking about the Wireworld Starlight 5. Wins most awards in
Hi-Fi Choice etc etc.
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I have a friend who owns a company that makes fibre for ISP and telcos
- he'd gladly explain that optical is perfectly adequate for the simple
task in hand here...but of course, he isn't an audiophile...
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Phil Leigh
totoro;170289 Wrote:
I'm pretty sure I know where that link goes: the infamous knob of
death. If we were having this same conversation on audiocircle, we
would have already been surrounded by a group of angry subjectivists
:).
Maybe it's time to move forums - it's getting dull around here
Right, on the 3.6Rs, the main crossover is external, and bi-amping
pretty easy to do (and in fact it seems to be designed for that
purpose).
Not sure about tri-amping though.
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opaqueice;170294 Wrote:
Maybe it's time to move forums - it's getting dull around here :-).
What happened to all our pet subjectivists?
I think maybe lafayette caused enough excitement for everyone this
weekend. Plus, for all the americans, it's a pretty big football
weekend.
If you haven't
Phil Leigh;170293 Wrote:
I have a friend who owns a company that makes fibre for ISP and telcos
- he'd gladly explain that optical is perfectly adequate for the simple
task in hand here...but of course, he isn't an audiophile...
Exactly: since you can reliably move 45Mbps over coax (think
totoro;170298 Wrote:
If you haven't looked at that sixmoons link I posted, you might get a
laugh or two out of it.
Been there, done that - I'm getting jaded. Anyway, it's probably for
the best - less excitement means less procrastination means more work
gets done.
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opaqueice
Actually, Monsieur Ice...I agree with you. The only reason I use the
amps I use is that they can take the x-over modules for my speakers.
I'm not sure I could tell the difference between them and any really
high-end (ie costly - usually) amp. Your basic premise that provided
they aren't
Mike Anderson;170297 Wrote:
Right, on the 3.6Rs, the main crossover is external, and bi-amping
pretty easy to do (and in fact it seems to be designed for that
purpose).
Not sure about tri-amping though.
In that case you're in business - although it's strange that they'd
have an external
Does he have a website, or is it all Ebay?
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opaqueice;170304 Wrote:
In that case you're in business - although it's strange that they'd have
an external crossover with only two outputs if there are three drivers.
As an experiment, could you try using your DEQ2496 for this? You could
do the following - disconnect one speaker
No one wants to buy my video? :-(
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The DVD is coated with that special lacquer , which makes the footfalls
seem likefootfalls.that's why it's
so expensive.
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I'm not even sure if the phase thing is better with the deqx. I only
gave the behringer's manual a brief read, but you can apply different
amounts of delay to each channel (if I remember correctly, in a
frequency-dependent manner).
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totoro
squeezebox 3 - mccormack dna .5 - audio physic
Interesting op-ed in the NY Times - Want an IPhone? Beware the
IHandcuffs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/business/yourmoney/14digi.html
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here yah go
http://www.sigtone.net/
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I'm not sue if this is true, I have never tied but if you search for
band name or song then *.flac on this site http://thepiratebay.org/
some say there is music there.
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opaqueice;170304 Wrote:
As an experiment, could you try using your DEQ2496 for this? You
could do the following - disconnect one speaker entirely, and use the
amp (I'm assuming it has a dual mono configuration) to bi-amp the
other speaker. Feed the two amp inputs with the outputs of the
I've done a system shakeup, and can report on some findings:
1. The TacT RCS is getting a rest. Room correction is nice, and can get
you closer to a feeling of being there. However I feel my RCS 2.2x robs
the music of dynamics (PRAT, if you wish).
2. The SB3's analogue outputs now goes straight
The OP may not be the slightest interested, but here is what I just did
to restore treble quality. After bulding a new power supply (almost
identical to my earlier one), the sound was very laid back. Very
plesant, but cymbals were extremely laid back.
Solution?
I applied SST to the new power
Guys,
thanks for all the good leads. I think I'm narrowing down my search to
BK, Rotel or MCCormack.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=018sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITviewitem=item=280068856902rd=1rd=1
giga;170333 Wrote:
Guys,
thanks for all the good leads. I think I'm narrowing down my search to
BK, Rotel or MCCormack.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemih=018sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITviewitem=item=280068856902rd=1rd=1
retired in favour of my much older Krell KSA-50S
Hey P, did you make sure to clean the contacts of that old amp? ;-)
Seriously though, that's something I still want to try, run my SB2 straight
into the power amp. I guess you're not afraid of the noise of death or
whatever they call it?
jan
I use a Musical Fidelity A300 with my 2cei signatures. You made an
excellent speaker choice. I purchased my amp new for $1300 a few years
ago. This is an integrated dual mono box with that plays well at all
volumes with these speakers. Any more power and my ears would blow up,
in my 18x14x12
Actually, there are different grades, as well as specifications for
Ethernet cables.
- Shielded Twisted Pair (or STP) vs. Unshielded Twisted Pair (or UTP).
Shielded cables have a braid/foil screen throughout the length of the
cable, as well as shielded connectors. This protects against
Mike Anderson;170323 Wrote:
I do have two amps, but they're both integrated amps. Is there someway
I can make sure the volumes are properly coordinated at all times?
Hmm... if the amps aren't identical I would just hook one channel of
one amp up to one speaker and one channel of the other
DLloyd;170344 Wrote:
- Category 6 overkill for the home environment ?
Seems like I read something about the tolerance of wire twist being a
good indicator of quality, but I can't recall if the difference was
between category or manufacturers. Anyway, if the cable is carrying
audio signals
OK, in case anyone cares, relative phase is quite easily audible in some
test signals, but not in others (I've just been playing with Audacity).
If you combine two tones with commensurate frequencies - for example 200
and 400 Hz pure tones - it's very easy to hear the difference as you
change
I can match the volumes at a particular signal level, but what I'm
wondering is whether the amps will also result in matched volumes at
all signal levels, or according to different frequencies as you point.
But I guess I can just experiment with it and find out.
I'm still interested to know if
opaqueice;170350 Wrote:
Then if you really want to get fancy you can try to compensate for the
phase delays - if totoro is right about frequency dependent time
delays, I think you can cancel them out and you'll have something which
seems to me identical to the functionality of the $4,000
If you like classical music, the Philadelphia Orchestra has an online
music store that sells recordings of their live concerts in MP3 FLAC
format (yes, lossless downloads!). I have downloaded a few things, and
it all works well and sounds great. Very progressive -- I wish more
orchestras would
What about a Byrston DAC? There are two options. The first is the
integrated BP26DA (I have the BP25DA, which I like very much). The
second is that Bryston has announced that they will be selling a
separate DAC this spring (to complement the CD transport they showed at
CES last week).
See:
You are now free, free of nicotine, free of odor, free of strange
aftertaste. Silence, beautiful silence from the deep dark 200dB S/N (or
more) of zero preamp noises. I got rid of the curse since 1989 and
haven't look back since.
SB3-MF A3.24-50Kohm Alps pot-2 Nak PA7s-BW N802-Nice!
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My thoughts exactly. I have a Bryston BP25MC preamp. At this point, upon
further online perusal, I am currently sold on the Benchmark DAC1. I am,
however, pondering waiting for a Bryston outboard DAC, based on the
wonderful reviews of their preamps or integrated amps with their
integrated DAC.
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