I've been thinking of the MF 3.24 DAC - almost bought one off ebay
yesterday, but I like to listen before I buy. I'm off to pick up the MF
X-DAC V3 today to have a listen to at home for a week.
Will keep you posted!
BT
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BigTony
you're welcome.
Removing the caps is easier than it looks. They each have a couple of
solder tags that are easily attacked with a soldering iron. Try not to
hang around though, if things get too hot there is a chance that
surrounding pcb tracks may lift.
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parrydave
*modded squeezebox
Whilst looking around at new DAC's I came across this one. read some
very nice reviews, some stating nits better than the Benchmark DAC-1,
and at a very decent price. Its available on a 7 day trail, so I'm
tempted. Anyone got one of these?
http://www.homehifi.co.uk/products/TC-7510.html
Cheers
adamslim;194227 Wrote:
- Pace, rhythm and timing - epitomised by Naim equipment, I guess, and
analogue over 'bits'
- Space and timbre - fidelity to the natural sound of instruments,
valve junkies the lot of them (us!)
- Clarity and impact - detail from full frequency range - big US
Having been fiddling around with kit for a couple of decades now, I
think that the 3 camp stuff is a little simplistic.
Whilst the groups you mention, might be the major camps, and you have
to do is ask for a recommendation on a piece of kit, and see the answers
you get. On far too many forums
I have different priorities for different types of music, so my
audiophile goal is to strive to have my system capable of delivering it
all. If I had to rank their importance to me, I'd probably rank them
the way they are listed in the first post in this thread...
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PhilNYC
Sonic Spirits
Hello all,
does anyone have any direct/indirect experience with the McIntosh MS300
network music server
http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?hid=id=19cat=Sourcesprodid=1113product=MS300
and more generally some comments about McIntosh Amps/Preamps/Integrated
Amps?
When I was first thinking about this, I started with subjective vs
objective (i.e. 'I like the sound' vs 'it is accurate'), but realised
the inadequacy of that approach, as the subjective especially splits
into many camps. The objective approach is kinda dull to me as there's
not much to talk
I have no direct experience, but moot a couple of caveats:
- 300GB is probably not enough, if you use FLACs. I would check with
them to ensure that the HD can be changed
- How easy can it be to change the tags? My brother-in-law has a Sony
machine that ripped all his music in (to ATRAC, I
AdamSlim,
thanks for the swift answer.
I am currently using a Transporter, which I adore. I came to McIntosh
on the wave of a long search for a network media storage server which
should be fanless, Raid 5, and high end. It would need to be something
along the lines of the Infrant Repertoire but
Most of the AV servers that I've seen details of do appear to almost
always have some kind of odd drawback or design flaw. My personal
preference is a big PC case hidden out of sight, connected via RF to
the SB. That allows plenty of HD storage and cheap upgrades.
Ref Mac kit, I've heard their
Club1820;194167 Wrote:
As I am not tech savvy and won't be spending major bucks for an upgrade
or the transporter - the only upgrade for me would be to replace the
wallwart. Does this really improve the sound? - even if its minimal
compared to all the other mods mentioned here and in
Mr_Sukebe;194380 Wrote:
Most of the AV servers that I've seen details of do appear to almost
always have some kind of odd drawback or design flaw. My personal
preference is a big PC case hidden out of sight, connected via RF to
the SB. That allows plenty of HD storage and cheap upgrades.
And thanks for your Super Regulator offer. I'd love to try one of those.
What's the voltage output? I was thinking of using it in place of the
switching 3.3 V supply.
Yesterday I took the covers off the SB2 to inspect the innards. I must
say I'm impressed. The integration on this is incredible.
Speakers are probably the most personal choice within a stereo system.
Whilst I love what I own, you might hate them, so it's fairly pointless
me recommending them or similar. Additionally, I really really don't
like BW speakers. Simply never heard a pair that did anything but put
me off.
You
Long thread on it over at www.hifwigwam.com It's in the equipment
reviews section.
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Mr_Sukebe;194402 Wrote:
Speakers are probably the most personal choice within a stereo system.
Whilst I love what I own, you might hate them, so it's fairly pointless
me recommending them or similar. Additionally, I really really don't
like BW speakers. Simply never heard a pair that did
Looks like a nice unit and you can't beat the price, that's for sure!
It appears to use a 12V DC external source. So, there's a lot of room
for improvement with better supplies, etc.
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crooner
SB2 SB3 with Custom Linear Power Supply
Lite Audio DAC-60 Tube DAC
VPI Scout with Benz Micro
willyhoops;193897 Wrote:
I am thinking of the transporter plus the 400GB QNAP TS-101 with
SlimServer installed. Anyone know a better place in the UK than this
ripcaster place?
Cheers
I've been trying to get a QNAP TS-101 for some time (unavailable) and
I'm under the impression that the
http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop/MP3_HIFI_Systems.19/Qnap_Systems_Inc.126/TS101-400GB/Qnap_TS-101_400Gb___Slimserver.1040.html
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gbruzzo;194361 Wrote:
Hello all,
does anyone have any direct/indirect experience with the McIntosh MS300
network music server
http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?hid=id=19cat=Sourcesprodid=1113product=MS300
and more generally some comments about McIntosh
gbruzzo;194376 Wrote:
(I confess that I dream about a Slimdevices product that looks like a
Transporter, maybe without the clever knob, and acts as a network
storage computer - something akin to an htpc with Transporter looks and
fluorescent tube display for harddrive temperature monitoring,
I think I fall into camp 2 but I have a big American rig in addition
to a small tubey British rig, so maybe I'm somewhere in between or in a
fourth category. Over the 40 years I've been listening to music and
choosing equipment, I have always ended up with British made speakers,
they are by far
sc53;194436 Wrote:
I think I fall into camp 2 but I have a big American rig in addition
to a small tubey British rig, so maybe I'm somewhere in between or in a
fourth category. Over the 40 years I've been listening to music and
choosing equipment, I have always ended up with British made
Phil Leigh;194459 Wrote:
Hmmm...it may be time to challenge this.
There is no way that vinyl sounds anything like what what was heard in
the control room as far as I am concerned. I'm not saying it isn't
fun/nice. All I am saying is that it ain't accurate/faithfull...and
before you ask -
Hi!
Rececived my black Sb3 today, fired it up to see that it worked and
disconected and sent it to the operation theathre..
I replaced that RCA digital out with a BNC 75 ohm connector and solderd
a short coax to the place where the RCA once sat. No compnent changes or
otherwise alterations. And
Did they stop selling the wired version? Otherwise it would have saved
you $50 and some trouble...
And to answer your question, most of us can't hear frequencies quite
that high :-).
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gbruzzo;194409 Wrote:
Mr_Sukebe,
What are your criticisms of BW speakers (just very curious - no intent
at provocation)? Are they too cold? What are your favourite speakers?
As mentioned, it's a personal thing. I find BW speakers to have a
very ploddy bass. There's a lot of it, but it's
It was not available where i purchased mine.
I can, at least the impact on circuits from that frequency ;-)
/
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I don't think radiation from the 2.4 GHz card and antennas is a big
issue. Otherwise we would all be hearing about it. The stock switching
power supply has a greater effect on the sound, IMO.
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crooner
SB2 SB3 with Custom Linear Power Supply
Lite Audio DAC-60 Tube DAC
VPI Scout with Benz
jonte0;194470 Wrote:
Hi!
...fired it up to see that it worked and disconnected and sent it to
the operation theatre...
/
So you really allowed yourself time to get to know the sound of your
new toy then. I'd hate to think you were rushing into an assessment of
the sound of the stock item
adamslim;194227 Wrote:
Please excuse a gently reflective question, it's a very nice merlot and
Rachmaninov seems to be the order of the day.
Thinking about what people actually want out of their stereo, it
strikes me that there are three 'camps':
- Pace, rhythm and timing - epitomised
Cool.
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design/Cardboard-Sound-Box-A-place-for-listening-/
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