Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)

2008-03-02 Thread opaqueice
Pat Farrell;274637 Wrote: > > There is a school of thought that says that the first watt or five is > the important part, as that is where the subtle music is. The extra > watts are important for slam, bass, etc. (assuming you are not > listening > to CD cursed by the Loudness Wars.) > As y

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)

2008-03-02 Thread Pat Farrell
improvisato wrote: > I did, however, have a chance to audition the NAD 352 with my speakers. > Doing a blind test between my 50watt Denon 275 and the 80watt NAD 352 > was certainly reveaving. Most interesting. the watt rating is not enough to be able to hear, so the difference may be from the q

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)

2008-03-02 Thread slimkid
improvisato;274627 Wrote: > I haven't had much luck finding a used studio amp yet, but I'm going to > keep looking. Thanks for the tip, AJones. > > I did, however, have a chance to audition the NAD 352 with my speakers. > Doing a blind test between my 50watt Denon 275 and the 80watt NAD 352 > w

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)

2008-03-02 Thread improvisato
AJones;273302 Wrote: > An idea in another direction. Since your budget is tight you may > consider looking at used studio amps. Most studios these days have > older high end amps they do not use since the trend for studios is to > have the amp integrated into the speaker. Though studio amps maybe

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl

2008-03-02 Thread darrenyeats
eiret;274550 Wrote: > Is it right to say: When a analog wave, from for example a microphone is > discovered by the ADC(analog to digital converter) the wave is first > sampled/discovered as a 1bit audio. Then up sampled to for example > 24bit?? No. :) Long answer: DSD is a totally different way

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Ripping Vinyl

2008-03-02 Thread eiret
Eric Seaberg;273529 Wrote: > The way they're configured, one is around $700k and the other @ $500k. > We're expecting an 'end-of-quarter' discount from SSL if we can commit > before the end of March. I spent all day in LA at SSL as well as some > visiting time with Ed Cherney in his room at The

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Preamp w. unity gain bypass

2008-03-02 Thread rydenfan
Eric, have you had a chance to look at the Belles piece? The majority of 2 channel pre's with HT Bypass are typically tube oriented pieces. I am still thinking about other good solutions for you. I have to say I am very surprised parasound did not include HT Bypass. One would think they would wan

Re: A Cut-Rate Audiophile�s Experience With a Linear Power Supply

2008-03-02 Thread tele68
I apologize in advance for the complete newb question, but I've just spent a head-spinning 2 hours reading through the forums on the topic of power supply upgrade and this thread seems to be the friendliest around. I'm a new SB owner and also like a lot of people on this thread a small 'a' audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A slightly different speaker upgrade question

2008-03-02 Thread PLynas
Well following on from all your advice I thought I would give an update. I am no longer searching for floorstanders. New speakers are still an option, however. I pointed my speakers in much more so that they 'meet' in front of my listening position as I was finding I could actually hear more

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Could it be?

2008-03-02 Thread funkstar
Sean also commented that the "Signal-to-noise ratio" and "Total harmonic distortion" were lifted directly from the spec sheef of the DAC. this was based on the reference circuit design not necesarily the one the Reciever uses. The figures will be revised when they get time to measure a sample of