Fatila;424009 Wrote:
but I have not yet seen an integrated amp with anything but unbalanced
inputs?
Electrocompagniet, Primare, Krell, Mark Levinson, Cerwin-Vega, NAD,
Cambridge, Lyngdorf all offer integrated with XLR inputs... they're not
difficult to find ;) Especially since XLR seems to
Obviously I had not looked very hard! Was mainly looking at what hifi
charts and seeing if it mentioned balanced, and only power amps had a
dedicated entry so I came to an assumption. Any recommendations? What
might be the top five to look at off the top of your head.
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Fatila
Here's a really cheap DAC that I think sounds pretty good. I got mine
for US $130 new, but the price has gone up to $199 now.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHSRC2496
It has a DAC, and ADC, and a sample rate converter. I'm using mine to
up the sample rate from the Squeezebox to 24/96 before
Fatila;424065 Wrote:
Any recommendations? What might be the top five to look at off the top
of your head.
Its impossible to say, especially since you provide no contextual
information. All brands I listed (except the CW and maybe even the
Lyngdorf) are good and highly regarded. Also the list
Phil Leigh;423734 Wrote:
Approx 1.5m is the magic minimum length to minimise the effects of
signal reflections along the cable that can POTENTIALLY make clock
recovery and/or jitter worse on a spdif coa line.
The length is related to the frequecny of the signals involved.
1m is not close
ralphpnj;423908 Wrote:
Ouch, Darren you're being awfully sensitive there. But that is kind of
my point in that Stone goes on and on about this, at least to me, very
minor point. In fact it's as if he's looking for something bad to say
about the Transporter and can only come up with the
darrenyeats;424105 Wrote:
So, as I read it, we agree in principle. But differ in our particular
standards of quality. :) You seem to happy with the Transporter and I'm
happy with an SB3. I WOULD consider buying a better source but it's a
lower priority aspect for me.
Darren
Darren,
We do
The only system I have listened to is Arcam CD player and integrated
amp. To be honest I am no qualified audiophile, I can distinguish
tinny music with lack of depth from a higher quality set.. but that is
about my range. Budget would be under $2k for the amp, and I imagine
system would play
Fatila;424065 Wrote:
Was mainly looking at what hifi charts and seeing if it mentioned
balanced, and only power amps had a dedicated entry so I came to an
assumption.
I get the impression that you're aiming for a minimalist system and the
Transporter will be the only source component. If
cliveb wrote:
I get the impression that you're aiming for a minimalist system and the
Transporter will be the only source component. If that's the case, then
you should consider just getting a power amp with balanced inputs.
More minimal would be TP direct to powered speakers.
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Pat
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would probably want
the option of
Fatila wrote:
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would probably want
I have just decided to go for a PS Audio DLIII to use it with my
Squeezebox III. Could you recommend me a good digital cable to connect
them. MY budget is for the cable is 150 USD max. It can be new or used.
(used prefered).
Thank you in advance for any advice.
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gng
gng wrote:
I have just decided to go for a PS Audio DLIII to use it with my
Squeezebox III. Could you recommend me a good digital cable to connect
them. MY budget is for the cable is 150 USD max. It can be new or used.
(used prefered).
How about a nice new $5 75 ohm coax tv cable?
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Pat
Well the speakers I'm looking at would not be powered afaik, (The CM7
perhaps) and yes I do not even really know what a pre amp is for
really...
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Peter314;424093 Wrote:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm
Thanks Peter - that was the one!
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF
gng;424129 Wrote:
I have just decided to go for a PS Audio DLIII to use it with my
Squeezebox III. Could you recommend me a good digital cable to connect
them. MY budget is for the cable is 150 USD max. It can be new or used.
(used prefered).
Thank you in advance for any advice.
Blue
Ok had a quick look around based on some of the names mentioned, and the
Primare A30.2 scores highly on whathifi.com (if there are any other good
review sites please share!) It also might be worth trying to narrow down
a shortlist of products and going to a dealer that might stock a few,
some of
Fatila;424121 Wrote:
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would
All the video equipment will be in another room, thankfully that lot all
goes into one simple receiver ;)
I think I understand better now, I was not even aware of powered
speakers.. but I would imagine using a power amp to speakers would be a
preferred solution. And I suppose I could even have
You are probably using powered speakers with your computer.
ATC, PMC, BO, Dynaudio, Audiostatic, Martin Logan etc all make powered
speakers.
What is overlooked many times is the quality of the preamp, its much
more important than the poweramp, but since preamp dont have watts
nobody talks about
Fatila wrote:
what a pre amp is for
really...
In the olden days, a Preamp was mostly a before amp that raised the
phonograph input level up to the same as other sources (tape, tuner,
etc.). It literally amplified the turntable input.
Then and now, the secondary functions of a preamp are:
1)
Fatila wrote:
I think I understand better now, I was not even aware of powered
speakers.. but I would imagine using a power amp to speakers would be a
preferred solution.
Not really, altho people who sell amps and interconnects and speaker
wires will not complain.
Meridian has been selling
Phil Leigh;424138 Wrote:
Blue Jeans 1.5m cable (Belden 1694A Brilliance) - 20 USD.
The length is important.
Hi, What do you mean by important? Is there an optimal lenght? Or the
shortest / the longest the better?
Thanks
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gng
gng;424160 Wrote:
Hi, What do you mean by important? Is there an optimal lenght? Or the
shortest / the longest the better?
Thanks
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call
There is no need to spend anywhere near $150 for an interconnect. I
second the Blue Jeans recommendation. I am using their 1m interconnect,
but will probably change that for a longer one based on the length issue
I recently learned about thanks to Phil above and something similar I
read in
Thank for the posts guys!
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If you can, demo a few, just incase you hear a difference between the
different cables and prefer one to another.
I found a Chord Signature Digi Coax rather nice... my ears and my kit
;)
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Deaf Cat
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Thank you for all the information. Most of the active speakers I have
seen thus far are way beyond my £3-3.5k budget for this system. Although
that may indeed be the optimal listening solution, it seems the only way
to connect the Transporter with reasonable cost, is a single power amp
to
I'm not using a Transporter, just an SB3 - but I am very happy with my
rig. Bel Canto S300 power amp (which has balanced and XLR inputs) into
BW 703's. I, like you, just wanted a very minimal set up for stereo
audio listening. With no pre-amp you need to be a little careful that
your source
Yup, the transporter is great.
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I have just purchased what I consider to be my first audiophile system.
I have had the bug for years (since college and don't ask me how long
ago that was). The components I purchased are:
BW 804S
McIntosh MC205
Rotel 1570
I did get a matching center channel and rear speakers for home theater
In the days of steam, I used to be a designer of electronic test
equipment. In those days, all test sets we built were 'burnt in' for a
couple of days at elevated temperatures prior to shipping. From what I
recall, this was not aimed to improve specification, but to speed up the
onset of infant
Thanks for the replies, all. After a weekend that involved a good bit
of listening, I'm really not sure I can pick out a real difference in
sound quality between the two players.
A lot of my initial impressions before level matching them were
extremely biased by loudness. As it turns out, the
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