Digital love

HI Mapman,I have an older DCS transport. Not the new Scarlatti transport. Personally I think transports are over for all sorts of reasons. If not for sonics then convenience. SACD is th...

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Digital love

Hi Muralman1,I have noticed some small things that I felt could be better. We are talking very small but I feel important details. For a while I was using the optical output from the comput...

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Digital love

System edited: I am now using the Weiss int202 firewire interface with Amarra for itunes on a mac. This has added a more solid and silky 3D presentation while being very very clean. Even though thi...

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Digital love

System edited: Just added a little more room correction in the shape of the Auralex bass traps. I have 8 well hidden in the room now. The room was quite tight in the bass department, and I liked th...

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Small Media Room

Somehow this post ended up here rather than in answer to your other post! Sorry for the confusion.

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I'mThere!! (well for now)

Somehow this post ended up here rather than in answer to your other post! Sorry for the confusion.

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Small Media Room

Macdadtexas,just to add to your pain, and as an ex maggie owner and maggie lover who was there too, Audio Research+Magnepan=happiness. Just how long the happiness lasts is another question....

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I'mThere!! (well for now)

Macdadtexas,just to add to your pain, and as an ex maggie owner and maggie lover who was there too, Audio Research+Magnepan=happiness. Just how long the happiness lasts is another question....

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Digital love

System edited: I added an upsampler for the computer output. Seems to work very well with itunes.

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Digital love

Muralman1,me too. Hope you enjoy those cds.

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Digital love

Hi Muralman1,To answer your question the Trios are sublime. There is no fatigue at all. Quite the opposite. The only bad side effect is I now find it very difficult to listen to other s...

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Digital love

Hi Jasonparmenter,Thank you for the recommendations. I know the Lamms well. A very nice amp. I would like to stay SS though, even though I have had some very nice listening sessions on the 2.1 ...

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Digital love

Muralman1 you are a devil! Never say never, but I am fairly unlikely to go back to tube amps. Not only for the obvious problems but realistically I just dont have the space for them anymore.

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Digital love

Hi Muralman1,well I am no great expert but I am told a cascode (Cascade to cathode) is a 2 stage amp with a transconductance stage followed by a current buffer which means it has high input/out...

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Digital love

A new Model anyone?I have been lucky enough to be lent an Avantgarde Model 3 amplifier to try on my Avantgarde Trios. It is the start of my journey looking for more suitable amplification t...

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Apogee DIVA strikes back

Hi Flo,how are you getting on with the Goldmund? Do you like the sound?

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Digital love

Hi Mapman,Music CDs are ripped with read until right and stored on my hifi computer and/or transfered from other systems via firewire or USB drives/keys. I have been known to use my phone t...

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Digital love

Hi Mapman,computers in general are heaven and hell! When they work it is great, when they dont it is a lonely time consuming headache. Luckily these days they are a little more sorted out than ...

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Digital love

I have started the 1st phase of moving to a fully computer based system. This is mainly due to a friend of mine whose Hifi is at a crossroads and is on the search for a great new set up and he rene...

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Digital love

Vince,It seems you are dealing with that very delicate system synergy. Mess with it at your peril!On your originals, and not to labor the point but just as a general comment, I think yo...

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Digital love

Hi Vince,indeed! Funny you should mention it. I was close to doing one wall with a slightly more modern version of a Bradbury and Bradbury type print. I thought better of it.I would say...

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Digital love

Hi Vince,I guess if it aint broke dont fix it. I am unclear as to exactly what you are hearing with the new speaker, but I assume you have found some synergy with your old speakers.I do...

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Digital love

Vince,what was the situation with the cross over in the new speaker? ie Which caps/resistors/coils/wiring? Are you still using the Sprague originals?

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Digital love

Hi Vince,I am sorry to hear you didnt get on with the new speaker. I am sure there are several reasons for this and probably relatively easy to sort out if you had the mind to. Also dont forget...

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Digital love

Still finding myself messing around with the Trio placement. Well not really the Trio so much as the subs. I have found a good place for the subs where they seem to aline themselves better ...

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