Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Nag, nag, nag... ;-) posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Mapman, if you decided to change tacks, then you'd probably do it over a period of a couple of years. I've been very blessed financially lately and found myself able to make a lot of changes in qui... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Mapman, I think that most of the performance of the MPS-5 is equally spread between the transport, the proprietary DAC and the proprietary firmware. The firmware can extract the most out of the tra... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Yes Pierre, I have been busy. When the Rowland Continuum unexpectedly (for me anyway) hit the market, suddenly there was everything that I ever wanted in an intergrated available right down the str... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Mikeduke, so I assume that Transparent Music is a PD dealer. One more thing that they need to get out on a web site. My local dealer is interested. I personally know three to five likely buyers. posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...I know that I promised. I'll get to it this weekend.Dave posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Mikeduke, where'd you hear the Playback Designs, at Doc's place? It is truly amazing. The more I listen, the better it gets.Dave posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5I'm truly amazed at how quickly it "burn-in", it's more like "turn-on". Literally it sounded great out of the box and in under four-hours it jumped to incredible. Running it con... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5I think you mean that my wish list is beyond your expectations. If I didn't already own DVD-As I wouldn't care either.I also wish for HDMI I/O so that I can take that extra box universal pl... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Maybe I didn't make it clear, I have a universal player (three in fact); however, I'd rather have only one box, the MPS-5. BTW, I put a DVD-A in the MPS-5 to see what would happen, and it actually ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...System edited: I just added a Playback Designs MPS-5 CD/SACD player and upgraded all interconnects to Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval, with balanced from the MPS-5 to the Rowland Continuum 500. I'v... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS506-26-08: Oneobgyn said:"... would you not agree that DVD-A is ancient history"Just like my vinyl, I don't want to ditch my DVD-As. Also, I want to be able to record hi rez di... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Doctor's Rx-Wilson X-2, Lamm, PDS MPS5Oneobgyn said:."..the Playback Designs is more up to date and has the ability to accept literally every type of input with the ability to upgrade"Welcome to the PD MPS-5 club.... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Yes, agreed, the cost does need to come down. Even in our high end products, most of the parts are no longer that expensive. Oppo's shown how inexpensively a "pretty good" piece can be ma... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...The PD is supposed to ship on Monday. Hopefully that'll put it in the house by next weekend and I'll have over 150-hours on it by the following weekend.Alas my friend, I have no super hi re... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...I'm wondering if we're not now nearing a topping-out level for digital audio (famous last words). The sampling schemes seem to be finally pushing the limits of audibility. IF, that's a big if, the ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Power Factor Correction has taken the Rowland monos to a new level. I'm told that 501s+PFC gives the 312 a run for it's money.There's a review of the Playback Design here on A'gon, by Mike ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Thanks Chadeffect. Yes, you wouldn't want to say something so clear over in that thread with the tubies, which, after all, is a thread specifically asking for SS pre-amp suggestions.You rem... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...I'm just South of Denver.I'll have to seek out Cessaro. Maybe they'll be at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest next October. I'm going to give horns a very serious listen before my next upgrade.... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Very interesting Dgad. I'm a musician also and also have trouble loving most horns. I love their dynamic ease but I've yet to hear one without a midrange coloration that made it hard for me to enjo... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Interesting, if I apply those adjustments then it reduces the dip and reduces the steepness of the roll-off below 31.5Hz; however, that's not my meter. Mine is a later version with digital readout.... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Those readings were from the listening head-position taken with a Radio Shack SPL meter, set for fast response and C-weighting. I repeated the results once, giving the meter about 5-seconds to sett... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...System edited: At the request of a sceptic or two, I added a graph of the in-room response from 25hz to 200hz. I used that range because that's what's available on the Stereophile test CD. 20hz is ... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...Sleepysurf, I like your taste in furniture. In the first picture you can see a matching piece in the foyer, BTW filled with CDs, SACDs and DVD-As.Before the Sumiko Master Set I had them pul... posted over 16 years ago | View comment | |
Hi rez achieved while maintaining decor...No Keith, the armoire is actually integrated into the sonic picture. Apparently it's reinforcing the bass and by pulling the fronts of the speakers past the front of the armoire the imaging and mid... posted over 16 years ago | View comment |