Mainly AnalogueI recently had the opportunity to audition the new Audio Note Fifth Element 3 piece Red Book digital plaer ($189,500) over a period of 4 days. While it is difficult to separate the sound of the sys... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI perhaps misspoke. SACD is higher resolution than CD but I was actually thinking about the downloads available through the internet. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueUnfortunately, I use the XDS1 strictly for playing Cd and SACD and not for hi-rez so I cannot speak to your question. Sorry. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Back To BlackWhat type of interconnect, speaker wire and power cords are you using in your system? I have had excellent luck with Jorma Prime and my friend with the Alexandria's is quite high on Nordost Odin. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Back To BlackNeedless to say, a gorgeous system! Nive to see that someone has mated a really world class amplifier with the Wilson speakers instead of the usual solid state monstrosities. I have a friend in Cal... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI had what I thought was a problem with the left channel of my EMM Labs XDS1 which resulted in a trip back to the factory for a thorough check out by the resident technical whiz Devin. Several thin... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueUnfortunately, it is time in use (actual play time) rather than age that determines the wear on the electrodes. I suspect that how high you run the tweeters may also have an impact. With respect to... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI hate to admit it but the power cord and interconnects that are attached to the tuner are worth more than the tuner, but these are necessary to extract the best sound frim the tuner. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemWere you able to get the new Stillpoints stand set up and if so, have you formed any initial impressions? posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueSeveral months ago, I had my vintage Yamaha CT7000 Tuner in the shop for periodic maintenance: replacement of leaking electrolytics caps, replacement of burned out lights, IEC connector instead of ... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueMy friend with the Ypsilon gear got a wild hair this weekend and decided to play with different isolation footers underneathe one of his Weizhi AC distribution boxes. Given that the box is extremel... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueIf there is a "Crowder Constant" it would be that if there is anything that can go wrong with my system, it will be when I have invited guests over to listen or perhaps, the greater the r... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueHave you ever encountered the law of unexpected consequences? I did some more listening to my system sans the Cabasse subs which had been sitting in the corners behind the main speakers. The high e... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueSystem edited: The Cabasse subwoofers have found a new home with an audiophile in Alice, Texas who has the space for them. They had been in the room but not hooked up for a period of time and it se... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mike Lavigne's SystemI think that as each of us approaches retirement, it does result in a change of our priorities. I have also reached the point where I am reluctant to invest more money in my system unless the chang... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemThe last time that I visited, you had the second Vibraplane but it was sitting out in the studio awaiting installation. I will be curious what you hear when you compare it to the Stillpoints rack. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemBased on your pictures, if I did not know better, I might think that you were a professional photographer. Great pictures and a really lovely turntable. posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueMy friend is currently using the smaller Ypsilon hybrid amps which are in my opinion very good. They are a significant improvement over the Edge monoblocks in all areas except bass control where th... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI visited my friend last night to listen to the Ypsilon phonostage. His system consists of a Rockport Acapella TT, Ypsilon electronics, Esoteric P03/D03/G0S and Avalon Isis speakers. He was kind en... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI am using the single ended Einstein phonostage, my friend is using the balanced version which s/b a bit better than mine. I should note that my friend is using the same cartridge as I use, the Ort... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueThings are a bit slow but a friend just received the Ypsilon step up and phonostage. He is waiting on better cables but has hooked it up with midline Crystal wire. He was previously using the top E... posted over 13 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI have recently substituted Shugang Treasure Series (black bottle) for the Western Electric tubes (a late production run) which I had been using for the last year. These tubes require a rather exte... posted almost 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueI am certainly sympathetic. Just be glad that your BAT's are not based around a circuit employing 300B's or 211's. I will be listening to alternatives to the Western Electric 300B's which I am curr... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Mainly AnalogueWell another expensive weekend. I spent about five hours listening to n.o.s. tubes for my amps, primarily VT25/10 and 10Y and rectifiers, primarily 5U4G and GB. As I have learned the box and stenci... posted about 14 years ago | View comment | |
Albert Porter's SystemHow did your group react to the new record clamp? posted about 14 years ago | View comment |