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Digital love
I have moved to a fully computer based set up as a source. No transport and none of those shiny disks any more.

The system has an open, huge soundstage, with very clean, tight bass that dives deep into two figure Hz.

The sound is very powerful and dynamic. Extremely detailed, but still warm, musical and believable and easy to listen to. With the right recording a reach out and touch holographic image and soundstage is possible.

I have been through quite a lot of equipment. I am and was a huge Audio Research fan for years, and I used their tube monos/preamps with great happiness.

I have pretty much always had planar speakers until recently. So I needed powerful amps to drive Magnepan2.6R/3.6R and Apogee Diva/Duetta sig etc.

I have moved to high sensitivity speakers in the form of the Avantgarde Trios now. This has enabled a move to very low powered SET amplifiers which has been great fun.

I have been searching for equipment that keeps the music free of colour and true to the recording. I believe you choose your source for its sound. The rest of the equipment should let the source do its magic as much as possible and get out of the way of the music.

Happy listening
Chadeffect  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-09-08
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03-10-09   "settings are very important, and sensitive..." ...   Muralman1

03-10-09   Hi mauralman1, yes it is quite a challenge to get that last ...   Chadeffect

03-11-09   Off axis is not quite so percussive and you loose some layer ...   Chadeffect

03-11-09   Yes, the room is everything when it comes to bass performanc ...   Muralman1

04-09-09   Hi, i have just recently purchased a dcs scarlatti stack my ...   Gfe

04-13-09   Hi geir, i use a pro firewire cable at the moment which is s ...   Chadeffect

05-22-09   Well i have finally got the trios set up to my liking. what ...   Chadeffect

05-28-09   Hi chad, the bel canto is really too much of an amp for horn ...   Muralman1

05-28-09   My gut is to agree with muralman. going lower power with ...   Mapman

05-30-09   Hi mapman and muralman1, i too was of the same opinion. if ...   Chadeffect

06-12-09   The ag never needed a tube amp , its the tube amp that needs ...   Esotheric

06-13-09   Hi esotheric, haha. i guess the symposium platform helps t ...   Chadeffect

06-20-09: Chadeffect
System edited: Finally added some power regeneration. Now that the PS audio is powerful enough and quiet enough, I felt it was time. I had the old 300w version many years ago and it was ok but it could not power what I was using at the time. The new PPP is a different story. A nice solution from a clever and forward thinking company.
Chadeffect  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


07-15-09   Still finding myself messing around with the trio placement. ...   Chadeffect

07-15-09   Hi chad, warming up for a big audio party here. this is with ...   Muralman1

07-17-09   Hi vince, i am sorry to hear you didnt get on with the new s ...   Chadeffect

07-17-09   Oh, how i wish that would be the case. i would have had to t ...   Muralman1

07-21-09   Vince, what was the situation with the cross over in the ne ...   Chadeffect

07-21-09   Changing all the caps, wiring, and resistors would not have ...   Muralman1

07-21-09   Hi vince, i guess if it aint broke dont fix it. i am unclea ...   Chadeffect

07-21-09   Hi chad, your room could use some bradbury and bradbury tra ...   Muralman1

07-22-09   Hi vince, indeed! funny you should mention it. i was close ...   Chadeffect

07-22-09   Ah chad, i believe you were sweeping system glitches out. my ...   Muralman1

07-23-09   Vince, it seems you are dealing with that very delicate syst ...   Chadeffect

07-23-09   Again, you are referencing your grazzled duettas. the natura ...   Muralman1

07-31-09   I have started the 1st phase of moving to a fully computer b ...   Chadeffect

07-31-09   Computers and audio are match made in heaven or hell, depend ...   Mapman

08-01-09   Hi mapman, computers in general are heaven and hell! when t ...   Chadeffect

08-01-09   How do you get music onto the nas? are you using a wired or ...   Mapman

08-02-09   Hi mapman, music cds are ripped with read until right and s ...   Chadeffect

08-12-09   A new model anyone? i have been lucky enough to be lent an ...   Chadeffect

08-13-09   Hi chad, i am glad you are having fun, and i am even more gl ...   Muralman1

08-13-09   Hi muralman1, well i am no great expert but i am told a casc ...   Chadeffect

08-13-09   No set tube amp in the future?   Muralman1

08-13-09   Muralman1 you are a devil! never say never, but i am fairly ...   Chadeffect

09-09-09   Yo chadeffect, so what are you thinking about the horns now? ...   Muralman1

09-09-09   Hi chadeffect i would recommend the lamm ml2.1 set amplifie ...   Jasonparmenter

09-09-09   Hi jasonparmenter, thank you for the recommendations. i kno ...   Chadeffect

09-09-09   Hi muralman1, to answer your question the trios are sublime. ...   Chadeffect

09-09-09   I only wish i lived close enough to be counted on as a frien ...   Muralman1

09-10-09   Muralman1, me too. hope you enjoy those cds.   Chadeffect

10-18-09   System edited: i added an upsampler for the computer output. ...   Chadeffect

12-20-09   System edited: just added a little more room correction in t ...   Chadeffect

01-07-10   System edited: i am now using the weiss int202 firewire inte ...   Chadeffect

01-07-10   It is impossible to know what you are listening to, chad. i ...   Muralman1

01-08-10   Hi muralman1, i have noticed some small things that i felt ...   Chadeffect

01-08-10   Hows your server sounding compared to cd transport. you hav ...   Mapman

01-08-10   Hi mapman, i have an older dcs transport. not the new scarl ...   Chadeffect

01-08-10   Chad, disk files are just better source for digital audio s ...   Mapman

01-08-10   Hi mapman, the joys of the 2010. unfortunately it is the mu ...   Chadeffect


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