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| which monoblock probably more suggestions than your interested in! :)i used surface wiring for all the amps and speakers. where "surface wiring" means no in wall interconnects and no in wall speaker cables. just cables on the floor. it keeps the runs a lot shorte... | |
| Lamm M 1.2 against Tenor 300 and Boulder 2060 I am biased. I have a Boulder 2050 system (the monoblocks). I have listened to the Halcro's, the big ARC's, the VTLs, ML mono's and others. When you get up into this territory of performance, the weakest link in the system will STANDOUT. In order ... | |
| Wadia 302 CD Player- Into power amp directly ? Many high end pre-amps due not employ a potentiometer as a volume control. Some use a high quality resistor ladder instead. So comaprisons have to be a little more detailed. | |
| AA capitole mk2 VS. Wadia 861 The bottom line is that you should really audition both. And frankly the auditions could go either way, based on the auditioning system and source material.In a system well beyond what most sane people would consider, i prefered the GNSC Wadia 861... | |
| SACD - Dying already? Twenty years, huh? Guess they never heard the terms "disruptive technology" or "Moore's Law". Twenty years ago (1984) the interner as we know it, didn't exist (and I had a room full of vinyl and a three head cassette deck). Twenty years from today... | |
| SACD - Dying already? There is no allure to recording in DSD. There is a multitude of small recording contractors using many different technologies. The fact that SACD is represented as one of the niche recording technologies is meaningless to this this discussion. It ... | |
| SACD - Dying already? They are both dead. Mass storage device based music systems will make physical media obsolete soon enough. Witness iPOD, and the steady advancements in Media PCs. This will be a boon to both the music industry (reduced distribution costs) and the ... | |
| Subwoofer placement i would go to great lengths NOT to place a subwoofer inside a cabinet/shelves with any electronics. placement off in a corner behind one of you front speakers would be WAY better. | |
| Wadia 861 digital output configurations ? The coax output on my 861se just worked out of the box. Feeding a Meridian 568 digital input. Obviously I don't actually use this for listening, but it worked without any configuration. | |
| EMM Labs on Bad Redbook Despite the obvious flaws in many older analog tape recordings (SN ratio, audience noise, splices, etc.), they may in fact capture the musical information of the event, and therefore be quite enjoyable.A poorly made digital recording, despite its ... | |
| EMM Labs on Bad Redbook my experience has been that the better the digital source (and accompanying system), the worse those discs sound. | |
| Abandonning Powered Speakers - Why? The best implementation is the Meridians, which use a proprietary interface. If the digitial interface to the speakers were standardized, seperate amps would eventually go the way of the dinosaur. Because then all the choices the audiophile craves... | |
| upgrading from cary 306-200 i recently sold my 306/200 and purchased a Wadia 861se. The Wadia has the GNSC Reference Level mods. Even without the mods, the Wadia was way ahead of the Cary in every way. The Wadia is also more than twice the Cary's price.I like the 306/200, it... | |
| Digital Preamp NO video switching The Meridian 568 lacks video switching (it does have an almost pointless S-video pass thru, merely to support its own on-screen setup and configuration menus). I never saw the point to video switching inside a pre-pro. Why introduce that noise, wh... | |
| How much better is Theta Cas 2 compared to Classe if you do upgrade your amp, or buy the new processor, don't skimp on the center channel, since this upgrade is for HT. If you go with the better DACs up front, use them for all three channels. Or, If you upgrade your amps up front, upgrade all thr... |