mikewdc
Responses from mikewdc
| The New PS Audio PWD MKII The DAC is wonderful. The Bridge, eLyric, and EMM, in my opinion, were brought to market before they were ready and continue to be too difficult to use without a lot of frustration. I also have no desire to run my library from a PC. I've stopped u... | |
| Harbeth SHL5 placement Thanks for your responses. If I were to place the speakers on the short wall, what do you think is a reasonable maximum distance for the listening position? | |
| Harbeth SHL5 placement Oops, you are correct. I'll try to fix it. | |
| Tube Fireworks Thanks for the replies. I was some pretty serious fireworks throughout the tube. I did try another tube which is working fine, so it does appear to just be a bad tube. Had never seen anything like it before though, so I thought it best to ask the ... | |
| Budget DVD Player Recommendation Can you take the coax or toslink digital out from the Denon or Oppo models and go directly to an outboard DAC? Thanks! | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? Thanks for all the excellent advice that I have come to know from A'gon. These SP 1/2's are originals too (not E, not R, etc.). I bought them used in 1999. I had first heard Spendors about 10 years prior to that (no idea what model they were, but ... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? I will try some auditioning. I suspect that I might find the new amplifier (which I've not yet received) may also have a significant impact. Who knows, maybe it doesn't get any better than the SP 1/2's--that's not a bad thing!Goheelz, thanks for t... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? I think maybe Mlsstl has hit the nail on the head. That is, I'm not sure what I'm after because the speakers I have are the only ones I've spent a lot of time listening to. None of my friends have systems to speak of. I guess what I'm hoping is th... | |
| Upgrade from Spendor SP 1/2, what's next? Thanks for the responses so far. I would peg budget at no more that $5k and I'm a big believer in buying used (which is the best part of audiophile disease--let someone else take the first hit on the depreciation, hehe). Like I said, I do love the... | |
| Cayin a88t mods Wow, interesting perspective! | |
| Cayin TA-30, Tube causing smoke It's a very strange situation. There is one of the Siemens that is quite content in that slot and does not smoke. All bias fine and amp sounds great. A real mystery. | |
| which output from SONOS to outboard DAC? Shazam,Seems like we are roughly in the same phase of our "audiophile journey" LOL! Prior to getting the PWD, I was outputting the stock SONOS to a fully modded TAD pre-amp to a fully modded Cayin TA-30 (mods by Paul G of Tube Audio Design). I hav... | |
| which output from SONOS to outboard DAC? Thanks all for your responses. Always appreciate your thoughtful advice, Shazam! Actually this is a stop-gap measure until I get my PerfectWave DAC and then, the Bridge/Lens that will make it a music server. | |
| USB DACs with 24/192 via USB It seems from reading the above that, in terms of ethernet connections, wireless is considered better than wired. Why is that? Is it simply so that one can place the computer/nas/etc further away from the audio equipment? | |
| EL34 differences in air & stage depth? No, no Ghosthouse, you didn't do that. I was really just referring to my own naivety. Got them on eBay (of course) from a guy in England. He has an eBay store -- search for Langrex. If you can tell me more about the tubes, that would be great. |