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Review: Music Vault Diamond Transport
Dear Dob,Your grain(y) sound definition doesn't really hold any water for me and I know you haven't heard a Music Vault Diamond just like Kdubious hasn't heard the Kaplan cables.There must be other forums on Audiogon that discuss the virtues or la... 
Review: Music Vault Diamond Transport
Hi Dob,Thank you for the nice compliment about my contributions to Audio. Clearly the sound of the Music Vault Diamond or any of my Music Vaults is not grainy. I don't have any other comment on that but to remind all the observers of this forum th... 
Review: Music Vault Diamond Transport
Hi Neal hear from Sound Science here. It is true that the Music Vault Diamond from 2009 is different than the Music Vault Diamond of 2013. The Diamond of 2013 uses a Solid State Hard Drive to hold all of the operating system and control software. ... 
DAC/PRE
The Zodiac Gold is one of the best sounding DAC Preamp combos out there. The Wyred4Sound DACs are quite boring to listen to in comparison.The Zodiac Gold has a precision stepped attenuator for the analog output volume control. It has a single ende... 
Computer output to DAC, which route?
Greetings,The on board digital outputs on the PC can playback all the sample rates from 16 44.1 to 24 192 except 24 176. Neither WASAPI or ASIO can fix that. The USB capability of USB 2.0 is limited only by the Driver your USB input DAC uses.The Z... 
Building a Music Server that will play all formats
Neal here from Sound Science.The Music Vault series of Servers solve all the problems you want to avoid in Digital Playback.I provide USB 3.0 for USB DACs on all the units but The Pearl is all you need to work with the Empirical Audio or other exc... 
DAC for Music Vault Diamond Server?
I have found the Zodiac Plus to be an outstanding DAC with the Music Vault Diamond, Retail is $2495, a number of my customers find it out performs the Berkley Alpha DAC.The Plus has what I call smile factor, whenever I play it I find myself smilin... 
Music Vault Diamond vs PS audio PWD/PWT
I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about the Music Vault Diamond. The Music Vault Diamond is a Server with a digital output that has a Dynamic Range of 142 dB. It is not a DAC but makes any DAC sound its best.Any Music Vault can easily ... 
Anyone heard the KIng Sound Princess II monitors?
Hi,I'm a King Sound Dealer in Denver and have a pair on Display.They are remarkable at their price point, all the air, detail and imaging of a speakers at 5 times the price.When I use the KRK Ergo with them either to integrate a sub-woofer or to f... 
Is anyone using Harbeth speakers with a sub-woofer
I'm the Harbeth dealer that DrDennis mentioned.I sell the KRK ERGO, this is a $499 box that will provide electronic crossover from 200 Hz down to what ever you want to cross your subs in at and the Harbeths. It comes with a microphone for adjustin... 
Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can
Hi Doug,Well I do make what I think are the worlds best sounding Music Servers, the Music Vault series, and I did design the worlds first columnar wave guide for a line source speaker that I built. Oh yeah in 1975 I converted the Jet Fighter coin ... 
Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can
I haven't tried them with that much variety as yet.I have heard them sound fabulous with a inexpensive Crown Power amp. Certainly they are great with the VAC gear and Musical Fidelity.They are a little sweeter with Tubes but much easier to drive w... 
Anyone own the King Sound "King" speaker that can
Well anyone out there that wants to hear the King or even the Princess II book shelf hybrid should contact me for a listen.Anyone who decides to get a pair of Kings will be happy indeed as the cost is sure to go up with time.Neal www.soundsciencec... 
The Hub: Your newbie wants a system?
Hi, Neal Van Berg here. I'm the designer and manufacturer of the Music Vault Servers. I confess that my servers cost more than if you started from scratch and built it yourself. On the other hand if you are not the DIY person and want a turn key s... 
Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use?
I think you are asking me how good the Music Vault One sounds.It sounds better than most CD players. I think you will find that your really crappy sounding CDs will sound pleasant enough through a Music Vault and your really good CDs better than y...