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1: 27 Modern speakers (9.10)
Posted by 6eye on 2009-02-01, 06:45:54 (96.236.148.93)
worth a look .......
2: My 27 preamp that I built. . (9.10)
Posted by John PA on 2007-07-11, 16:40:40 (71.210.23.198)
A friend, Lincoln, built a beautifl low profile rosewood case and on that I have two globe 27's, custom output transformers and power supply caps. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Bala .......
3: Your $1000 bonus check is here... Now what? (8.49)
Posted by Victor Khomenko on 1999-08-14, 07:42:51 (216.158.7.57)
What are your first thoughts? New M14 or a new Nordost? Me? I am a good husband so I think fur coats, diamonds, kitchen remodeling... Yep, that's me... Besides, you can always snick that SW99 easily i .......
4: Re: Your $1000 bonus check is here... Now what? (8.34)
Posted by Doc B. on 1999-08-14, 10:37:22 (209.20.170.133)
"He's got 27 (yes, 27) Arisakas in his collection" Heck, the gun shops around here have collections of Arisakas nearly that big...a true sleeper, nobody seems to want them. .......
5: Pioneer Elite "sc" receiver choice (8.06)
Posted by Kidomaha on 2014-09-13, 14:33:36 (73.176.123.68)
Hi all. I am in the market to purchase a new home theater receiver. I have decided to go with a pre-owned Pioneer Elite brand but I'm not sure which one I should pick. The available options are: SC-27 .......
6: Well mine is quite different, but maybe because of the quality of the speakers for the money. (8.04)
Posted by jnr on 2011-10-10, 12:47:05 (12.51.41.234)
Speakers 14% Amp 27% Preamp 27% SUT 4% Turntable 23% Cables 5% .......
7: Wadia 27 V.S. Theta Gen VIII (8.02)
Posted by Musicman159 on 2004-10-16, 06:29:00 (69.208.127.166)
I own a "vanilla" Wadia 27 which I am running direct to a pair of Threshold T400 amps. I have been reading the limited information on the Theta Gen. VIII and one thing that attracks me to it is the fa .......
8: Re: What is the age range? : 27 (7.94)
Posted by Brian on 2000-07-21, 13:25:04 (199.173.225.2)
I'm 27 and started enjoying high-quality audio after hearing my cousins' audio equipment at age 23? They are now 29. I'm shocked to see so many young 'audiophiles'. Brian Uffer .......
9: 27 dollars!?! (7.44)
Posted by bdiament on 2004-05-09, 15:39:05 (68.192.130.157)
Hi BRM, 27 dollars!?! I remember the first blank CD-Rs for the first burner I saw (the $15,000 Yamaha) going for $75 a pop. And a few weeks ago, I re-stocked on Taiyo Yuden blanks at 34 cents apiece. .......
10: I think we're a "key demographic" -- kinda like the '27 club' (7.44)
Posted by mhardy6647 on 2015-12-31, 06:21:50 (75.69.134.146)
'cept, of course, still alive and kicking... Something about the 1970s... :-) .......
11: Current condtions in my area: (7.38)
Posted by ronin524 on 2003-03-29, 22:14:37 (169.207.86.252)
Current condtions in my area: 27 º Fair Hi: 34 Lo: 19 Feels Like: 27 º Dewpoint: 21º Barometer: 30.28 in and steady Wind: calm Humidity: 76% .......
12: London High Fidelity Show March 27+28 / 2010 (7.30)
Posted by DDC on 2010-02-25, 22:16:46 (188.49.92.230)
I would like to know if the coming London Heathrow show on the 27 and 28 March , will be good enough as the previous Hi-Fi Shows , I will fly over 6 hours to attend and want to be sure it worth it . t .......
13: RE: amazing no digital channels over the air? My widescreen panel is really old, but it still has a digital tuner (7.16)
Posted by Inmate51 on 2012-06-28, 07:24:14 (173.74.203.171)
Hey Bullethead, get one of those "converter" boxes. They're only about $40, and you'll get all the TV stations you used to get before the FCC mandated digital-only broadcasting, and then some. I used .......
14: I found their TV unacceptable when shopping yesterday... (7.07)
Posted by DunninLA on 2002-12-04, 17:41:00 (4.47.250.133)
I need a 27 inch for the office, so went to circuit city and best buy. The Apex 27" $350 Apex flat screen did not have as good a picture and the JVC curved screen 27" for $299. I asked why and was tol .......
15: --->>> Mark Levinson 26+27.5 vs 383 <<<---- (6.99)
Posted by sergiop on 2002-04-12, 15:27:55 (151.29.237.79)
I am considering to look for a pre+power ML 26 + 27.5 or a ML 383 integrated amplifier. Could you please advice me which is the best choice? thanks in advance sergio .......
16: Re: On the whole it's a good magazine...but (6.86)
Posted by Robert Deutsch on 2004-04-28, 06:31:03 (130.63.134.98)
Posted by RGA (A) on April 27, 2004 at 22:40:33 In Reply to: Why I like Stereophile posted by NGeorge on April 27, 2004 at 09:15:03: Like him or not Pierre Trudeau would have made a fine critic. And .......
17: Reviews I Wrote For AudioWeb Dating Back To 1999 (6.84)
Posted by ka7niq on 2005-10-07, 06:01:46 (71.101.3.210)
Someone told me AudioWeb was going out of Business. I sure hope not. Here are 27 short reviews that I posted on AudioWeb dating back to 1999. .......
18: Perhaps some enterprising company can figure out a use for this material (6.67)
Posted by AAG on 2014-09-04, 12:55:57 (104.49.124.169)
Sound absorption with minimal thickness. .......
19: This, is. too. funny. (6.64)
Posted by alan m. kafton on 2014-01-27, 16:31:44 (68.109.180.225)
Lorde! Or should I say Lord-y.... .......
20: Adding dB (6.62)
Posted by jbmcb on 2006-02-02, 10:48:23 (12.148.60.177)
I posted below how to add dB. If you're still confused: 19 + 19 + 26 If you add two of the same dB figures together, you just cheat and add 3, so 19db + 19dB = 22dB. Doing the math, 22dB + 26dB = 27.5 .......
21: Could be worse… (6.57)
Posted by b.l.zeebub on 2011-05-01, 02:04:50 (82.36.89.121)
…you could own a Playstation. .......
22: RE: Wow!! ESS Transtatic 1 speakers! (6.56)
Posted by docw on 2009-02-03, 17:12:58 (162.119.232.100)
I had fun, too, until the infamous failure of the panels started to occur overnight. I had a "friend" (who later deceived me) mod the speakers to use KEF T-27 tweeters and 6 db sloped crossovers, mod .......
23: Re: --->>> MARK LEVINSON pre 28 <<<--- (6.54)
Posted by Jim Saxon on 2002-04-14, 10:11:17 (196.40.3.40)
The No. 28 was built from 1990 to 1994 and the No. 27.5 was offered from 1992 to 1995. Being of the same vintage, they should match well together. However, if you can find a No. 38S at a decent price, .......
24: Re: Please help! Electrocompaniet AW 100 or Mark Levinson ML No. 29? (6.49)
Posted by Drew on 2000-12-31, 10:52:14 (24.218.137.30)
Enzo, I have not heard either amp, however if finances permit, my recommendation would be to hold out for a ML 27.5 I bought one about a month ago, and it is the finest amp I have owned, better than t .......
25: "One way to think of New York City is as a vast complex of towering speaker cabinets..." (6.45)
Posted by musetap on 2017-11-25, 20:32:59 (108.78.253.140)
Mention of the always photogenically fabulous looking Oswalds Mill Audio. And... audiophiles. .......
26: Re: anyone familiar with the old Levinson No 23 amp? (6.36)
Posted by Drew on 2001-01-12, 16:51:58 (24.218.137.30)
I sold one about 2 months ago, after owning it for 5 years. It's an excellent all-round amp, improved somewhat in the 23.5 version (typically $800-1000 more used). I sold mine for $2000 and purchased .......
27: Well this is surprising (not) (6.34)
Posted by RGA on 2016-05-11, 22:34:05 (115.160.152.66)
Obama's statements by ruling (75% truth) True (21%) Mostly True (27%) Half True (27%) Mostly False (12%) False (12%) Pants on Fire (2%) Trump's statements by ruling (76% of statements false or worse) .......
28: The very first 2018 Toyota Camry is at a Dealership! (6.32)
Posted by tincup on 2017-06-10, 06:09:38 (98.18.144.46)
The very first 2018 Toyota Camry is at Toyota of Naperville in Chicago, Illinois. .......
29: Sued Everything Using the "Monster" Name....... (6.31)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2018-01-05, 20:54:30 (24.255.4.240)
Even the Green Monster at Fenway Park...... .......
30: Ukulele master.... (6.30)
Posted by alan m. kafton on 2009-04-27, 13:36:13 (68.3.73.243)
....with a love of both classical repertoire and traditional Hawaiian, doing what he loved. RIP. .......
31: Considering the content... (6.26)
Posted by taco on 2000-09-23, 09:41:22 (209.176.43.135)
I read the thread and didn't see much of a problem, at first. The only part that is questionably is mentioning the particular vendor. But, I'm splitting hairs there. Anyway, contextually, we all know .......
32: That's good. Now, if you want to hear the lowest fundamentals reached by pianos - or even organs... (6.23)
Posted by willkayakforfood on 2013-03-15, 20:22:06 (70.58.90.114)
...you'll have to go even lower! :) For hearing the full range of a piano (even without considering something like a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand with its 97 keys), you'll need to reach somewhere below .......
33: The "Broadcast Flag" -- Newest depredation (6.16)
Posted by clarkjohnsen on 2003-11-02, 10:35:37 (206.243.39.17)
Our brave new world... .......
34: Re: 27, music lover since birth, audiophile since 1995. (6.15)
Posted by SET Man on 2004-10-19, 18:17:55 (151.205.110.26)
I'm 27 and got started in stereo in 1995 with the Advent Baby II and cheap JVC reciever. Than.. well, the rest is history. But really I'm a twenty-somthing guy and among my peers I'm the strange one. .......
35: George Jones passed away today at 81. (6.14)
Posted by jea48 on 2013-04-26, 12:22:18 (173.28.177.136)
Sad day..... .......
36: RIP Joe Mannix Mike Connors. (6.12)
Posted by Michael Samra on 2017-01-27, 01:00:51 (97.95.43.235)
We lost a 2nd great actor from the 60s. First MTM,now Mike Conners. .......
37: Re: used tuner from ebay will run you like $30 ... (6.11)
Posted by Aroc on 2003-02-12, 13:57:02 (208.178.45.130)
I tried a bargain basement tuner from ebay. I think it was all of $27/shipped (or something close). It was a vintage sansui (I forget the model at the moment). My friend was right it sounds pretty goo .......
38: Herb Jeffries the Bronze Buckaroo: Interesting Life (6.11)
Posted by middleground on 2014-05-27, 03:13:28 (67.213.89.195)
Never heard of him before, but anyone who had a hit with Ellington must have been doing something right. .......
39: Death Of The Home Stereo System (6.07)
Posted by geezerrocket on 2015-02-22, 10:34:52 (50.249.109.154)
I found this article on CNN and thought I would post it. .......
40: Re: Importance of components in chain (6.04)
Posted by Tom Gobba on 2004-06-03, 08:47:05 (192.11.222.118)
Pretty close in terms of $Dollar: Here is sample of $18,500.00 system, I may have: Speakers: 27% ($5000) Room setup (treatment): 27% ($5000) Pre-amplifier: 11% ($2000) Amplifier: 16% ($3000) CD player .......
41: According to CJ ... (6.03)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-11-07, 11:11:12 (216.140.254.129)
I called up Conrad Johnson's Marketing Director in New York to ask him precisely this question -- I told him I have a Wadia 27 which can be run directly into an amp and do I need a preamp ? I expected .......
42: Anybody know of Sandy Ruby/Tech HiFi? (6.00)
Posted by nyctc7 on 2008-11-28, 17:46:52 (162.83.232.199)
Interesting obit, but I never heard of him or the company--I started getting into stereos right around the time his company folded. Still, as a NYC resident, I'm surprised that I never heard of it. :: .......
43: Yes! Lossless compression for iTunes/iPod (5.99)
Posted by Stephen on 2004-04-28, 18:05:36 (203.51.30.200)
I'm downloading it now ... Stephen .......
44: RE: Best Buy takes a deeper dive into audio (5.93)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2022-12-18, 19:06:56 (73.229.163.4)
We have a couple BB Magnolia stores but they're in the bigger cities. The smaller community BB don't have them here. I remember seeing McIntosh, Krell, Martin Login but it's been a while since I visit .......
45: MO from MA to OR took 3 days... (5.93)
Posted by Adriel on 2003-01-18, 15:57:01 (209.102.127.230)
That's pretty stingy. What bearing does $20 have on $575? Yesterday I paid $27.91 shipping for speakers that sold for $100, and I paid for the shipping on my end, which means I brought in $72.09 and a .......
46: Re: Americans can't afford free trade. (5.92)
Posted by tubedude on 2006-12-04, 07:56:18 (135.245.8.37)
In the big cities of China, a skilful worker usaully can make average from 1000 - 3000 Yan a month, is about say 2000/(20x8) = US$1.6 per hr. This is about 56-fold increased from 27 years ago (before .......
47: I have a recommendation, based on my experience (5.89)
Posted by Ray Kimber on 2005-02-06, 12:52:29 (65.122.119.241)
Hi, I really!! like the Headroom Max, does a great job, link below. This experience is from using it for mastering, using top models of Sony, Sennheiser, Grado, Beyer, Ultrasone and AKG headphones. Al .......
48: RE: Ah, the site's evolving before our very eyes, but one thing... (5.75)
Posted by Rod M on 2007-05-20, 15:04:29 (204.94.81.82)
I realize that Alert Moderator can seem a bit lonely all by itself, but there is a reason. This line is an active piece of code and it changes. For example, if it's your post it might read: [ Alert Mo .......
49: you are very negative, do not forget USA has Apple, Google (5.73)
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on 2011-08-25, 09:06:27 (109.47.246.76)
Ford, Boing, Caterpillar, Hollywood, Intel, to name a few. USA just needs to export more from the smaller companies. I saw a new company in Georgia making chopsticks and exporting them to China. See l .......
50: Re: Headroom.............. (5.73)
Posted by Omega14:6 on 2003-01-29, 11:01:12 (207.34.102.197)
Any good system will not have a headphone jack. One less thing to perserve the "sound" You need to buy a "Headphone Amp" and plug it into the "Tape Out". Here is a great place to buy Headphone Amps. T .......
51: Even funnier :-) (5.67)
Posted by Rick W on 2014-01-24, 13:07:19 (71.187.40.191)
You just proved my point. You can't grasp the *wretched* aspect of wretched excess. What's next, using the "its all relative" rap to claim melba toast is wretched excess to starving South Sudanese? He .......
52: Re: 37 bids! its up to $27! nt (5.61)
Posted by EL Cheapo on 2002-04-11, 13:00:45 (65.209.208.99)
f .......
53: First Barney now "Chester" is gone!!!! (5.53)
Posted by dwill123 on 2006-02-27, 11:31:04 (198.23.5.11)
This was not a good weekend if you were into 60's TV. First Barney Fife a.k.a. Don Knotts died. Now Gunsmoke's "Chester" Dennis Weaver is dead at 81. (also don't want to forget Darren McGavin either). .......
54: Re: TacT RSC 2.0 works with subs (5.51)
Posted by Drew on 2000-12-24, 10:49:49 (24.218.137.30)
I have had the RCS for about 6 months. I'm using it in a room which is 10' X 17', until I save up for my ultimate audio room addition. I'm using it with a Mark Levinson 27.5 amp (I've also used a Pass .......
55: It Came Today [Wed Sept 27] nt (5.47)
Posted by Jeff Starr on 2000-09-27, 20:32:11 (4.4.10.20)
. .......
56: Sony 27"Wega/Pioneer DV333 (nt) (5.47)
Posted by D.C.E. on 2000-12-21, 09:22:51 (204.119.27.27)
>>> .......
57: Speaking of money to burn... (5.47)
Posted by Enophile on 2008-04-21, 08:39:07 (71.130.238.134)
Check out the equivalent of someone in the wine world: Chinese tycoon pays 500,000 dollars for 27 bottles of wine. "The client bought 12 bottles of Romanee Conti 1978, two bottles of the 1961, 1966, 1 .......
58: I have 27 User Id's with Audiogon....... (5.45)
Posted by Steven on 2007-05-15, 17:16:56 (74.96.67.17)
They won't get me!! .......
59: RE: How many Audiophiles (5.42)
Posted by The Dill on 2019-06-23, 05:26:24 (24.22.117.64)
Worldwide - 27,465,985 .......
60: Musical power amp for Audiolab 8000Q? (5.42)
Posted by Flautist on 2001-11-04, 03:37:01 (217.34.245.196)
I would appreciate advice on a power amp to go with an Audiolab 8000Q pre-amp. At present I am using an Audiolab 8000P and I like the clarity and good dynamics but I'm sure the sound could be warmer a .......
61: Re: Opinions please on 5-ch. amps? (5.42)
Posted by Michael Frankel (SayItRealFast) on 2000-01-03, 11:12:43 (209.224.167.3)
>Posted by GM on December 27, 1999 at 15:55:35: > > In Reply to: Re: Opinions please on 5-ch. amps? posted by Michael >Frankel (SayItRealFast) on December 27, 1999 at 15:34:45: > > Can you provide a l .......
62: BTW Married 27 years, 3 kids, 24m, 17f, 5m. (5.37)
Posted by GTF on 2000-03-19, 19:29:56 (216.164.254.244)
no more .......
63: Ha - finally an advantage to being in the U.K.! (5.36)
Posted by Chris W on 1999-11-30, 14:40:30 (12.11.158.133)
I got it from amazon.co.uk for 27 pounds delivered. .......
64: You did'nt here it from me but... (5.36)
Posted by howard on 2001-10-20, 01:03:51 (63.53.174.54)
27 Oct@1900 hrs is showtime. I'll be at work so tell me what they're like. .......
65: Tried a Levinson 27.5 and biamping with Linn LK100's n/m (5.36)
Posted by Cannastra on 2004-03-13, 11:08:38 (209.226.107.16)
nm .......
66: Re: Amen... (5.36)
Posted by caa on 1999-10-01, 13:48:53 (130.245.14.20)
hate to spoil this, but it's shown roughly that in a group of about 27 people or more, at least 2 will have the same birthday. .......
67: 27 plus the real AA. (nt) (5.31)
Posted by Rod M on 2001-11-26, 18:57:29 (204.94.81.82)
28 if you count the defunct Classical Court. You're right too many. .......
68: my 27 year old Technics turntable... (5.31)
Posted by kuma on 2003-01-28, 22:54:24 (12.247.146.153)
and Super Radiotron tubes. .......
69: I was going to buy these with some of the 27 Million I'm expecting from a Nigerian guy (nt)!! (5.31)
Posted by Maprik on 2004-01-07, 11:16:48 (12.225.187.108)
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70: yep (5.31)
Posted by Awe-d-o-file on 2014-11-04, 16:27:40 (74.47.220.183)
I had a 27 w/component ins, weighed a lot. ET .......
71: same here. my last cd purchase was over 27 years ago. nt (5.31)
Posted by bouncy ball on 2022-06-30, 19:11:51 (70.68.233.188)
. .......
72: Pretty sure it involves if 6 was 9 divided by the 3rd Stone ... (5.31)
Posted by musetap on 2023-08-11, 16:05:42 (108.192.16.34)
with 27 factored in. .......
73: You could establish common ground before fighting over apples and oranges. (5.31)
Posted by Dave VH on 2000-02-24, 14:27:45 (63.194.80.83)
Did you ever think of asking what he means by "deep bass"??? Or even stating how you define the term? Or even reading his comments carefully enough to know which speakers he was referring to? At least .......
74: Additional tubes headphone output amp with my 27 linestage preamp. [nt] (5.29)
Posted by Kurt Strain on 2000-12-22, 21:40:47 (209.204.136.211)
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75: Try petew..... (5.26)
Posted by Rod M on 1999-08-14, 08:28:12 (204.94.81.82)
>>>Any audiophile out there with 27 of identical anything in a collection? He just might have that many copies of Court and Spark and I hear that he calls each one by name. .......
76: Re: Whats your age? When did music reproduction begin to hit? (5.26)
Posted by calloway on 2005-08-05, 06:49:45 (206.229.248.251)
...58.....27 .......
77: You're (5.26)
Posted by kavakidd on 2008-12-28, 16:34:11 (205.188.116.141)
good - that's 3.27 times as far as you need. "Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain .......
78: A greater tragedy IMO is losing Amy Whitehouse at 27. nt (5.26)
Posted by andyr on 2012-02-11, 23:44:18 (120.148.114.16)
. .......
79: Re: Off-Topic: Suggestions For TVs? (5.26)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2003-02-24, 12:35:24 (12.253.200.214)
We've owned Sony, Mitsubishi, and Hitachi. The 25" Hitachi was purchased by my parents in the early 1980's and was only recently replaced by my 10 year old 27" Sony XBR that I gave to them last summer .......
80: 27 and counting! (nt) (5.25)
Posted by Dan Steely on 2000-07-21, 06:16:56 (213.46.124.145)
nt .......
81: Help! I got hum in my system. (5.22)
Posted by Ktem on 2013-07-27, 19:59:38 (108.52.163.158)
Wish I could quote more. >Reports started trickling in during the 1950s from people who had never heard anything unusual before; suddenly, they were bedeviled by an annoying, low-frequency humming, th .......
82: September 26, 27 and 28 (5.22)
Posted by bwkendall on 2003-07-01, 15:15:48 (64.170.172.58)
send me an email and I'll give you the whole rundown. .......
83: Pardon but, it’s $7.27 per ounce not pound which would be $116.32 or did you mean silver alloys? (5.21)
Posted by cfb on 2005-09-23, 14:45:11 (65.41.63.218)
No Text. .......
84: RE: September 27 is Cassette Store Day (5.21)
Posted by tesla on 2014-09-27, 07:10:49 (108.253.181.30)
My daughters birthday, she'll be thrilled .......
85: RE: 27 replies before the obvious double entendre reared (ahem) etc. and so forth (5.21)
Posted by B. Scarpia on 2021-06-28, 12:37:10 (97.82.221.142)
Ghost wins! .......
86: RE: Survey on States (5.21)
Posted by dbphd on 2023-02-25, 03:17:04 (68.108.254.250)
Montecito, CA (AKA Santa Barbara) last 27 years .......
87: Re: I'd have to say... (5.21)
Posted by John-from Seattle on 2000-08-24, 22:29:53 (168.191.238.44)
That my 27 year old Sansui speakers don't seem so old after all... :-) John. .......
88: Re: A Poll (5.17)
Posted by Grillcloth on 2003-10-23, 08:51:37 (152.163.252.5)
1. 27 2. none. I just listen for at least 30 mins. a day. 3. 4% not including inflation 4. When something comes along that really excites me. 5. speakers 6. see 5. 7. 6 .......
89: Patrick Meanor (5.16)
Posted by Charlie S in Maryland on 2004-05-01, 16:45:54 (66.217.129.55)
Fanfare 27, 5 May-Jun 2004, pp 71-74. .......
90: RE: Getting house rewired including dedicated audio. (5.16)
Posted by Rod M on 2014-04-10, 12:53:17 (204.94.81.82)
12 gauge for 27 cents a foot. .......
91: excuse me, but.... (5.16)
Posted by dex on 2000-02-07, 18:29:17 (12.78.173.176)
...how do I get past the front page?...is 9:27 PM ET and the page is not running.. thanx .......
92: Actually I Get 30 issues for $27.95 including a donation!!! (nt) (5.14)
Posted by Ripped_off on 2001-07-20, 21:47:33 (165.247.40.34)
nt .......
93: Found one today! (5.14)
Posted by JHFER on 1999-04-22, 10:16:45 (193.126.86.225)
In the tread: Good and cheap integrated for a small room. - Dmitry 20:27:22 4/14/99 (10) Re: Good and cheap integrated for a small room. - ART V 05:47:11 4/17/99 (0) used Anthem Int-1 - ken m 13:04:34 .......
94: My 27 yr old daughter calls that oldies...(nt) (5.12)
Posted by mkuller on 2018-01-09, 20:39:50 (73.189.124.124)
(nt) .......
95: Go to David Lewis Audio. Also,... (5.11)
Posted by 9fold on 2004-03-25, 12:24:56 (67.24.222.141)
...if you can get over to Willow Grove (exit 27 on the PA Turnpike), stop by Soundex. .......
96: I am, I am ---- (5.11)
Posted by kavakidd on 2004-07-31, 11:18:24 (152.163.252.99)
your experience mirrors mine almost exactly - except for the teenagers - my sons are 29 and 27 and, thankfully, on their own. "If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving's probably not for you". :: .......
97: I feel the same about my 586 (5.11)
Posted by E-Stat on 2006-02-22, 15:34:42 (24.99.71.139)
The Colt Combat Target stays hidden. Then there's the Remington Model 27... rw .......
98: The odds of one getting the winning numbers is the same as flipping a coin... (5.11)
Posted by Mr. Dick Hertz on 2012-03-29, 13:36:55 (66.75.8.80)
...and having it come up heads. 27 times in a row. .......
99: RE: Equipment Dusting (5.11)
Posted by suretyguy on 2017-08-04, 11:06:14 (69.180.152.83)
Egads! 27 posts-and apparently counting! Did you have any idea your request would generate this much response? .......
100: RE: Simaudio 820S, Part 27 (5.11)
Posted by Krav Maga on 2023-09-27, 03:35:32 (24.162.126.158)
Obviously, Luminator is not a minimalist in his approach to hi-fi, or writing, for that matter. :-) .......
101: Glad to hear it; unfortunately KKJZ is 2900 miles away from me (5.11)
Posted by Rob Doorack on 2007-06-04, 06:39:34 (204.117.78.97)
And I can't get a webcast in my car. Here in Connecticut we have 27 HD channels. Clear Channel owns 10 of them, CBS owns 7, Marlin, Cumulus, and Buckley own 2 each, and Cox owns one. The last channel .......
102: Re: Wadia in bankruptcy? (5.10)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-28, 07:59:09 (216.140.254.129)
Damn I just bought a Wadia 27 and was hoping to have it upgraded to the ix version. Oh well. .......
103: Yep it's at the Regal Hotel Kowloon Oct 26/27/28 (nt) (5.08)
Posted by Des on 2001-08-17, 13:40:03 (216.252.151.34)
nt .......
104: Re: What " NEAR " Hi End system can one get for $ 999.99 ? (5.08)
Posted by adnut on 2001-10-30, 13:32:08 (198.81.17.188)
It is for a 27 x 15 x 10 room. .......
105: I can run 3 miles in 19 mins (5.08)
Posted by Grillcloth on 2003-10-22, 05:17:03 (64.12.96.9)
and a 5 sec. 440. I'm 27 now and could not do that in highschool. I need to work on my upper body. I'd say I'm in okay shape. .......
106: Hey Dude!!! I am 27 and... (5.06)
Posted by *Michael Z* on 2007-07-29, 14:41:31 (68.9.189.213)
If you can stand these old curmudgeons, there is a lot to be learned! Nice to see some youth, sometime I swear I am the only one... Mike "use your ears" Z .......
107: Confirmed: Amy Winehouse is dead at 27, same age as many other famous artists who died of drug overdoses nt (5.06)
Posted by Elizabeth on 2011-07-23, 10:20:42 (65.28.186.225)
. .......
108: More 1982 Petrus is consumed each day in Las Vegas than was ever produced in total. (5.06)
Posted by Enophile on 2014-01-31, 12:26:40 (162.17.93.34)
It seems there were also about 27 million people at Woodstock. .......
109: Re: Reference amp for speaker testing? (5.06)
Posted by busybusy on 2000-10-06, 13:23:30 (216.35.114.168)
Look for a ML 27, or ML23.5, or ML 331, or some of the Krell200S, should all be within $3000. .......
110: good point, however... (5.04)
Posted by TylerB on 2001-04-27, 07:57:07 (208.153.11.100)
Point taken, but... I seriously doubt that anyone on the forum would get any use out of my reviews of my current home theater equipment... -$200 poineer DD/DTS rcvr -$80/pair 10-year-old discontinued .......
111: Re: mail it to me then? address enclosed. (5.02)
Posted by johnny a. on 2003-04-22, 05:38:58 (206.15.153.193)
somers correctional institute,enfield ct. 084493, block #6, cell 27,bunk #3. .......
112: Re: I'm 27 y/o and I agree... (5.02)
Posted by rhizomatic on 2003-08-22, 06:43:06 (128.252.39.161)
though I guess my agreement goes without saying. Audiopolous is 24, so if we could just figure out a way for him to post before SET man, we could go straight down the line, I bet... .......
113: I've read your post 27 times and conclude it represents all you know about audio (5.02)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2005-11-30, 08:39:05 (209.104.141.158)
NT = Not Thinking = your specialty .......
114: RE: HD Cable Music (5.02)
Posted by IEaudiodude on 2013-12-03, 09:17:13 (172.6.10.217)
Her name is Tal Wilkenfeld ,she looks like jail bait but she's actually 27 years old. I don't know much about her but I like her style,she blends well with Beck :^) .......
115: thus the popularity of LCD TV's (5.02)
Posted by richardl on 2014-11-04, 13:21:53 (70.89.113.177)
He cannot move it at all. I had a 120lb. 27" monitor with a decent picture. Kinda big and super heavy. .......
116: Sorry... (5.02)
Posted by grantv on 2019-10-18, 11:30:19 (184.68.34.106)
Feel for ya. My dad passed what I thought of as early when I was 27. I can still see him lying in the hospital bed just after, ingrained in my brain. Best wishes... .......
117: Adcom RIP? (5.02)
Posted by The Killer Piglet on 2002-03-30, 09:24:53 (66.21.193.51)
http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/0302/27.adcom.shtml KP .......
118: 27. Ops mgr for interior display mfr in Dallas... (5.00)
Posted by Damon on 2000-03-19, 09:04:08 (205.188.195.27)
...and therefore have access to cnc equipment to build all the stuff I could not hope to ever cut straight with my own two hands! .......
119: Re: Dedicated outlets, anthing else I should have considered? (4.97)
Posted by jea48 on 2005-01-29, 06:35:48 (63.230.60.64)
You might want to read my post, "Electrical service neutral unbalanced load?" Posted 1/27/05. .......
120: Rack of Lambs dimensions for jaybar: (4.97)
Posted by KT88 on 2006-05-09, 16:00:34 (209.170.179.94)
Sorry about all the prodding old friend;-). They are 27 1/2" wide, 19 3/4" deep and come in two heights: 23 5/8" and 35 1/2". -Bill .......
121: RE: Professional audio societies (4.97)
Posted by Inmate51 on 2014-08-24, 07:08:38 (173.57.125.26)
Also the Acoustical Society of America. http://acousticalsociety.org/ Its convention will be October 27-31 in Indianapolis. :) .......
122: Re: 'Butcher' Beatles lp just $27,000 at eBay. There's still time to bid. (4.97)
Posted by marantzman on 2001-12-18, 09:50:51 (12.10.158.14)
I think they pulled it off the auction. Shucks, and I was just about to bid on it! ; ) Dan .......
123: yes, a tuner is a must have ... (4.97)
Posted by Aroc on 2002-10-18, 13:14:04 (208.178.45.130)
I think my analog sansui tuner ran all of $27 on ebay. Definitely a god investment. It doesn't have a be a brand new one, or a few fancy one. .......
124: Old news (4.93)
Posted by BRM on 2004-05-09, 13:53:52 (68.109.15.102)
I think we all knew this from CD's purchased in the 80's and CD-R's in the early 90's (when they were 27 dollars each for 63 mins) .......
125: JBL Hartsfield (4.93)
Posted by kavakidd on 2004-07-16, 08:30:39 (205.188.116.9)
Altec Lansing VOT's and 6-4's. And, a legend in their own time - Vandersteen 2's (now in production for 27 years give or take) "If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving's probably not for you". .......
126: Piano goes down to 27 Hz. (4.92)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2010-03-12, 10:47:15 (65.19.76.104)
A standard 88 key piano goes down to 27 Hz. (Probably not much written that uses the bottom few notes, however.) My Snell AIIIs were spec'd to 24 Hz. They did an excellent job of reproducing my wife's .......
127: Re: Components - Order of Importance. (4.92)
Posted by Mike Bates on 1999-05-31, 07:02:44 (152.163.232.47)
Posted by mtrycrafts on May 27, 1999 at 17:14:00: In Reply to: Components - Order of Importance. posted by JRH on May 27, 1999 at 13:48:53: >Modern components are pretty transparent to worry about it, .......
128: Re: I knew you wouldn't let me down. . . (4.90)
Posted by Jecopo on 2001-08-24, 08:05:00 (192.147.57.6)
I can't tell whether I fall into that confrontational old man category or not (though old is probably not too accurate as I am 27) :-) but either way I agree with you these days. Keep keeping the fait .......
129: Married and 6 (4.89)
Posted by moldog on 2003-03-07, 16:22:42 (207.207.243.183)
Married 27 years and convinced her audio's better than horses, whores, boats or other money pits. Plus she actually enjoys the music. .......
130: Re: What's going on with Wadia?... (4.89)
Posted by Pinkus on 2004-10-29, 12:53:36 (155.201.35.50)
I have emailed them 3 times in the last one month. I wanted to find out about the Wadia 27 upgrade. To date, I have not received a response to my query. .......
131: RE: Tubes are my problem (4.89)
Posted by Chip647 on 2019-03-07, 04:50:31 (108.247.77.70)
Build something that can use them. I built a 45 27 6J5 80 guitar head amp because of the tubes. It is awesome .......
132: What a bunch of BS... (4.89)
Posted by musetap on 2018-06-16, 22:32:36 (108.78.253.140)
Been 27 years since I turned 33 and I've listened to (and discovered even more) new music than I did previously. I have much bigger ears than before. I know what I LIKE more, and that is drawn from a .......
133: Re: HELP!! My son used a toy magnet on the screen of 2 tv's!! (4.88)
Posted by Yesyears on 2000-06-21, 16:10:47 (207.105.252.250)
Check to see if your TV's have a Degauss button. A lot of newer 27" and above TV's have this feature. .......
134: 27 - Nucleus "Labyrinth" (Okay, I give up.) [nt] (4.86)
Posted by David Spear on 2006-05-18, 05:23:01 (220.215.83.41)
nt .......
135: Re: overeager archiving? (4.86)
Posted by Chris C on 2000-03-02, 11:03:44 (204.245.200.120)
I understand no one's ever happy with this sort of thing. IMO, Vinyl and Speakers seem a bit more reasonable, discussions go back to 2/27. Rgrds, Chris .......
136: Re: What is the most CDs you have bought at one time at a new titles only record store?... (4.86)
Posted by jkozlow3 on 2002-07-28, 20:09:09 (65.57.22.19)
I ordered 27 CDs from Amazon one day earlier this year...figured I'd save on shipping :) .......
137: \\\our son is back from Iraq safe and sound///........ (4.86)
Posted by three_sox on 2007-12-23, 18:38:25 (58.165.188.171)
....Sounds like you got the best ever Christmas present. Happy Christmas to you & yours It is quite cool for here. It is only 27. :o) Smile Sox .......
138: Tone audio mag. (4.86)
Posted by Self-Inflicted on 2010-05-16, 15:40:14 (90.192.55.88)
Issues 27 and 28 only load to pages 91 and 92 even though they are indexed to pages 182 and 186, are you getting the same. Thanks. .......
139: Re: Æ is a special letter! (4.86)
Posted by Viking on 2001-03-17, 21:25:29 (148.122.66.37)
The letters Æ, Ø and Å are special in the languages of Scandinavia. They come after the Z and are letters 27, 28 and 29 in the norwegian alphabet! .......
140: Quite similar to my cure for athlete's foot.....(wrong box dummy) (4.84)
Posted by Redstarman on 2003-11-25, 12:07:13 (66.77.159.132)
Just a tiny charge of TNT between the toes. My results: 13 wounded 27 missing, believe cured. .......
141: Re: If I'm happy, why can't I stop looking? (4.84)
Posted by 2-ears on 2003-12-10, 07:34:28 (161.185.150.22)
A similar thread came up on Amp/Preamp page. Check out: Curse of the Audiophile - brnt99 05:50:37 11/27/03 .......
142: Re: Another Poll! (4.84)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2003-10-26, 01:12:40 (12.252.236.227)
1. Source components............................ 29% 2. Amp/Preamp...................................... 27% 3. Speakers............................................ 29% 4. Cables, Interconnects & Powe .......
143: Re: no troubles (4.82)
Posted by Jay on 2004-04-29, 22:24:35 (63.185.9.164)
So you see "no troubles" with JPS Labs advertising "WE GROW OUR OWN" and "MADE IN THE USA" (i.e., Stereophile, vol. 27, no. 5, May 2004, page 53)? Nothing dishonorable? .......
144: My old ProAcs do not lack bass (4.82)
Posted by G Squared on 2008-04-02, 14:19:15 (129.6.105.211)
Around 20 year old Studio 3 model. Specs say -3db at 27 Hz. I agree that the new models are a little more reserved in the bass. .......
145: RE: Please help (4.82)
Posted by Chodywalker@gmail.com on 2017-01-17, 17:45:40 (74.209.20.170)
It doesn't have a control knob but vol up and down buttons. It goes from zero to 50. I normally set between 27 and 32 depending. Don't remember what it was set at exactly. Thank you for all responses. .......
146: videophiles, definitely!!! (4.82)
Posted by doug s. on 2002-05-04, 19:15:28 (208.59.124.48)
anyone w/more than a plain ol' 27" tv is way-too-obssessed w/video, imo... ;~) doug s., music *GOOOOD*, video *BAAAAD*!!! :>) .......
147: Horrors! Neither. (4.82)
Posted by 4season on 2012-10-09, 11:51:10 (204.131.179.3)
If I averaged listening to 1 album per day, it'd take me 27.39 years to go through 10K albums. That's not a collection, that's hoarding! The cost of housing it alone would be a burden, talk about a wh .......
148: Old Time Sake (4.79)
Posted by GEO on 2013-09-30, 11:12:19 (12.216.192.20)
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149: Re: Wadia 270i (4.79)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2001-06-25, 20:01:27 (66.21.216.101)
What is a 270i? If you are referring to a Wadia product, there is a 27, 27i and 27ix DAC and a 270 transport. .......
150: Couple Vodka... and everything is nice and easy... (4.79)
Posted by jet968 on 2001-03-29, 16:28:19 (216.35.114.168)
Cheap too... The best Belvedere or Grey Goose only cost $27/bottle. It makes the stereo sound better and faster than California Red, which now cost too much! .......
151: try eBay for tuners, all you need is like $30.. (4.78)
Posted by Aroc on 2002-12-07, 07:57:06 (208.178.45.130)
paid $27 or $39.shipped (can't remember exactly) for a Vintage sansui tuner on ebay. definitely the way to go for the audiophile on a budget. that way you can spend more on you cdplayer. :-) ::: TOPIC .......
152: Re: You Clearly Have "Issues" My Friend...TRT To The Rescue (4.78)
Posted by Redstarman on 2003-11-25, 12:06:18 (66.77.159.132)
Just a tiny charge of TNT between the toes. My results: 13 wounded 27 missing, believe cured. .......
153: Re: The Cost Of CD's... (4.78)
Posted by davewe on 2004-02-20, 09:19:06 (167.88.200.30)
I just saw the price of XRCD's here in seattle is ~$27!! I know they sound better, but...gaawd! I walked out of Tower disgusted without buying anything, too. Time to hit the used cd shops. ::: TOPIC:: .......
154: those other RCA jacks (4.78)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2005-04-19, 19:03:11 (65.12.40.57)
These are probably for external speakers. I have an old 27" Emerson that uses RCA outputs for speakers and it disables the internal ones when you use them. .......
155: Watt Puppy 8s look good (4.76)
Posted by jwbrent on 2006-06-02, 08:10:20 (68.125.54.32)
Although the color schemes shown are not to my taste, the redesigned front baffle gives the product a professionally done appearance. I wonder how many 6 and 7 owners are going to make the upgrade at .......
156: Where did that figure come from ??? (4.75)
Posted by Sean on 1999-10-02, 00:48:19 (216.214.211.172)
With 365 days in a year and only 27 people picked at random, your telling us that at least two of them will have the same birthday ? What are the chances of that ? I don't buy it. Sean > PS. Phil, doe .......
157: 27? (4.74)
Posted by McCracken on 2002-07-24, 09:49:28 (128.244.54.226)
My buddy got a white C128. We used to play Winter Games for HOURS. Those were the days! I never had a Commodore. I had to make due with my Timex Sinclair (with 16kb cartridge!), and tape recorder. McC .......
158: On the other hand ... (4.74)
Posted by Dave Pogue on 2003-06-14, 04:12:08 (66.44.2.229)
...I just spent $27 for the new Radiohead album on 45 rpm vinyl at Tower when I could have had it on CD for $9.95 at the same store. And many folks here think I did the right thing (so much for cheap .......
159: Do you believe what you hear? (4.74)
Posted by John PA on 2007-08-12, 13:32:10 (128.223.60.87)
In relation to what others are hearing? The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
160: RE: Frankly, you do not need one (4.74)
Posted by 45RPM@60Hz on 2011-02-26, 12:00:29 (108.18.182.44)
I don't want to go the isolation platform route, just a basic maple block platform. I need something large enough (27"x21") to accommodate the HRX. I will be using my current stand. .......
161: Re: Tube Preamp with Levinson 23.5 (4.74)
Posted by Ben on 2000-07-18, 22:59:10 (205.252.144.25)
Try Jadis JPL. I heard good result with Jadis JPL + Mark Lev. No.27 + ProAC Response 2.5 . .......
162: Re: nah, my sansui tuner was $27/shipped from ebay! (4.73)
Posted by Aroc on 2003-05-19, 05:05:10 (208.178.45.130)
Also it is analog, and I think it may only be 4inches deep and like an inch tall. I'd say look for an 1980s analog tuner. .......
163: Amazon CD pricing (4.73)
Posted by fstein on 2019-08-09, 05:16:43 (67.246.17.21)
An Eloquence classical CD I have been following on Amazon has gone from $12 (List I think) to $27 in 4 steps over 24 hours! Unbelievable! .......
164: Re: Poor Seller Alert: HelloSimplyMusic (4.73)
Posted by Brian Walsh on 2003-11-11, 08:25:35 (64.81.150.121)
A 'whois' inquiry revealed the following: Registrant: K2 NO JUNK MAIL!!!! Upon request., CA 90732 US Domain name: HELLOSIMPLYMUSIC.COM Administrative Contact: K2, K2 eargasem@aol.com NO JUNK MAIL! .......
165: I hate to be obvious ... (4.71)
Posted by Mart on 1999-07-30, 07:06:24 (155.218.173.128)
... but have you tried line conditioners? They've done wonders for my cable reception. However, I did have to completely readjust the picture on my Panasonic SF-27" after. It's almost in the factory s .......
166: Re: 2 cd players to choose from (4.71)
Posted by Dmitry on 1999-10-13, 19:39:00 (206.153.126.172)
"And...did you compare the Mac to the Theta or the Proceed? " No, but I compared mine with Naim 3.5, Arcam 9 and the cheaper YBA stuff. I think new it was around $27-2500. I got an almost 3 year old p .......
167: Re: Great experience today with a new NYC audio dealer........... (4.71)
Posted by MJ on 2002-09-14, 08:43:27 (64.12.96.10)
the address is 27 West 24th Street, suite 502. phone # is 212-229-1842 e-mail is thehornstore@aol.com .......
168: Re: New Audio System (4.71)
Posted by dex on 1999-10-19, 13:46:55 (206.241.18.11)
This is how I split my savings: 33% CD player 31% speakers 27% int.amp. 9% cables The setup does a good job for my ears and soul. good luck! .......
169: Piracy not to blame for falling CD sales.... from music industry body (4.71)
Posted by E on 2003-01-28, 04:17:54 (211.28.96.5)
Link below: .......
170: A new Pananonic portable and HeadRoom amp.... (4.71)
Posted by Ian Mackenzie on 2003-11-25, 13:17:49 (24.148.48.241)
http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=27 yake your pick. the amp makes ALL the difference. .......
171: 1 picture is worth a 1000 words but. . . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2007-07-31, 12:06:50 (71.36.204.81)
you have to do one or the other. :^) The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
172: RE: You are correct, and... (4.71)
Posted by tfarney on 2007-09-12, 18:30:33 (65.1.135.171)
Wow. That's a big mini schnauzer. But my Cairn is 29 lbs. He's on a diet, but he'd be a good 26-27 at fighting weight. Quite a woofer, to get back on topic. Tim .......
173: Many.. . . many and many. . . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2008-02-10, 00:09:37 (71.202.67.246)
The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
174: Sometimes. . . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2008-02-28, 11:59:27 (67.169.86.203)
Yes if you allow it. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
175: You had those for a while. what . . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2008-12-02, 15:05:17 (98.207.224.171)
did you go with? The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
176: Maybe. . . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2008-12-08, 22:40:57 (98.207.224.171)
now you know. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
177: Seems like you might. . (4.71)
Posted by John PA on 2009-03-03, 14:03:29 (98.207.227.137)
need some help. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
178: From my location to 95401... (4.71)
Posted by David S. on 2016-05-27, 09:38:22 (68.118.28.250)
If you're sending to a residential address, I'm $27.52 If you're going to a commercial address, I'm $25.67 That's the actual cost, paid by the customer who walks in to send the envelope. .......
179: RE: It was 27 F outside today, I went shopping with no coat, sleeves rolled up (4.71)
Posted by The Dill on 2012-01-04, 06:03:03 (98.246.44.75)
I know exactly what you mean Elizabeth, I do the same thing, never wear a coat. How many times have you heard "you are not wearing a coat" or been asked, " Aren't you cold?" .......
180: I own 15 Trinitrons (4.70)
Posted by Soundmind on 2005-06-27, 12:36:09 (24.225.139.141)
Three different model 12" units all failed in the early 1990s all from badly made outsourced tuners with cold solder joints. A 27" also failed for the same reason. I contacted several independent repa .......
181: Just two? (4.69)
Posted by mkuller on 2014-01-27, 08:12:51 (67.188.166.191)
...recordings - since some are really terrific, they could all be at that level. Instead we have compression and just sloppy work. My room - it's a little small at 17 X 14 X 8. My previous room was 27 .......
182: RE: Pi day (4.68)
Posted by Bill the K on 2018-03-15, 22:00:15 (111.92.77.92)
Maybe 2/27 every year for 22 over 7. I also think of Pi on July 22. Bill .......
183: Re: Wadia Factory Tour (4.67)
Posted by jude on 2004-05-25, 18:26:56 (24.210.107.47)
It's fixed (as of 2004-05-25 21:27 EST). Until we complete our final move into the new co-lo and hardware (soon), it may run slow from time to time. .......
184: Yes, it is on and off right now. st (4.67)
Posted by John PA on 2004-06-15, 17:27:40 (67.41.26.141)
ja in clear and hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
185: RE: Unless you live in a one room house and that room is 10' by 9.5' .... then you're hopeless too (4.67)
Posted by jderdock on 2007-07-24, 09:17:35 (12.46.228.118)
damn! tough crowd! I'm 27 and still getting on my feet/adjusting to having a mortgage. Annapolis is expensive. This townhouse is all I can manage at the moment. ---James .......
186: Thanks. . . (4.67)
Posted by John PA on 2007-08-01, 18:31:22 (71.36.204.81)
Made me feel old. . . . geez . . .looks like any monkey has been squeezed out of him. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 ::: TOPIC:: .......
187: And Rich?? (4.67)
Posted by John PA on 2008-05-10, 23:29:11 (67.164.16.20)
:^) The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
188: That would really . . you know. . . (4.67)
Posted by John PA on 2008-07-29, 21:15:09 (67.164.16.20)
suck . . . The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
189: So does anyone know where he is now? (4.67)
Posted by John PA on 2008-09-15, 20:02:45 (98.207.224.171)
Just curious. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
190: Kool! I passed to -27 on the first try, but I am known to be deaf. (4.67)
Posted by Pjay on 2008-11-08, 10:46:13 (98.163.94.22)
This was my computer speaker system, not high value by any means. I hope to try this on a real system. On the tone, I could only get to -18 My speaker building site .......
191: T buy which? (4.64)
Posted by tG on 2000-04-20, 21:31:26 (202.166.100.74)
Would appreciate if you could give some ideas regarding my purchase dilemma. Although some friends have cautioned that I should wait until things are more settle i.e. the big boys have resolved the di .......
192: EL-34 tubes w/Spendor 1/2s (4.63)
Posted by Senator Blutarsky on 2000-11-17, 12:46:32 (63.140.13.42)
My 1/2s are powered by a VAC Avatar-- 27 triode watts per channel. I couldn't be more pleased with the combination. In my small listening room, there's more than enough power. The man is right. ::: T .......
193: Re: Different planes... (4.63)
Posted by Rob Thomas on 2003-05-24, 13:07:11 (64.167.98.79)
No, my SC-IVs are about three feet out from the wall, so the center of the baffles are about 57" out. The screen is about 27" out from the wall, so relatively quite recessed. When covered with the afo .......
194: Were you there?? st (4.63)
Posted by John PA on 2004-05-27, 06:05:55 (63.227.83.181)
ja in sunny, clear and going to be hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
195: 27 - 1995 (4.63)
Posted by wgb113 on 2004-10-18, 04:58:18 (12.104.48.98)
I got my first CD player in Dec. '95 and my first CD (The Beatles - Anthology Vol. 1) for Christmas that year. Subscriptions to Audio magazine and Stereo Review got me interested in HiFi. Bill ::: TOP .......
196: Where is this sold and has anyone here heard this? (4.63)
Posted by John PA on 2004-10-30, 08:45:52 (216.161.150.192)
thanks, ja in clear and cool, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
197: Jenga madness...yes, they do make a positive sonic difference... (4.63)
Posted by Steve Parry on 2006-05-19, 19:39:26 (71.129.81.190)
...as cable supports to get my cables off the carpet. Worth a try for $10.27 at Target. Haven't tried them as footers yet. Thanks Charles, for the suggestion, Steve .......
198: I see many now selling for a few hundred so where. . (4.63)
Posted by John PA on 2007-08-25, 21:58:18 (70.56.17.23)
is the one that sold for 13 grand? I know he was the first but did it really sell for that? The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 ::: T .......
199: That was very nice of you. nt (4.63)
Posted by John PA on 2008-02-09, 11:24:14 (69.12.151.204)
The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
200: Everything in life is on loan. Who wants it after me? (4.63)
Posted by John PA on 2008-07-07, 13:51:20 (67.164.16.20)
:^) The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
Found 200 records in Amp/Preamp Asylum.
1: Re: Differences between the 27.5 and the 23.5 (10.53)
Posted by Drew on 2005-07-24, 07:45:39 (24.34.91.176)
I've owned the 27.5 and a 23, and I've borrowed a 23.5. If power requirements aren't a factor, I'd stick with the 27.5 which has somewhat more air and bloom than the 23.5 though the latter is still an .......
2: RE: second the Cary options (10.53)
Posted by zako on 2013-09-04, 16:32:16 (12.205.129.195)
LS 27....linestage 27,,..it took 27 linestages to get it right ???? I bet a 28 is on the drawingboard .......
3: Is it possible to bridge to mono a ML 27.5 amp (10.43)
Posted by daita on 2005-12-24, 22:50:47 (203.87.133.150)
Is it possible to bridge a Mark Levinson 27.5 amp to mono? How do you do it? Also, somebody told me that you can send in a ML 27 to the factory to be upgraded to the 27.5, is this true, if it is how .......
4: Try a Levinson No. 27 (or 27.5 if you can find one) (10.15)
Posted by Raiderman on 2005-04-02, 07:37:45 (4.11.7.117)
I used a Mark Levinson No. 27 for my Martin Logan Sequel II's for many years quite successfully. They can usually be found for around your $1,500 limit. (That is what I sold mine for, before moving up .......
5: Re: Yes, the No.23.5 was a better amp. (9.50)
Posted by samzx12 on 2007-02-06, 11:53:22 (12.20.127.229)
Raiderman, Are you sure about the 23 being more forward than the 23.5? I have had the 27 and 27.5 and the 27.5 was more forward but overall a better amp. Sam .......
6: Mark Levinson No. 27.5 vs GamuT D200Mk3 (9.10)
Posted by LimLim on 2003-12-31, 04:22:08 (202.146.253.15)
I own ProAc Response 3.8 and want to upgrade my old power amp ML No. 27.5 to something better. One of my friend recommended me GamuT D200Mk3, I've already read many good reviews about it. Is the D200M .......
7: C-27 (8.98)
Posted by terrycym on 2009-01-14, 05:11:19 (62.6.159.206)
Silly me, forget those questions, I was thing of the new C-27 stand alone phone stage. Anybody heard one of THOSE? .......
8: Mark levinson 27.5 vs 331 (8.61)
Posted by sergio_p on 2003-03-29, 10:17:06 (151.30.253.172)
hi, does anybody knows the ML 27.5 and the ML 331? which one do you prefer most? which are the main differences between the two? which solid state pre-amplifier do you suggest to partner with the 27.5 .......
9: Mark Levinson ML29 (8.58)
Posted by samzx12 on 2006-01-02, 19:15:25 (12.211.53.15)
Anyone owned or listened to this classic 50wpc amp? How does it compare to the 27 or 27.5? Sam .......
10: Aragon Palladium II .vs. Mark Levinson 27 or 23 (8.48)
Posted by audioeyedoc on 2004-09-02, 05:47:48 (68.53.146.180)
I need opinions on Aragon Palladium II vs Mark Levinson 27,27.5,or 23 and 23.5 for bass dynamics. Mike .......
11: Anybody compare ARC Ref 3 to the new LS-27? (8.39)
Posted by Ron D on 2011-03-31, 10:28:38 (206.75.27.4)
considering making a change to my preamp which currently is a low hours LS-26. It mates well with my Bryston mono blocks so I know that the ARC/Bryston marriage works for me. Has anyone compared a Ref .......
12: Re: Levinson 27.5 vs 331 question (8.08)
Posted by Drew on 2003-05-31, 05:51:20 (66.31.214.234)
I have owned a 27.5 and sold it to buy a 335. The 27.5 is an outstanding amp, one of the best ever made by Levinson. I don't think a 331 would be a step up in terms of audio quality. I bought the 335 .......
13: Re: Mark levinson 27.5 vs 331 (8.04)
Posted by clee on 2003-03-30, 09:17:50 (202.67.188.41)
I will prefer 27.5 with preamp of Mark Levison ; ML7, ML7A, ML6, ML6A or ML6B. or Cello 1Mohm. .......
14: RE: I believe what (8.04)
Posted by tubelover@aol.com on 2007-07-19, 20:21:46 (207.200.116.66)
all the voltages i have mentioned are approximate. the taps on the transformer secondary can be as low as 21-0-21 vac (three wires coming out of the secondary) or as high as 25-0-25 vac (three wires c .......
15: RE: Audio Research LS-28 line pre. Just how much better? (8.02)
Posted by kentaja on 2017-04-16, 10:54:53 (136.61.203.154)
The LS-27 was in production for 7 years that is quite a long time. ARC products typically have a 5-7 year life cycle. About right IMO. The latest crop of ARC products are a big step forward from the p .......
16: So why not Levinson (7.98)
Posted by Jon L on 2004-08-28, 18:23:03 (206.27.225.54)
Why don't you look for the used older Levinsons? 27, 27.5, 23, 23.5, and even 29 will fit your tastes since you already know you like 27. If you can stretch your budget quite a bit, even 20.6 monoblo .......
17: Re: opinions mark levinson 27.5 vs. plinius sa-100 mk 111 (7.93)
Posted by samzxx12 on 2002-12-16, 05:56:48 (198.89.160.22)
Hello, I cant comment on the Plinius but I have the 27.5 and love it. I originally had the 27 and found a good deal on the 27.5. The latter has better dynamics and bass punch. I dont think you can go .......
18: Differences between the 27.5 and the 23.5 (7.91)
Posted by daita on 2005-07-24, 04:49:18 (203.87.133.150)
A friend is selling me a Mark Levinson 23.5, I currently have a ML 27.5. Are there differences between the two besides the power rating? If you were in my shoes would you recommend the move? ::: TOPI .......
19: RE: Ditto, + C-27 Phonostage! nt. (7.85)
Posted by terrycym on 2009-04-01, 08:03:07 (62.6.159.206)
Hi George, I've got the C-2400 & AD-2800 phono module. What do you know of the C-27 and how much better is it compared to the AD-2800? Cheers, Terry .......
20: You are the king of audio today (7.81)
Posted by airtime on 2019-10-19, 12:34:40 (24.251.66.79)
An amazing tube from what I've read about the 27's. I'm very curious to hear more as you "tweak" in the new system. The 27 was developed in the 20's as an indirectly heated cathode to prevent hum and .......
21: Levinson 27.5 vs 331 question (7.72)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-05-30, 16:55:33 (12.222.232.59)
I have a 27.5 and considering going to a 331. Does anyone have any experience with these 2 amps. Is it worth the few hundred dollars to switch. Physically there is no comparison between the two. The 3 .......
22: Plinius or BAT (7.72)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-07-21, 06:32:03 (198.89.160.22)
I just bought a BAT VK5i tubed preamp and use it with a Mark Levinson 27.5 amp. I am thinking of switching amps to a Plinius SA-100 or BAT VK-200. I know there is something to be said for system match .......
23: Help please! ML 27 ?blown channel (7.69)
Posted by kowkow on 2005-04-27, 05:58:42 (203.61.245.123)
Hello all Recently posted about having acquired the Thiel 7.2 and since then have been playing incessantly rediscovering my music collection. At the time was wondering about a new set up esp. re new a .......
24: Which area is less sophisticated than the 300 series? (7.62)
Posted by Vangelis on 2004-09-14, 07:54:37 (24.95.230.27)
Warmer that's a good direction for me. If the 400 amps are less aggressive that's ok. I liked the warmer/darker balance of my old 27.5. The 27.5 was very open and it had a more natural bloom than the .......
25: Re: Why Levinson (7.58)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-06-03, 10:01:44 (198.89.160.22)
How about a Pass Labs X-150? These amps seem to be well thought of. Do you really think that todays amps are that much better than a 27.5. Look at the build quality of a Levinson. Some people swear th .......
26: Tubed Preamp for a Mark Levinson 27.5 (7.54)
Posted by daita on 2005-01-08, 04:37:44 (203.87.133.150)
Can anybody recommed a tubed preamp that is a good match for a Mark Levinson 27.5 .......
27: Audio Research LS-28 line pre. Just how much better? (7.43)
Posted by audioman on 2017-04-16, 10:29:58 (174.119.160.126)
Hi all. Like all audio, there really is no " best ", just what perhaps might be best for you or me. A matter of preference amongst a handful of qualifiers in our budget range. I have lived with an ARC .......
28: RE: RCA Caps (7.34)
Posted by Uncle Mike on 2011-08-26, 14:21:02 (166.249.201.7)
These do the exact same thing at a fraction of the do...re...me. .......
29: RE: You are the king of audio today (7.21)
Posted by sberger on 2019-10-20, 18:08:38 (23.116.46.61)
So far I've tried 27's, 485's, 37's and 76's. The 27 and 485 sound the most tube like, with a very full bloom, and almost too much bass at times. Really lovely though, especially considering that I'm .......
30: Experience with Levinson 23.5 or 27.5? (7.20)
Posted by xavier on 2008-01-02, 23:36:25 (24.255.8.222)
Levinson 23.5 and 27.5 owners I'm toying with the idea of getting hold of an old 27.5 or 23.5. I used to work at a Levinson dealer and got to bring home a 27.5 over night. It's one of the few times I .......
31: Re: Amplifier choice for mark levinson 38s (7.16)
Posted by samzx12 on 2006-01-06, 08:29:53 (198.89.160.22)
Have you heard a ML 27.5 or a ML29? Some say the 27.5 is a better sounding amp than the 331. On the other hand awhile back a fellow told me that the 334 was a much better amp than the 331. Better ever .......
32: RE: Who's got the best looking integrated? (7.02)
Posted by mjalmirall@gmail.com on 2009-10-23, 19:22:33 (72.220.173.73)
My nod would go to the Shindo Apetite. Mouthwatering. .......
33: Mark Levinson 27.5 Amplifier (SS) (7.00)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-05-06, 19:14:31 (12.222.232.59)
Good review. I love my 27.5 and it is the best amp I have ever owned. I used to have a CJ SA-400 and the ML is waaaay better. Not even close. I have always thought that CJ were weak in the bass but ha .......
34: McIntosh C-27 panel lamps (6.97)
Posted by MixMaster on 2023-01-30, 01:55:45 (98.62.101.240)
Does anyone know how many panel lamps there are on a C-27 preamp? The service manual says there are 4 but I can only locate 3! McIntosh Labs customer service also says 4 but couldn't tell me where to .......
35: RE: maybe a little bit of "upgraditis" but I do believe.... (6.96)
Posted by Ron D on 2011-03-31, 17:45:18 (206.75.27.4)
If the LS-26 is considered a "baby" Ref 3 and now there is a Ref 5 and the 27 is below the Ref 5 would it not be considered a "baby" Ref 5? Not sure how it could fall above the Ref 5 but thanks for yo .......
36: RE: Audio Research LS27 vs. LS28 (6.94)
Posted by bigshow on 2018-12-24, 18:01:36 (71.89.67.116)
My good friend had an LS-27 and recently went to an LS-28. IMHO the LS-28 sounds better in every way. Specifically, better bass definition and soundstage depth. Plus it looks better to me. However I t .......
37: Very common with stepped attenuators (6.88)
Posted by airtime on 2020-09-11, 13:05:23 (24.251.225.215)
I find with my 27 stepped attenuator that happens quite often. Sometimes it even sits between steppes. Haven't noticed any problems with that, but it does happen. With a 27 stepped attenuator having a .......
38: this may help (6.83)
Posted by airtime on 2017-02-27, 07:02:54 (68.231.156.10)
Still doesn't answer the question if they wear out? Personally I think hard driven tubes do fad. .......
39: Re: Best Mark Levinson amp for around $4K (used) ??? (6.71)
Posted by Drew on 2003-06-11, 13:01:24 (66.31.214.234)
Depends on what you're looking for...... I have a Levinson 335 which sounds excellent on my Magnepan 1.6's. I previously had a 27.5 which is one of the best amps they have ever made, and they can be h .......
40: UPDATED POST (6.67)
Posted by scruffy_ on 2017-03-08, 17:32:46 (104.172.19.114)
Please use the link below .......
41: Re: Why Levinson (6.64)
Posted by Jon L on 2003-06-03, 13:00:22 (162.119.232.100)
Don't get me wrong. I LIKE the 27.5, but I do think it sounds rather dark, which the 20.6 didn't suffer much from. The Pass amps will not sound dark but won't have that extra richness in midrange 27.5 .......
42: RE: What are you really asking? (6.61)
Posted by Craiger56 on 2008-12-17, 15:26:01 (76.225.169.150)
Charles There's a post saying Ayre can accomodate cross-over duty for Quatro's Just though I'd ask, my only dissatisfaction with the M5-HP is they are now nearly a grand for a set, I haven't bought th .......
43: Have a gander at my "new" preamp (6.55)
Posted by sberger on 2019-10-19, 09:53:58 (23.116.46.61)
A DIY special just recently purchased. Built on top of an old JVC turntable plinth. Built to use any of the following tubes: 27, 37, 56, 76 with a simple flick of the switch. A 6x4 rectifier, and 1 .......
44: RE: Speaker hum problem needs solving (6.37)
Posted by Just Jack on 2018-10-08, 10:39:43 (172.56.38.222)
My scope? You mean my multimeter? :) The schematics for this unit spec 22v for main rails and 15 volts for preamp rails, but the main rails are actually higher, 27.8vdc on the positive main rail and 2 .......
45: Re: Headroom (6.37)
Posted by Snipe on 2002-10-03, 08:25:04 (207.34.102.197)
Got some Beyerdynamic myself. I have been using the Headroom Amps. Have used the: "Headroom Little" "Headroom Little / Premium Module" "HeadRoom Maxed Out Home / Reference Module" The "Little" will on .......
46: Thiel 7.2 - McIntosh/Pass Labs/Rowland? (6.32)
Posted by kowkow on 2005-03-05, 05:48:25 (203.4.164.2)
Hi all, Recently acquired a pair of Thiel 7.2 at a great price to replace my aging Maggie 3.3. Currently running ML 26 & 27, have been told 27 would be rather puny for 7.2, will have to see for myself .......
47: Adcom ACE (6.24)
Posted by thegage on 2007-02-26, 15:52:59 (216.204.11.230)
It was designed to do just this, turning on the amp(s) 10 seconds after everything else. Not sure what to do about turn off, though. John K. .......
48: Tube versus Solid (6.18)
Posted by billeames on 2005-04-29, 12:04:10 (130.76.32.16)
Hello I have tried the ARC Classic 30 and Levinson 27.5 with Spendor SP1 speakers. Both amps seem good. ARC is more palpable presence, ambience, timbre, lacking bass. Levinson is better defined bass, .......
49: Re: Collecting and enjoying classic amps & greetings to all-long (6.01)
Posted by Musicman159 on 2004-10-17, 07:10:16 (69.208.127.166)
I bought 2 pair of Threshold T400 couple of months ago. I am using them bridged as monos with my B&W 801 Matrix S3. I love the sound of them. They are giving me 900 watts class A in 4 ohms each. The c .......
50: Preamp preferred here too. (5.76)
Posted by RFGumby on 2007-10-21, 20:09:25 (64.131.21.137)
This was with a Wadia 27 DAC into a few different sets of amplifiers was not quite as nice as with a quality preamp. That was regardless of the 27's dip switch output level settings. I also preferred .......
51: RE: Why is my new Marantz integrated amp so much better? (5.76)
Posted by ejman on 2010-01-18, 17:21:30 (68.186.10.194)
Many AV receivers have what amounts to a phony power rating. Often the 100 watts means from 40 Hz to 20kHz for a very short period of time because the manufacturer put in really cheap transistors and .......
52: RE: Try reading this old thread (no 300B's, but other DH/SET)... (5.75)
Posted by kurt s on 2010-11-19, 04:29:39 (118.172.21.241)
That's just silly. A 300B has exact proper gain for a line stage, Av=3, roughly. That's a 10 dB gain, real close to ideal. It can be cap coupled with a superb coupling cap or a 1:1 IT. The 300B provid .......
53: RE: Audio Research LS-27 preamp tube replacement (5.73)
Posted by audioman on 2017-02-26, 10:57:00 (174.119.160.126)
Thank you very much to all who contributed to this thread. I always sincerely appreciate the advice and suggestions based on your personal experience, there is audio-safety in numbers :>) I have many .......
54: Re: Pass X150 or Levinson 331 (5.65)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-11-02, 07:16:14 (12.222.235.178)
I dont think anyone has answered your question except the Pass runs hot? Lucky you. I have not heard the Pass but I have a 27.5 and have heard the 331. The 331 is a nice amp but very neutral in my opi .......
55: Best Amp you have Owned Or... (5.63)
Posted by samzx12 on 2006-08-07, 17:53:33 (74.131.170.101)
Wish you had it back because you sold it. I have owned quite a few but luckily have not wished I sold them. I have owned the Plinius SA-100MKIII, Mark Levinson 27, 27.5, and now the No.29. Also have h .......
56: RE: Then and Now and Next (5.62)
Posted by Mr Friendly on 2013-06-12, 22:44:25 (76.20.248.177)
Levinson No. 27. I wish I still had it. .......
57: RE: REVIEW: YBA YBA2 high current Amplifier (SS) (5.61)
Posted by John Elison on 2014-05-29, 22:48:08 (98.19.153.154)
You state that 70-watts into 8-ohms equals 18.5-dBW and 140-watts into 4-ohms equals 18.5-dBW. How did you calculate that? In my way of thinking, 0-dBW equals 1-watt regardless of the load. Therefore, .......
58: Ditto, + C-27 Phonostage! nt. (5.55)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-03-31, 11:25:30 (67.162.155.13)
. .......
59: Audio Research LS-27 preamp tube replacement (5.50)
Posted by audioman on 2017-02-25, 15:38:53 (174.119.160.126)
Hi. Audio Research LS-27 preamplifier comes stock with a pair of Sovtek 6H30Pi tubes. I recently bought one of these preamplifiers used which has about 3800 hours on the original tubes. I hear no rea .......
60: The C-27 is a solid step up! (5.48)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-04-01, 13:59:08 (67.162.155.13)
Infact, it is better in every conceivable way! .......
61: How would ARC LS-15 and Levinson 27. sound together? (5.45)
Posted by Sava on 2003-01-05, 15:07:55 (66.21.163.224)
I would like to hear from somebody who owns set-up like that. Thanks! .......
62: RE: The C-27 is a solid step up! (5.29)
Posted by terrycym on 2009-04-02, 04:10:18 (62.6.159.206)
How would you quantify the improvements? What aspects of the sound quality improve? .......
63: RE: Anybody compare ARC Ref 3 to the new LS-27? (5.29)
Posted by Regor Ladan on 2011-03-31, 11:36:24 (78.31.70.182)
If it works well with your set up, why change???? .......
64: Digital vs. Traditional Amps-Need Impressions (5.29)
Posted by NEAR SOTA on 2005-12-23, 17:18:53 (65.199.159.205)
Has anyone tried a side by side comparision of the best Digital Amps like the Nuforce,Channel Is.,PS Audio against some of what are considered some of the best SS Amps like ML 27.5's ,BAT,Pass Labs Al .......
65: Re: Spectron Musician II needs a nice pre-amp (5.27)
Posted by LarryB on 2003-09-10, 08:16:06 (206.231.80.2)
I whole-heartedly endorse the Goldmund 27+. .......
66: RE: Accuphase versus Luxman Integrated Amp (5.24)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-03-23, 18:25:42 (67.162.155.13)
You will have to use the C-27 with the E-450 to match and better the E-406! .......
67: RE: McIntosh C-27 panel lamps (5.24)
Posted by MixMaster on 2023-01-30, 15:24:32 (98.62.101.240)
ABliss - Thanks for the recommendation, I think I already posted there but I'll check and make sure. .......
68: kavakidd knows of the Support Asylum - he posted there on 07/27/04 (5.24)
Posted by Metralla on 2004-08-21, 21:47:29 (216.195.228.160)
The embarassing thing is - I didn't know of it! Regards, Geoff .......
69: Re: Camac Question (5.19)
Posted by henry264 on 2004-11-22, 18:18:12 (66.32.94.113)
I have a 27.5 and I like the sound of the xlr/rca adaptors better than the camacs. I just think its smoother and cleaner sounding..... .......
70: Re: Differences between the 27.5 and the 23.5 (5.19)
Posted by daita on 2005-07-24, 19:09:56 (203.87.133.150)
Thanks for the reply. The only reason i'm thinking about making the move is because i might need the additional wattage in the future. .......
71: RE: Upgrade from ARC-25 line stage (5.19)
Posted by zako on 2011-09-11, 12:58:49 (64.91.23.78)
YOU,d THINK AFTER LINESTAGE 27 AR WOULD GET THINGS RIGHT...ITS A PONZI SCEEM.. .......
72: Sorry...my mistake... (5.19)
Posted by millen on 2004-09-10, 15:55:04 (142.56.2.11)
It's the Fluke 110 Series Digital Multimeters. As I recall it's $150.00 or half the price of the 27. .......
73: RE: deHavilland tube mono amplifiers available for audition in your home TOMORROW, 10/27, in Northern California! (5.14)
Posted by fantja on 2014-10-27, 19:56:59 (68.207.147.146)
Welcome! Kara. .......
74: deHavilland tube mono amplifiers available for audition in your home TOMORROW, 10/27, in Northern California! (5.14)
Posted by kara@tubewizard.com on 2014-10-27, 15:40:46 (50.1.55.217)
Dear friends, This is Kara Chaffee, chief engineer and designer at deHavilland Electric Amplifier Company. At present, I am visiting Northern California on business with a pair of our acclaimed KE-50 .......
75: Re: Digital Voltmeter Suggestions (5.13)
Posted by Mongoose on 2004-09-10, 15:40:53 (209.86.243.145)
Thanks for responding. I did a search on the Fluke 27 and it appears to cost over $300. I was hoping that I might find something alot less expensive. .......
76: RE: The best SS preamplifier ? (5.05)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-07-29, 14:20:13 (67.176.60.49)
I just tested this duo. As fine as they are, They were no match for My Accuphase C-2810/C-27 in the category of faithfulness to the original event. .......
77: Re: Bryston vs. McIntosh (5.05)
Posted by Jagdeep on 2005-01-01, 10:13:15 (203.120.68.71)
I am considering the same options, What speakers are you powering? I was thinking the Mc 300 with a MC 27 Jag .......
78: RE: maybe a little bit of "upgraditis" but I do believe.... (5.05)
Posted by Regor Ladan on 2011-03-31, 19:52:02 (87.106.138.84)
the 27 has only been on the market for 2 weeks. You won't see too many reviews...maybe some previews. .......
79: RE: ARC LS17 vs LS26 (5.05)
Posted by Ron D on 2014-06-25, 10:00:28 (199.126.35.79)
I wish my memory was better than it is but I did own the LS-26 a few years back and recently downsized by selling my Ref 3. How does this all tie it you think... I auditioned all three ARC preamps yea .......
80: RE:Sounds like a deal! (5.04)
Posted by Ralph on 2010-09-28, 15:04:59 (97.116.31.79)
I saw a set for sale in New York in 1990 that were $17,000. in 2010 dollars that would be over $27,000... .......
81: opinions mark levinson 27.5 vs. plinius sa-100 mk 111 (5.01)
Posted by yrochet@total.net on 2002-12-15, 18:12:02 (207.134.122.74)
Which one is the best buy to run MARTIN LOGAN AERIUS i? .......
82: 5066 model on sale now for $27.99... (4.96)
Posted by Hepcat on 2006-12-13, 13:34:35 (66.32.175.254)
...at Parts Express. I absolutely love mine. It's my tote bag amp for my XM radio pod. .......
83: RE: motorized volume control ? (4.96)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2017-10-31, 11:48:16 (23.24.137.117)
Hey, prime numbers can be fun. Also turning it up to "11". Or "33" or "45" to honor vinyl. But I know what you mean. "27" just seems wrong... :-) .......
84: RE: McIntosh C-27 panel lamps (4.96)
Posted by ABliss on 2023-01-30, 05:50:06 (99.177.204.36)
Go to the McIntosh forum at Audiokarma.org, and ask over there. You will get a quick response. Those guys knows everything about mcintosh. .......
85: RE: maybe a little bit of "upgraditis" but I do believe.... (4.94)
Posted by Regor Ladan on 2011-03-31, 19:48:27 (199.48.147.37)
You also risk a sideways move. I'm pretty much an ARC loyalist, but with the new 27 they are really starting to get pricey. .......
86: Re: Levinson 27.5 vs 331 question (4.93)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-05-31, 06:53:02 (12.222.232.59)
Just the kind of advice I was looking for. Thank you very much Drew. I am in search of a tube preamp. I had a chance to buy a #38 but want something newer and giving the valves a try. Sam .......
87: RE: That's what Nigel Tufnel says! (4.91)
Posted by mkuller on 2014-07-11, 08:40:24 (67.188.166.191)
...I wonder how many people were confused by .......
88: RE: Question for Loki users..... (4.89)
Posted by G Squared on 2019-02-16, 03:21:37 (174.205.17.246)
My speakers are rated -3 dB at 27 Hz. My crossover is set at 45 Hz. The EQ is on the plate amp. .......
89: RE: Nevermind... (4.89)
Posted by clackaduck on 2010-08-04, 08:17:15 (66.224.191.218)
What David Schulte does in his mods is a more closely guarded secret than KFC's 27 herbs and spices. That is why his modded pieces have horrible resale value. Buyers don't know what they are getting. .......
90: Re: Are McIntosh amplifiers considered 'true high end'? (4.83)
Posted by ce on 2002-10-11, 03:27:57 (67.82.216.119)
Clarion AUDIO.....check it out. They pd a LOT of money for McIntosh some years back..like $27 MILLION. .......
91: RE: Dennis Had Inspire...new (4.82)
Posted by JamesV on 2015-09-19, 18:01:24 (104.174.65.43)
The unit on the right is a SET stereo power amp. The IFA-1. It uses Tung-sol 6384 power tubes. One per channel. The small tube is a Pope 6DJ8 or soon to be 6CG7. The power rectifier is an Emission Lab .......
92: Re: Amp Decisions: Revel Studio's (4.81)
Posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on 2003-09-04, 10:19:54 (62.64.171.5)
Could you not have added a power-amp to the No 27 and bi-amped? Best Regards, Chris redmond. .......
93: Re: You're 26 friggin' years old?!? (4.81)
Posted by Frank25 on 2006-05-10, 09:36:12 (69.123.4.32)
Id like to know your secret as well. Im 27 and cant imagine affording such a system. Nor can I imagine what my gf would do to me when she found out i spent more money on speakers than our car is worth .......
94: Re: BAT-500 amp ... anybody actually heard or demo'd this? (4.78)
Posted by mitch2 on 2003-01-14, 20:22:27 (12.87.99.145)
The BAT website has 3 reviews of this amp and I think 27 on Audioreview. I have just purchased one, I'll let you know how it sounds in a few weeks. .......
95: Power cord for Audio research ls-27 (4.78)
Posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on 2011-12-23, 16:09:04 (24.171.132.34)
I just picked up this piece last week and it sounds really great. Is there a power cord you could recommend for this unit? .......
96: RE: Has Manley given up on the HiFi market? (4.75)
Posted by The Dill on 2014-04-13, 09:52:48 (50.188.174.254)
Pro gear is their bread and butter, used all over the world, they offer 27 pro products, versus 11 products for hi-fi. .......
97: Would it work with 27s and 6SN7s? (4.75)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2021-06-20, 06:51:27 (76.127.54.176)
OK, lower mu on the 27, but same family. In most 76/6SN7 applications the 6SN7 is 'merely' used as a cathode follower for the 76 gain stage? .......
98: Re: So why not Levinson (4.75)
Posted by Ario on 2004-08-29, 03:06:51 (62.74.66.203)
You are probably right. I am gonna search for a used ML 27. It should be in the range of $1900-$2200 which fits my bill. What kept me from taking that decision was the fact that ML seems to be going t .......
99: Because even a Wadia 27 sounded better with a preamp (4.74)
Posted by Pinkus on 2007-10-17, 08:17:46 (155.201.35.50)
Straight to amp sounded good initially but grew extremely tiring and fatiguing after a while. Not to mention the flattened soundstage. This is one case where simpler does not sound better. ::: TOPIC:: .......
100: Re: Digital Voltmeter Suggestions (4.74)
Posted by millen on 2004-09-10, 15:33:47 (142.56.2.11)
This is the one I'm using to bias my ARC D-250 tube amp. Fluke 27 Analog/Digital Multimeter they are quite cheap. http://www.fluke.com .......
101: Analogique, in Manhattan... here the address: (4.72)
Posted by Antonio Machado on 2005-12-23, 12:45:09 (70.18.59.195)
27 west 20th street, # 406, phone (212) 989-4140. Good luck, Antonio Machado. .......
102: Re: Audible illusions mod-3 vs.ARC SP9 ?Bambi (4.72)
Posted by NEAR SOTA on 2005-12-30, 05:17:16 (65.199.159.202)
It was the SP-9 Mk.II version I had heard if memory serves correct with a ML 27.5 I think. Numbers to these units always baffled me as far as remembering them. It was 12yrs. or so ago. .......
103: RE: Thank you too... (4.70)
Posted by andyr on 2011-06-05, 20:37:42 (203.12.195.65)
Sure, but with your typical 3-4' IC, total capacitance is not generally a problem (provided your Zin/Zout ratio is sufficient). I just had to be careful with my active system, as the amps & XO are up .......
104: Re: How much are the MSRP's of the Levinson 33 and the Krell FPB-750Mcx? (4.70)
Posted by jwbrent on 2006-02-14, 09:23:15 (69.105.239.49)
for 33s the retail was $32,000. for the krell the retail was $27,000. .......
105: RE: Audio Research Question (4.68)
Posted by kentaja on 2016-01-05, 14:36:04 (192.200.224.203)
I have not played with the GS series. LS, REF are the spring loaded types. That would include the LS-17, LS-27, etc. This has been the volume control for nearly 20 years. .......
106: RE: Because even a Wadia 27 sounded better with a preamp (4.67)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2007-10-17, 10:25:25 (67.188.119.227)
Maybe it is a Pass thing? My PC straight into my Pass sounds awesome, and there is no way i would want to throw in a Pre to muck things up. Perhaps this really comes down to system matching, and there .......
107: RE: Because even a Wadia 27 sounded better with a preamp (4.63)
Posted by notalent on 2007-10-17, 10:15:43 (4.254.82.195)
My Wadia Cd player with out a doubt sounds better all the way across the board straight into my Pass Labs x 250. Adding the preamp to the mix degrades the overall sound slightly. .......
108: Wadia's default settings are crazy (4.62)
Posted by Pinkus on 2006-09-16, 21:53:24 (199.72.97.65)
I had a Wadia 27 and could not believe it came with a default output level of more than 4 volts. If they want me to connect the DAC to an amp straight, where am I going to find an amp that insensitive .......
109: Re: I see you didn't get any commentary (4.61)
Posted by E-Stat on 2005-01-28, 18:16:40 (24.99.71.139)
The 535 II has about 27,000 uF in both power supplies (L & R, + & -) which ought to be enough... Enough for what? Somehow I think Nelson knows what he is doing. Similarly, Luke Manley's killer VTL S .......
110: RE: Pioneer SC-27 w/ICE (4.60)
Posted by Tuneman on 2010-03-17, 11:07:07 (205.188.116.16)
I heard one Driving a set of the New Polk LSi15's the other day. I have to say that it had no Harump! Now the Polks are 4 ohm and I believe the Pioneer is rated 140 @ 8 ohms, so it should not have run .......
111: RE: which source selector switchbox? (4.60)
Posted by Tubeham on 2011-09-18, 17:38:25 (24.207.131.25)
Dan, Your sources should be comfortably around two volts which reduces the need for an absolute optimum product like the Goldpoint. I would recommend the Decware product at $119. It's a heavy, solid, .......
112: I think that is the bottom line (4.56)
Posted by E-Stat on 2008-01-04, 17:11:11 (206.255.203.68)
If you've got that kind of budget to upgrade, I'd suggest selling it and moving to a used X150 for not a whole not more money. I'm keeping mine in the vintage system just because. With the new PS caps .......
113: Camac question on Levinson amps (4.56)
Posted by samzx12 on 2004-11-04, 08:02:14 (198.89.160.22)
A friend of mine is buying a Levinson #27 amp and it does not have the camacs. Will a XLR to RCA adaptor work ok with no adverse effects? Where can you buy camacs and why in the hell did they ever use .......
114: Looking to use a Denon PMA-2000ivr to drive a pair of Martin Logan Aeon i's... (4.56)
Posted by ppopp on 2008-05-14, 14:32:45 (71.246.38.91)
Anyone have any experience with this integrated amp driving a four Ohm load in a medium sized room (13' x 27')? The speakers are rated at 90db sensitivity. It's mostly a temporary fix which should las .......
115: RE: Have you heard the N-Core 400s? (4.55)
Posted by JerryS on 2012-06-15, 17:19:44 (24.8.72.33)
Hi Ric, From www.Hypexshop.com, it looks like the amp modules are sold for DIY beginning June 27, 2012 for 325 Euros ex. VAT. The SMPS600 power supply should ship about the same time for 180. Will you .......
116: RE: ARC LS27 - mistake to buy for my application? (4.55)
Posted by E-Stat on 2017-01-28, 07:02:07 (206.255.198.169)
Those units are remarkably similar designs, varying primarily by features and power supply. You're already not taking advantage of the balanced output capability of the 17. Unless you got a fabulous d .......
117: Re: Audio physics Avanti III & Mark Levinson (4.55)
Posted by Anth on 2004-02-23, 19:28:33 (210.0.224.23)
I have used the ML 27.5 & 380 driving my Avanti III before. The results are not too satisfying, The fault is not on the component itself. It is about matching. Hope this could help. ANTH .......
118: Re: Asian sites down, I cannot track my Trends TA-10 (4.53)
Posted by Tubo on 2006-12-28, 07:40:30 (68.107.108.178)
Great. Apparently, they were down for two days. I see on the Buyoyo site that my Trends TA-10 was shipped on 12/27/06 (yesterday). However, I did not get an e-mail. .......
119: Re: totem mani 2 amplification (4.53)
Posted by jsl23 on 2003-02-06, 09:30:25 (209.177.61.2)
I run Totem Mani-2's with a Levinson 27. Its a difficult low impedance load and even 200 watts into 4 ohms with high current capability probably does not do the speakers justice. Good luck with tubes! .......
120: Sorry, (4.53)
Posted by gymwear5@hotmail.com on 2008-04-21, 06:43:21 (65.218.140.58)
27 pieces of audio gear - pro and consumer... All using stock cords - in fact most have been swapped - I only have the power amp cords marked, for their rightful owner. Still, my audio friend Bob keep .......
121: Re: Questions (4.53)
Posted by evl bnkr on 2004-10-02, 06:59:03 (162.84.233.237)
Hi Response34, I biased my 102 at arount 27 - 30 mV's for about 6 months until I saw your post earlier this year concerning the typo in the manual. Do you think there was any damage caused to the inte .......
122: RE: The Truth (4.53)
Posted by mkuller on 2016-05-18, 15:30:20 (107.205.10.55)
...when Aczel started The Audio Critic, in issue #1 he compared about 27 different preamps by ear and came up with one no one had heard of as the winner - the Rappaport which was in business only a co .......
123: ML28 vs ML 38x (4.51)
Posted by dewinkle on 2002-11-14, 05:59:21 (208.255.11.131)
hi all, i am in the market for a used preamp to match my levinson 27.5. does anyone have any opinion on the levinson 28 versus the levinson 38, 380, or 38S. is the price really worth the difference, o .......
124: General Lifespan of Power Amp (4.50)
Posted by Alan E. on 2006-10-08, 04:36:55 (218.255.176.35)
I got a 2nd hand of Mark L. No. 27. I was told that general lifespan of a power amp. could last for 25 to 30 years. Is that true? .......
125: Camac Question (4.50)
Posted by samzx12 on 2004-11-22, 17:27:44 (12.222.232.33)
I have a friend who just bought a Levinson #27 amp. It did not come with the camacs and he is using some xlr-rca adaptors at the moment. Do you think it would make that much difference to purchase som .......
126: Re: matching amp to Tannoy D-700 (4.50)
Posted by watford on 2003-06-04, 14:41:05 (80.95.88.227)
Thanks for your answer. Now I have three actual choices:Pass Aleph Os, Threshold T 100, Mark Lew. 27,5, Krell KST 100, Accuohase 405, 406 integr. Which one suits the best? Thanks for your help in adva .......
127: RE: Very accurate MC phono preamp on proto-board (4.49)
Posted by A.Wayne on 2015-05-21, 16:00:36 (50.150.232.230)
I have found the high voltage has better sonics, i guess from more swing and headroom, i could always tell when batt voltage fell even by 2 volts, you are running 27 volt which is good most only run 1 .......
128: RE: Check out the Audio Space gear on Ebay (4.49)
Posted by SETdude on 2015-07-31, 13:37:49 (73.23.122.179)
Dennis Had is building single ended amps and selling them on the auction site. You don't have to worry about build quality and they sound great. I got this one. If you buy an amp he will build a .......
129: Lehmann Stamp (4.49)
Posted by Sunya on 2009-04-15, 21:00:23 (86.120.170.131)
20W @ 4Ohm BM is the importer in Serbia. http://www.lehmannaudio.com/index.php?id=27 http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/stamp-linear_e.html .......
130: Re: Best Mark Levinson amp for around $4K (used) ??? (4.48)
Posted by Drew on 2003-06-12, 14:08:41 (66.31.214.234)
I can't say the 335 is substantially better than the 23.5. Both are excellent. I bought the 335 at an attractive price, and I like the way it looks....matches nicely with my 37/360/380S. I did own a 2 .......
131: Should I change current amps? (4.47)
Posted by INK on 2003-08-24, 10:26:59 (130.36.62.126)
I have a Levinson no. 27 (100 watts at 8 ohms) I have a Classe CAV 150 (can be bridged to 300 watts/3 at 8 ohms) Should I sell either of these and get something else. I will be getting my speakers by .......
132: I recommend at least 150 wpc, & 200 wpc if you can (4.46)
Posted by Raiderman on 2004-12-19, 09:00:40 (4.11.7.117)
I use a Levinson No. 23. I previously had a No. 27 (100wpc), and it sounded okay, but when I upgraded and doubled the power, the Studios really came to life. At some point, when I have the money to sp .......
133: RE: More desirable ARC preamps/linestages? (4.43)
Posted by tmsorosk on 2012-05-21, 12:25:05 (68.150.165.226)
The Ls-27 I owned did have it's own sonic signature, an overly round and warm sound no matter which components I hooked up to it. Don't get me wrong it was one of my favorite preamps and I probably wo .......
134: Re: The Plinius M-8................. (4.43)
Posted by samzx12 on 2005-08-29, 17:31:42 (12.202.200.136)
AP, Sorry for the delay here but is the M-16 that much better than the CD-LAD? I did have the CD-LAD but it was not with the SA-100. When I 1st got the LAD it was by far the best preamp I have owned. .......
135: RE: Wow, orignal Cary audio designer now selling on ebay (4.41)
Posted by SETdude on 2020-12-06, 03:44:17 (73.156.9.5)
I have an Inspire LP27a preamp. Two 27 or 56 tubes, a 6SN7, 6SL7, 6BX7 or 6BL7, and an 80 rectifier. The 56 tubes add 3db of gain. The CJ5 is better according to those that have heard it and the LP3.1 .......
136: RE: The problem with Class A, IMHO (4.40)
Posted by kathrynatrand@hotmail.com on 2014-03-24, 18:55:23 (24.94.231.26)
I agree about the inefficient issue. They also, being they get so hot, I figure they put more strain in transistors. The sound of the ML 27 was so good, but as it aged, I began to worry it would have .......
137: Hypex Nilai500DIY kit (4.39)
Posted by kh6idf on 2024-03-30, 16:28:22 (96.8.253.70)
Got it today, put the kit together (easy, but I took my time) and what do you know? NO SOUND from the outputs. Power LED lights up on the front, standby switch works, power LED brightness switch on th .......
138: Definitely (4.38)
Posted by nightdoggy on 2006-03-21, 16:56:51 (69.87.196.164)
Yeah the home theatre people know how to market their stuff. I can't stand it but I'm in the minority. Whenever I talk to people at work about music and audio, they always ask me what kind of home the .......
139: RE: Audio Research LS-27 preamp tube replacement (4.37)
Posted by airtime on 2017-02-25, 18:11:29 (68.231.156.10)
Generally when the dealer recommends you change the tube that soon it's because they are driving that tube hard. If you can find a more rugged 6H30 that may help. My advice is contact Jim McShane over .......
140: Re: Are MOSFET amps generally 'slow'? (4.34)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-09-04, 10:37:28 (198.89.160.22)
Abe, You and I exchanged some emails about the VK-200. It is a good amp and very detailed but like Abe said it is slow IMO. Overall I would say it is dark. Very powerful but just does not get my blood .......
141: dump the Pioneer Elite or repair it? (4.34)
Posted by BonillaJ on 2008-08-25, 14:45:45 (75.84.246.106)
I have a Pioneer Elite VS-27-TX receiver from the late nineties. It only works sometimes and I am considering getting it repaired. I have infinity betas surround system- I am newbie- that I listen to .......
142: There is a place in NYC (4.31)
Posted by fin1bxn@msn.com on 2008-01-03, 04:49:16 (153.2.246.33)
Analogique Service Lab 27 West 20th Street Suite 406 New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-989-4240 They are authorized MC service, and have ben around a lomg time (Longer than 20 years, they have service the .......
143: RE: Audio Research LS27 vs. LS28 (4.31)
Posted by mondial on 2018-12-23, 19:13:08 (112.198.222.213)
Hi , If your ok buying used/ preowned I would prefer the ARC REF 5SE linestage , Im sure its better than the LS 27 , I've heard the LS 28 one time and it aint no REF 6 killer when I heard it. Hope t .......
144: VAC Avatar SE vs Avatar Super--any opinions (4.30)
Posted by goaeiou on 2004-03-11, 15:57:24 (12.77.185.46)
Seems like they are not very similar. I Need to drive Quad 63 speakers. Do I need the extra power of the Super? Everything I read suggest the triode mode of the SE produces a great sound at 27 wpc. T .......
145: RE: ARC LS27 - mistake to buy for my application? (4.27)
Posted by fantja on 2017-01-30, 15:57:17 (104.137.36.11)
Charlie- there will not be much discernible difference between the LS-17SE and LS-27 as both are very similar in design. As you enjoy your ARC "SE" stick with it. Upon the many listening sessions that .......
146: RE: Value of coupling caps in Rogue Atlas Magnum ?? (4.26)
Posted by Mendel on 2014-01-30, 09:38:00 (99.235.159.135)
Are you sure they are 2.7 and not .27? 2.7 would be VERY big caps I would think. The .47 Supremes are over an inch long and they are smaller than the V-caps. You would think going from a 2.7 to a .68 .......
147: RE: I guess return customers don't rate a response... (nt) (4.26)
Posted by jcus on 2007-09-03, 12:00:41 (70.152.31.201)
Sorry Rich, I thought yesterdays message was just your complaining about having to wait 5 months to get your new preamp. Just checked our database to learn your old trade-in and pmt.was received on 4/ .......
148: OK, solving Power = Volts(squared)/R for Volts, we get 37.4. (4.26)
Posted by jeffreybehr on 2006-05-25, 16:14:34 (68.230.67.50)
Plug the Voltage ratio of 37.4 over 1.6 into an Excel spreadsheet to calculate the base-10 log of it, times 20, = 27.4dB(V) of Voltage gain. That's it; now you know how to calculate the gain of a pow .......
149: RE: You are the king of audio today (4.26)
Posted by sberger on 2019-10-19, 15:43:36 (23.116.46.61)
Don't know about "King"...perhaps court jester? Honestly I had never encountered, or even heard about the 27, 56, or any of their variants until I researched before buying this pre. But the almost all .......
150: Headroom Home and Max (4.26)
Posted by Duke on 2003-06-02, 16:19:29 (68.96.44.179)
I used my Headroom headphone amp as a pre-amp for a while, and I suppose it's still there as a backup in case everything else blows up. Duke .......
151: RE: Accuphase versus Luxman Integrated Amp (4.25)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-03-22, 18:47:35 (67.162.155.13)
Luxman is good, and has a better built-in phonostage. Accuphase makes a better amp, and has made the best stand-alone phonostage (C-7/17/27). However, the Accuphase E-406 is an exceptional integrate, .......
152: What is "better"?? (4.20)
Posted by Mike K on 2011-04-01, 08:47:02 (71.36.109.70)
What do you expect ARC to have made "better" on the LS27 as compared to the LS26? I bet they made the 27 sound "different", but is that "better"? Don't be a crash test dummy for ARC. Try to get off th .......
153: RE: What is "better"?? (4.18)
Posted by Ron D on 2011-04-02, 07:57:11 (206.75.27.4)
interesting that you left ARC for Shindo and then went back as this was a path I was considering (moving to Shindo). While the Ref 5 is well out of my "fiscal" neighborhood (new or even used) I will k .......
154: RE: Power cord for Audio research ls-27 (4.17)
Posted by LouGiants on 2011-12-28, 06:01:45 (24.160.105.194)
What are you looking for in music presentation to compliment your system as wells as budget. I think that is the first question. There are just so many options to choose from it is mind boggling - so .......
155: Don't worry. Be happy. (4.17)
Posted by TheBrewmaster on 2014-03-24, 22:19:53 (108.73.176.103)
"They also, being they get so hot, I figure they put more strain in transistors. The sound of the ML 27 was so good, but as it aged, I began to worry it would have problems expensive to repair." In th .......
156: RE: 12AX7 Tube Hiss / 5751 Very Quiet. Is this typical ? (4.16)
Posted by ahendler on 2011-07-30, 15:02:56 (99.158.3.120)
I have a Shindo preamp and ASL Hurricanes and at normal listening levels in cd or phono position I here absolutely no noise at the speakers. Shindo does quote a 119db signal to noise ratio for there p .......
157: Re: Why Levinson (4.16)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-06-03, 18:14:55 (12.222.232.59)
John thanks for your advice. Maybe I will take baby steps here and try the tube preamp 1st. It would be hard to let go of the 27.5 but I am not married to it. It had been back to Madrigal for a tuneup .......
158: RE: $2K offer... ;) (4.13)
Posted by mondial on 2020-01-28, 15:56:41 (112.198.226.117)
Hi Charlie , Sorry Charlie somebody beat you to it . I sold it $4000 to my cousin in law & he is grinning from ear to ear . I myself got the REF Anniversary for a good price . My cousin in law was abo .......
159: Re: Going back to tube preamp (4.13)
Posted by Craiger56@aol.com on 2006-04-23, 16:48:27 (67.180.115.248)
We love our Quicksilver Remote Preamp ($1400) largely because we were able to compare it to an Air Tight costing $3500 in our room and found the difference to be small. If you don't need remote contro .......
160: DC on amp output (4.12)
Posted by El Coyote on 2004-04-28, 21:22:51 (69.157.130.26)
How much DC current is normal? This is a 1990 Bryston 3B. There's 0.020V on one channel and 0.009 on the other. It's not the preamp, I tried it unplugged. The noise floor seems a bit high too, at leas .......
161: RE: Krell vs. Classe vs. Mark Levinson (4.12)
Posted by kathrynatrand@hotmail.com on 2014-11-15, 09:31:41 (24.94.224.236)
For me, the ML 27 was a nice sounding amplifier, and I liked the Threshold T200. These were both class A, high current, at 100 watts into 8 ohms, and would put out 400 watts into 2 ohms. I have listen .......
162: Absolutely! :-)) (4.12)
Posted by andyr on 2010-05-12, 14:55:42 (222.154.1.243)
Though why 3' long speaker cables with your monoblocs? Can't you get them shorter than that - even if you end up with 14' long ICs? I have 3 monoblocks directly behind each speaker, in a 27' long room .......
163: RE: Quick Silver Mid Mono's - Cap Replacement (4.11)
Posted by Mike B. on 2011-01-29, 11:51:36 (71.193.187.252)
Yes, find a replacement with that voltage rating or higher. If you were experienced working around deadly high voltage, the actual amount of voltage it is blocking could be measured. .27 is not a comm .......
164: Subjective preference aside... (4.10)
Posted by kuma on 2010-06-23, 13:31:22 (24.12.238.136)
I'll take a tube preamp over a 27 year old solid state preamp. Besides, you already have the SF power amps so using their preamp avoids impedance guessing. That said, I tend to prefer a solid state pr .......
165: New pre amp? (4.10)
Posted by AKopac on 2013-09-02, 21:38:43 (24.114.71.195)
Hey, like to hear some opinions. I've been pretty happy with my ARC LS 17. I know I can do better and have that upgrade bug. I'm using it with a Rowland amp. So I'm eying the LS 27. My understanding i .......
166: RE: McIntosh C-27 panel lamps (4.10)
Posted by MixMaster on 2023-02-04, 01:06:34 (98.62.101.240)
E-Stat, all four lamps illuminate the glass front panel. There's an 1/8" thick acrylic panel that spreads the light from the lamps evenly behind the glass front panel. I've included a pic of the li .......
167: Stepped Attenuator Replacement (4.10)
Posted by mashley on 2010-11-15, 15:38:21 (174.70.99.132)
Can I use a 100k Dact CT2 to replace my Alps 250k? What is the difference? .......
168: Re: Preamp Input Impedance and Source's Ouput Impedance? (4.09)
Posted by Peter Qvortrup on 2004-04-16, 00:32:58 (212.42.175.73)
Dear Ike, 27 kOhm should work OK, but I think you may find that it is possible to just change the load resistors on the CD input to increase the impedance. Or you could change the output capacitor fro .......
169: Re: Plinius or BAT (4.08)
Posted by samzx12 on 2003-07-21, 09:57:04 (198.89.160.22)
AP thank you but the SA102 is more than I want to spend right now. I was trying to keep it under $2000. The VK5i has really changed my system. I did have a Plinius CD-LAD which I liked but had to try .......
170: Re: Just decomissioned my solid state amp/preamp (4.08)
Posted by jokekajr on 2005-02-24, 08:39:40 (65.120.217.122)
I'm with you, the family room has the expensive two-channel music gear for me (and whoever else is might be walking around listening) but the TV is an old 27-inch in the basement with my 25-year-old S .......
171: Re: What's your bedroom sound system? (4.07)
Posted by Ron-C on 2005-04-20, 08:54:51 (68.166.188.115)
Mac C22, MC275, MPI-3, MPC-1, Marantz 10B, Fisher FM1000, Technics SP10 / SME M2-10", V15MXR Shure, Technics SP15 / SME 3012 / Denon DL103, Sony CD/DVD player, ESS AMT-3 Rock Monitors, Panasonic 27" T .......
172: What PreAMp to buy? (4.06)
Posted by daita on 2005-11-13, 06:15:06 (203.87.133.150)
Was wondering which preamp would you recommend: BAT VK-3ix Rogue Audio Magnum 99 Cary SLP-308 or SLP-98P Manley Shrimp Audible Illusions Modulus 3a Am using a Mark Levinson 27.5, powering Monitor Audi .......
173: Berning EA-230 interference with my TV? (4.06)
Posted by brimo on 2006-05-07, 17:34:47 (205.188.116.66)
Alright - I like the Berning alot and have decided that this is the amp that I will keep for awhile. However, when I turn my TV on - I get a buzzing out of the speakers (loud and noticeable). The Bern .......
174: CJ (4.06)
Posted by Jon L on 2003-05-02, 16:12:09 (162.119.232.100)
Well, I can see how ML 27.5 may match well with WP3/2. In fact many audio salons had this exact combo in their demo rooms some years ago. WP 3/2 is reported with high efficiency, but the impedance plo .......
175: RE: pun (4.04)
Posted by acres verde on 2013-06-04, 08:02:40 (64.132.233.138)
Not to beat a dead horse but a pun should have two qualities. First, it should be an artful/humorous play on words and two, should bear some relevance to the original subject it's playing off of. You .......
176: Why Levinson (4.04)
Posted by Jon L on 2003-05-31, 20:57:36 (64.160.235.73)
27.5 was a good amp in its day, but even then their own 23.5 and 20.6 were much superior. Some argue that even the cheaper 29 was better. I've heard most all latest Levinsons, and save for 33H, I'll t .......
177: Manufacturer has them in stock! (4.04)
Posted by machani on 2005-01-29, 00:39:50 (24.86.112.228)
I just ordered mine from the manufacturer's website (www.si-5.com) on Wednesday, Jan 26 evening. I got an email confirmation of shipment (by UPS 2nd day air) Thursday, Jan 27. So they have them in sto .......
178: Re: 70s Yamaha -- 00s, 20s, 40s, ca's, cr's, integrated vs. separates? (4.03)
Posted by slope on 2004-08-08, 22:49:44 (24.71.223.140)
Howdy: I've got a CR-820 that I bought in '77. Still going. And I'll keep it till it stops ( another 27 years????) I had simular intermitent cut-out on my left channel.Turned out to be oxidation on th .......
179: Amp for Thiel 7.2 (4.02)
Posted by kowkow on 2005-05-29, 06:19:58 (210.84.220.58)
Hello Still in search for an amp for Thiel 7.2. Since last post of ML 27 breaking down, have narrowed down choices to these X250.5 MC402 JRDG 501 2nd hand Linn Klimax Twin Most I have spoken to give r .......
180: Manley Shrimp vs BAT VK-3i vs Audio Research (3.94)
Posted by daita on 2005-03-04, 06:26:29 (203.87.133.150)
Hi, i have a Mark Levinson 27.5 amp and i am looking for a preamp. I have more or less narrowed it down to a Manley Shrimp, a BAT VK-3i, or any Audio Research preamp. Which do you think would be a bet .......
181: Antique Sound Labs & Divergent Tech (3.93)
Posted by JerryS on 2003-09-07, 10:44:45 (12.254.88.191)
I've emailed Divergent twice about ASL with no response (8/11, 8/27). They have a nice Web site, so it seems they would check their email. It makes me wonder if they are serious about their distributi .......
182: Pioneer SC-27 w/ICE (3.93)
Posted by PeterZ on 2010-03-08, 07:04:08 (70.112.131.232)
Hello, Has anyone heard the new Pioneer SC27 AVR? It apparently has 7 channels of ICE amplification and I wondered how it stacked up to separates. Currently I have an Anthem AVM-30 with Bel Canto Ref .......
183: Re: Which Preamp Should I Keep? McIntosh C-26 or Nakamichi CA-7A? (3.92)
Posted by djk on 2005-06-30, 23:08:43 (208.252.113.47)
You will need a step up device to use a MC cartridge. I'll take the CA-7A is you don't want it, or the C-26 for that matter too. Avoid the CA-5, the CA-5II sounds similar to the CA-7A. The C-26 and C- .......
184: RE: The best SS preamplifier ? (3.92)
Posted by George Mann on 2009-07-29, 14:14:27 (67.176.60.49)
The best SS preamp is the Accuphase C-2810. The second best, the C-2410. Need the best phono preamp, the C-27. They DO NOT come in a silver finish. .......
185: My ex-wife and I bought a beautiful 28-inch Sony console. (3.92)
Posted by ghost of olddude55 on 2024-02-29, 05:51:05 (100.6.143.244)
Maybe it was a 27-inch. Stereo sound, the works. Took four guys to get it into the house. That particular model of Sony, both the consoles and the "portables" had a problem with tuner board cracking. .......
186: Tube Pre Amps (3.92)
Posted by "Ron B" on 2004-11-22, 10:47:33 (69.225.243.47)
Is there a source where one can get a listing of available preamps on the market that include a line and phono input. I am still playing with the idea of a MC cartridge although I have not had one in .......
187: Mark Levinson second-hand amplifier (3.91)
Posted by sergio_p on 2003-03-31, 08:01:38 (194.185.214.154)
Hi, I live in italy and here it is hard to find hifi shops where purchase second-hand Mark Levinson amplifier. I am looking for a dealer to purchase a second-hand amplifier as 27.5, 331, etc. could yo .......
188: Not sure how to interpret this but... (3.90)
Posted by apercu on 2003-09-14, 16:16:30 (63.188.145.205)
My VAC Avatar is switchable between Triode and Ultralinear. Output ratings are 60 watts in Ultralinear and 27 watts in Triode. According to the owners manual and I quote, "Power: Compared with Trode m .......
189: Re: Levinson 38S vs. 380 (3.90)
Posted by samzx12 on 2002-09-23, 06:35:43 (198.89.160.22)
This maybe a stupid question but why do you think the 38s is sweeter? I have a Plinius CD-LAD preamp right now and I just bought a Levinson 36 dac, Proceed CDD, and have a Levinson 27.5 amp. I am cont .......
190: REVIEW: Mark Levinson 27.5 Amplifier (SS) (3.89)
Posted by elektrafication on 2003-05-02, 01:43:03 (212.219.0.5)
Model: 27.5 Category: Amplifier (SS) Suggested Retail Price: $6,000 Description: 100 watt stereo Manufacturer URL: Mark Levinson Manufacturer URL: Mark Levinson Review by elektraf .......
191: Re: "tweak nonsense" (3.89)
Posted by Bruce from DC on 2006-02-14, 12:40:05 (207.91.86.2)
On my 27-year old Luxman receiver, I noticed that turning up the volume to more than an 80 db loudness level, when driving speakers of 90 db @1 watt efficiency, produced some pretty nasty sound. Since .......
192: Re: Anybody using Sim Audio I-3 or I-5 with high efficiency speakers (3.88)
Posted by tazzanow on 2003-08-26, 03:44:13 (194.237.142.13)
I have a pair of speakers with 91 dB's sensitivity and an I-5. When I set the volume to 13 the sound is rather low but I'm still able to hear it. If I go up to normal listening level I set the volume .......
193: Re: Silly, but not obscene (3.87)
Posted by plantsman on 2004-02-23, 03:47:47 (69.39.98.35)
It is pushing ten years since I last spent time with a Klyne so I can't tell you how well it holds up against modern SS designs but it certainly was a contender in the mid-90s. For the kind of dollars .......
194: RE: On the surface, you are right! (3.85)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2020-09-30, 20:43:26 (73.78.200.105)
The main thing I don't like about the new Marantz is the smooth flat panel inside a weird textured-look outer panel. As for ARC I like the SP-20 look and especially the LS-27 style (and other ARC pr .......
195: YBA is Yves-Bernard Andre built in France, YBA Design was the lower cost line built in China; last PH (3.85)
Posted by cfb on 2010-08-17, 06:19:57 (76.6.252.66)
number from 2008 is (+33) 0160125100 remember when dialing an international call first use the US exit code 011 then the country code in this case France is 33 then the full number; so 011 33 01601251 .......
196: A 27 year old amp that the manufacturer claimed ran fully class A, and you can't imagine any needed fixes? (3.85)
Posted by David S. on 2018-05-31, 10:15:27 (75.137.49.28)
Sorry, but MOST original KRELL KSA series amps have needed at least capacitor replacements sometime in the last 20+ years. Yes, their heat sinking was pretty effective, but they still run HOT. The KS .......
197: if you're interested (3.84)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2006-02-25, 11:42:20 (68.222.73.99)
You can download the .pdf from Denon. I saw one of these for sale on Audiogon about 6 months ago. Can't comment on the audio, as I never heard one, but I know the video section clipped black levels (a .......
198: Sony? (3.83)
Posted by Prisoners on 2014-11-24, 12:19:04 (50.4.97.34)
I've been very impressed with these. .......
199: Re: I want to buy a cheap T-amp, is there a new King of the Hill? (3.82)
Posted by pilot232 on 2007-04-05, 13:20:55 (65.196.107.250)
As far as I know there is nothing that will touch the Trends TA-10.1 in its el cheapo price range, except for the same amp with the Michael Mardis Signature Edition mod available from Audio Magus. ::: .......
200: RE: BAT VK-3ix noise (3.82)
Posted by Victor Khomenko on 2008-06-28, 10:15:09 (76.99.177.53)
***By the way, I didn't find BAT's customer service lived up to its stellar reputation here either. I had to have an amp repaired once, and, for one, I can tell you that the maximum time for repair qu .......
Found 200 records in Cable Asylum.
1: Thanks Shawn..... (8.06)
Posted by Bobo on 2000-06-26, 05:56:13 (12.3.150.13)
I tried the 5-braid you described and it does look pretty good. I'm a little concerned with the oscillation issues described in Chris' instructions and in some scatterred posts here so I think I'm goi .......
2: Re: Component video cables (8.06)
Posted by GPB on 2001-01-09, 04:56:32 (206.175.254.248)
For a 27", just use a standard S-Video that likely came with your player. Using this kind of cable on my 58" HD set, I thought the picture was very good. I don't think you will see any benefit using c .......
3: Cat 5 Speaker Cables (Biwire) Chris V. (7.65)
Posted by Cougar on 2001-12-15, 09:59:08 (63.99.29.57)
I just completed the 27 pair braids,mine too were difeferent length as the other persons earlier post I'm not worried about this, now I want to start on the 9 pair braids. Do these 9 pair braid have t .......
4: Just reduce it then (7.64)
Posted by serus on 2005-03-10, 08:56:44 (66.81.69.52)
The 27-wire at the cable side can be reduced to a smaller number of wires at the speaker side. Clip some of the wires shorter, but still solder all 27 wires together on the cable side. You still get t .......
5: Re: ATTN. : JON L and CHRIS VH : CAT-5 Mains Recipe (7.61)
Posted by Cyril R on 2000-04-08, 11:40:48 (206.172.224.229)
Hello Chris, Are you saying that I must use the full 27 pair cable for each polarity, i.e. 27 pairs for positive (or hot) and 27 pairs for negative (or return) ? Can shileding be done/used for this ca .......
6: Re: DIY CAT5 Speaker Cable w/ TechFlex Wrap? (7.59)
Posted by Stavman on 2000-05-04, 06:38:35 (208.220.188.1)
I'm also planning on covering my 27-pair CAT5 cables when they are finished. What size Nylon Sleeving do you recommend for the 27-pair cable and possibly a 27+9-pair biwire cable??? Any info would be .......
7: Re: Suggest Cable, im doing a shootout. (7.58)
Posted by Dennyj on 2002-05-17, 19:42:17 (152.163.195.198)
I made several Chris VH silver cables: 32/32, 32/27 & 27/27. I think I like the 32/27 the best, although I haven't really done an A/B recently. They're broken in better now so I should retest. I also .......
8: i think i need another set (7.57)
Posted by tim on 1999-12-20, 09:33:59 (152.166.151.54)
well, i did the unthinkable and put double runs of cat5 twisted 27 pair on the LF and double run type 6 on the bottom (i think that equates to 4awg) and i really, really like what it does. so the ques .......
9: me too (7.55)
Posted by pburke on 2006-04-18, 15:31:27 (144.92.40.31)
funny - I also had an Audioquest cable before moving to the 27/9 CAT5. Sold the Audioquest on ebay, never looked at another speaker cable since. chore? I remember the blisters that come with the braid .......
10: Re: Could be OK, but I'd rather have more to the woofers (7.47)
Posted by hiijacker@yahoo.com on 2003-11-23, 08:06:10 (12.248.16.236)
ok so if i braid three basic units i will end up with 9 pairs. Everyone seems to be saying that i am being to lazy by not making that last braid of 18x3 to give me 54. so i will just go ahead and do i .......
11: Re: CAT 5 cabling - NOT 27-pair (7.44)
Posted by Punky on 2001-07-11, 07:22:12 (202.57.32.76)
I did a 8-strand CAT 5 after making Chris's 27-pair (Chris's 27-pair made my hands sore for days - but felt better when I heard it). However mine is 3 mtrs long and had it braided. Both sounded good t .......
12: Re: i think i need another set (7.27)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-12-21, 13:33:17 (169.207.129.75)
I wouldn't go any more than 2 sets of Cat5 (1-27 pair for HF and 1-27 pair for the LF). How long are your cables? .......
13: Re: i think i need another set (7.15)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-12-20, 15:36:00 (169.207.128.191)
Could you clarify? "i did the unthinkable and put double runs of cat5 twisted 27 pair on the LF and double run type 6 on the bottom" Do you mean you put the Cat5 on the HF and the Type 6 on the LF? "I .......
14: Cat5 single Bi-Wire Question (7.12)
Posted by Audio Newbie on 2002-03-19, 13:45:36 (63.192.67.171)
I have been reading about the Cat5 Speaker cables and I have to admit I am very intrigued. I have a little confusion though, hoping you all wont mind helping a newbie out. I’ve done a search and what .......
15: Best interconnect for Mark Levinson #27 amp (7.11)
Posted by waters on 2005-11-02, 23:46:45 (65.7.46.58)
Anybody taken time to see what interconnects work best with the Levinson amps. I'll be going solid state preamp to the #27. Thanks .......
16: Re: Bi-wiring DIY CAT-5 cable: which should be larger (6.95)
Posted by badman on 2001-03-04, 02:46:56 (128.6.246.41)
Bigger is better on bottom. One of the primary reasons to use cat5 is because of the skin effect. This effect is minimised by the use of small conductors, and also, small conductors can safely carry l .......
17: Re: i think i need another set (6.91)
Posted by tim on 1999-12-20, 22:12:39 (152.202.213.38)
i was making a joke, which was only amusing to myself. i was saying that i am running a 27 pair to each polarity on the HF and one full length (no internal separation between polarities) of type six t .......
18: Re: Biwiring with CAT5 (6.83)
Posted by carlo on 2001-01-16, 21:44:02 (63.24.225.252)
I'm biwiring (2 * 27 pair) which in my system sounded better than 27+9 pair. My speakers are 2 1/2 ways (PSB stratus bronze) which may have something to do with it - the 9 pair run for mid/tweet sound .......
19: Re: 27 pairs (6.75)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2002-07-13, 12:42:12 (209.215.72.185)
Unless you have a requirement for a very difficult speaker load, or some other factor, the 27 pairs, which equate to a 10 ga. total wire size, is a bit of overkill. A 16 or 18 pair cable can be made u .......
20: In every twisted pair, one is + and one is - (6.70)
Posted by Metralla on 2001-07-15, 23:05:37 (24.219.121.44)
trancemitr, If I haven't misunderstood you, I think you are on the wrong track. What you want to have, in every twisted pair within the braid, is one of the wires (say the solid colour) connected to t .......
21: Sounds good, but... (6.65)
Posted by cmb6s on 2002-10-24, 09:09:32 (156.80.143.107)
Well, it sounds like the star quad option might be the way to go. Thanks for the info. However, my question still stands... is there a certain configuration that could help to alleviate the capacitanc .......
22: Where is the 27 Pair Cat5 Recipe? (6.64)
Posted by alan on 2000-01-29, 05:21:42 (24.6.235.154)
I can't find the 27 pair Cat5 speaker cable recipe. Could someone help? thanks. .......
23: Re: Wouldn't cable inductance be a problem? (6.60)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2004-06-08, 10:32:03 (68.222.74.249)
IF all things scaled completely linearly (which they don't), placing 27 pairs of CAT5 wire in parallel would reduce the inductance and resistance by a factor of 27, and increase the capacitance by a f .......
24: Re: Would trying out a single run of 1585A be a FAIR TRIAL of the CAT5 sound ? (6.55)
Posted by SteveLim on 2002-03-14, 16:26:33 (203.95.68.137)
Thanks for the reply and caution. I fully respect Chris design and how he arrived at 27 pairs. If i were to do it, i intend to follow his design to the dot (use 1585A, remove the jackets and carefully .......
25: Re: Anyone ever use Chris' Cat5 recipe with fewer than 27 pairs? (6.49)
Posted by Adam on 2001-10-27, 21:29:56 (203.132.5.218)
I've done 9 pair (3x3 braid) vs 27 pair. In my system (mid hi), the difference was in the scale of the sound - it just opened up. The bass is also much tighter and harder hitting with the larger ga. A .......
26: CAT 5, Chris VH or any one who has finished CAT 5. (6.44)
Posted by Kiran on 2000-07-13, 08:44:30 (204.118.36.165)
I just finished braiding CAT5 speaker cables. I have 27 PAIRS & 9 PAIRS for bi-wiring. I will be terminating these with Kimber PM-25 spades. My question is : Should I join both 27 PAIRS & 9 PAIRS at t .......
27: I'm going to build another CAT5 set for biwiring-best to make another 27 pair set or go with 9 pair? (6.42)
Posted by c on 2000-08-23, 23:39:58 (63.27.108.196)
i know mr venhaus suggests 9 pair + 27 pair for amps that don't like capacitance, but i don't have that problem. thanks. .......
28: To answer both your and Randy's questions..... (6.39)
Posted by Sean on 2000-08-25, 19:35:53 (216.214.209.139)
Randy sez: "Now I have very purty cables, quite colorful, and the sound improved! He also said : "I haven't done the full braiding thing because the math works out -- of course -- to 27 pairs to start .......
29: CAT 5 recipe (6.38)
Posted by Paul on 1999-11-23, 06:54:22 (144.15.249.67)
Regarding Chris's CAT5 speaker wire recipe: Has anyone done much comparison between a 9 pair braid and the recommended 27 pair? I know I can always start with 3 9 pair (L, C, and R) and if I wish I ca .......
30: Re: ChrisVH cat5 version query (6.37)
Posted by sandeepg on 2002-08-05, 10:52:59 (128.107.253.44)
Thanks for your advice PooYie, I hope I will be able to stick on to complete 27 pair version :0) But, I would still like to know the impact on sonics in using 18 pair version with active sub compared .......
31: Re: CAT 5, Chris VH or any one who has finished CAT 5. (6.37)
Posted by AndrewH on 2000-07-15, 01:05:25 (209.239.204.72)
My spades (cheap RS stuff) couldn't fit all 27+9 pairs on the amp end, so I ran the two cables separately. It's a little more hassle but probably more flexible in the long run--it turns out I'm gettin .......
32: Re: Anyone ever use Chris' Cat5 recipe with fewer than 27 pairs? (6.31)
Posted by Taco on 2001-10-28, 18:47:06 (12.84.123.197)
The full 27 is too much for the 15' run. I did two legs of full 9 pairs and then braided them with a poly rope of about the same diameter. Works great. Went through a bunch of discussions with Chris a .......
33: Re: I'm going to build another CAT5 set for biwiring-best to make another 27 pair set or go with 9 pair? (6.30)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2000-08-24, 04:49:27 (169.207.134.210)
Hi. Go with the 9 pair to start with. If your result is not acceptable, you can always use the 9 pair braid as a component to build 27 pair braids. Good luck, and enjoy. :-) .......
34: Re: Cat5 single Bi-Wire Question (6.29)
Posted by NickR on 2002-03-19, 15:43:01 (67.83.29.209)
So if I made a 27 braid and a 9 braid would I connect one end of the 27 to the low, one end of the 9 to the high at the speaker, and the other ends of the 27 and 9 together at the amp end? Yes, this .......
35: Re: Chris VH cat5 cable did in my amp. (6.24)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2001-06-20, 23:19:32 (169.207.139.16)
"Do you think this was caused by using a too long run and would it help if I used 27 wires to make the cable on each side and how would this affect the sound? thanks and be carefull" Yes, that's too l .......
36: Re: CAT 5 recipe (6.23)
Posted by revjac on 1999-11-23, 14:33:05 (199.185.131.6)
So somebody tell me what all that turns into in terms of AWG - Thats 54 pieces of 22 or 24 gauge wire {27 into the red and 27 into the black??) That has to be pushing 10/12 AWG on each side doesn't it .......
37: Need Construction Detail for DIY CAT5 27/9 pair Venhaus design (6.18)
Posted by bkling@singnet.com.sg on 2003-08-12, 17:42:15 (202.156.2.84)
Hi I am new here... need to know the popular DIY CAT 27/9 construction detail. The link provided by Venhaus has delinked. Allan Ling .......
38: Alpha 6059/27 for CAT5 DIY Cables? (6.15)
Posted by jlharden on 2000-03-18, 06:09:27 (216.175.46.57)
Does anybody know how this wire would work for the DIY CAT5 recipe. It's a 27 conductor 22 awg copper wire. I don't know what type of insulation. I think I can buy the wire fairly reasonable, but woul .......
39: DIY CAT5 Biwiring Configuration (6.14)
Posted by guitboymc on 2000-05-24, 18:08:43 (24.9.163.18)
I was wondering what the consensus was on the whole issue of having two different configurations to the tweeter and the woofer in a biwireable speaker. Right now I'm set on possibly having a run of 9 .......
40: Wouldn't cable inductance be a problem? (6.10)
Posted by Tony Montana on 2004-06-07, 20:18:02 (67.234.29.226)
With 27 pair of cables, would each cable's inductance and capacitance be added together to make "total" inductance/capacitance for that particular connection? If the answer is yes, then we may have a .......
41: Re: For Jon or Chris Venhaus: Bi-wire split for MartinLogan's (6.06)
Posted by badman on 2001-03-08, 01:25:26 (128.6.246.79)
This is very current dependent. If you play at levels that don't cause hearing damage, 9 pairs should do OK on the top end. It might work better for you to use all 27 on the bottom and a separate brai .......
42: CAT5 VenHaus internal wiring teminations (6.00)
Posted by 100uf on 2005-03-09, 17:45:14 (66.157.90.4)
Hello, I have run into a problem on my first speaker project that I should have foreseen. I decided to construct the CAT5 braided VenHaus cables for internal wiring - one 27-pair cable for the Vifa wo .......
43: Re: Help with ChrisVH's Cat5 Speaker Cable (5.94)
Posted by Greg W on 2001-07-25, 00:20:31 (205.188.196.34)
I would suggest going with an 18 pair cable for the center channel because most center speakers are not capable of very low frequency extension and a 27 pair cable would be overkill but a 9 pair may n .......
44: Re: Cat5 single Bi-Wire Question (5.94)
Posted by Audio Newbie on 2002-03-19, 16:00:51 (63.192.67.171)
I beleive double bi-wire is for amps that are bi-wirable(have a high/low speakerout to each channel). is that right? Do i want to braid the 27 braid and the 9 braid together? or have 2 seperat cables? .......
45: Re: Difference between Cat5 solutions (5.92)
Posted by Randy Bey on 2000-08-25, 11:13:01 (206.145.252.35)
I started out with the Thorsten topology (whew.. wanted to use that word for a while now) -- that is, one entire CAT5 cable bundled together for +, another for -. Sounded great! Then I heard about the .......
46: More info on braids (5.79)
Posted by rick s on 2000-09-05, 18:45:38 (216.232.146.11)
Try this site for more info on braiding. It works, my second set, on the way to finally building the full 27 pair CAT 5 braid as described was a 4 braid of 4 pair in the jacket. A good sounding cable, .......
47: Re: Maybe I should revise the question again??? (5.78)
Posted by Mudcat on 2005-12-02, 03:54:59 (152.121.18.38)
I would like to revise the question yet again. Not knowing squat about amp design. What in the amp design causes the amp to be effected by a high capacitance cable? But to anwer KWillis's question bet .......
48: Better yet, try this.......... (5.74)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-12-21, 21:27:14 (169.207.67.225)
Take both sets of the 27 pair Cat5's and use those for your bass channels, and make a set of 9 pair braids (Three, 3-pair braids braided together) for your HF. If you don't like, you can always use th .......
49: Re: is 12 pair cat5 sufficient over 27 pr.? cable gauge theory..... (5.73)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2001-04-04, 18:31:50 (169.207.117.57)
I would go with 2- 9 pair braids (3 braids of 3 twisted pairs), loosely twisted together. Make sure you use the Teflon insulated Cat5. If the 2- pair braids aren't enough, you can always make one more .......
50: Chris VenHaues' Cat5 Bi-wire configurations (5.73)
Posted by Julien43 on 2003-12-07, 10:01:42 (68.210.103.208)
I have been using a shotgun (dual) 27 pair set-up in my system. I have seen posts that reccomend using a smaller braid for the upper crossover. My question is: What are the sonic benifits of such a co .......
51: Re: Bi-Wiring and DIY Cat 5 cables (5.71)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2000-01-05, 04:42:53 (169.207.128.24)
In my experience the best way is to go with the full blown version (27 twisted pairs) per channel and see how it sounds. It is no guarantee that bi-wiring will sound better. I have had some systems th .......
52: Tell me if this braid would work? (5.69)
Posted by hiijacker@yahoo.com on 2003-11-21, 09:02:31 (65.170.178.58)
I am going to use the 4 paired cat 5e cable described in my post below. Since it is already in pairs i would like to pair it as follows. 2X3= 6 then 6x3=18 then 18x3=54 from the 54 wires i will bi-wir .......
53: NOt exactly the same, but (5.69)
Posted by bartc on 2004-10-07, 12:38:23 (66.123.70.161)
My system is NAD SS stuff and I did the 12 pair Triple T in jackets according to TNT-audio recipe. 13' long runs to each speaker. Works like a charm. Before you go nuts with the CVH full monty 27 pair .......
54: Bi-wiring CAT 5 Belden 1701A [Chris VH recipe] (5.69)
Posted by zmanone on 2005-03-23, 03:35:36 (24.154.190.197)
I need wide slotted spades for my speaker and amp binding posts. What diameter holes do I need in the spades at the amp for the 27 wires for + and 27 for -? What do I need for 18 wires and 9 wires at .......
55: RE: re-terminating rca digital cable with bnc? (5.66)
Posted by Duster on 2014-10-19, 17:51:33 (76.104.217.128)
The Furutech FP-3-117(R) is a high performance solder-type BNC connector. See link: .......
56: Re: Another Cat 5 Cable question (5.64)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-11-13, 07:44:00 (169.207.132.247)
Hi Jetsons. Actually you're right at 14 gauge w/ 12 pairs per channel. That should be fine for the high end. I personally think you need to be at least 12 ga. (about 17 pairs) for that 12 ft. run, but .......
57: Re: CAT 5 recipe (5.61)
Posted by Alex on 1999-11-23, 10:07:51 (138.39.128.173)
It's really not as hard as you think. I made a set with 27 pair and had no problem fitting them in standard spade ends, solder-type banana ends or MIT ICONN ends. I have a set of standard (27 pair) th .......
58: Re: Cat-5 biwire question (CVH or anyone) (5.57)
Posted by Shawn Harvey on 2000-06-23, 13:46:54 (206.31.111.24)
Lower: Standard 27-pair braiding. Upper: Do five (5) 3-braids, then do a 5-braid for these to get 15 pairs. Split +/- the same way you would for the 27-pair. How to do a 5-braid: Same as a three braid .......
59: Recommendations on a power cord for my Wadia 27 (5.54)
Posted by DC STEVE on 2007-07-06, 12:59:21 (64.242.0.161)
hey all, i've got a GNSC modded wadia 27 dac using a standard belden powercord. I want to upgrade the power cord and could use one that is forward, transparent, dynamic, explosive. some have recommend .......
60: Re: Which DIY speaker cable to make? (5.54)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2001-06-06, 17:43:28 (209.215.72.190)
One of the big diffeences between the original CC89259 recipe and the CAT5 27 pair recipe, is that we are not comparing like gauges. The 27 pair is better than 10 ga. equivalent, while the CC 89259 is .......
61: Re: Theta And Martin Logan (5.51)
Posted by garth on 2001-02-28, 03:19:20 (152.163.204.66)
Posted by Des (i) on February 27, 2001 at 20:27:58: In Reply to: Theta And Martin Logan posted by Luminator on February 27, 2001 at 16:25:53: I would'nt recommend the XLO digital cables tho if they ar .......
62: Re: CAT 5 recipe (5.50)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-11-23, 15:29:49 (169.207.132.239)
24 ga. solid wire has approx. square in. of .0003". Therefore 27 x .0003"= .0081", which is equivalent to 10 gauge. I would suggest using the full blown 27 pair (10 ga.) version for the bass, 9 pair ( .......
63: Anyone ever use Chris' Cat5 recipe with fewer than 27 pairs? (5.46)
Posted by Pete H on 2001-10-27, 21:02:48 (209.23.1.28)
I was thinking of using 16 pairs in a quad braid to minimize the labor. I was going to use four sets of four for about 12 gauge. It sounds like more than enough for a 15 foot run to a simple MTM desig .......
64: Re: Cat5 BiWire <ChrisVH> (5.45)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-11-14, 19:57:54 (169.207.69.42)
Hi Alex. I am happy you liked them. The performance/cost ratio is truly amazing. As far as the single vs. bi-wiring, that's a tough call. I had some setups that liked the single wiring better than bi- .......
65: CAT 5 cabling - NOT 27-pair (5.44)
Posted by thoriated_tiger on 2001-07-10, 15:53:24 (208.35.159.252)
Howdy.. As an experiment, I intend to build myself a pair of one-meter speaker cables, using one one-meter length of CAT 5, four-pair (8 conductor wire) configured with all 'stripeys' being the negati .......
66: Re: Anyone ever use Chris' Cat5 recipe with fewer than 27 pairs? (5.39)
Posted by MylesJ on 2001-10-29, 12:05:55 (216.239.174.254)
I started out with 12 pair which sounded good and had good detail on old large Advents. I changed to Dynaudio 52 and the sound was very thin. I got some stackable banana plugs and experimented by addi .......
67: Re: SHORT AC POWER CORDS (5.33)
Posted by Mike Bates on 2000-05-10, 19:17:52 (12.67.147.72)
Oh. What is advantage of a 3db filter over a 6db filter at 27 mhz on the AC input supply of audio gear? Isn't the rolloff determined by the impedence of the line and the input of the power supply in t .......
68: Re: CAT5 cable type (5.29)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-05-12, 10:09:06 (209.215.72.222)
Yes, PE is better than PVC, and would make doing the CAT5 braid worth the effort, although you may still wish you had sprung for the teflon by the end! BTW, while ChrisVH's 27 pair recipe is the stand .......
69: Re: One cable for Left & one cable for Right Dont mix. (5.23)
Posted by hiijacker@yahoo.com on 2003-11-21, 11:25:07 (65.170.178.58)
ok so i wont mix the left and right in one cable . I dont undrerstand what you mean by crosover frequesny. i m not going to bi amo just bi wire. but it seems everyone is saying it has no effect. so i .......
70: Re: Goertz's or Cat 5's can make some systems oscillate???? (5.22)
Posted by Greg W on 2002-10-27, 12:59:47 (205.188.208.104)
Hi Magmann, I am running a bi-wire set of cat5 cables on my Bryston 4B-ST without any problems. I have a 27 pair for the low end and an 18 pair for the high end, but in all reality I think a 9 pair fo .......
71: Re: Without pain? (5.17)
Posted by Nino on 2003-10-24, 11:53:03 (213.193.43.50)
I finally settled on 3*4 pairs for HF and 6*4 pairs for LF. All together 36pairs what was not too much for my SS amp. Cutting lenght was 2.2m. I did it during a weekend (maybe 14h or so). Yes there wa .......
72: Re: Cat-5 Cables (5.17)
Posted by asull2k on 2001-09-27, 11:27:35 (129.170.95.208)
1. I think the 9 wire length looked about 15 gauge, but not sure. The 27 pair version was about 10 gauge in the end. 2. This depends on whether you're making the 27 pair or 9 pair version. I'd only re .......
73: Re: Long (45') Speaker Cables! -- Thoughts? (5.16)
Posted by Russellc on 2001-04-09, 14:54:14 (207.42.243.186)
I had a similar problems with one of my systems, needed 30ft runs, my long favorite tara phase11 were only 8ft. I made 30 ft frrcc from tnt site. Basically three cat 5 (plenum version). I have made th .......
74: What diameter techflex to use for 27 pr Chris VH Cat 5? (5.16)
Posted by brewthunda on 2001-05-16, 14:13:24 (208.59.253.22)
Hey folks, I'm thinking of wrapping my 27-pair Chris VH Cat 5 speaker cables with Clean Cut Techflex. What diameter Techflex should I order? I found a post from May, 2000 which suggested ordering 1 1/ .......
75: Re: Was Audio Note AN-Vx ever produced in Japan? (5.12)
Posted by audiquattro on 2006-02-27, 12:09:51 (12.47.208.34)
I have 4 ( 0.5, 2X 1, 1.5 meters ) pairs of AN-Vx so I know if they're fake or real. It is correct that the version I heard is not the latest 27 strands and I never said it is. I had the 21 strand ver .......
76: Re: How do they sound, Dave? (5.11)
Posted by Dave Brown on 1999-11-23, 05:50:01 (209.49.109.146)
I'm almost done the construction proces -- I've got to braid the final 27-pair leg and then terminate. My connectors should be here soon. I ordered the silver Audioquest spades from OneCall.com I got .......
77: Re: Good point. Did Ishmail check with a Multimeter first? (nt) (5.04)
Posted by Greg W on 2001-06-25, 14:13:40 (205.188.195.37)
I'm the one who used the magnifying glass to find the cross connected wire, but that was after the cable tested bad with a multimeter. I was so sure that I had all the wire separated correctly that I .......
78: Re: Cat 5 speaker cables (5.03)
Posted by DaveT on 2001-11-15, 06:23:53 (12.78.121.212)
I would suggest that you use the entire braid (27 pairs) to get the entire benefit. I use less than 27 pairs internally (9-pairs) to mids and (3-pair) to tweeters. I have tried both the gomer and the .......
79: I've done the 9 pair and 18 pair too (5.03)
Posted by Brad V on 2001-07-10, 16:18:52 (167.64.48.106)
I originally made a bi-wired set, utilizing 9 pair for the ribbons and 18 pair to the bass/midrange on Newform R645s. After I got my Odyssey Stratos Mono Amps, I made a shorter 4-5 foot pair of 9 pair .......
80: Cat5 question for Chris VH (5.02)
Posted by JSDDS on 2000-08-24, 13:51:55 (216.181.68.98)
Chris, Just made a biwire pair of 16 footers. I'm concerned because I now realize that the 9 pair braid going to each speaker, is shorter in actual length than the 27 pair braid. This is because of th .......
81: Would it be more beneficial to separate the Pos & Neg (5.00)
Posted by Brad V on 2001-07-10, 09:05:17 (167.64.48.106)
Currently I'm running Chris Venhaus Cat5 DIY Speakers Cables. I'm running 9 pair(14.46 gauge) to the highs and 27 pair (9.69 gauge) to the lows. Of course the 9 pair and the 27 pair are separated. I'm .......
82: RE: High Fidelity power cables (4.99)
Posted by Ric on 2020-01-02, 06:55:52 (50.0.252.40)
I have a little experience with the cheaper HF cables products and own two MC-0.5's and have done some DIY using magnets from a fellow inmate who took his MC-0.5 apart. There is a saturation point w .......
83: Re: Sorry, I hit submit by mistake... (4.94)
Posted by pburke on 2003-04-07, 08:03:46 (144.92.164.196)
well, I have some 27 pair Cat-5 5 foot cables sitting in the closet catching dust. I may give it a shot for the monoblocks. What about the ground run? If I already have a totally braided run of 9 awg .......
84: Help! My amp shuts down running cat5 cables (4.93)
Posted by Greg W on 2001-05-04, 16:50:40 (64.12.102.33)
I finished my cat5 cables last night, a bi wire set, useing 27 pair for the lows and 18 pair for the highs. I finished one side first and hooked them up, everything was fine, bass was nice and tight a .......
85: 27 different power cords reviewed (4.90)
Posted by Mike K on 2021-02-22, 09:16:40 (216.228.191.161)
Story here: https://audiobacon.net/2019/08/17/27-audiophile-power-cables-reviewed/ I did not read the story beyond the first few paragraphs. I have not the time, inclination, money, or ear memory fo .......
86: By not separating and braiding. (4.88)
Posted by Ted in NJ on 2002-03-12, 07:26:33 (208.31.91.100)
Although the popular recipe seems to be the one you mentioned, using 27 twisted pairs, these are a lot of work. There are some easier ways to use Cat5 for speaker cable. The cable comes as 4 twisted p .......
87: Re: Cat5 Causing my Rega amp to run hot? (4.87)
Posted by heath a on 2000-06-27, 16:42:42 (149.99.128.192)
It's possible that you have hi frequency oscillations occuring due to the hi cap. of the cable interacting with the feedback loop of the amp. These oscillations can occur with little or no impact to a .......
88: RE: Michael Fremer answers Cable challenge! (4.86)
Posted by BenRo on 2007-10-21, 21:06:16 (144.131.135.30)
Mr Fremer has witdrawn from the challenge. Unsettling. Surely a man of his experience would've had the $mil in his pocket in no time. There's one born every minute. P.T Barnum .......
89: Technical Question about 18 +9 variations of Chris' DIY Cat 5 cables (4.86)
Posted by mickey on 2002-08-12, 16:01:49 (129.109.54.249)
Hi, This is the 1st time I have posted to this forum but I have read many many posts and find this forum very helpful ... I have tried to thoroughly scan the forum for the answers to the questions at .......
90: Re: Chris VH Cables - a few questions (4.86)
Posted by rechsm on 2001-04-05, 23:05:12 (24.24.188.197)
Welp, too late! :) I've just hooked up my right channel with the 15ga version of your cable - 9 pair. It sounds great - much deeper and tighter in the low- and mid-range. A little bright and a little .......
91: Question Chris, (4.85)
Posted by Audio Newbie on 2002-03-19, 18:26:02 (63.192.67.171)
Hey Chris, I got a couple questions, than im off to buy some cable. If I want to try the bi-wire, can I do it all I one braid? I.E. one braid of 36 with 27 to high and 9 to low? Or does making 2 total .......
92: Re: DIY speakers cables.....coax vs CAT 5 ? (4.80)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-10-24, 20:55:29 (209.215.72.245)
Both recipes are very good, but many seem to feel the CAT5 is stronger in the bass. This is compared to the two coax CC 89259, which is equiv. to 13 1/2 guage. The full 27 pair CAt5 is equiv. to 10 ga .......
93: Re: Silver plated 24G teflon cable for CAT5 speaker cable - JonR or Chris? (4.78)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2002-08-03, 07:28:55 (209.215.72.196)
As badman has suggested, the 89259 might be a better way to go for your needs. The 100 foot spool only weighs about 5 lbs., so shipping costs should not be too ridiculous, however, I do not know what .......
94: Re: Which connecting cable for biwirable speakers if using CAT5? (4.77)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2002-04-07, 07:24:14 (169.207.87.132)
"I seem to have a problem with RFI in my area and have used shielded CAT5 solid core, leaving the pairs in the jacket without connecting the shield. In your experience, does this adversely affect the .......
95: Cables I used before........Yes, I Braided them 27 pairs (4.77)
Posted by Rpatrick on 2005-04-25, 09:00:04 (67.141.150.125)
Yes, I sure did, it took me a whole weekend to do them..... .......
96: My "Cheat" CAT-5 experience... (4.73)
Posted by andy evans on 2000-03-08, 17:05:45 (195.44.204.50)
I started on the 'regular' 27 pair CAT-5 speaker cable and got restless, so instead I took three CAT-5 cables (mine have polyolefin insulation), stripped off the PVC sheeth and braided them together. .......
97: Re: Bi-Wiring and DIY Cat 5 cables (4.68)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-01-05, 10:14:35 (209.215.72.193)
DO NOT split the plus and minus polarities apart! This will defeat most of the benefit of using the braided CAT5 (very low inductance). Follow the instructions, and use the soild color wires for one p .......
98: Re: Was Audio Note AN-Vx ever produced in Japan? (4.64)
Posted by Peter Qvortrup on 2006-02-27, 06:48:58 (212.42.175.73)
Dear AQ, Well, well, well, you obviously have no idea what it was you were listening to, because the new 27 strand AN-Vx only came into production in October 2005, and the first pieces were shipped in .......
99: Re: Mark Levinson #27 Power cord suggestion? (4.64)
Posted by Duster on 2006-06-11, 12:53:41 (24.17.157.133)
Image: Mark Levinson #27 Rear View (image linked to Mark Levinson web site - see link below) Take a look at the power cord (notice the corrugated loom tubing with a shiny metal clamp located at the IE .......
100: Actually... (4.64)
Posted by carlo on 2001-05-04, 17:04:05 (63.27.108.27)
you may want to check to make sure all the pairs were matched up correctly with the 27 pair set. More than likely, you've got a short. .......
101: Re: DIY CAT5 cable using GIGASPEED cable (4.59)
Posted by Randy Bey on 2000-09-01, 05:25:59 (63.226.191.101)
Zat so? I was concerned that de-constructing the CAT5 in preparation of braiding would reduce their effectiveness -- my thought process was that Belden knows how to make low noise cable and the more I .......
102: Where to find 4pk for $27 ?? (4.58)
Posted by Ross on 2004-04-23, 12:36:03 (199.250.8.220)
Thanks ! Ross .......
103: Re: More info and questions (4.54)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-06-23, 10:14:32 (209.215.72.252)
Two things: The new assembly detail of twisting the 89259 coaxs around each other helps keep them together and allows less chance to splay apart, so less HS overall is required. Also, with the twistin .......
104: Re: Speaker Cable Recommondation (4.53)
Posted by badman on 2001-04-04, 12:08:51 (128.6.246.47)
Try Kimber 8TC or the Chris VenHaus 27 pair cat5 DIY. Both are appropriate to your needs, and are very similar. .......
105: RE: 27 different power cords reviewed (4.50)
Posted by alan m. kafton on 2021-02-23, 16:06:57 (70.162.185.151)
Didn't realize you live in Tucson. I'm in Phoenix. .......
106: Re: CC89259 vs. VenHaus braided CAT5 speaker cable (4.50)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2004-10-04, 10:26:48 (68.222.113.197)
Roscoe, You need to keep in mind that Ulas has a thing about me personally, so I would take his comments on the CC89259 with that in mind. Since a great many folks have commented favorably on both the .......
107: Re: JohnR,ChrisV,others-please help. diy cables (4.50)
Posted by ChrisVH on 1999-12-05, 18:42:04 (169.207.136.123)
Hi Fred. You really would be better off using longer IC's and shorter speaker cables, but I'll try to give my opinion based on your stated preference. Using 9 pairs will give you a ga. equivalent of 1 .......
108: Re: Cat5 BiWire Variant (4.47)
Posted by Shawn Harvey on 2000-03-08, 06:33:11 (206.31.111.24)
I have 9-pair braids running to the tweeters now bi-wired with the full 27 to the bass. I was going to make a pair of these for my brother's system and figured I'd try the 27 to the tweeters just for .......
109: Re: Cat5 I have a stupid question...confused (4.46)
Posted by alan on 2000-01-28, 11:25:47 (199.29.247.140)
I am confused. I can't find any mention of a 27 strand formula. .......
110: Re: where to get about 34 feet of 89259??? (4.43)
Posted by wheezer on 2001-04-07, 11:42:25 (207.36.135.170)
I was quoted $1.27/ft from Nemal last month http://www.nemal.com/ .......
111: Re: Update on the Anti-Cables.....Cables I used before? (4.40)
Posted by zmanone on 2005-04-25, 05:07:38 (24.154.190.197)
Did you braid these as Chris describes and was it 27 pairs? .......
112: CAT 5, Capacitance and oscillation (4.40)
Posted by Sean on 2001-04-24, 01:34:24 (208.150.59.184)
At a length of 15', it is QUITE possible that the capacitance of this cable is playing games with his amp. This is especially true if he used all 27 pairs as Chris specified in the original design. Ac .......
113: For Jon or Chris Venhaus: Bi-wire split for MartinLogan's (4.40)
Posted by LarryS on 2001-03-08, 01:06:43 (24.157.43.16)
Working on CAT-5's. A bit longer than I would like, starting out at 16' and will end up aroung 13'. Would like to make them shorter, but just can't see putting my amp in the middle, on top of the TV ( .......
114: Re: where to purchase Belden 89259 online? (4.39)
Posted by Bob Meyer on 2001-04-30, 18:41:36 (12.23.161.197)
Check posts below 4/27/01 Audioman had 80 feet left over he needed to sell...... .......
115: Re: Help!!! Source for 89259 cable (4.38)
Posted by NewbieBaby on 2002-03-19, 11:52:06 (64.149.135.130)
I just paid 1.27$ per foot for 100 ft. minimum from Nemal Electronics in Florida: 800 522 2253 .......
116: Re: Be Aware (4.38)
Posted by jk@home on 2002-10-05, 17:14:50 (68.10.160.100)
Looking at my old Stereophile test cd #2, track 27 has "spot frequency tones", they recommend using a Fluke 87. Is this what your referring to? .......
117: Re: ...welcome to the dark side...euphony ? (4.34)
Posted by PeAK on 2004-06-13, 00:30:47 (67.43.132.94)
Ralame, I sense a contagious enthusiasm in your praise of this cable that I thought not possible from the same person 48 hours ago. It is an opportune time to point this out as others come from a simu .......
118: Some facts about Tekundas A2 History (4.33)
Posted by ak645 on 2002-02-10, 01:39:45 (209.240.222.132)
Hi everybody, I have the flu,thus a four A.M. Sunday post. 1.Tekunda first post on A2-10/09/01 2.Tekunda first post about HMS Cable-1/27/02 3.Tekunda puts 100 pair of I.C.s on sale-2/8/02 Now some que .......
119: Granite is $11.25/foot (normally $27/foot) (4.32)
Posted by chuck55 on 2003-05-13, 10:49:37 (209.176.9.120)
I think this is a good deal. But probably when A-Q comes out with its new wire in a month, I'll be kicking myself. .......
120: Re: Question about CVH DIY Cat5 Capacitance (4.30)
Posted by NZIAN on 2001-07-17, 17:16:08 (203.96.111.202)
Alan, I used 15 ft runs of 27 pair from a Denon AVR1800 without problems. Your mileage may differ though. Ian. .......
121: Re: CVH CAT5 speaker-cable to burn-in as a power cord. (4.30)
Posted by jondoh on 2002-07-27, 09:18:22 (4.64.207.163)
An equal current would tend to flow through each conductor. 10 amps would be less than 500mA through each of you 27 conductors. .......
122: Re: CAT5 : How to get 12pairs or 18 pairs ? (4.30)
Posted by zanash on 2002-03-12, 06:00:51 (62.254.0.7)
I got 9 and 18 [9+18=27] 9 for hi's 18 for lows, biwired .......
123: Re: Jon, Chris VH: Which Belden Cat5 for DIY speaker/video cable (4.27)
Posted by tecnofossil on 2001-08-15, 14:10:27 (165.247.0.27)
HomeDepot General Cable. Readily available at .27 a foot. Tom .......
124: Re: Question for present / former cat5 cable users (4.24)
Posted by bartc on 2003-05-13, 06:29:08 (64.12.96.10)
Not sure that "warm" is even an issue, as all the Cat 5 recipes are using OFC copper, which is warm by nature. Not sure truthfully just how many essential variants there really are, either. The classi .......
125: Re: Personal experience with Cat5 CVH. Which amps yes or no? (4.24)
Posted by pturn on 2004-07-21, 11:53:52 (68.166.171.178)
Classe 201 got hot with 5 ft 27 braid, trashed the CAT 5 kept the amp which I later sold but that's another story (and a mistake) .......
126: RE: 27 different power cords reviewed (4.22)
Posted by zacster on 2021-02-22, 11:54:11 (68.199.119.236)
I didn't read much of the article either and I'd love to see him go through those same cables blind and evaluate them in the same way and compare the findings. I'd bet no two tests of the same cable w .......
127: Re: DIY CAT5 9s finished... questions... (4.22)
Posted by Shawn Harvey on 2000-02-23, 09:03:20 (206.31.111.24)
Basically you *should* hear a noticeable difference in the sound right away. I did. I noticed a lot of nice things, as well as some bad things that I'm attributing to a lack of break-in (sibilance, ba .......
128: Sony SAVA-27 Speaker System Cable (4.19)
Posted by James Arnold on 1999-12-05, 12:21:10 (193.159.124.110)
Could you tell me how or where I could purchase one of these special cables? It is the six pin cable that connects the two speakers together. Thank you J.Arnold .......
129: Thanks- explanation (4.16)
Posted by Dan P on 2002-05-29, 13:51:18 (198.51.238.1)
I know the question was silly, but in a 12/27/01 post on this site this length (and 76.5") was mentioned. I'm not sure why. But the post was for a somewhat different receipe. Thanks for the comment Da .......
130: Re: DIY Cat-5 Bi-wiring question (4.16)
Posted by Nebakanezzar on 2002-10-10, 18:24:46 (63.192.67.171)
Hey Chris, how bout the idea of using one 27 braid for bi-wiring?. .......
131: Please Clarify, are you saying the 18 strand was better??? (4.16)
Posted by Carl G on 2000-07-06, 10:38:46 (38.29.86.186)
Are you saying that the 18 strand was better with tighter bass or the 27 strand was better?? .......
132: Eichmann Bullets (4.16)
Posted by Metralla on 2004-04-22, 07:41:15 (216.195.228.160)
Sound great, easy to solder (follow the instructions) - make up your own strain relief system, as that's a weakness of the design. Shop around and you might find a 4 pack for $27. Regards, Geoff ::: T .......
133: Yes, I can. (4.15)
Posted by Sondek on 2006-06-05, 10:52:37 (69.152.114.110)
Chris VH Cat 5's. I use them on my 3A Sigs. 27 pair for the bass side, and 15 pair for the trebble. If you can stand the rigors of construction, you can build your own for under a $100. .......
134: Re: Siltech - The Emperor??? (4.14)
Posted by mikel on 2001-03-02, 01:52:01 (207.202.218.64)
badman, thanks for the warning. when i heard her talking to me in a calm voice i knew she was o.k. after 27 years of marriage we have learned to live with each others obsessions. but it is probably ti .......
135: Re: cat 5 question for John Risch (4.11)
Posted by tecnofossil on 2001-07-23, 12:07:39 (192.249.47.11)
Where are you located? I got my Cat-5 wire at Home Depot. It was 27 cents/foot. FEP (generic teflon) insulated, manufactured by General Cable. Tom H .......
136: Re: Cat 5 cables (4.11)
Posted by Shawn harvey on 2000-03-13, 07:23:32 (206.31.111.24)
You are essentially asking if 27 individually-coated twisted pairs of wire braided in a totally random fashion have an overall directionality? I would say no. Shawn Harvey .......
137: Re: Cat 5 question (4.11)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2002-05-20, 06:53:51 (169.207.114.239)
How long are you making them? You can go with 9 pairs initially, and then use that as a component to guage up to 18 pairs, and then 27 pairs if you wish. You'll know when you reach the right number of .......
138: RE: belden 89207, jeans LC-1 or ??? for 15 foot ICs (4.08)
Posted by MylesJ on 2018-06-16, 12:40:37 (97.121.23.193)
Duster - I was already considering the Eichman RCAs. I will contact Chris. I built a lot of his 27 pair CAT cables for friends and families so I should pay him for something. .......
139: RE: 27 different power cords reviewed (4.08)
Posted by Mick Wolfe on 2021-02-23, 11:38:36 (174.18.129.107)
I'll volunteer my suburban track house in Tucson ; ) That said, I'm sure you've hit the nail on the head in regard to where any particular PC is used. His results would not be a constant across a vari .......
140: Re: CAT5 (4.08)
Posted by john_h on 2000-06-07, 12:19:37 (209.17.10.240)
for my 6 foot runs, i needed 120 feet and i was left with maybe an extra 10 or 20 feet. i did the full out 27 pairs per cable. for 14, i would assume you'll need something in the neighborhood of 250 o .......
141: Re: Belden 83803 as power cord (4.08)
Posted by Tim Cristy on 2000-10-11, 13:52:15 (131.167.50.50)
If you dont mind ordering in 100-ft quantities, Allied Electronics has 100ft rolls for US$287.27, which is much cheaper per ft than the other person listed. .......
142: Re: CAT5 cables causing amp to oscillate (4.08)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2002-07-22, 17:48:58 (209.215.72.251)
Did you make a full 27 pair braided type CAT5? How long are the cables? These tends to have a lot of capacitance per foot of length, so it is a combination of the total length, and how many pairs were .......
143: Re: Bi-wiring DIY CAT-5 cable: which should be larger (4.07)
Posted by Greg W on 2001-03-04, 07:30:32 (198.242.248.12)
Are you saying that you are bi-wiring through ONE 27 pair cable to each speaker? .......
144: Re: DIY CAT5 Biwiring Configuration (4.07)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2000-05-25, 04:56:36 (169.207.29.8)
You have it right. Start with the 9 pair + 27 pair, and you should be OK. If you want to tinker around later, you can always braid another 9 pair for each side and increase the HF to a total of 18 pai .......
145: Re: Need Construction Detail for DIY CAT5 27/9 pair Venhaus design (4.05)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2003-08-12, 17:53:50 (24.167.225.123)
You must have been looking at the old xoom link... .......
146: RE: Bulk power cable (4.05)
Posted by Capisi on 2024-02-10, 16:24:56 (104.28.123.180)
Many feel that PCs are the most important cable. One should buy cabling to match the level of their components. The OP has some very nice gear. I think he's going backwards as his gear should get cabl .......
147: No one has any ideas??? (4.05)
Posted by John PA on 2004-12-16, 09:16:42 (168.103.57.143)
thanks, ja in clear and cool, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
148: Re: Need some cheap interconnect advice/recommendations (4.04)
Posted by masao on 2002-01-18, 16:32:06 (63.206.138.162)
IXOS Gamma 1114, available at Accessories for Less (ac4l.com. The 1m length is now on sale for 27.99. Excellent all-around IC, particularly for source components. Kimber PBJ is a bit brighter, the way .......
149: Re: Cat5 Causing my Rega amp to run hot? (4.04)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2000-06-27, 16:50:39 (209.215.72.158)
It sounds like the amp is oscillating due to the capacitive load from the CAT5. The full 27 pair version ChrisVH recommends is highly capacitive, about 450-600 pF per foot, with a 10 foot run ending u .......
150: Re: Thanks to Chris, great Cat 5 speaker cable design (4.04)
Posted by sonny on 1999-10-15, 13:11:16 (192.138.149.4)
don't see my post and let me do it again: If I'd like to bi-wire my speaker, do I need to make 4 pair of what you said in the instructions or I terminated different is just enough? (the case that the .......
151: Try this page (4.03)
Posted by rick s on 2000-04-19, 13:51:33 (199.250.207.9)
Here's a great page with instructions and pictures for several different types of braids. I used the 4 element round braid in DIY CAT 5 speaker cable no. 4 (before finishing up with a full 27 pair) En .......
152: RE: 27 different power cords reviewed (4.01)
Posted by Mick Wolfe on 2021-02-23, 18:18:54 (174.18.129.107)
Alan....there's quite a few audio enthusiasts here in Tucson. We have a small audio club in fact. Two of our members are from Phoenix. Feel free to contact me anytime. We may actually have a meeting a .......
153: Re: Chris VH Cables - a few questions (4.01)
Posted by Geno on 2001-04-06, 09:43:55 (205.191.64.113)
I to started out just wanting to improve what I had with out breaking the bank. My first DIY was the 89259 IC with canare RCA's. That was a great improvement and gave me the courage to take on the big .......
154: Re: Would trying out a single run of 1585A be a FAIR TRIAL of the CAT5 sound ? (4.01)
Posted by MylesJ on 2002-03-13, 22:59:35 (216.239.174.77)
In a word, no. There are lots of reasons Chris ending up at 27 pairs. Try six runs of cheaper PVC cable left in the jacket. Then you'll want to buy the teflon stuff and do the braiding. .......
155: Re: best bi-wire less than $350/pair? (4.01)
Posted by pburke on 2003-08-12, 07:03:04 (144.92.164.196)
probably DIY CAT5 27/9 pair Venhaus design - and you'll have $300 left over, although at 15 feet each, you'll also have blisters from the braiding ;-) Peter .......
156: Re: How so? Not doubting you... (4.00)
Posted by zanash on 2005-08-07, 04:43:25 (62.254.0.30)
I tried them all [well not all but ] stripped jacket ...braided using 18 and 27 strand [?] for hf and lf. Plus various other combinations...though my wire was pvc insulated not the ptfe version. The m .......
157: Re: What's the longest successful usage of Cat5 speaker cable? (3.98)
Posted by LineArrayNut on 2005-02-18, 09:08:04 (68.220.162.164)
when you say sleeve, do you mean you just braided the 4pair twisted bundle with the outer layer left on? if so, no offense, but again, just looking for experiences with long classic CVH belden 1585A s .......
158: Re: Cat5 Causing my Rega amp to run hot? (3.97)
Posted by PaulT on 2000-06-27, 10:34:57 (209.8.48.139)
Yes, my earlier (and first post) had this as a postscript. My Classe 201 got much hotter than normal after I installed the 27 + 9 biwire CAT5. It was OK using just the 9 in a single run. I have no ide .......
159: Good on you (3.97)
Posted by Metralla on 2003-03-04, 18:40:36 (156.153.255.236)
Surprised and delighted to hear from you. I also built the ChrisVH Cat 5 cables (full 27 pair) and used them with Paradigm MiniMonitors. They did settle down after a couple of hundred hours. I know wh .......
160: Re: Personal experience with Cat5 CVH. Which amps yes or no? (3.97)
Posted by malcolm fear on 2004-07-21, 17:32:59 (211.30.83.241)
I used 27 pair with an AKSA power amp. Sounded awful. Dropped to 16. Souned awful. Dropped to 8. Sounds good. .......
161: RE: Audio Note interconnets (3.97)
Posted by Bob Neill on 2010-04-19, 09:20:48 (71.233.222.39)
Word from on high is that they are most likely an early 20 strand AN-Vx. Current Vx, as you likely know, is 27 strands. AN cable doesn't get much attention on the Cable Asylum. Glad you like it. ::: T .......
162: RE: Need rec. for RCA's (for vintage MIT MI-330's) (3.97)
Posted by Martythomas on 2012-07-20, 09:16:10 (99.60.76.94)
I use Valab Rhodium carbon locking RCA plugs available for $27 for 2 pairs. They were an improvement over the standard Kimber RCA plugs. .......
163: CAT5 and Belden 89259 comparison (3.96)
Posted by Sonny on 1999-11-30, 13:15:42 (192.138.149.4)
Does anyone own both Jon's Belden speaker cable as well as Chris's 27 pair braided CAT 5? I'd be very interested to learn how these comparied side-by-side. I have a CAT 5 only. thanks! .......
164: Re: ChrisVH cat5 version query (3.96)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2002-08-05, 18:59:35 (169.207.73.186)
I'd go with two 9 pair braids loosely twisted, and then go with the full 27 pair version and see what you like best. I found that some speakers don't like too much AWG, whereas others do. Good luck an .......
165: Oh, I got it but . . . (3.96)
Posted by John PA on 2009-01-05, 15:37:04 (98.207.224.171)
all I could see was a topless woman walking around, rather well endowed and . . . . well never mind. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research .......
166: Re: Best speaker cables at less than $1 per ft? (3.95)
Posted by Tiny on 2002-04-02, 16:40:09 (63.48.144.27)
I found Belden 1585a for 7 cents a foot.....at which rate Chris VH's DIY 27 pair braid comes in at about fifty cents a foot. 200 feet is a hell of alot of braiding though..... .......
167: RE: Recommendations on a power cord for my Wadia 27 (3.94)
Posted by Ted Smith on 2007-07-06, 13:15:59 (71.112.95.63)
Howdy I don't know if TGAudio's SLVR cord meets the rest of your requirements, but it sounds great to on various pieces of my equipment and you can wrap it around your little finger. -Ted .......
168: Re: I'm going to build another CAT5 set for biwiring-best to make another 27 pair set or go with 9 pair? (3.94)
Posted by cktc on 2000-08-24, 00:05:57 (158.132.12.19)
As I know, high frequency path don't have high current, 9 pair is more than enough for resistance issue. .......
169: RE: Inexpensive but Good cables Poll (3.93)
Posted by Mike B. on 2016-03-11, 11:07:37 (67.171.203.146)
If you are happy with the $27 cables, stop your search. Cables do make a difference and you can spend a small fortune pursuing that last little bit of detail and dynamics. If that door is opened,it is .......
170: CAT 5 with Quad ESL 57 (3.93)
Posted by Steve on 2001-05-22, 06:55:54 (213.199.0.65)
Anybody tried this matching? Since Esl 57 are single-wire speakers (and a capacitive load by themselves), should the number of conductors (27 pairs for bi-wire configuration) be reduced? Thanks for an .......
171: RE: Blue Jeans Cable (3.92)
Posted by billy_boy33@hotmail.com on 2007-08-27, 09:33:50 (141.152.27.19)
I received some BJC last week. 40feet of 12 gauge and 20 feet of Belden 10 gauge for $27.40 and shipping was only $5.75!!! Very fair and superfast service!!! EXCELLENT company- will use again ::: TOPI .......
172: Re: Cat 5 doesn't have to be difficult (3.92)
Posted by badman on 2001-03-28, 10:38:49 (128.6.246.4)
removing the jackets on this design allows for less dielectric interaction and tighter braiding. Try doing this, and braiding quite tightly, you'll be surprised at the difference. Also, try the twiste .......
173: RE: Synergistic Research Black UEF Power Cord 10 Gauge (3.92)
Posted by samzx12 on 2017-11-09, 05:40:38 (64.191.136.228)
Duster where have you had the best luck or which component do you think it works best? I'm mainly interested in a good power cord for my amps. One is a VK55 tube amp and the other a Levinson 27.5. ::: .......
174: RE: Almost Inevitably (3.92)
Posted by carlos269 on 2010-09-03, 05:50:05 (72.16.150.193)
Stu, I have been at this for the last 27 years; I have had my fair share of time to listen, study, make impressions, use logic and deductive thinking to arrive at reasonable conclusions based on perso .......
175: DIY by Chris VenHaus Cat5 Speaker Cable Cable (3.91)
Posted by Salby on 2003-03-05, 13:27:04 (65.56.134.58)
Should have mentioned that I actually built two pairs in order to biwire: the full 27 pair version for woofers the 9 pair version for tweeters .......
176: Belden 83802 Needed.....Anyone Got Some? (3.90)
Posted by Mister Pig on 2002-09-06, 14:44:57 (206.107.213.113)
Hi I need approx. 27 feet of Belden 83802. I could take it in 3 9 ft lengths. If you have some you are willing to part with, or know where I can find some please let me know. Regards Mister Pig ::: TO .......
177: Re: What's the longest successful usage of Cat5 speaker cable? (3.89)
Posted by LineArrayNut on 2005-02-18, 06:41:09 (68.220.161.73)
so you're saying the 25 foot try was not the classic CVH geometry? ie. strip the outer cover off the 4 pairs, braid the three pairs 9 times, and end up with a 27 pair cable? that's all the feedback I' .......
178: Re: Chris VH speaker cable problem (3.89)
Posted by scyman on 2000-10-14, 09:47:03 (172.154.245.67)
the cables are 6' each, and i used 27 pairs for each cable. i just read about the zobel network, but i'm really new to all this and don't have much knowledge on the subject. can you please explain exa .......
179: I'm right with you on those questions... (3.87)
Posted by darkmoebius on 2001-07-11, 02:14:42 (24.11.202.27)
I don't understand why my 27 pair (10-15 gauge?), Chris V Cat5's going into those small internal speaker wires sound so much better than lower gauge 9 pair Cat5's. And like you said, what about the ti .......
180: Re: CAT5 cable: differing lengths among the 4 pairs (3.87)
Posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on 2001-09-23, 14:34:14 (198.62.9.29)
I recently completed the full-blown 27 pair VenHaus CAT-5 cable - and I'm very pleased with the results. I noticed that one of the pairs was not as consistently twisted as the other three but I didn't .......
181: CAT 5 Speaker Cable Design/Modification Question (3.87)
Posted by Telekon on 2001-08-22, 19:53:44 (158.252.165.31)
I have a question for those who have constructed CAT 5 speaker wires (Chris VanHaus Design). I am considering building a set of these and would be interested in some feedback on a design modification. .......
182: Then Again.. (3.86)
Posted by Bob Neill on 2008-12-01, 05:41:26 (76.24.212.220)
..the Poster is talking Kondo and I'm talking UK...and I don't know the configuration of Kondo cable. That said, 27 strands, whatever Kondo calls it, should be fine. If Kondo's SPx is 20, what's his n .......
183: no, but I think U did- (3.85)
Posted by Green Lantern on 2004-04-09, 20:50:29 (68.111.151.55)
>> I used a single strand of cat5e wire for speakers cables. Wow. The cat/5 recipe calls for 27 pairs (54 strands) per channel. Not really sure why you'd only use a single strand per channel. ________ .......
184: Component video cables (3.85)
Posted by Chris on 2001-01-08, 11:16:41 (12.21.160.187)
I am about to buy a 27"tv (Toshiba or Panasonic) with Component video hook-ups to take advantage of my DVD. Do you have any recommendations for cables? I do not want to spend a unsain amount of money. .......
185: Re: How long does Cat 5 burning need? (3.84)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2002-04-17, 14:44:48 (169.207.88.196)
The cables need about 70-100 hours before seriously critical listening. On some speakers, bi-wiring will result in a more "in your face" sound. I would suggest single wiring (just use the 27 pairs, an .......
186: Re: Cat5 owners - be careful (3.83)
Posted by pburke on 2003-05-16, 09:55:12 (24.196.140.62)
use some flexible tubing like this stuff: i only use this on power cords, but even the 27 pair CAT-5 would fit into 3/4" or even the 1/2". note that you need to buy 30% more of this if it gets expande .......
187: Re: Can Bryston 3B handle long DIY Cat 5 Cable? (3.83)
Posted by Paul D on 2000-11-02, 14:12:17 (130.211.50.75)
I have the Bryston 3BST and have a 9 foot set of 27 pair cables. They started out at 14 feet before braiding. I don't seem to be having any capacitance problems. However, I haven't completed the biwir .......
188: RE: Western Electric WE16GA Speaker Wire (3.81)
Posted by Mortsnets on 2015-05-20, 21:23:34 (71.202.172.15)
Rhing, your impressions were the last straw, I just ordered 20 feet from tajacobs for about $27 with shipping. Although I'm pretty happy with my Woods Yardmaster extension cord speaker wire - at this .......
189: Re: Bi-wiring DIY CAT-5 cable: which should be larger (3.81)
Posted by Larry S on 2001-03-04, 13:27:09 (24.157.43.16)
Thanks for the info guys! Will start braiding tonight, oughta be finished in a week if I'm lucky. badman is saying that out of his 27 pair cable, he terminates 9 pairs and 18 pairs separately, with th .......
190: Re: Impedence verses number of pairs od CAT5? (3.80)
Posted by Jon Risch on 2004-06-07, 10:06:11 (68.19.131.65)
No, it does not scale linearly. A 27 pair braided CAT5 cable is somewhere around 8-10 ohms, depending on how tight is was braided. Jon Risch .......
191: Paradigm Mini Monitor + spades (3.80)
Posted by Metralla on 2001-04-20, 11:07:47 (24.219.121.44)
I made the Cat 5 cables following Chris VH's design (3x3x3) and have Mini Monitors v.2. They are simply wonderful cables and work well with the Paradigms. The diameter of the binding posts on these sp .......
192: Don't bet on it.... (3.79)
Posted by Sean on 2001-07-20, 01:13:41 (216.214.206.252)
I think that you'll find that Chris' 27 pair CAT 5 cables have both more bass and greater extension than Kimber 8TC. This is not to knock the 8TC in any way, as i too am using it in one of my systems .......
193: Re: Which DIY speaker cable to make? (3.78)
Posted by ChrisVH on 2001-06-06, 14:32:50 (199.43.32.17)
"do a quad 89259, equivalent to 10 1/2 ga. overall, even lower inductance, capacitance still very reasonable, and many feel this beats the CAT5 27 pair"- I haven't seen any comparisons of the Cat5 vs. .......
194: Re: Shorter ICs VS Shorter Speaker Cables - Question (3.78)
Posted by whetchicken on 2002-03-14, 10:59:24 (198.103.42.3)
I personaly find that the shortest run from the amp to the speakers is best. A welded solid copper bar being nirvana. My pre-amp will push 27+ volts. anything under a 500 foot run works just fine. ::: .......
195: Re: Was Audio Note AN-Vx ever produced in Japan? (3.78)
Posted by Peter Qvortrup on 2006-02-19, 10:23:37 (212.42.175.73)
Dear Winston, I think the 27 strands account for the greater depth, elasticity and subtlety to the sound of the new version, but I would say that if you already own the old Vx there may be better plac .......
196: Re: Why (if) Canare RCAP RCAs for analog audio? (3.78)
Posted by Alan on 2001-04-11, 21:33:38 (209.240.221.60)
Sure you can use them. Analog is not as strict to spec as 75 ohm. But why would you want to use them? Sound quality is not the greatest in a analog application. The Vampire 800C rca is much better sou .......
197: ChrisVH cat5 version query (3.76)
Posted by sandeepg on 2002-08-05, 09:38:21 (128.107.253.44)
I am in the process of building the CVH version of cat5 speaker cables. One thing I am wondering about is should I go for the 27 pair version or will 18 pairs be enough for me, considering I have a se .......
198: Re: Has Anyone Compared Criss VH cables with Gomer's? NT (3.76)
Posted by Julie's husband on 2001-04-10, 23:46:56 (24.4.252.224)
I have. I made one 27-pair braid of ChrisVH cables and one 24-pair braid of Gomer and in blind testing with a friend could tell no difference. They both are great. I used bare cable terminations. ::: .......
199: Do tube amps oscillate, too? (3.76)
Posted by BLymb on 2000-12-04, 12:28:17 (211.216.216.37)
I am planning to braid three separate runs of Chris VanHaus' CAT5 speaker cable to tri-wire my three way speaker. The three runs are going to be 9, 18 and 27 twisted pairs respectively, and the length .......
200: Thanks - one more q (3.75)
Posted by Dan P on 2002-05-29, 13:55:59 (198.51.238.1)
Thanks Alan - I bought the Wattgate 320 & the Marinco 8215. I asked about lengths based on a 12/27/01 post from "Alan" - but that was for a somewhat different receipe. Looking forward to constructing .......
Found 1 records in Car Court.
1: Re: Do Halogen headlight bulbs diminish in brightness? (4.74)
Posted by Neil49 on 2005-03-03, 18:17:07 (70.18.232.51)
For what it's worth: .......
Found 200 records in Computer Audio Asylum.
1: RE: Large monitors are expensive.... (8.78)
Posted by dbphd on 2023-01-27, 11:01:45 (72.205.110.119)
I use a mid 2015 27" iMac running the Big Sur 11.7.3 OS. My thinking about a 27" monitor with mini is that I could update just the mini periodically. Used 27" Apple monitors seem to run around $400. O .......
2: RE: "Meanwhile, I find it hard to take anyone seriously who cites that deeply flawed study by the Boston Audio Soc (8.78)
Posted by Ken Stuart on 2013-09-02, 17:51:54 (76.209.221.34)
E-stat: "Moron's "reference" player is a cheap Pioneer unit." Who are you referring to ? Irregardless, I am willing to bet I can hear any audiophile subtlety using this Pioneer: http://www.thevintagek .......
3: RE: Nope!, Never had that problem ....................... (7.71)
Posted by LtMandella on 2020-09-30, 13:15:10 (70.173.239.44)
Got the powershell working - with some help from google - to find all the music files on a drive and record the full pathnames into a .csv. A bit more to do but pshell will handke the inventory soluti .......
4: RE: "I don't have a M1 Mac, yet" (7.57)
Posted by zacster on 2020-12-07, 06:17:59 (68.199.119.236)
There likely would be a next release to cover the rest of the Mac lineup. A 27" iMac with an M1x would be an awesome machine, but as I type on my 2016 27" iMac with 5k resolution I realize I never use .......
5: RE: Question for Smart People, Lights ON or OFF (7.34)
Posted by michaelhigh on 2014-07-23, 19:09:32 (75.132.150.115)
If you smoke in the dark, watch out for errant seeds! We did an experiment in seventh grade band, and it went like this: Pick an arbitrary number of beats (27). Get a tempo cue/count-in from the direc .......
6: RE: P24 current measurements. (7.14)
Posted by cics on 2009-11-18, 09:52:08 (41.183.0.21)
Thanks for sharing those useful measures. PC running in cMP optimized mode: -> 12 Volt BIOS starts system: 0,08 XP booting: 0,08 System running: 0,08 Playing music: 0,08 -> 5 Volt BIOS starts system: .......
7: Works nicely even with JRiver MC 20.27 (6.91)
Posted by riboge on 2014-10-28, 12:02:26 (69.140.171.67)
I have signed up for a 30 trial and have been able to run it from a desktop pc with their app as well as via a Torch(chrome) browser. You can have it play digital to your external dac. It sounds quite .......
8: I just measured 5'7" edge to edge..... (6.27)
Posted by Rod M on 2021-03-22, 19:54:57 (204.94.81.82)
It's quirky. I had an old 27" monitor forever and got a new 34" 4K one for Christmas. I use it for 90% of what I do. But since I had it, I hooked up the 27" for other stuff that I check on. It's weird .......
9: RE: Large monitors are expensive.... (6.07)
Posted by Rod M on 2023-01-26, 11:41:29 (204.94.81.82)
I totally agree. While the Mac laptops are twice as expensive as most PC laptops, the screens are nice. What I noticed was the 27" iMacs was the small extra cost over a Mac 27" monitor. It's actually .......
10: First impression and a question (6.04)
Posted by steppe on 2009-06-16, 06:33:37 (89.178.23.29)
Hello, Cics, hello everybody! We are happy to get one more wonderfull version. This one is less "intensive" as 26, but much cleaner. Soundstage is very detailed, and the instruments and their respecti .......
11: Streaming services will have to pay more to artists (5.92)
Posted by Jaundiced Ear on 2018-01-28, 17:02:10 (75.53.180.112)
Almost a 50% bump in royalties. Edit: You have to wonder about the care that goes into making these releases when they include tidbits like this: "The decision is a major victory for songwriters, who .......
12: Re: Lots of EAC'ing to do.. need a new drive.. (5.92)
Posted by dwill123 on 2005-03-10, 04:55:40 (198.23.26.253)
IMO, for the money, the best non-Plextor CD\DVD writer out now is the NEC ND-3520A. A dual layer 16x DVD +\- writer. I have the 3510 very similar. It has burned first time - every time dvd's and cd's. .......
13: RE: Not good, but who's buying them... (5.91)
Posted by Jaundiced Ear on 2016-09-13, 23:57:47 (75.53.180.112)
LOL! Thanks for posting that link! I always thought the Pono looked like the result of an illicit congress between an original "Chunky" candy bar and the "DeVito" version of a Toblerone candy bar. I h .......
14: RE: Speaking of the NEW Mac Mini M2 just released... (5.86)
Posted by zacster on 2023-01-23, 06:26:49 (68.199.119.236)
I saw that but I have yet to figure out why I'd need one. It would be great if I could use it with my 27" iMac as a replacement processor someday because the 27" monitor portion of the iMac is so much .......
15: 5.44 x 2.64 x 0.27 [nt] (5.63)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2014-10-11, 18:42:25 (24.179.61.110)
. .......
16: HQPlayer is written...... (5.55)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2017-12-19, 16:28:12 (73.229.29.71)
...to use up to 27-cores if available. Heavy duty DSP work. .......
17: RE: Computer Audiophile Symposium, June 27-28, Berkeley, CA (5.44)
Posted by Bruce B on 2009-05-26, 17:12:54 (98.203.250.145)
So will you be there Doc? Regards, .......
18: RE: Computer Audiophile Symposium, June 27-28, Berkeley, CA (5.39)
Posted by Bruce B on 2009-05-27, 14:44:18 (98.203.250.145)
We'll see you there then.. Regards, .......
19: You need the 27" iMac with 5K Display (5.39)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2015-06-19, 08:32:05 (148.87.67.196)
5120 by 2880 resolution .......
20: RE: iMac 27" as a source: power supply (5.39)
Posted by fmak on 2018-04-15, 11:53:36 (87.228.132.1)
Switching; 450V caps! .......
21: More information on your 'Streamer' .... (5.39)
Posted by Cut-Throat on 2023-09-27, 02:58:59 (73.228.135.199)
It appears that your streamer may be nothing more than a Raspberry Pi Model #4, with a power supply and another Board for I2S digital Output, stuffed in a fancy case and bumped up in price to over a $ .......
22: RE: Backing Up Your Muzik HD's, How Do You Do It? (5.38)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2009-11-19, 15:22:28 (174.51.210.194)
There are so many permutations on how to do this and what is best for you, only you can decide. Here's a possible scenario that I have used with the paid-for $27 (vs free) version of SuperDuper. Attac .......
23: Wyred4Sound 20% Off Black Friday Sale (5.38)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2014-11-24, 12:27:38 (50.183.218.111)
I get emails from various manufacturers and here's one that appeared today. I have no affiliation with W4S and have no interest in this sale personally. Just thought I would pass it along......... --- .......
24: Try this (5.35)
Posted by Hyfi on 2005-02-28, 16:35:12 (209.60.97.128)
http://www.headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=27&productID=0000010003 .......
25: RE: Speaking of Raspberry Pi and ARM architecture, Apple.... (5.33)
Posted by soundchekk on 2020-06-29, 23:03:57 (109.91.39.71)
Just to add my findings to my earlier response regarding ARM Neon support on RPI4: I now did the benchmarks on flac performance with ARM Neon optimization enabled myself. The exact results I posted ov .......
26: RE: might it work on XP X64 also? (5.29)
Posted by SBGK on 2013-09-06, 15:34:02 (109.156.84.212)
download win8.1 preview ? uploaded 2.27, sound is pretty revolutionary .......
27: RE: The good, bad, and ugly: reporting back to seger, Ryelands, cics, and Dawnrazor . . . (5.28)
Posted by DBB on 2009-04-15, 06:48:32 (207.237.213.105)
I did just a few changes that are described at page 27. I replied more specifically to your email. .......
28: The wife has already called (5.14)
Posted by Panelhead on 2010-01-27, 15:43:41 (166.205.9.112)
She had a 27" iMac, a Macbook, and an iPhone. But needs an iPad for her classes. Apple stock will hit 400 this year. George .......
29: RE: iPad-With (5.14)
Posted by fmak on 2012-03-31, 08:52:43 (93.109.212.163)
my old eyes, I am thinking of a 27 in to replace my 24 in. No way Jose with tablets for longer term use, although my wife is happy with a 10.1 in Vaio. .......
30: we are digressing... (5.14)
Posted by Bill Way on 2019-07-14, 17:58:16 (71.187.10.183)
But my first programmable calculator was the HP 27. It was always a struggle to keep programs under the 99 line limit, but for some reason it made me very happy. WW .......
31: RE: iMac 27" as a source: power supply (5.14)
Posted by G Squared on 2018-04-15, 15:37:08 (68.33.30.246)
The input rating is also a sign that it's a switchers. The voltagr range is too broad for linear. .......
32: RE: Here:-Funny? (5.09)
Posted by Ryelands on 2015-02-06, 00:29:31 (46.208.107.189)
Not sure about UK shipping price though. I've just ordered one from AB-system at £27.25 for the device and £9.29 for shipping. D .......
33: RE: Alfred sonics are wonderful with batteries on juli@ digital...plus a Q for cics or other knowledgable inmates (5.06)
Posted by theob on 2009-06-23, 11:25:32 (68.40.119.25)
ok now I'm getting 25-27% cpu usage with src @192, what the heck would cause it to jump to 50% before?? .......
34: RE: Baffled about computer power (4.96)
Posted by Bob_C on 2013-06-14, 20:45:51 (96.246.103.155)
I think it is a worthwhile improvement. How much current does your system draw? A 18Ah battery was $40 and $27 for a changer. A bit less that the Black Lighting Supply. regards Bob .......
35: RE: I used to have problems with QOBUZ... (4.96)
Posted by zacster on 2017-06-30, 03:41:04 (24.38.204.140)
I use Tidal on my 27" iMac and it doesn't even show as a blip in system monitor. It is a quad core 3.3mhz i5. My Macbook Air OTOH can barely keep up. .......
36: RE: Room Correction Software (4.96)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2008-11-16, 23:01:07 (71.227.196.149)
Room correction on a PC has two parts. You need to somehow get a correction impulse and then you need a convolver that you can insert into your playback chain. There is a bunch of software convolvers .......
37: RE: my iMac was noisy (4.93)
Posted by AudioDoctor on 2010-04-26, 10:06:26 (71.63.246.189)
I suppose I should have qualified my statement with the fact that my iMac is a brand new 27 inch model. The vintage of the iMac will probably make a difference. .......
38: RE: Not $200-Be careful-An example I found (4.93)
Posted by fmak on 2014-05-23, 05:16:43 (31.153.8.188)
http://www.batteryspace.com/Polymer-Li-Ion-Pack-with-Fuel-guage-5V-Regulated-27.01wh-1A-rate-for-5.aspx .......
39: RE: MQn v 14 / Flac play (4.91)
Posted by SBGK on 2013-04-23, 12:19:27 (86.162.53.240)
mqn v.27 uploaded to solve slight lack of bass https://rapidshare.com/#users|45980080|0ae609ce616a35c8de7ac5fda4b6194c|11541 .......
40: RE: Indeed (4.90)
Posted by artcheng@netvigator.com on 2009-06-29, 20:42:27 (210.176.6.250)
I suppose you do not believe in cPlay and cMP? There are about 27 versions of this program now and they are all bit perfect. You can try to see if they all sound the same? BTW, cPlay and cMP is free! .......
41: RE: Computer Audiophile Symposium, June 27-28, Berkeley, CA (4.90)
Posted by Doc B. on 2009-05-27, 08:53:42 (24.19.98.120)
Yes, I have been invited to attend. I believe the code words were "give him a tortoise pass", however I don't really know what that means. I may be parking cars out front. .......
42: RE: Is output from the newest iMacs bit perfect? (4.87)
Posted by AudioDoctor on 2010-07-21, 13:43:37 (209.23.140.60)
Yes, why do you ask? I also have a new 27 inch quad core iMac, use Pure Vinyl/Pure Music with iTunes, to two seperate DAC's with no problems at all. .......
43: 6M laptop power cables recalled (4.87)
Posted by fmak on 2014-08-31, 02:12:31 (146.90.11.153)
http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2014/08/27/6-million-power-cords-recalled/ incredible!!!!!!! .......
44: RE: USB 4 (4.83)
Posted by paco on 2023-12-11, 22:07:56 (213.194.186.249)
well, you never know for sure, but in fact the new iMac 24" should sound better than the old iMac 27", at least for 3 reasons: 1. the new M3 processor is way better; 2. the new iMac do not have intern .......
45: We have a winner and it's not Miss Columbia (4.76)
Posted by My name is Fred on 2015-12-21, 17:20:01 (58.167.193.191)
And done it very quickly, taking barely an hour to start afresh. This drive seems much quicker than my older ones (if that is possible). Just an hour to scan 27,000+ tracks and now the numbers are rig .......
46: Balance control information is shown in Settings (4.75)
Posted by cics on 2010-07-31, 23:41:46 (41.183.0.21)
Next to "Diagnostics" checkbox, you will get "volume (balance 0.6, left -28.1db, right -27.5db, phase 0)". This is also provided in Diagnostics window on startup. .......
47: RE: Synergistic Research Thunderbolt Active SE Cable (4.74)
Posted by fmak on 2012-06-25, 22:18:44 (93.109.212.163)
I haven't tried VGA extenders and just switch off the display at source after setting a playlist. It can make quite a difference. NC20! Noise Criterion Octave Band Center Frequency (Hz) 63 125 250 .......
48: RE: Wake Ups Are Dependent on Something Else (4.73)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2009-08-29, 06:09:17 (66.188.68.67)
I have no idea....the computer that had 1000 wake ups/min last night now has 27 wu/min this morning. I'm clueless [as usual] .......
49: thx Charles.. and now there's usb3, so time for an update already? (4.72)
Posted by stan2 on 2010-10-29, 09:23:25 (66.205.138.151)
I see usb 3.0 cards and adapters are in the $27 price range on line, and 1T of usb3 portable storage is going for $120 in the paper today. Seems like that should only improve data handling. ::: TOPIC .......
50: Re: cheapest 'decent' USB to SPDIF soundcard for MAC? (4.72)
Posted by mac on 2006-11-02, 01:32:19 (67.171.15.237)
Possibly the HagUsb. http://www.hagtech.com/hagusb.html . The DIY version will cost you $39 (pcb) + $27 (electronics). .......
51: Large monitors are expensive.... (4.71)
Posted by Rod M on 2023-01-24, 18:41:41 (204.94.81.82)
I just looked at 27" Mac monitors and they're great and prices start at about $1,600. 32" 4K monitors are reasonable, not as nice as the Macs, but can be had for under $400. My Samsung U32J59s were ab .......
52: RE: Choppy DSD playback using Jriver 19? (4.69)
Posted by Bob_C on 2015-02-24, 15:42:01 (108.6.11.211)
Can you provide some more details on you computer system? 27% is not too high. Playing files off USB with a USB DAC is not a good idea to start. Why are you still at JR 19? .......
53: RE: iMac 27" as a source: power supply (4.67)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2018-04-15, 20:24:29 (73.229.29.71)
Yes. For an LPS to handle that input voltage range would require multiple taps on the primary side of the power transformer, and those would be relatively narrow discrete voltage ranges. .......
54: Why not make a link a link?? (4.64)
Posted by creativepart on 2007-05-08, 20:41:49 (216.177.161.207)
Just paste the URL in the "Optional Link URL" box. .......
55: RE: Qobuz vs. Amazon HD (4.62)
Posted by kiratobias on 2019-12-08, 17:12:23 (66.190.236.251)
I subscribe to Tidal and Qobuz within Roon. $120 per year for Roon and $27 per month for Qobuz and Tidal (veteran's discount). Happier than a pig in slop!!! .......
56: RE:results of inventory (4.60)
Posted by Rod M on 2020-10-04, 20:08:21 (204.94.81.82)
I'm not surprised on the storage. My Music folder is 800GB for 27,949 files, most of which are wav files. How good is the dedup software? I have some that are dups of wav versus flac files. Or a rando .......
57: Sounds like this... (4.58)
Posted by olddude55 on 2012-03-17, 16:44:53 (71.236.89.231)
"thhhk...thhhkk...thhhkkk..." I got it restored again, loaded one song and it crashed 27 seconds into the tune. I don't mind replacing the drive, Hell, I'll put an 80GB in there instead of the 30. I j .......
58: RE: M-Audio Transit - Volume control (4.58)
Posted by Dynaudio_Rules on 2008-12-10, 08:35:42 (66.188.68.67)
lsmod | grep snd-cmipci What it is saying? Nothing If it says nothing type sudo modprobe snd-cmipci What it is saying? Nothing I went to the /etc/ dir and there is no modules file I do have a mod .......
59: Linn Records raises prices/downloads (4.56)
Posted by Mercman on 2012-01-09, 07:55:41 (99.174.246.225)
Looks like Linn has raised their download prices for 44.1/24, 88.2/24, 96/24, and 192/24 to 18 pounds. This is about $27.80. .......
60: RE: I don't (4.52)
Posted by Sumflow on 2012-07-31, 06:01:24 (93.182.129.84)
But would this be the CD quality sound that dsrtjeeper1 asked for? .......
61: Linn drops price of 192/24 download (4.51)
Posted by Mercman on 2011-07-05, 13:54:22 (99.174.246.225)
I see that Linn is now charging $24 for their 192/24 titles. They were charging $27. Competition from Channel Classic who charges $23? .......
62: I read the the new 24" Imac has noisy cooling fans when pushed. (4.49)
Posted by oldmkvi on 2021-10-19, 07:02:17 (76.214.238.65)
As someone who still uses a Computer for Computer Music, that concerns me. I've Never heard any fan noise on my 2013 iMac ( when using HQ Player ). Maybe the 27" will have faster processors. Mine shou .......
63: Re: Output from CD-ROM (4.48)
Posted by adamsmarkm@mchsi.com on 2005-09-26, 13:36:56 (12.216.32.120)
It seems to me there should be a potential for a lot of modding of computer CD-ROM (and DVD-ROM) devices. Such as, using an external power supply, coating the device surfaces with some kind of deadeni .......
64: posted a speaker tip on Swan S3W's at Speaker Asylum.. (4.46)
Posted by stan2 on 2008-07-29, 10:25:51 (66.205.138.21)
thought I might could link it here too, just to point the computer geeks toward it... I wasn't sure where to post it in the first place. .......
65: RE: Does Jriver play youtube? NT (4.45)
Posted by LtMandella on 2020-07-20, 10:49:50 (70.173.239.44)
Hi Par, Your response to OP reminded me how much fun Jriver is, so I went ahead and downloaded, installed, and now playing. And I went ahead and upgraded from my previous version 19. Current version i .......
66: SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner (4.45)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-03-26, 21:56:06 (174.51.211.143)
The one I use is: SuperDuper which is $27.95 for the full-featured version. It's well worth the price since it unlocks several very useful features included different backup schemes and automated sch .......
67: Software Equilizer Suggestions? (4.43)
Posted by gdg on 2010-06-21, 14:26:43 (142.22.16.56)
Hi all, Can anyone suggest a good quality software equilizer that would work on my latest generation 27" iMac (in conjunction with iTunes). iTunes has one built in but I don't know if the quality is a .......
68: RE: LoL. You have to wonder.... (4.42)
Posted by Isaak J. Garvey on 2016-08-02, 10:32:06 (37.130.229.149)
You and your boyfriend E-Stat seem to have an very unhealthy obsession with me an quite frankly it is very creepy. Don't you feel ashamed taking a paycheck from your employer since all you do all day .......
69: iMac 27" as a source: power supply (4.41)
Posted by paco on 2018-04-15, 11:02:05 (46.222.199.122)
this is a pic of the power supply inside my iMac (2013), that i found on the internet; what do you think? is it switching or linear? not clear to me what is inside those black boxes... maybe transf .......
70: RE: USB 4 (4.41)
Posted by paco on 2023-12-09, 04:35:12 (213.194.186.249)
i'm using exactly the same Siltech adapter good to know you prefer adapter than streaming to RP i'd try one those cables USB-C to USB-B to bypass the adapter at any rate, my present iMac 24" should so .......
71: Very good choice (4.40)
Posted by My name is Fred on 2016-01-23, 12:16:52 (101.103.155.121)
I converted at total of 27,000 files over 3 days. It took me a couple of goes to set it how I wanted it and I found it good to try just a few at a time first (I think Tony suggested that at the time). .......
72: Maybe it's not as much as it might seem (4.39)
Posted by Chris from Lafayette on 2018-11-01, 20:20:41 (77.111.246.69)
I was just looking at the size of one of those DSD 256 MCh albums I have, and it's 27.5 GB all by itself (for a solo cello for crying out loud - LOL!). I think I even saw a report that there was a sim .......
73: all will play them (4.38)
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on 2011-05-08, 00:24:45 (24.179.58.245)
DSD downloaded files and discs created from them will play back in all versions of the PS3. For the capabilities of the different versions, click the link below: .......
74: RE: First impression and a question (4.36)
Posted by wlowes on 2009-06-16, 18:28:39 (99.234.83.209)
First, I'd like to thank CICS for his wonderful contribution to audio. I agree with Serg in his observations on 27. It is wonderfully musical while remaining precise. On my system much better bass. Wi .......
75: RE: Best of Both Worlds (4.34)
Posted by Mercman on 2009-11-07, 05:47:31 (70.181.200.118)
The OS has to manage IRQs since the damn things are shared. On a different topic, I read a review of my Wilson Sasha speakers in a UK magazine. I can't believe how much they cost in the UK-- 27,900 po .......
76: RE: I guess if thin is your only requirement (4.34)
Posted by DrChaos on 2012-06-15, 14:24:45 (165.109.1.240)
"Sure, I could buy a Mac and run Bootcamp, but then I am just running an overpriced PC at at that point. I can get better cost/performance in an actual PC So why bother? " I do this. Why? Because at t .......
77: RE: Rune is getting better (4.29)
Posted by Ears of Tin on 2021-04-30, 06:48:43 (173.72.75.29)
"Is Arch offering a 64bit installation by now? If so, plus a 5.10 kernel and the gcc 10.x compiler they'd have a slight advantage over Moode/Volumio." RuneAudio now offers 64bit 5.10.27-3-ARCH. Now go .......
78: RE: HD tracks makes good on Brubeck's Time Out (4.28)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-01-16, 10:46:49 (65.19.76.104)
"I have a version that is remastered from reel-to-reel tape at 24/96." Does it have distortion on the piano between 4:27 and 4:28 in track 1 - Blue Rondo a la Turk? (Timing exact with respect to HDt .......
79: you are the man who seems to know... (4.26)
Posted by kelajo on 2005-10-15, 13:04:52 (84.97.3.175)
iam not an old fashion guy , but i really enjoy my wadia 27 and want to keep it ,with poor source it can sound dry and poor but i heard it with expensives Cd transport like ,CEC tl0, jadis JD1 mkIII w .......
80: RE: Audirvana 3.5 out (4.25)
Posted by zacster on 2019-04-25, 18:16:36 (24.38.204.140)
I downloaded it yesterday and can't say that it improved SQ, but it didn't hurt it either. It'll take some time to get used to it. My system has many layers and options so Audirvana is just one of th .......
81: RE: RaspyFi - my long wkend DIY mini-project (4.21)
Posted by Michael Samra on 2013-10-13, 19:33:08 (97.84.194.114)
I can't help but think of raspberries when I see raspyfi. .......
82: RE: Heads up Tidal black friday deal... (4.18)
Posted by kiratobias on 2019-11-26, 11:57:45 (66.190.236.251)
I did the same Abe. With my veteran's discount on Tidal and the lower price for Qobuz = $27 per month + Roon broken out on a monthly of $10 that is $37 per month for a lifetime's worth of music. The G .......
83: must be only certain revisions (4.14)
Posted by Tweekeng on 2010-10-15, 15:49:06 (71.227.220.13)
as I run a Linksys WRT-54G and DD-WRT. I don't recall ever "needing" to reboot mine. Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (07/21/09) std Time: 15:50:13 up 163 days, 3:27, load average: 0.22, 0.07, 0.01 Broadcom B .......
84: Thank you. (4.13)
Posted by Sordidman on 2010-04-06, 10:58:48 (12.189.30.99)
Good points.... I just am arguing that it's not a big ENOUGH breakthrough, - given that IMO, - the IPhone offered so many more things that made it a much BIGGER breakthrough than an IPod touch; or a b .......
85: RE: wi fi: this forum is starting to freak me out (4.11)
Posted by Crimson on 2009-02-18, 11:29:23 (69.253.44.53)
No need for data. Using common sense, the typical home use 'access point' has a power output of about 10-15 dBm which translates to 10-32 milliwatts. That's 1/100th to 3/100ths of a watt. Very, very l .......
86: Price drop in the entry model Mac Mini... (4.08)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2014-10-16, 19:42:32 (50.183.218.111)
...which would make a nice music server with a bit more memory and swapping out the HDD for a SSD. The next model up will be a great general purpose Mac. I was hoping for an update to the MacBook Pro .......
87: RE: Question about external HDD USB cables... (4.08)
Posted by leica_man@hotmail.com on 2008-02-28, 16:33:24 (208.252.217.2)
>>>Posted by JimOfOakCreek (A) on February 27, 2008 at 18:00:08 In Reply to: RE: Question about external HDD USB cables... posted by TopPop on February 27, 2008 at 16:43:35 You could also carry this a .......
88: Thanx for heads up on "Pure Music" (4.04)
Posted by gdg on 2010-07-19, 22:42:28 (96.49.214.220)
Just spent the afternoon trying it out and I don't think I could live with the regularly occurring "skips" that I've never ever heard in any other player. I thought that was a legacy of records. Anywa .......
89: Linux Amarok and CUE files (4.00)
Posted by audiofanatic on 2010-04-29, 22:09:36 (213.93.181.5)
I have allways been using Windows but want to try Linux. I installed the latest distro of PCLINUX, looks great and works stable. I only want to use this pc for bitperfect audio. There is an annoying p .......
90: RE: CR just slammed Microsoft Surface laptops.... (3.95)
Posted by Dynobot on 2017-08-12, 09:23:39 (70.190.187.25)
Good stuff. Of course these numbers are not set in stone. The next round of design and purchasing will create a whole new set of ratings due to cost trade offs. For me I just purchase the best hardwar .......
91: new iMac, total frustration with remote (3.95)
Posted by paco on 2015-04-30, 08:55:57 (81.202.47.219)
hi there, i bought a new iMac, 27", and everything is OK to me for music and movies, BUT my old infrared remote do not work! i asked Apple and they said yes, you need an iPhone!! but i don't want to b .......
92: Chinese TG-LInk (ethernet DAC input) - your thoughts (3.93)
Posted by bobp on 2007-05-08, 08:56:20 (66.241.132.98)
I have seen the pics of Zhaolu DAC D3 with ethernet input. It uses Chinese TG-Link protocol. http://www.togotek.com/TechnicalArtical.asp?id=27 Looks interesting, at least on paper. TG-Link enabled c .......
93: RE: Picture (3.92)
Posted by Sprezza Tura on 2015-02-11, 10:11:33 (209.95.36.61)
Impressive. Lots of info. Here is a text report on 96/24 Black Sabbath track: File: 06-Lord Of This World.flac Audio format: PCM Bit depth: 24 bit Sample rate: 96.0 kH .......
94: The Myth Of The Under -Powered Netbook (3.92)
Posted by JimOfOakCreek on 2010-01-13, 20:41:15 (174.102.164.116)
I just checked my CPU and Memory usage running iTunes playing Apple lossless files. CPU Usage = 18-27% Physical Mem used = 53% Dell 10vMini Netbook, 1GB RAM, Atom 1660 Processor, 250GB HD Application .......
95: P24 current measurements. (3.90)
Posted by hfavandepas on 2009-11-18, 03:37:54 (85.147.82.48)
Hi all, Reports on which Voltage rail of th eP24 connector draws how much current, where confusing to me. Ryelands suggests that it ‘is essentially a 12-volt device’ but Bertel reports that the 5 Volt .......
96: Well, on/off the "mark" is certainly matter of taste. (3.90)
Posted by carcass93 on 2011-08-12, 12:48:37 (129.33.19.254)
I'm glad that it's at least "pretty", however being harsh at the same time is a little puzzling. Just kidding - I assume it's a typo. Seriously - I listen to extreme music almost EXCLUSIVELY for at le .......
97: RE: cPlay 2.0b29 Released (3.89)
Posted by theob on 2009-08-13, 06:34:34 (68.40.119.25)
Have you tried the Optical connection? Yes it doesn't fix it. What drivers revision are you using. 1.05 I have tried everything: New hd (cpu, ps, juli@, hd's, mobo), reloading windows--all of which .......
98: Pure Music: before I contact support (3.88)
Posted by Sordidman on 2012-02-26, 10:10:29 (67.169.41.55)
thought that I ping some other PM folks. Anyone else having issues with it skipping?, a complete, dropout stop that is very brief but annoying: about every twenty minutes. Anyone have any experience w .......
99: I found this summary (3.87)
Posted by jedrider on 2015-12-16, 09:49:01 (148.87.19.194)
I am also trying to figure out the file sizes involved, but this article uses asterisks to identify costs! Anyway, so it appears that between WMA and Apple-lossless, it is a toss-up. I think I am gett .......
100: RE: Surprise !! You think M1 kicks Intel's ass? How about M2 (3.86)
Posted by zacster on 2022-06-06, 19:16:20 (68.199.119.236)
I still can't get over how fast the M1 computers are, nevermind this. I have the hand-me-down Intel MBPs from my daughters. It is plenty fast for what I do, which is mostly to stream Qobuz. When I con .......
101: RE: Upgraded my Comcast cable modem, doubled my speed (3.86)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2018-05-02, 14:06:19 (73.78.200.105)
Relevance is for anyone on Comcast that may want faster speed FREE just by upgrading to a newer FREE Xfinity modem. I doubled my speed, and it didn't cost me anymore. This also helps since I have 27 .......
102: RE: Cloud Music has serious pitfalls (3.85)
Posted by Ryelands on 2010-11-17, 09:35:11 (85.211.213.162)
We could argue about this all night. Media magnates have always over-stepped the mark and probably always will. But, on a lighter note, see link for an important announcement re downloads from UK (Sc .......
103: Choppy DSD playback using Jriver 19? (3.85)
Posted by Mike B. on 2015-02-24, 12:19:59 (50.137.61.65)
I have tried several different DSD rates and get a choppy playback. I asked at the Jriver forum and it was suggested it could be a lack of cpu power. I checked usage during playback and it was around .......
104: On Win10, the Adobe Flash uninstaller doesn't actually uninstall it (3.84)
Posted by andy_c on 2021-01-09, 00:21:11 (99.151.38.41)
See the post linked below for link to the MS uninstaller for various Windows versions. I had to go to the second page to find it for Win10 20H2. It's not even clear that there is a second page until y .......
105: J. River Media 13 Upgrade Special (3.84)
Posted by Mercman on 2008-10-23, 15:13:57 (72.199.184.95)
Until mid-day on Monday, October 27, the upgrade price is $14.98. It will be $19.98 after that. To get that price, you need to install MC13.0.61 (or higher), have MJ8, MC9, MC10, MC11, or MC12 install .......
106: I always wondered about the pricing for the KX-R ... (3.83)
Posted by Pinkus on 2011-04-06, 19:13:41 (71.180.97.229)
How can one siwtching box cost as much as two huge, honking amplifiers. Seven to eight years ago, I tried bypassing my CJ preamplifer, and tried going direct to an amplifer with the Wadia 27's digital .......
107: RE: Downloading from your site (3.82)
Posted by kurt s on 2011-03-06, 20:41:12 (118.172.53.116)
I have a new download manager and downloaded from your site a double CD album with 625 MB file. I successfully downloaded it, in over 6 hours, overnight where you are. Average download speed using a .......
108: RE: Thank you everyone, John Just what I need. (3.81)
Posted by John Elison on 2015-12-10, 18:37:42 (74.130.29.193)
Yeah, I thought it was somewhat cheap of Time Warner not to simply provide the modem/router free of charge, but their price for internet service is $27 a month less than DSL from the phone company so .......
109: RE: once again, why 50% more for a download than the disc (3.79)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-04-18, 17:11:14 (65.19.76.104)
The two channel DSF files for this album take up 2.7 GB. The costs of shipping a file of this size over the internet (server costs and bandwidth) would be $0.27 USD, based on Amazon Cloud Services ret .......
110: RE: Is There A Preference On Which Drive You Seat Your Back-Up Softwware (3.78)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2011-07-22, 11:08:14 (174.51.211.143)
There are many ways to do backups and in my opinion, the key is to choose a method and regimen that makes sense and works for you. Whatever you choose to do, you HAVE TO try a recovery scenario to pro .......
111: Likely worth every penny MassDrop is asking for it, and it may not even need (3.77)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2017-08-19, 15:36:54 (198.27.242.3)
an updated power supply to sound good. But MassDrop takes your money at the end of the 'drop' and don't plan to ship until the end of February, 2018. 2018! And if the sell all 1000 of them that are on .......
112: RE: Raspberry Pi anyone? Mine is running - pics (3.77)
Posted by Audio Bling on 2013-08-05, 22:58:33 (119.225.4.202)
Hi Abe, As usual, nice photos.. At one time I was interested in the Pi and posted about it on this forum.. Didn’t follow through with it though.. I have been following the Community Squeeze Project ( .......
113: RE: What's your next "digital" purchase for audio ? (3.74)
Posted by Cut-Throat on 2017-01-17, 05:43:56 (64.150.209.38)
I am going to focus on my Desktop. Getting Rid of my 6 year old Tower PC and going the Mini PC Route. Eliminate a Lot of Clutter, Cords and Noise. (None of which resides in my Music Room, but in my Of .......
114: RE: room correction (3.73)
Posted by ThomasPf on 2007-05-29, 17:14:14 (131.107.0.102)
Sure, you can start with a Behringer DEQ2496 or go the full mile and get a Tact room correction device. If you are more adventurous you can loop in a fanless PC using a convolver. I do the correction .......
115: RE: Why do bit rates fluctuate so much? (3.72)
Posted by J.Mac on 2011-07-20, 07:45:30 (67.190.27.82)
What you're looking at are probably the bitrates of the compressed files. It varies because different audio material will compress to different degrees. The uncompressed audio, if these are redbook CD .......
116: RE: USB-32 chip---Anyone heard of it? (3.72)
Posted by Bob_C on 2012-09-07, 18:11:51 (71.190.226.44)
Post #27 .......
117: RE: How about bomb shelters? LOL !! (3.71)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2012-09-12, 07:12:21 (76.25.70.1)
Apple : [Eric] Schmidt was elected to Apple's board of directors on August 28, 2006.[27] On August 3, 2009, it was announced that Schmidt would resign from the board of directors at Apple due to "con .......
118: Appears that Qobuz Sublime+ works fine on LMS ............... (3.69)
Posted by Cut-Throat on 2018-09-30, 14:00:58 (107.2.79.94)
So, when it hits the U.S.A. -- I'll probably give it a whirl.. This from a LMS User in the Netherlands. "Qobuz Sublime Plus works perfect on LMS (Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1 - 1511768958 @ Mo .......
119: cPlay 2.0b27 Impressions/update on testing (3.68)
Posted by theob on 2009-06-18, 16:18:23 (68.40.119.25)
I have settled on using juli@ latency of 64 and it in combination with cplay 2.0b27 has been favorable. I can now lower my host clock to 144 and voltage to .85 and I get excellent sonics with sox @ 19 .......
120: JetPLLâ„¢ jitter reduction technology (3.68)
Posted by fmak on 2012-02-16, 07:51:15 (93.109.212.163)
Behind the hype these specifications are not great: •Frequency range: 15.8 MHz to 27.7 MHz (scalable) •Jitter attenuation: more than 60 dB above 100 Hz •Period jitter: less than 50ps RMS •Wideband jit .......
121: Re: Comments on battery power (3.67)
Posted by mac on 2006-03-12, 14:30:33 (67.168.54.132)
This is the response I received from a "highly esteemed" SB modder when I expressed my opinion that a good AC supply can sound far superior to battery power: "As far as converting to battery power, .......
122: RE: Audirvana claims to be... (3.67)
Posted by zacster on 2020-11-23, 07:59:36 (68.199.119.236)
I can confirm that Audirvana runs on Big Sur. I have it on right now, on the same computer I'm typing this on. It's a 27" iMac from late 2016 with an i5 processor. Right now "Wish You Were Here" is pl .......
123: File is digitally created (3.66)
Posted by cics on 2008-01-26, 02:05:00 (198.54.202.226)
At -90db only 1 bit of the 16 is active, ie. signal is either -1, 0 or 1. Here's some data with right channel phase at -180°: Sample, Left, Right 1, -1, 1 2, -1, 1 3, -1, 1 4, -1, 1 5, -1, 1 6, 0, 0 .......
124: 40 million copies moved in the first month is a failure? (3.65)
Posted by Jaundiced Ear on 2012-11-27, 15:12:41 (71.146.1.183)
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/11/27/windows-8-40-million-licenses-sold.aspx For all the folks who will say that the majority of these sales are to OEMs, this is the s .......
125: RE: Speaking of the NEW Mac Mini M2 just released... (3.65)
Posted by ScrapIron on 2023-01-23, 11:01:03 (174.109.252.4)
Looking good! My 2011 iMac just died again. I had replaced the motherboard 3 years ago and my son did school at home 8 hours a day for 2 years. Couldn't go past High Sierra, but for middle school it w .......
126: RE: Large monitors are expensive.... (3.64)
Posted by zacster on 2023-01-27, 14:10:51 (68.199.119.236)
My iMac is a late 2015 27" running Big Sur. It was the step up model with the 2tb fusion drive and the higher end graphics card. It is still faster than anything I've used with the exception of my dau .......
127: RE: Which capacity batterie for cMP HTPC (3.64)
Posted by Bertel on 2009-06-21, 11:58:52 (77.24.237.128)
Hans, congrats for deciding on batteries! :-) The proper capacity for listening for 4-5 hours without charging depends I'd say on a number of factors: - What parts of the PCs power supply are you will .......
128: Re: Occasional faint pops, G4 ibook with external USB sound card (3.63)
Posted by edumke on 2004-12-08, 09:52:41 (68.111.4.155)
David, Although there are not drivers for the Waveterminal, there is an application through which you can change the Waveterminal settings. Download at: http://www.esi-pro.com/download.php?mode=view&d .......
129: RE: Laptop with Digital Out? (3.62)
Posted by pete1 on 2010-09-11, 09:39:40 (68.111.178.48)
A quick glance at TweekGeek shows M2Tech will start shipping a new DAC/USB-SPDIF converter EVO on 9/27, list $479.00, pricey for my experimentation/intro to computer audio. I think I'll try the $150 H .......
130: RE: After a 5 year audio hiatus - which DAC to buy? (3.62)
Posted by Coltrane1 on 2014-02-27, 11:27:19 (50.47.167.47)
Thanks for the info. I've got a mid 2011 MAC 27" desktop. Software is Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I was considering buying a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC MK2 but being out of audio so long, and not know .......
131: Will Apple _ever_ give a damn about sound quality? (3.62)
Posted by J.Mac on 2007-11-02, 15:48:58 (69.50.14.243)
If they ever support Flac it will be purely out of customer pressure, as this will cut into their bottom line in controlling music sold in their proprietary formats. I wouldn't hold my breath - there .......
132: Re: Now here's an interesting USB device... (3.61)
Posted by RioTubes on 2005-07-13, 15:12:49 (164.67.112.125)
Sargeant, I have not ordered this kit because at the time I discovered it, I had recently placed an order for a twin 1541a dac kit (to which I plan to add a usb interface with use of pcm2706). However .......
133: RE: Guess I'm lucky... (3.61)
Posted by dbphd on 2022-01-19, 01:52:52 (68.227.83.119)
Abe, My iMac is a mid 2015 27" with 3.3 Quad-core Intel core i5 and 1 TB SSD running OS 11.6.2. I don't know how to do it, but I suppose I could move Roon core to it, making the Mini superfluous. Give .......
134: "You are no longer a slave to a computer to play DSD..." (3.58)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2013-12-18, 10:17:29 (75.71.43.21)
Wow, only $7200 for the Lumin w/o a HDD! That 18 pound chunk of CNC machined aluminum must cost a lot to make. ;-) Here's a $2000 'no slave to a computer' solution for only $2000 and it includes a 1TB .......
135: RE: External Ethernet (3.57)
Posted by Dryginger2 on 2023-03-05, 19:47:05 (24.5.63.68)
While considering Ethernet cable improvements, why not start by substituting a RG-11 for RG-6 coaxial cable from the incoming ISP connection to the modem? That accelerates Internet signal downloads/ u .......
136: RE: Might be helpful if you posted where you are receiving this poor service from your ISP ............ (3.56)
Posted by Dryginger2 on 2023-03-07, 20:31:29 (24.5.63.68)
Abe, I simply test for improvements. Certainly do speculate that, as a speedboat finds a smoother ride by going much faster over slight waves, digital files find the same level of jitter proportionate .......
137: RE: "can utilize up to around 27 cores depending on configuration"... (3.54)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2014-10-21, 18:02:53 (76.220.25.80)
That would be doing some signal processing, I'll give you that. Seeing as the MAC Pro maxes out at 12 cores (think you can up that to 16 with an after-market Intel chip upgrade but it might void your .......
138: RE: External Ethernet (3.54)
Posted by Dryginger2 on 2023-03-06, 15:31:33 (24.5.63.68)
A.C. Don't let the facts get in your way! The link below shows the RG-11 cable from Amazon whose connectors screwed straight onto the ISP (Comcast) and onto the modem without adapters. While certainly .......
139: Sigh ---it's back. (3.54)
Posted by theob on 2009-08-03, 06:36:13 (68.40.119.25)
I was able to get metallic free sound (@ 192/145/small buffer) from cplay 27 but I am not so fortunate with 28. Tried everything from slowing clock and lowering upsampling to 176. Even tried listening .......
140: RE: Lynx AES16 driver - NT4 or WDM version? (3.52)
Posted by Bertel on 2009-02-28, 22:57:01 (90.186.212.105)
Dear cics, hm, I was reading on Lynx' "how to" page on new drivers (http://www.lynxstudio.com/support_faq_result.asp?q=148) about the two versions of the driver - in fact, on their download page is on .......
141: RE: Any Empirical Off Ramp 3 Users out there ??? (3.51)
Posted by EmailTim on 2009-07-15, 17:21:07 (75.84.209.217)
Thanks for the clarification. I had my 2.6 upgraded to a 3.0 by DEQX of Australia. I see that Empirical Legacy can add a IR remote and volume board to it as well as add the pre-amp section for better .......
142: Alfred sonics are wonderful with batteries on juli@ digital...plus a Q for cics or other knowledgable inmates (3.50)
Posted by theob on 2009-06-23, 10:32:33 (76.226.168.165)
...they are everything you said. Soundstage becomes large, hardness is eliminated, timbre is spot on.Thank you for this maybe best tweak ever on cmp^2. One interesting phenomena on the metallics... I .......
143: RE: Example of Hardware Inadequacy for Tony Lauck (3.50)
Posted by StateRadioFan on 2009-11-25, 10:30:19 (64.122.47.50)
I dont believe all PC switching PSUs are equal. Im using the Corsair HX850 in a system that uses about 150 watts max and it tested well below 10mV ripple on all rails at 212 watts. Compare that to the .......
144: Best way to connect my new iMac to my perfect wave DAC mk2? (3.50)
Posted by ejlif on 2013-02-10, 12:26:02 (108.198.102.136)
I just got a new 27" iMac I'm wanting to consolidate all my music into this one computer. I have a Mac mini which has the bulk of my library (about 10,000 albums) and it works fine but the new Mac is .......
145: RE: Tried using the 2nd output (3.49)
Posted by dtc on 2012-05-17, 05:52:30 (70.20.18.134)
Sounds like the main out is not the answer. Not sure why the tape moniter is affecting the output? Sounds like you just have too much gain in the preamp. 20 dB gain and 60 volts maximum out are very h .......
146: RE: Audirvana says they are 'M1 Ready', whtever that means... (3.49)
Posted by zacster on 2020-11-13, 10:02:50 (68.199.119.236)
That's good to know, not that I'm replacing my late 2015 27" iMac anytime soon. It is still plenty of horsepower for what I need. My daughter though spilled coffee on her 2016 MBP and while it was fix .......
147: Dingle, Dangle, Dongle... (3.45)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2016-10-29, 17:55:36 (198.27.143.138)
Standardizing on one port type only, the Thunderbolt 3, save Apple a lot of money in manufacturing, PLUS... They raised the price, PLUS... They get to sell LOTS of 'Dongles'. I'll miss the SD card slo .......
148: RE: Does the Atom sound better than your others... NO! (3.44)
Posted by sonics on 2009-07-05, 01:07:36 (84.58.45.168)
Hi fmak i tried 2 full tuned atoms 330 ( Batterie for Mobo over Pico PSU, Separate PSU for P4 and external SATA HDD) and can compare with GIGABYTE 31 SL ( 4 PSUs ) both over a LithiumPhosphor fed Juli .......
149: Touch screen love........... (3.43)
Posted by Sordidman on 2010-04-06, 10:54:37 (12.189.30.99)
Has lots of appeal.... But, making a 27" iMAC that can hang on a wall is moving in the right direction. And/or, how far away is the touch screen on a MacBook, or Panasonic, Sony, or Pioneer, or Hitach .......
150: Good (3.42)
Posted by creativepart on 2007-08-15, 21:02:22 (216.177.161.207)
Your plan sounds fine to me. And, you can set iTunes to "error correction on" and it will slow down only when it runs into errors on a disk. When I ripped my collection, it sailed through clean CDs a .......
151: High Def. and reality for me (3.42)
Posted by Old Listener on 2014-04-10, 10:25:20 (69.42.15.214)
Since the start of the year, I bought 719 music files (tracks) totaling 14.4 GBytes. That included 7 MP3 files where buying a CD was not practical and the rest were CDs or Flac downloads. NONE of that .......
152: 24/192 is bigger. (3.40)
Posted by Jim F. on 2006-01-20, 13:57:29 (157.150.192.237)
Seriously, just do the arithmetic: 24/16 = 1.5 96/44.1 = 2.18 192/44.1 = 4.36 So for the equivalent length of time, a 24/96 WAV file is 1.5*2.18 = 3.27 times bigger than the equivalent 16/44.1 WAV fil .......
153: Network Media Tank as Transport (3.39)
Posted by jkeny on 2009-06-17, 05:23:25 (78.16.95.214)
What are people's opinion of the network media tank devices, such as Popcorn Hour as a transport for our audio DACs? In comparison to the ongoing discussions about fanless Pcs as transports it: - is .......
154: RE: Sorry about being too cryptic. I want two drives with one being the backup (3.38)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2009-10-08, 17:36:10 (174.51.210.194)
Nice thing about the Mac is the built-in Disk Utility with RAID 0 or 1 functionality. If drive fails, he still has his data. He can then break the mirror and replace the bad disk with a new one. He ca .......
155: RE: Thank you! (3.37)
Posted by theob on 2011-12-02, 06:10:50 (76.122.133.81)
Is this it NonPagedPoolSize REG_DWORD Number of bytes Default: 0 Specifies the size of nonpaged pool in bytes. When this value is 0, the system uses the default size (based on physical memory). Th .......
156: RE: External Ethernet (3.37)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2023-03-06, 20:38:55 (73.229.163.4)
OK so there's a special F connector adapted to fit the fat and stiff RG11 but the signal loss comparison between RG6 and RG11 is meaningless unless you're running a hundred feet or more..... and only .......
157: RE: dCS Scarlatti transport, DAC, and Lynx AES16e-SRC (3.37)
Posted by Sunya on 2009-11-16, 14:19:17 (188.26.251.53)
Actually there are. When you use an external master clock generator like the Verona, the DAC will have to derive the Master Clock (probably 11.2896 MHz) from the Word Clock that it receives from the V .......
158: RE: They've been a bit slow with the refreshes this year (3.37)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2016-10-27, 19:22:47 (148.87.67.197)
It wasn't that long ago that they released the new iMacs. The 21.5" Retina model came out 1 year ago in Oct 2015. The 27" version came out 2 years ago in Oct 2014. And they often do a couple component .......
159: useful BT remote for the new iMac (3.34)
Posted by paco on 2015-05-07, 05:30:19 (81.202.47.219)
thanks to AbeCollins advice and recommendation, i ordered from Amazon one of these guys and it works perfectly for my new iMac 27", very like the old IR Apple remote, now useless since Apple abandoned .......
160: Re: the Lynx but... (3.33)
Posted by drwkng on 2007-01-30, 21:25:05 (203.218.107.246)
actually i missed out one. i also have the terractec phase 24. if you are asked to rank them, i think i would say 1. lynx 2. rme fireface 3. emu 1212m 4. 0404usb 5. julie 6. dddac - 60 chips 7. terrac .......
161: RE: As a retired IT professional, you should know that one instance of things not working right... (3.31)
Posted by Old Listener on 2013-02-24, 20:26:27 (69.42.5.234)
In you earlier post You said "They still can't get several simple things right under Windows. Posted by carcass93 (A) on February 23, 2013 at 15:26:27 In Reply to: RE: JRiver Media Center 18 for Mac p .......
162: RE: Your thoughts on a Window mini-PC as a streamer/server?? (3.30)
Posted by emailtim on 2024-02-12, 01:28:20 (23.242.178.78)
I switched JRMC to Debian @ version 27 or 28. I also switched to CamillaDSP for digital XOs and DSP. Runs faster on Linux than it did on Windows on the same hardware. I have written my own JRMC plug .......
163: RE: Using an external HD (3.29)
Posted by Recorder on 2010-03-09, 14:54:16 (69.138.196.129)
I use an external 1 TB Firewire HD for my music library. That keeps it off of the USB buss used by my Empirical Audio Off-Ramp USB-to-I2S converter, which feeds my Empirical Audio-modded Northstar M19 .......
164: Where to run Roon core (3.29)
Posted by dbphd on 2020-05-17, 02:57:43 (72.205.70.163)
A Cox Cable router is upstairs in the same room as a mid-2015 27" iMac that runs Roon bridge. An ethernet cable runs from the base Google MESH unit (next to the router) directly to an Ayre QX-5 Twenty .......
165: 120 psec (3.29)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2009-10-26, 23:14:10 (209.97.232.27)
That is the limit of the test used with 16 bit data. Go to the online article linked below and look at figure 2. That is a computer-generated, theoretically perfect picture of what the playback wavefo .......
166: RE: But the Lavry uses asynchronous resampling for everything (3.26)
Posted by andy_c on 2008-06-14, 18:27:28 (67.164.165.165)
I don't know if there was an actual admission by Dan Lavry, but there was a youtube video posted here . It's kind of hard to follow, but look to the upper right of the video, just below the yellow "su .......
167: No backup? Shame on you. My MacBook Pro disk crashed and.... (3.23)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2011-04-11, 20:37:20 (71.229.129.165)
...after my disk crashed, I was back up and running in two minutes without missing a beat. I simply booted from my external disk which was a 100% bootable clone of my internal disk. I kept running thi .......
168: RE: It will be interesting to hear how well this works. (3.20)
Posted by Ryelands on 2013-11-10, 07:48:20 (146.90.88.56)
As such it will work up to 96/24, but may not work (or may be unreliable) at higher resolution formats According to the manufacturers, it supports full/low speed USB 2.0 compatible operation and per .......
169: Re: Best pure digital out from PC (3.20)
Posted by PassiveO on 2005-05-18, 22:17:45 (216.64.152.98)
I use Chaintech AV710 flashed to "bit-perfect" output. The link below details the process, and it's not difficult. The AV710 costs $27. There is NO NEED to buy and expensive card for output... Spend t .......
170: Not proprietary... (3.20)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2013-06-08, 11:37:47 (76.25.70.1)
Just FYI, ALAC is not proprietary: "After initially keeping it proprietary for many years from its inception in 2004, in late 2011 Apple made the codec available open source and royalty-free. Tradit .......
171: Cloud Storage has a dark side (3.16)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2012-02-07, 10:33:50 (65.19.76.104)
Keep in mind that your wife's personal data is on some server(s) out in the middle of nowhere. Apple has access to the data for sure. The FBI can legally gain access without requiring a warrant and wh .......
172: RE: HDtracks.com hi res downloads (3.16)
Posted by jkeny on 2008-03-23, 17:35:12 (194.125.86.2)
Good site MikeH4, but it's restricted to US customers! An equivalent price for full Cd quality lossless files will be found on this site MP3Sparks(previously ALLofMP3.com) - only problem is that royal .......
173: RE: Musiland 24/192 USB to SPDIF converter (3.15)
Posted by jkeny on 2009-08-06, 15:23:42 (78.16.244.230)
With the PCM1793 DAC chip, the input audio format is determined by the pins 26,27,28. Looking at close-up pics of the board (see below link), pins 26 & 28 are tied together which are either high or lo .......
174: RE: Mac Mini Server (3.14)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2009-10-28, 08:44:58 (174.51.210.194)
I believe the Mac Mini Server is essentially just a Mac Mini with the DVD and the DVD slot missing, two hard disks instead of one (2nd HDD where the DVD used to be), and the Mac OS X Server operating .......
175: RE: EIAJ = Toslink ?? (3.11)
Posted by bullethead on 2007-07-30, 10:20:31 (71.125.13.173)
hatari. Looks like your pretty much limited to the Headphone->RCA which is not adequate for good sound. It looks like your Levinson only has S/PDIF audio inputs and no Toslink. EIAJ is a power sour .......
176: Re: Which is quieter: Hush or Mac Mini? (3.09)
Posted by dbrotzen on 2005-07-10, 00:04:55 (213.114.179.9)
According to www.pc-professionell.de issue 7, 2004 the most silent pc's that they tested are: Wortmann Terra Orbis Silentium 28,9 dB at max load Deltatronic PC Silentium 27,6 dB @ml Signum Data Future .......
177: Talk about ridiculously proprietary... (3.08)
Posted by riboge on 2010-04-03, 09:24:37 (70.181.180.2)
This from consumerreports.org electronic blog minutes ago: "April 3, 2010 Charging the iPad: Hit or miss If you're used to charging your phone, music player, or device in the USB port of your computer .......
178: RE: a parallel question (3.06)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2009-09-30, 11:26:27 (174.51.210.194)
Dave, You can use something like SuperDuper (free download) to make a complete duplicate copy of one external drive to the other. I manually run SuperDuper every couple weeks to ensure that my Library .......
179: RE: Faster Audio Decoding and Encoding Coming To Ogg and FLAC (3.06)
Posted by soundchekk on 2018-05-23, 05:00:25 (109.91.38.85)
One more: For fun I ran an encoding test using different compression levels: 0/5/8 Here's the result: **************************** CL = 0 real 0m0,914s user 0m0,871s sys 0m0,043s ********************* .......
180: Current measurements on powersupply P4 pin (3.05)
Posted by hfavandepas on 2009-04-06, 09:19:02 (85.147.82.48)
For those who want too place smoothing caps on the power supply line to smoothen the ripple voltage. When placing smoothing caps, one needs to know (or guess) the current and the estimated ripple volt .......
181: J. River memory use (3.05)
Posted by Old Listener on 2008-12-10, 10:42:09 (66.234.193.96)
I fired up task manager and then started MC 12. I was able to watch memory climb as it loaded something from the hard drive. It started at 4 MB and got to 40 GB after I started playing a file. When I .......
182: RE: it is hard to keep up with this stuff (3.04)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2016-10-29, 06:41:10 (73.229.29.71)
USB C can include Thunderbolt 3 within the USB C connector but it doesn't have to. For example the 12" MacBook that Apple released over a year ago has USB C but it does not include Thunderbolt. All of .......
183: RE: "New" server using 17" Late 2006 iMac and ext. 1TB HD (3.03)
Posted by Rick58 on 2015-01-04, 06:20:53 (108.71.238.74)
Huh, I thought on the Apple specs page (well, it was 'EveryMac', link below) it said 10.7.5 was the latest OS this model could run ... I think I'll leave it alone, anyway, as things seem to be working .......
184: Need help diagnosing output problem (3.01)
Posted by MylesJ on 2021-05-04, 11:50:14 (63.155.44.235)
I've had this setup working for a couple of months. Last week something changed and I haven't been able to find the problem. The setup goes from a dedicated Intel NUC running Windows 10 and JRiver 27 .......
185: Whow, I wasn't repaired for this. What a SUPERB sound quality !!! (3.01)
Posted by hfavandepas on 2013-09-10, 09:29:09 (86.82.220.106)
Hi SBGK, I was not repaired for this, what a superb sound quality !! I can't see anything left too wish for on sound quality. This is it. It was some sort of an 'enlightening' experience. Without any .......
186: RE: Controlling a win 7 pc with an android tablet. (2.99)
Posted by Thorsten on 2013-12-02, 22:55:36 (113.78.54.186)
Hi, > i am wondering if something similar, i mean the touchscreen, > can be added also to a normal win7 pc based system Why "Add"? Many modern All In One (AIO) PC's come with a touchscreen build in, a .......
187: RE: "can utilize up to around 27 cores depending on configuration"... (2.98)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2014-10-22, 08:19:43 (65.19.76.104)
No, my audio computer is not a hot box. It is a few year old core i5 with two cores. This is sufficient to perform room eq on DXD and upsample it to DSD128 for playback on my DAC, but only if no other .......
188: True: Theoretical Limits vs Real World (2.98)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2018-05-07, 07:50:01 (63.80.24.130)
It's one thing to hit a theoretical limit for a data sheet and marketing slicks but another to achieve those limits consistently in real world environments. I didn't realize I had 27 networked device .......
189: RE: digital attenuation (2.95)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2010-01-15, 09:52:40 (24.7.103.234)
Hey Playmate, I like this attitude, even if it es probably over kill :) The absolute easiest thing is to get new amps or have AR modify them. As an example, I recently replaced my beautiful Pass Labs .......
190: RE: Wadai 121 - XMOS w/Linux (2.94)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2012-05-21, 11:18:11 (65.19.76.104)
Just powered Focal speakers with subwoofer and nearfield listening (1 meter) in a small room. One amplifier per driver, 1150 watts total RMS. Nice space heater in winter, we'll see what it's like in A .......
191: RE: Recording Vinyl to MacBook in Hi-Rez (24/192 or DSD) (2.93)
Posted by JerryS on 2010-11-13, 13:50:21 (24.8.69.119)
My experience with a number of A/D converters is this: 24/96 is on par with excellent CD sound, often approaching SACD quality. 24/192 can be in the SACD-LP quality level. If you don't want to get a g .......
192: Pure Music, iTunes Info and Gapless Playback Redux (2.90)
Posted by JoshT on 2012-06-25, 12:03:02 (174.62.235.138)
I say Redux because I just read two most helpful threads posted by Abe and contributed to by Tony and Mercman, among others, from April 27 and April 30, which helped me figure out how to play albums g .......
193: Now Lets See (2.90)
Posted by Dynobot on 2012-07-11, 19:00:57 (75.131.20.113)
Here we have a post from Tony that says the sound from sources are essentially that same as long as they output the same bits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posted by Tony Lauck (A) on .......
194: Re: rack cabinets - do rackmount servers and power amps use same type rack ? (2.89)
Posted by J.Mac on 2006-02-07, 19:27:24 (68.165.97.28)
I believe they're the same. But be forewarned that most rackmount computer cases sound like small jet engines. They're generally smaller in internal volume, so they need more airflow to be properly co .......
195: RE: selecting a sound device. (2.87)
Posted by Sprezza Tura on 2015-02-11, 17:02:15 (209.95.36.61)
Ok..here was the confusion. I had V. 1.25 and they are up to V 1.27 which adds a host of features..including: Version 1.2.7 (08.02.2015): New Audio Input Mode – It is now possible to select an Audio I .......
196: Components returns rates (2.86)
Posted by Dynobot on 2012-08-26, 15:30:34 (75.131.20.113)
- Intel 0.1% (as against 0.3%) - Crucial 0.8% (as against 1.9%) - Corsair 2.9% (as against 2.7%) - OCZ 4.2% (as against 3.5%) Intel confirms its position at the top with a very impressive rate. It is .......
197: RE: External Ethernet (2.83)
Posted by Dryginger2 on 2023-03-07, 10:41:37 (24.5.63.68)
AC, User experience trumps conventional opinion and erudite opinion precisely because it is based on the senses rather than borrowed opinion or expert theory. The ISP will do nothing about their cabl .......
198: Bass Boost - nothing new - Bose 901 (2.81)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2014-01-31, 08:06:31 (65.19.76.104)
You won't be able to listen at these levels, either, if the music has any headroom as well as low bass. Acoustic music that's recorded uncompressed needs a minimum of 20 dB of headroom. If you want to .......
199: Please Help Build My PC System (2.77)
Posted by Kody on 2016-09-21, 10:06:05 (132.3.57.82)
Hi all, I returned my MM-1s to Amazon today. It was hard as I really wanted them to work out. I loved their size, build quality, and styling (they are beautiful), and they did sound great for the most .......
200: RE: Very good PC audio on the cheap (2.77)
Posted by soundchekk on 2009-03-22, 09:49:02 (80.133.220.10)
Hi there. I think it has been mentioned some time ago. You should feed your EMU 0404 also by battery and a 5V regulator. You'll be surprised how good it can sound. The stock PS I'd call a bad joke. Ev .......
Found 140 records in Critic's Corner.
1: Oops (8.43)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2004-06-26, 11:23:45 (216.192.71.4)
> When he relaunched [The Audio Critic] Aczel addressed this matter > in the relaunch issue (No.17 if I remember correctly)... I didn't remember correctly. The relaunch issue was No.10, cover-dated F .......
2: RE: Checking Under the Hood (8.43)
Posted by B. Scarpia on 2020-10-10, 04:25:32 (97.82.221.142)
Not realistic to be looking for hand wired or even U.S. hand populated PCBs at $275.00. Assembled in Utah is most likely. One dual triode tube can be taken as simple and direct, but some may see it a .......
3: I didn't ask for someone else's solution or proposals, (6.26)
Posted by unclestu52 on 2006-05-17, 13:28:09 (63.16.87.123)
I asked for yours. After all, you always state that you have been expounding on the subject for 20 years. Surely you must have a solution and a a proposed set of standards. I can't, because I'm confus .......
4: After extensive auditioning I bought a Pair (5.94)
Posted by Frank Sol on 2013-12-01, 06:52:44 (108.64.136.253)
Of B&W CM5 Got them Nov 27... Am very pleased! .......
5: Still have my Son (5.40)
Posted by delaney@rea-alp.com on 2007-04-24, 09:09:05 (24.196.56.68)
in a HT system...works great at a rip age of 27.. .......
6: The question is, Did you keep the EAD CD Player??? (5.35)
Posted by John Marks on 2013-03-25, 08:22:33 (108.34.252.108)
The number of people who have told me that the one flip they most regret was that player... . As far as defining full range: The strictest interpretation is: Audibility. That would be 20 Hz. The loose .......
7: RE: If he does for lawnmowers what he did for audio, within a decade... (5.21)
Posted by josh358 on 2010-10-15, 16:04:20 (64.252.181.193)
And there will be endless debates about whether $27,000 halogen lamps improve grass cutting efficiency. .......
8: I wouldn't pay much attention to a tale (5.20)
Posted by Frihed89 on 2011-11-20, 11:56:15 (87.53.108.41)
"...told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Wm. Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 27-28) .......
9: thank you - the atrophy was starting to set in :-) (4.97)
Posted by Mike in NJ on 2013-11-19, 18:01:20 (67.80.224.224)
I found it - it is in the fall of 2014 - September 26, 27 & 28. Was hoping for spring....but I wont complain... There was a few years I couldn't get my fix... .......
10: LOL! Feeling better now? (4.97)
Posted by Bruce Kendall on 2006-11-13, 08:32:54 (69.105.55.54)
I can think of, oh, a gazillion other magazines who do the same thing. One "audio" magazine, who I will identify only as Sound & Vision, tried to charge my credit card $27 for an annual subscription t .......
11: RE: Yup, delighted...It's not-None (4.93)
Posted by fmak on 2013-02-10, 07:09:48 (62.228.110.87)
of these 'marketing' guys understand that a printed mag serves better for advertisers and much more easy to read and chew over than a bloody PC or MAC version even with a 27 in HD screen. So it has to .......
12: RETRACTION - It appears this may not be a simple troll after all ... (4.93)
Posted by bjh on 2007-10-15, 09:37:20 (216.209.33.106)
. .......
13: RE: AFAIK, I was the first high-end audio journalist to write about Plangent Processes (4.80)
Posted by Tre' on 2022-08-12, 17:33:15 (76.90.36.216)
I think one of the issues that improper azimuth creates is phase shift between channels. Some of that can be fixed after the fact. "What is azimuth? It is simply the angle of the recording or reproduc .......
14: RE: Is the review online yet? (4.77)
Posted by Krav Maga on 2020-10-12, 15:52:34 (24.162.126.158)
"All you had to do is look." Well, yes and no. The review was published online on Aug 27, 2020. Sue asked her question on August 15, 2020. .......
15: I'll go out on a limb here. (4.76)
Posted by Ozzie on 2006-12-27, 10:43:57 (198.24.6.135)
I first heard the Beveridge speakers about 27 years ago. The quality that I heard from them would probably stand up quite well today. The bass was a bit limited in quality, but those mids and highs we .......
16: It's Klein+Hummel O500C (4.75)
Posted by KlausR. on 2007-05-08, 09:15:19 (83.84.181.88)
They use FIR filters, response is flat ± 1.5 dB down to 30 Hz, -3 db at 27 Hz, on demand they can go lower with decreased max. SPL. More here Klaus .......
17: RE: Since many of us are over 50 (in my case 60) and well beyond our reproductive days, somebody (4.75)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2013-04-14, 16:57:23 (173.77.100.54)
>please forgive this old dinosaur if he prefers the old format Stereophile >as it existed when JGH was at the helm. I just happen to think that it was >a much better magazine, that's all :-) No proble .......
18: Correction (4.53)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2006-05-16, 14:06:05 (65.213.7.6)
>The first issue of Stereophile to publish ads, from audio dealers, >was Issue 15, in 1972. My error. It was Issue 27 (Vol.3 No.3) John Atkinson Editor, Stereophile .......
19: RE: Bullshit. (4.50)
Posted by Spendor Harbeth 2 on 2012-08-05, 17:04:53 (69.31.70.109)
You know what bullshit is? Writing a great piece like you did...after recommending a $27,000 flea watt amp from Audio Note, and a $20,000 flea watt mono block from Allnic. Now THAT is bullshit. ::: TO .......
20: DQ-10s... (4.45)
Posted by mkuller on 2017-06-26, 08:24:01 (73.189.124.124)
...I mirror-imaged mine, subbed better caps and and did a bunch of other stuff including using a KEF T-27 tweeter in place of the two stock ones. I wrote an article about my mods and sent it to HP and .......
21: That's it!!!!! (4.26)
Posted by rbolaw on 2011-01-24, 16:53:44 (173.70.60.104)
I never really liked music anyway, there were some cute girls in my high school band and I got totally distracted from the true path. Thanks for setting me straight. I have a pile of shirts with missi .......
22: Complaint of the week? Overpriced.. a LOT of posts about the high prices .... of late.... (4.26)
Posted by Elizabeth on 2013-01-25, 10:00:29 (65.28.171.196)
So what is new? Prices have been higher since 1985 or so. The "great leap" was when manufacturers discovered they could add fancy parts and charge an arm and a leg for them... Like I wrote that was ba .......
23: RE: A question for John Atkinson (4.23)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-10-28, 10:51:36 (173.52.252.204)
>If I recall you still have SL6s in system? My wife and watch movies in the bedroom with a 27" flat-panel TV and the sound provided by a Peachtree integrated amp driving SL6es. That's as close as I g .......
24: probably (4.23)
Posted by BRab on 2019-01-08, 14:40:36 (67.70.12.177)
nt .......
25: Some of the photos are wacky... (4.18)
Posted by Steve Parry on 2008-02-14, 11:56:14 (158.96.4.13)
...is that a part of a hand with the DNM pre (page 35)?; and the cutoff photo of the Continuum Criterion on page 27 looks horrible. The Linn photo is a mixed bag. Really, you guys can do better. The p .......
26: Agree with both or you (4.16)
Posted by Steyr on 2011-08-16, 11:57:13 (50.50.173.145)
Stereophiles market is mostly aimed more at the aging boomer crowd since they still pony up $ to pay for scripts. I asked my younger family members at our last gathering about 30+ ages 14-27 not 1 ha .......
27: "twice-as-good-as-the-(always unnamed)-competition" (4.07)
Posted by DAP on 2011-01-31, 02:39:38 (76.67.8.183)
That's false. On Aug 27, 1995, Sam Tellig wrote "If this [the Thiel CS1.5] were a pair of imported British speakers, you might easily pay twice as much for this level of sound and quality of construct .......
28: Oh yeah! :) (4.07)
Posted by Steve Eddy on 2006-11-13, 10:04:47 (71.142.33.118)
I can think of, oh, a gazillion other magazines who do the same thing. Oh sure. Just that this is Audio Asylum and Stereophile is the only audio mag I subscribe to. Though now that Tower Books is c .......
29: For a moment, I thought I was reading tas :-) (4.05)
Posted by DAP on 2019-01-10, 06:42:11 (104.222.117.181)
These are promotional pieces, but who are they promoting to? Is the typical Stereophile reader interested in Dragon Zero at $27,100/8' a pair? To find out, I clicked on Stereophile Forums , but didn' .......
30: Stereophile Workers vs Slackers: (4.05)
Posted by Gak! on 2013-01-10, 19:40:44 (50.139.163.213)
As of 10:30pm Eastern, the CES posting output is a tight race! Michael Fremer and Michael Lavorgna are in a dead heat, with 16 posts each - Way to go, guys! Team Atkinson / Deutsch / Iverson / Mejias .......
31: Here is the info about the SACD sample tracks (4.02)
Posted by Ray Kimber on 2006-10-09, 09:17:22 (67.128.46.198)
Hi Inmates, John is talking about tracks 26, 27 and 28 on IsoMike Test Disc #2005A Besr in mind that the tracks on the IsoMike test disc have not been edited, nor has the level been "normalized". Best .......
32: I bought an RX2 when they first came out in 72 and . . (4.01)
Posted by John PA on 2004-07-05, 12:00:34 (67.41.26.141)
had a blast with that car. It was almost silent when running and fast. I sold it when I got married, thinking the RX3 station wagon with an automatic would be nice. What a piece of junk! No power, eve .......
33: RE: Some folks are bass crazy, like the op here, the rest of us can get by with 'ordinary' bass I would say. LOL (3.99)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-03-22, 21:42:11 (65.19.76.104)
It's not possible to make instruments sound lifelike, in the room, if you can't reproduce their full frequency range at natural volume levels. There's no "massage" when playing a piano recording at na .......
34: RE: Swept under the rug...Shame on JA (3.97)
Posted by RGA on 2013-02-08, 09:06:31 (119.237.2.151)
I agree - if JA was hiding anything he simply would never have mentioned it failing. I also think the publishing issues come into play. This is not an online E-zine where we don't have any real deadli .......
35: I'd bet... (3.96)
Posted by Gag Halfrunt on 2013-08-11, 03:32:50 (80.2.121.65)
I'd bet this thread has doubled or even trebled the amount of visitors to the HPSpudgun site. I just counted - there are 27 people who posted on this thread. I assume every one of them visited the sit .......
36: I'll be happy to quote him directly (3.95)
Posted by E-Stat on 2005-05-12, 19:51:00 (24.99.71.139)
"What E-stat has done is to set up a straw man argument, to wit, that Arny and the objectivists think every _____ sounds the same..." I'll let Arny speak for himself, to wit (around 27:50): "Good powe .......
37: SONY COVERBOYS: Would anyone buy them, no matter how good they sound? (3.95)
Posted by mwhitmore on 2011-06-16, 08:59:13 (74.95.197.58)
Even if you had 27 large lying around? Obviously a major marketing push to get them on the covers of S'phile and TAS. But I'm embarrassed enough to have the $85 Sony HD tuner in my rack, much less put .......
38: RE: Average price/pair of floorstanders reviewed by Stereophile this past year: $18,462.78 (3.94)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2008-03-03, 15:05:01 (96.224.182.99)
>At that juncture is Stereophile “the working man’s friend†or an “uppity, >elitist rag?†It depends on how one chooses to spin the data. Great point. I have posted the data for all the speaker revie .......
39: RE: As a former... (3.93)
Posted by RGA on 2013-01-21, 18:51:43 (115.160.152.66)
No it was Jason Victor Serinius - he was at CAS. I can't imagine what he heard in them that I didn't. I just didn't hear a single thing - in any way shape or form that justified $27,000. I didn't hear .......
40: RE: Mikey's return to tas? (3.92)
Posted by Krav Maga on 2022-05-27, 15:39:39 (24.162.126.158)
Found this posted on the Steve Hoffman forum (link below). Note John Atkinson's comment. Hmmm. .......
41: Hey I'm a Subjectivist ... I just never realized how darned wonderful I am! (3.86)
Posted by bjh on 2012-09-04, 20:18:34 (99.250.134.143)
But seriously ... The article in question is merely a crude exercise of placing hobbyists into two diametrically opposite groups, glorifying one and castigating the other. It's not that such extremes .......
42: Apples and oranges (3.80)
Posted by Rufipennis on 2008-09-24, 08:03:06 (166.2.89.27)
A quick search on the "internets" (a.k.a. "the Google") reveals that NIH funding more or less doubled from 1998-2003. It has since been more or less stagnant. Adjusted for inflation, this is declining .......
43: RE: Bob Stuart leaves the Board of (3.76)
Posted by Krav Maga on 2017-12-20, 11:50:51 (24.243.226.38)
If my calculations are correct, Bob's share is indeed small (approx 0.17% of total shares) but Taylor related shareholding is substantial at approx 26% of total Meridian Audio shares. See linked page .......
44: Stereophile Nov. '09 (3.74)
Posted by Mr_bill2 on 2009-11-06, 06:47:32 (98.169.158.198)
I had just renewed my subscription after about 6 months lapse but was surprised to find the following... Anyone notice pgs 46 thru 72 are all advertisements(27 consecutive sides of ads). They look lik .......
45: Back when I had my RX2 there was no speed control in Nevada. . (3.73)
Posted by John PA on 2004-07-05, 15:14:43 (67.41.26.141)
where I lived. I did not realize that above 90 was considered reckless driving so I drove on the open roads, with little traffic, at 120. The car was stable and easy to drive. I once went by a highway .......
46: Stereophile History (3.67)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2006-05-16, 14:07:14 (65.213.7.6)
>Stereophile and Absolute Sound writers are far closer to audio >industry cheerleaders ... than to real audio hardware critics. >That was not true when JGH published a no-advertising Stereophile >maga .......
47: It is both interesting and instructive to read reviews, and comments, in hifi magazines of old (3.65)
Posted by mhardy6647 on 2022-06-07, 05:28:05 (71.192.138.56)
World Radio History makes this easy, with a thorough database of Audio, Stereophile , and others -- OCR'd and searchable! A fantastic resource. Here is a not particularly exciting example (I am l .......
48: Re: Regmac & Andrew....thanks! (3.65)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2004-12-29, 11:17:58 (65.213.7.6)
> Then yesterday I got my last issue of Sphile. It didn't take me long > before I was assaulted by yet another George Bush insult. Sorry to see you go as a reader, Mr. Darby. But I have gone through .......
49: Any plan "B" for HE2004 if lockout continues? (3.63)
Posted by clbeanz on 2004-10-27, 13:39:03 (24.7.187.204)
-That's Gavin in front of Westin St. Francis The Stereophile Oct 27 news desk had no mention of strike and picket lines,maybe it will be cleared up by early Nov? I'm out if I have to cros .......
50: RE: My favorite was Lehrer's song about Gustav Mahler's widow (3.61)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2012-04-16, 18:40:57 (65.19.76.104)
The Tempest by Oskar Kokoschka, oil on canvas, a self-portrait expressing his unrequited love for Alma Mahler, widow of composer Gustav Mahler, 1914 Alma wrote a bio. (Link) .......
51: New developments on the $1,000,000 cable challenge (3.59)
Posted by truthseekerprime on 2007-10-19, 07:25:09 (69.200.83.8)
Randi has agreed to Fremer's (quite reasonable) request to remove the term "paranormal" from the rules governing the challenge. He's also clarified that Fremer only needs to _differentiate_ between ei .......
52: "Bite off less, chew more thoroughly" is often a good plan. (3.55)
Posted by John Marks on 2012-07-14, 06:45:15 (100.40.30.98)
Given the logarithmic nature of musical frequencies, every octave you go down from Middle C, you have to reproduce wavelengths that are twice as long. Once you go below 50 Hz, every last Hz down costs .......
53: Original test not really rigorous. (3.53)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-02-10, 07:19:29 (65.19.76.104)
The original test is hardly what I would call rigorous, something that would be expected in any premium product that ought to have good design and build quality. A rigorous test would include operatin .......
54: RE: Really? Ya' know, John, a lot of people reading this must think ... (3.53)
Posted by stehno on 2017-11-04, 13:23:47 (73.240.93.33)
... you're a magnanimous and objective guy with all the things you're gonna dive into regarding MQA. Shoot, you even had me for the first few senctences. BTW, that's an excellent idea and you're to b .......
55: I must further respond to the notion that people's political party ident. is random (3.52)
Posted by Norm on 2006-05-16, 11:49:40 (71.113.240.68)
After the Civil War and Reconstruction, there were no Democrats to be found in the North, nor Republicans in the South. Only WWII and the abandonment of civil rights by Republicans has altered this. A .......
56: Here's a picture of me, emerging from a Medieval passageway (3.51)
Posted by John Marks on 2019-02-04, 18:24:33 (100.10.89.42)
Here's a picture of me, emerging from a Medieval passageway. I happen to be singing Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind." My 7-month old daughter is doing her best to pretend she never me .......
57: Looking to S'phile's Rec. Comps. for help choosing preamps to audition/buy? (3.49)
Posted by Rick W on 2015-03-23, 10:20:27 (108.35.176.9)
Hope you're loaded with cash. $13,000 $9,000 $27,500 $55,000 $6,000 $9,995 $32,000 31,700 CHF - whatever that is $42,790 $9,000 $26,500 $8,590 $11,650-$14,500 $16,500 $6,995 $13,500 $30,000 $42,000 $ .......
58: RE: No sticks, no mud (3.47)
Posted by Dr. S on 2007-07-18, 16:44:28 (159.121.124.226)
You are correct that Hendrix served to improve musicianship by elevating the bar as to what was deemed possible. As to noise ... you can say the same for anyone on the creative edge, from Stravinsky t .......
59: UHF Magazine's idea of a "blind test" (3.42)
Posted by Pat D on 2006-02-02, 14:09:50 (69.195.219.94)
Here is part of a description of a "blind test" published in "Four Audio Interconnects, "Ultra High Fidelity, No. 74, page 27: "Once again Albert and Reine knew the test cables only by number. Gerard .......
60: RE: Well if you are happy with (3.41)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2013-08-18, 05:51:10 (173.52.251.50)
>Well if you are happy with 'the customer is always wrong' fine. For the record, fmak, I offered to help you with your subscription problem personally. It was in a message to Critic's Corner posted on .......
61: RE: As I said (3.41)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2013-08-18, 10:59:15 (173.52.251.50)
>>For the record, fmak, I offered to help you with your subscription >>problem personally. > >Your assertions are false... How can you say that when I reposted the content of the Ayslum post in which .......
62: Poor Michael. Your problem is that you post so frequently you can't recall what you've written. (3.38)
Posted by regmac on 2012-02-24, 17:48:17 (50.104.225.86)
"There seems to be.... Posted by mkuller (A) on December 27, 2011 at 11:54:13 In Reply to: TAS seems better? posted by ruxtonvet on December 24, 2011 at 14:35:50: ...an unusually interesting assortmen .......
63: uncensored, unedited, unsigned letters to the editor are the best way to hear what audiophiles want to say (3.35)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2009-07-15, 09:09:46 (66.51.146.3)
But no one wants to hear that! When I used to work in the domestic auto industry as an internal management consultant -- three times I used anonymous questionaires to ask auto engineers how they could .......
64: RE: Tone Audio on RMAF: The Great Divide (3.34)
Posted by soulfood on 2012-10-23, 20:28:55 (99.140.217.112)
One 26-year-old gentlemen, attending with an older audiophile friend, perfectly summed up the problem when I asked his honest opinion." 26-year-old gentlemen exaggerate a lot. Wait until they turn 27. .......
65: RE: asked you to email me (3.34)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2013-06-07, 10:11:27 (4.30.66.254)
>never did; the only statement you made here was to subscribe to >Stereophile thru Zinio (which I hate or use a Mac). It was in a message to Critic's Corner posted on August 27, 2010. I wrote "If you .......
66: RE: Why isn't your system listed... (3.30)
Posted by highendfan on 2019-01-11, 14:15:21 (50.101.75.217)
Present system: OPPO 105 Magnum Dynalab MD90 tuner Project Experience table Benz MC Dolan PM1 full function pre-amp 2 Crown XLS 1002 series 2 power amp 1 Crown XLS 1502 series 2 power amp 1 Behringer .......
67: Kool-aid? (3.30)
Posted by mkuller on 2017-06-26, 08:20:03 (73.189.124.124)
...I was looking for new speakers and had probably heard a half dozen that didn't do anything for me - then I heard the DQ-10s and I had to have them. Looking for the electronic crossover, I ventured .......
68: RE: Don't tell me! (3.29)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2011-03-15, 09:04:38 (65.19.76.104)
"jj demanded that you apologize to him - for some perceived wrong." I did have a discussion with jj on net.audio.flame and private email. I still have a copy of the messages. At one point jj took on .......
69: RE: Stereophile Nov. '09 (3.20)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2009-11-07, 06:35:57 (12.50.192.130)
>Anyone notice pgs 46 thru 72 are all advertisements(27 consecutive sides of ads). >They look like mini product reviews w/ Q&A but if you look hard enough at the top of >the page, in small muted white .......
70: RE: Stereophile wouldn't take my money.. (3.20)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2011-09-19, 04:55:00 (173.77.12.201)
>My request for help here didn't draw anything from those who are so ready >to have a go at readers either. I think you are misremembering, fmak. You posted your problems about the incompatibility bet .......
71: Re: I got my Audio Critic back issues (3.19)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2004-06-24, 12:10:06 (208.173.138.202)
> According to an "Editor's Note" in TAC issue #4 (July/Aug./Sept. > 1977), that precedes his review of the Ohm F, Aczel admits he was > one of the founders of Ohm Acoustics in 1971 and its single lar .......
72: DBTs do not work... (3.15)
Posted by mkuller on 2005-10-04, 10:19:21 (207.200.116.6)
...in comparing alcoholic beverages because when people ingest alcohol they become intoxicated and insensitive to the differences between beer and wine. Everyone knows that... >one received red wine ( .......
73: Well, for ME, dark sounding means the frequency balance... (3.12)
Posted by Steve Parry on 2008-03-08, 07:26:39 (75.31.51.26)
...is tipped toward the bass, whereas warm sounding means tipped to the low midrange. I would say the opposite of dark is bright, white, or light sounding, and the opposite of warm sounding is of cour .......
74: Yes, it is room dependent (3.12)
Posted by John Marks on 2013-03-25, 17:23:15 (108.34.252.108)
But, when I said, rolls off slowly, I meant sealed-bass loading, and not a port. When I was a Visiting Lecturer at Thomas More College, I once lectured on Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and used Shahinian .......
75: RE: As much as I enjoy watching a train wreck (3.12)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2015-02-24, 17:19:32 (173.77.14.44)
>..and as much as I appreciate transparency, I really don't think it does >yourself or the magazine any benefit in letting the board know how you >guys make the sausage. It's really none of our busine .......
76: RE: Man for all seasons ... (3.10)
Posted by RGA on 2013-02-05, 23:59:13 (115.160.152.66)
IMO calling out the little company is kind of worthless - Roger Ebert made 10 worst movie of the year lists but he usually noted that he didn't include the movies that nobody saw. He went after the bi .......
77: Re: Zanden (not Zandon...) revue (3.04)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2006-11-05, 04:20:54 (4.237.92.248)
>Like unto their revue of the McCormack UDP-1; in which the revuer was >impressed, the measurements sucked, the revuer followed up by being >confused, flabbergasted, and boggled of mind. Dead silence .......
78: The Data (3.02)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2008-03-03, 12:28:38 (96.224.182.99)
>I think this arguement would be better presented by showing how many >pairs were reviewed in different price catagories: Here are the data, for all loudspeaker reviews going back to the January 2006 .......
79: RE: i wonder (3.01)
Posted by Pat D on 2011-11-24, 08:38:09 (142.166.189.75)
True, I don't spend much time with tube amps. Tube amps tend to be different from one another. They usually have much higher output impedances than most solid state amps so the frequency response is d .......
80: Thxs To Art Dudly (2.95)
Posted by Kloss on 2004-09-13, 06:59:12 (66.82.9.81)
Was going to let my subcription laps to phile.Didnt seem to have anything for me.But after this issue,vol 27,no 10,I put the check in the mail nice to know somebody has similar interests to mine at ph .......
81: You found August boring? (2.95)
Posted by John Marks on 2011-08-06, 11:51:30 (74.97.60.85)
Speaking only for myself. I thought that there were quite a few bell-ringing articles in August. The cover story on the single-driver loudspeaker was interesting. Perhaps not the way I'd spend $27,000 .......
82: NYC venues (2.95)
Posted by Bill Way on 2016-04-21, 16:25:42 (108.54.110.65)
OK Gary, here's your list - start checking them off: 92nd Street Y (outstanding recital hall, great programming) Alice Tully Hall (another great recital hall) Met Opera (seats start at $27) Carnegie H .......
83: Sigh... (2.93)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2009-03-08, 08:57:05 (96.224.177.82)
>I think you cannot ignore the impact of who advertises & what happens if >they get a negative review. Another uninformed opinion heard from. Read the Chord review in the March issue of Stereophile. .......
84: His point is completely invalid (2.91)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2008-03-02, 19:36:41 (209.97.232.186)
Andy_c only looked at the last 12 months. As JA pointed out, Stereophile has embarked on a project of looking at reference grade floorstanders. Try going back one more year and find these models liste .......
85: RE: I highly recommend....Not for Windows-Or (2.88)
Posted by fmak on 2012-01-09, 00:35:20 (93.109.212.163)
''Perhaps you weren't being as clear as you believed. But I don't believe it unreasonable for software companies to cease supporting legacy systems.'' Perhaps it is a case of you wanting to read what .......
86: Montreal Expos similarity (2.85)
Posted by Jim Tavegia on 2005-12-19, 08:36:31 (68.211.37.49)
What if they had a baseball team and no body came? Just like in Montreal. It is now drawing good crowds in D.C. The masses bought CD Red Book not for the sound, but the convenience. It has grown legs .......
87: RE: it's easier to take a neutral system and color it (2.83)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-03-17, 07:11:44 (65.19.76.104)
My Focals were pretty much dead flat from 500 Hz up as high as I could measure. After I got the bass reasonably flat from 27 Hz up by subwoofer positioning, subwoofer crossover adjustments and a littl .......
88: Average price/pair of floorstanders reviewed by Stereophile this past year: $18,462.78 (2.82)
Posted by andy_c on 2008-02-29, 18:58:47 (67.164.165.165)
Here are the data. These were taken from the Stereophile web site, so if there are missing reviews, they need to be added and the average revised. Time period considered: Mar. 2007 - Feb. 2008 Feb. 20 .......
89: "Average Stereophile reader's system costs around $15,000....." (2.80)
Posted by Rick W on 2014-01-14, 16:44:35 (71.187.40.191)
Revisit S'phile's Rec. Comp. Don't wanna get too deep here, and obviously *this ain't even remotely an attempt at scientific/statistical perfection, nor am I trying to indict S'phile or single them ou .......
90: Gebn mir a brekhn. (2.77)
Posted by John Marks on 2023-02-08, 16:39:50 (96.238.9.137)
Or, Gib mir ein brechen. Or, give me a break. Wireless? Yeah, sure. And what is the diameter of the KEF's DSP bottleneck? And what is the jitter number? Oy. If somebody has spent $10,000 and up for .......
91: RE: John Atkinson - Studio Monitors vs Audiophile Speakers (2.74)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2016-06-16, 06:25:42 (173.52.251.118)
>I'm asking for your opinion on this subject as you record and produce >music. And as a reviewer who has tested many speakers. This is an enormous subject, too big to discuss in this space, perhaps. S .......
92: RE: I'll let you have the last word (2.66)
Posted by RGA on 2018-09-22, 23:36:55 (1.36.2.89)
Well yes he basically makes the case I try to make - Canada isn't socialist because it has "free medical" - Canada is Capitalist just as Whenzhou China is capitalist. Every nation is a sliding scale o .......
93: RE: Subwoofer (2.58)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2013-11-22, 20:46:17 (65.19.76.104)
My sub has five controls in its crossover: gain, polarity, phase, low pass cut-off, high-pass cut off. Then the satellites have a low frequency shelving control. Because my room was too small to hold .......
94: RE: The NIH budget (2.56)
Posted by John N on 2008-09-24, 10:52:05 (192.55.208.10)
In 1998 congress agreed to the importance of biomedical research and committed to doubling the NIH budget. This happened over the period from 1998-2003 and the NIH budget in 2003 was about 27 billion .......
95: RE: SONY COVERBOYS: Would anyone buy them, no matter how good they sound? (2.55)
Posted by das@soundstage.com on 2011-06-17, 07:17:34 (174.92.89.102)
I don't understand why someone wouldn't look at them. If you have 27 grand to spend, don't concern yourself just with some little brand because they're around, go for the best sound you can get. There .......
96: Has the term "jaw-dropping" ever been formerly defined? (2.49)
Posted by DAP on 2011-01-30, 12:09:24 (76.67.8.183)
Stereophile uses it a lot in reviews. Wes Phillips talks about a "jaw-dropping" price, and also "[the Avalon Acoustics Indra's] truth in presenting soundstage cues was jaw-dropping" John Atkinson use .......
97: I swear I did not ghostwrite the JA post as a perfect example of what "non-answer" means! (2.46)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2006-05-05, 08:54:02 (209.104.139.41)
You've just wasted the first two minutes of my infinite patience! You did ask a question in the last line in an April 26 post. I was not on-line April 27. I read your post and responded on April 28. I .......
98: Strongest and best stated rebuttal to DBT's I've read yet (2.43)
Posted by J-PMatt@Comcast.Net on 2004-11-30, 16:48:48 (68.45.84.184)
ernstr@xs4all.nl Kudos to you. That was excellent. Personally, I think DBT's have their place and value. I think you would agree. But.......... What I find interesting, and no one seems to bring this .......
99: Swept under the rug...Shame on JA (2.38)
Posted by morricab on 2013-02-07, 08:24:30 (160.62.4.10)
I just read the online post of the Dan D'Agostino Momentum amplifier from the Stereophile site and I have to say it looks like JA swept some obvious problems with the amplifier under the rug!! For me .......
100: RE: Reviewers with hearing loss (2.36)
Posted by regmac on 2013-10-20, 13:43:25 (50.121.112.111)
Hi John: It’s good of you to be so frank and open about these things. For me the question is: At what age is a typical reviewer at the height of his powers insofar as evaluating gear? As with any othe .......
101: Which decade does Stereophile Customer Service Operate In? (2.35)
Posted by fmak on 2011-10-27, 08:28:08 (93.109.212.163)
Following John Atkinson's advice, I emailed Stereophile's customer service with my SIMPLE address, which was rejected by their International Subscription web page as being invalid. I got this message .......
102: Re: Stereophile Poll (2.21)
Posted by jim@signalpath on 2007-04-24, 08:46:13 (24.225.71.143)
don't mean to hijack this thread, but it got me thinking..if you couple that poll with the recent RIAA stats for 2006 ::: 1) CD sales down 13% vs 2005 2) SACD+DVD-A+LP sales down 54% 2005 vs 2006..20 .......
103: Re: "You still don't explain why." (2.21)
Posted by unclestu52 on 2006-05-18, 13:13:09 (63.16.57.176)
I've read your book, but being in the confused state I am, I do not recall any industry wide solution that you alluded to. I've looked up Stodolsky and Heyser, and found Stodolsky's paper on the monau .......
104: Further to previous (2.14)
Posted by John Marks on 2006-04-09, 12:27:27 (72.82.7.204)
Hi- 1 & 2. Duntech claims that nearly every part of their current production Sovereign 2001 has changed since the first, I believe that was in 1984. The speaker stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, is 14 or s .......
105: Re: I hear you Tom! (2.13)
Posted by thetubeguy1954 on 2006-10-03, 09:14:16 (216.53.159.98)
The LC9A's came with an RCA MI-11419 compression driver. This was actually a JBL LE-175 relabeled for RCA. I am going to be using TAD pre-1990 2001's in their place. Nice part is "if" I don't like how .......
106: John Marks' Bookshelf for Lovers of Recordings #3 (2.10)
Posted by John Marks on 2023-07-11, 16:21:00 (100.10.79.144)
Michael Fremer's "Tracking Angle" has put up Installment #3 of my ongoing series about great books about the history of records and of the record business. #3 is probably the highest recommendation .......
107: I hate to butt in (2.09)
Posted by unclestu52 on 2006-06-04, 01:18:49 (63.16.64.128)
but Mr Hansen is correct and I do admire his stance in reiterating his position, particularly as a manufacturer. I've been in the audio business now for over 27 years, I've seen products come and go a .......
108: My my, you seem unusually exercised by this topic. (2.07)
Posted by Rob Doorack on 2004-11-24, 20:15:50 (24.63.3.223)
Is the education level of states that went for Bush a sensitive subject for you? >>the overwhelming majority of illiterate minorities vote Democrat I'm sure you can provide a link to some research tha .......
109: I hope this concludes this ridiculous sub-thread (2.04)
Posted by DexysMidnightRunner on 2008-09-23, 23:51:26 (65.33.44.24)
> "While people are certainly entitled to their own opinion, they are NOT entitled to their own facts - a quote whose origin is lost in time, but it may well have been said by Alley Oop to his cavem .......
110: I found that different patch cords make a difference (2.04)
Posted by Sordidman on 2010-02-19, 08:14:49 (71.132.156.253)
especially what I'm doing as I have stereo instruments, - Rickenbacker, - split away to two different amps. Better patch cables coming from the guitar(s) send more signal through, with less noise: at .......
111: RE: You imply that there have been no improvements in audio reproduction. That is a lie. But.. (2.00)
Posted by Tony Lauck on 2012-09-03, 12:24:17 (65.19.76.104)
"I still remember the old observation that one can tell whether a piano in the next room is real or reproduction with great ease." This observation might have been true at one time, but it has not b .......
112: To the extent there is a "problem," I think it is to a degree self-solving (1.99)
Posted by John Marks on 2007-10-02, 17:08:23 (72.87.66.169)
First of all, nobody at Stereophile expects that people will choose a system un-listened-to from the RCL. I believe that that has been made clear in the pages of the magazine and elsewhere. Secondly, .......
113: RE: I agree, but. . . (1.91)
Posted by John Atkinson on 2013-02-08, 12:23:30 (71.190.29.101)
>It could well be the case that the unit had a bad part. You didn’t read the thread at Stereophile.com (linked below). Dan D’Agostino reported to me at CES that that had been the case, that an output .......
114: IMHO, the 25Hz number does not add up (1.85)
Posted by John Marks on 2024-01-21, 06:36:02 (108.34.228.120)
If we are talking about an off-the-shelf driver, it is likely the Scan-Speak Illuminator 15WU/8741T-00 5.5" Woofer. The 8-Ohm version of that 5.5-inch driver has a claimed resonant frequency (Fs) .......
115: RE: The one thing you never mentioned is sound. (1.85)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2011-04-21, 15:26:30 (168.103.79.108)
>> Hansen ain't lettin' go! Yeah, I know, it's not as big a scandal as, say, Reagan's "Drugs for Arms" deal, nor any of the half-dozen nasty things we've done to countries in the Middle East over the .......
116: Audio is the least of the middle class' concerns... (1.83)
Posted by RGA on 2013-03-20, 17:48:01 (115.160.152.66)
The average guy also used to be able to buy a 2 floor house of 3000 square feet or more in nice areas of towns while his wife could stay home and look after the kids - and by the age of 50 his house w .......
117: RE: Should reviewers have a Perfect, or at least Relative pitch? (1.62)
Posted by Heifetz on 2014-12-14, 09:08:18 (110.22.30.200)
I read this on a blog not long ago written by Andrew Bolt. It moved me: Vincent van Gogh is 27. He has utterly failed at everything - as an art dealer, teacher, student, preacher, even suitor. He is l .......
118: I think this topic has been covered quite a few times already. (1.56)
Posted by John Marks on 2007-07-22, 10:58:40 (71.161.239.161)
As far as I can tell, most audio writers I know personally buy components very rarely. I think it was Bob Deutsch who just replaced an 11 year old amplifier. Seeing as John Atkinson's rules require a .......
119: "connoiseurship," (1.53)
Posted by Krav Maga on 2018-06-21, 09:57:49 (24.243.226.38)
Well, apparently Rafe's "Whiskey and Listening" lifestyle theme is something he carried over from part-time audiophile. From part-time audiophile (links below): "Whisky and Listening: The VPI Scout Pr .......
120: RE: Disagree (kind of) (1.51)
Posted by regmac on 2008-02-27, 07:42:03 (205.188.116.141)
"It's too early in the morning to for me to get all worked up. I read your post and decided to walk away. A half hour later I find myself unable to leave with out a comment." Well, comments are always .......
121: RE: That is awesome! (1.51)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2008-10-25, 20:48:09 (209.97.232.197)
The therapy that *may* have some benefits for your daughter is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The way the therapy works is that the patient enters a small chamber that is slowly pressurized to (typ .......
122: I have a different take. (1.47)
Posted by bwkendall on 2006-01-04, 11:21:20 (64.60.61.90)
JA mentions that the median age of today's audiophile is 49. I need to generalize for a moment, but to me that means that when most of us got into hi-fi, things were a lot different. There were no cel .......
123: RE: "Simple people" is code for tea partiers and fans of Fox News. (1.42)
Posted by josh358 on 2010-08-27, 09:53:13 (64.252.118.238)
These quotations seem to me a compendium of opinions. I don't see that they qualify as evidence, or even balanced opinion, since they're cherry picked to represent only the opinions that support one s .......
124: RE: "There are no postmodernists at 30,000 ft." - Richard Dawkins (paraphrased). (1.37)
Posted by rditmars on 2009-01-15, 09:46:01 (207.174.140.92)
Thank you for your response. Below is my original source for Dawkins' comment. Postmodernist "relativism" (if that is an appropriate description) leads to some muddled thinking in various fields, the .......
125: RE: Well, no (1.37)
Posted by RGA on 2012-07-11, 02:53:29 (42.98.130.69)
Actually the tests you speak of are medical tests adapted by engineers (engineers are NOT scientists nor I think do they understand scientific methodology in any real credible sense because if they di .......
126: Re: Unsurprisingly dumb :-) (nt) (1.31)
Posted by RGA on 2006-06-26, 03:14:36 (59.7.195.194)
TAH posted that Musicality according to Stereophile (who don't get to make up dictatorial dictionary meanings but aside from that) say "A personal judgment as to the degree to which the reproduced sou .......
127: RE: Art Dudley - Listening, Nov. 2014 (1.30)
Posted by RGA on 2014-11-17, 00:02:16 (115.160.152.66)
Ding Ding Ding "Problems arise when local budget slashes staffing so regular ed teachers are left without support in their classroom and have received little to no professional development." Yes I am .......
128: He who pays decides (1.24)
Posted by Jim Tavegia on 2005-10-23, 06:56:07 (68.211.37.49)
JMR is totally right. I have tried to help many well financially healed folks who CLAIM TO LOVE MUSIC, but the end result for one millionaire at our church is to listen to a wave radio while playing a .......
129: Re: A point of clarification on Absolute Polarity -- since so many get it wrong. (1.06)
Posted by georgelouis on 2006-05-16, 10:34:05 (68.105.96.110)
Dear Bill, Clark, and John, Well at last we at least agree on something. That's my point exactly, that even you won't assign a particular polarity to each of the tracks we may assign the relative pola .......
130: Speaking for myself only (1.02)
Posted by John Marks on 2007-10-03, 11:45:21 (72.82.9.182)
Dear David, These responses are personal to me. I don't have the hang of formatting, so I will try to put your questions in quotation marks. "Are RCL classifications a true taxonomy, or more a kind of .......
131: RE: "Simple people" is code for tea partiers and fans of Fox News. (1.01)
Posted by josh358 on 2010-08-28, 15:13:21 (64.148.6.229)
>I'm curious, would you draw the same conclusion if I were to send you a like amount of quotes from high profile conservatives acknowledging their conservative bias? Would you still insist that it did .......
132: Re: A point of clarification on Absolute Polarity -- since so many get it wrong. (0.98)
Posted by georgelouis on 2006-05-16, 10:52:43 (68.105.96.110)
Dear music loving audiophile, So O.K. I'm so tired that I messed up again and I apologize for the incovenience this causes you, so below please see my corrected copy of the response that appears immed .......
133: How I borrowed an AP test set for the weekend from an industry friend without really trying, by MF (0.98)
Posted by joerosen1 on 2012-04-27, 19:26:31 (184.151.61.231)
Mr. Atkinson, Please read my comments on Michael Fremer's "sudden" hearing improvement more closely: I said that I think that Mr. Fremer previews the measurements "on his own". I did not imply that I .......
134: RE: ABC News and USPS . . . (0.90)
Posted by regmac on 2011-12-08, 16:16:15 (50.104.243.27)
"Obtuse I may be" On this point, perhaps. Other possibilities would be that you’re blinded by your own left-wing ideology or that you're being intellectually dishonest. "{B}ut even we obtuse people ha .......
135: RE: "Simple people" is code for tea partiers and fans of Fox News. (0.88)
Posted by regmac on 2010-09-01, 08:39:54 (63.134.178.167)
Well, here's hoping next weekend proves more enjoyable! A few quick points before I hit the trout stream. "Money is an abstraction, just pieces of paper or bits in a computer. When the government borr .......
136: RE: "Simple people" is code for tea partiers and fans of Fox News. (0.76)
Posted by regmac on 2010-08-28, 08:08:29 (64.12.116.16)
Josh, my good man, you offer up a plethora of peculiar musings. “These quotations seem to me a compendium of opinions. I don't see that they qualify as evidence, or even balanced opinion, since they'r .......
137: 'Stereophile' talk Part 2. (0.71)
Posted by May Belt on 2011-02-19, 04:29:43 (80.177.28.171)
Steering away from the other 'clashes' and the personal 'jousting' under the earlier 'Stereophile' trash talk thread, posted by John Curl, it is John Atkinson I wish to take issue with here. John A. I .......
138: The Actual Tellig Article (Quite Long) (0.69)
Posted by Arthur Salvatore on 2009-06-17, 19:48:17 (98.211.151.124)
This is the actual Tellig article posted on my website. It is edifying to compare it to how it is mischaracterized within this thread. (The actual file, link below, is much easier to read.) Further... .......
139: Free feature article from my last newsletter -- way over your head -- but let others decide if I'm qualified (0.54)
Posted by Richard BassNut Greene on 2009-06-25, 08:41:24 (66.51.146.3)
Subscribers paid to read this article last month, but here's a free (not formatted well after being cut & pasted here) copy: The F-Word (Foreclosure) Recession - Act 2 "New methods of financial engi .......
140: Full Text of 'The Record Effect' (0.41)
Posted by Jay Buridan on 2005-06-04, 15:08:17 (69.216.136.212)
(from "The New Yorker" magazine) THE RECORD EFFECT by ALEX ROSS How technology has transformed the sound of music. Issue of 2005-06-06 Ninety-nine years ago, John Philip Sousa predicted that recording .......
Found 200 records in Digital Drive.
1: Wadia 27 DAC question (8.78)
Posted by Pinkus on 2001-11-30, 15:15:58 (24.4.252.160)
I am runnning my Wadia 27 through a preamp. I have the Wadia 27's internal volume at 0.82 V. Am I compressing dynamics by having the internal volume set at a level below 2 V ? Thanks. .......
2: Problem of Arcam DV-27 (8.78)
Posted by Jim A. on 2006-11-09, 07:43:17 (218.255.176.35)
I got a second hand DV-27. However, little "de..de" sound come from speaker when piano raise to its pitch. Same "de..de" sound happen in female song when the voice raise to pitch. DV-27 is excellent i .......
3: Re: The 27 is a DAC... (8.30)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-11, 14:43:16 (216.140.254.129)
That is right. As far as the transport is concerned Wadia is NOT going to retrofit any of its transports, or any of their CDP's. I think Madrigal and Wadia do not like the the compromises involved in .......
4: 27 or 27ix (8.18)
Posted by ARL on 2001-02-23, 23:57:59 (24.112.145.197)
... just curious ... is yours the 27 or the 27ix ? Did you play with the dip switches ? Any comments on their effect aside from volume adjustments ? - Andy .......
5: Wadia 27 V.S. Theta Gen. VIII (7.94)
Posted by Musicman159 on 2004-10-15, 11:05:47 (207.12.168.178)
I own a "vanilla" Wadia 27 which I am running direct to a pair of Threshold T400 amps. I have been reading the limited information on the Theta Gen. VIII and one thing that attracks me to it is the fa .......
6: Wadia 27 still competitive ? (7.73)
Posted by Pinkus on 2004-04-12, 06:45:53 (155.201.35.50)
I have the original Wadia 27. Is it still competitive with the latest digital offerings ? .......
7: Check out the reviews for this DAC (7.69)
Posted by AbeCollins on 2018-04-09, 21:26:18 (73.229.29.71)
This may well be a fine DAC but.... Of 27 total reviews, all 27 out of 27 are 5-Star. Then take a look at the small thumbnail photo for each reviewer. ;-) Some thoughts that come to mind: All reviews .......
8: 27 year old CD (7.67)
Posted by Daverz on 2019-10-14, 20:46:26 (24.94.4.93)
"I even have a usable CD from before they were publicly introduced, so 27 years old." I think you lost ten years there. Happens to me all the time. .......
9: Re: Wadia 64.4 DAC VS 2000 DAC with Digilink 40 (7.62)
Posted by jbrockmole on 2004-08-23, 06:23:38 (12.41.112.201)
I wouldn't consider that a significant upgrade with one major exception. Before the 27 was released, there was an upgrade to the 2000 that basically brought the 2000 up to 27 status. This was done as .......
10: Re: The 27 is a DAC... (7.61)
Posted by Lee on 2000-08-11, 15:26:32 (63.203.54.66)
the 27, if memory serves, is modular- just like the dCS stuff. They simply pull out the old board and insert a new one. All you need is digital out from SACD. I keep hearing about delays on the high e .......
11: Re: How Is It Sonically Compared to a "Standard" 27? (7.53)
Posted by harold on 2001-06-21, 00:58:16 (209.152.165.157)
Todd, thanks for your input regarding the wadia 27. i have an 861 i was thinking of upgrading with steve huntley. i realize now that i should consider what i could do to improve the analogue stage. i .......
12: Wadia 27 vs. Ayre CD Players (7.45)
Posted by Pinkus on 2005-12-03, 13:42:00 (199.72.97.65)
Is the Wadia still competitive with the newer Ayre players ? Is the Wadia 27 getting long in the tooth ? .......
13: RE: Is there a list of DVD player clock frequencies? (7.23)
Posted by Hap on 2009-03-04, 08:12:05 (98.150.247.88)
I think most DVD players use a 27.000mhz clock. The Denon 2910/3910 model players use a 27.000mhz clock. Cheers .......
14: Re: Improving 390S with Mark Levinson 30.6 or 360S DAC (6.98)
Posted by jsl23 on 2003-05-22, 07:37:15 (209.177.61.2)
I have auditioned, and did not care for, the 390S/383 combination. I was underwhelmed, like you. I have had far better results running the 390S directly into a 27 or 27.5 (two of the best amps ever pr .......
15: How Is It Sonically Compared to a "Standard" 27? (6.91)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2001-06-20, 22:56:05 (208.176.170.80)
I auditioned the "standard" Wadia 27 a couple years ago, and from what I recall from the Wadia 25, the sound between those two DAC's were similar- The 27 may have a slight edge in microdynamics. The 2 .......
16: Re: Problem of Arcam DV-27 (6.71)
Posted by Jim A. on 2006-11-09, 16:46:50 (202.128.225.42)
Thank you very much. I am a Hong Konger and got it in second hand shop. I tried to connect it to Krell 300i and proac 1sc, only detecting the problem with different disc. Then, I connected DV-27 to M .......
17: warning: Mam-a replicas (6.66)
Posted by e.mauri on 2007-03-13, 05:04:35 (151.46.167.102)
hi I ordered "Mam-a" pro audio 74min. 12x cdr's from Stanley productions England The box label I received reads "MAM-A Audio master ...ITEM#10011498 " etc. however, the software burners as Nero and s .......
18: Clock for Pioneer DV-444 (6.61)
Posted by Matthias M. on 2002-02-23, 05:22:24 (149.225.38.144)
Hi there! As anybody done a re-clocking (with the KWAK-CLOCK?) with a Pioneer DV-444 DVD-player? I read the schematics of the DV-444 and found 3 crystal/ceramic resonators: * 5 MHz ceramic for the rem .......
19: Re: Wadia 27 vs. Ayre CD Players (6.60)
Posted by Joey54 on 2005-12-05, 09:05:52 (24.190.86.202)
Having owned both a Wadia 27ix and the Ayre CX-7e I would say the 27ix is still one of the best digital sources around. I recently sold the 27ix and I now have an Ayre CX-7e and as good as the Ayre is .......
20: Re: 27ix -> How Do You Like It ? (6.50)
Posted by mejames on 2003-05-25, 17:08:19 (4.41.185.52)
"ARL" where should I start. Had a Wadia 27 two times previous I was buying the SACD hype so traded my 27 for a moderately modified Richard Kern Sony SCD 1 player and balanced placette passive the SACD .......
21: Re: Thanks for the explanation (6.35)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2007-03-17, 20:53:45 (209.97.232.110)
> Yep. In this particular case, there are about 5 different frequencies fed to the MPEG decoder. Some are based on 27 MHz (video stuff), some on multiples of 44.1 kHz (for CD stuff), some on multiple .......
22: do I change the Crystal in my DAC (6.35)
Posted by wlee on 2004-12-22, 05:20:24 (202.156.2.123)
hi all, The Crystal in my DVD player is 27.000 MHZ. It sounded quite nice after changing the op amp from 4558 to the BB OPA 2132, and adding better caps in the switching PS. Wondering if there is 27.0 .......
23: Wadia 27 DAC (6.23)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-08, 10:48:44 (24.4.252.160)
I have a CAL CL-10 changer which I am going to partner with a Wadia 27 DAC. The CL-10 has 2 digital outputs: a Coaxial 75 ohm digital output, and a balance 110 ohm (AES/EBU) digital output. Which is c .......
24: Re: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (6.21)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-12, 15:41:54 (24.4.252.160)
Nope I do not have the instructions for the different settings. I think the analog volume control is set to the default factory setting for the original Wadia 27. In my system it is simply too loud -- .......
25: Replacement CDM4 laser head (6.09)
Posted by wtong on 2002-08-19, 19:03:29 (218.69.56.117)
My CDP is Naim CDi using Philips CDM4/27 transport. I think the laser is dying. Most CDs are fine, some very distorted. Question: If I order a CDM4/19 transport, Can I use the CDM4/19 laser head to re .......
26: Re: I agree completely... However, (6.08)
Posted by billeames on 2002-09-26, 15:53:15 (12.13.226.18)
Tbone, Thanks for the reply. Can you explan darker? I keep hearing it in audio magazines and really don't know what that really means. I also understand that when you can hear a greater variety of so .......
27: RE: Wadia 27ix-leave on 24/7?? (5.98)
Posted by House13 on 2014-02-27, 08:04:44 (99.123.181.13)
I have owned the following Wadia products: 15, 20, 27i & 270. I now own a heavily modified 25 which was developed as a prototype for a 27 replacement. The W27 got ridiculously hot, so it's the oddity, .......
28: Re: Clock for Pioneer DV-444 (5.91)
Posted by Guido Tent on 2002-02-23, 09:53:54 (212.61.5.214)
dear all, Lots of DVD machines run on 27 MHz. They all use a PLL based clock generator. This chip puts out many clocks, with one thing in common: They jitter like hell. The message is don't use these! .......
29: RE: Samsung Blu-Ray 2550 Info (5.87)
Posted by Jim F. on 2009-01-06, 17:22:04 (24.0.202.30)
> I could not find anything on the internet that mentioned > the ESS Sabre being used in the Samsung Blu-Ray model 2550. > Do you have any links? Here's one: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressReleas .......
30: Wadia 27i, Factory Mods or Great Northern Mods (5.58)
Posted by dbl16 on 2003-07-01, 17:57:23 (63.231.168.125)
I've owned a Wadia 27 and 270 since they originally came out. I had the 27 factory updated to 27i a while back which was very worthwhile. Now I'm considering either the Wadia factory x and v3,0 update .......
31: dCS (5.49)
Posted by ducati on 2003-05-17, 18:57:35 (65.24.188.148)
I recently bought a dCS Delius, which I am now feeding with a CEC TL2X transport (the Cary I was using didn't make a harmonious match with the dCS). The sound is everything I want from digital; relaxe .......
32: SB3/Dac1/Wadia 27 or Transporter (5.48)
Posted by mr_bill on 2007-11-13, 15:18:12 (24.220.243.166)
I am running a Squeezebox 3 into a Benchmark Dac1 with really good results. No preamp, as I'm running direct to amps and using the SB3 digital volume control. I am looking for comments on switching th .......
33: The 27 is a DAC... (5.42)
Posted by Rich on 2000-08-11, 14:36:03 (24.188.119.132)
not a transport or CD player. .......
34: Wadia 27ix with DCS Purcell is Tough Act to Follow... (5.38)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2003-05-17, 16:54:10 (129.239.26.4)
Interesting you were using a DCS Purcell upsampler with that Wadia 27ix DAC... Did you think it improved upon the Wadia? I only ask this because the Wadia did use a "time-resolute" algorithm, and whil .......
35: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (5.37)
Posted by hotcorocket on 2000-08-08, 11:10:27 (137.243.252.7)
The cardas Lighting(RCA) will work the best. .......
36: It's just you... (5.27)
Posted by izamber on 2001-04-27, 04:13:55 (217.56.228.10)
No problem to me as of 04.27, 10:09 CET. Igor .......
37: MSRP: 27,500$USD (nt) (5.27)
Posted by kuma on 2006-05-05, 09:03:47 (63.149.22.194)
. .......
38: RE: 27 year old CD (5.27)
Posted by PAR on 2019-10-15, 03:47:55 (88.97.21.18)
Oh no - and I thought it was just that weekend !!! .......
39: Re: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (5.27)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-12, 20:45:53 (24.4.252.161)
Thans a lot. You made my day. Really appreciate it. .......
40: Wadia 27 (nt) (5.17)
Posted by sagit on 2000-11-23, 02:50:21 (195.23.167.89)
nt .......
41: Re: So you think you got a deal on the SCD-777ES..... (5.10)
Posted by Willo on 2000-08-14, 15:08:57 (208.161.74.94)
This is not possible. I didn't see any wadia 27 advertised for that price on Audiogon. You are full of shit. .......
42: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (5.07)
Posted by hotcorocket on 2000-08-08, 22:21:40 (206.133.208.57)
No, but has/had extensive listening sessions with the stuff. Will you get the unit upgraded to the i or ix revision? .......
43: Re: How about a new clock? (5.07)
Posted by Vinnie R. on 2004-03-07, 19:05:15 (68.184.46.182)
27 MHz I have an LClock X02 27MHz lying around. Don't tempt me! .......
44: Curious (5.07)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2009-04-02, 12:02:36 (209.97.232.111)
Who has done this at 27 MHz in the low-end sector? Seems like a good idea. .......
45: Arcam DVD-A (5.07)
Posted by Zuma on 2002-12-27, 08:30:55 (68.32.96.17)
The DV-27 will have a DVD-A upgrade soon. Z .......
46: You could see this coming and... (5.01)
Posted by rwiley on 2002-02-27, 17:50:31 (152.163.204.79)
I can pretty much guarantee that Shanling didn't change this policy on their own. Just as there was a MMF 5 & 7, there will probably be a CD 26 & 27. Cheers...Bob .......
47: Re: MSRP: 27,500$USD (nt) (4.98)
Posted by dusted on 2006-05-05, 14:24:11 (24.251.189.110)
Oh-That's all.I think for that kind of money I'd rather have a Pontiac Solstice-10x the fun! .......
48: Re: I would appreciate that as well... (4.98)
Posted by sk on 2002-12-10, 14:10:10 (64.12.96.10)
First, I listen to almost exclusively analog but have a decent digital front end that consists of a professional dB Tech DAC and a Vectuer D2 as a transport, total cost $11K ! Ouch So now I have compa .......
49: Re: So you think you got a deal on the SCD-777ES..... (4.95)
Posted by DAVID on 2000-08-11, 13:35:00 (208.161.163.104)
My gawd you did get a screaming deal!! Just out of curiosity, is the 27 upgradable to the new formats? .......
50: Re: The 27 is a DAC... (4.94)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-11, 20:49:05 (24.4.252.161)
Thanks Lee. I will let you know how the DAC works out. Perhaps you can lend me your Krell so that I can break it in for you while waiting for my xport :) .......
51: Re: How Is It Sonically Compared to a "Standard" 27? (4.94)
Posted by krisgel on 2001-06-20, 23:27:48 (64.109.42.85)
Can you please tell me about the Prism DA-1 DAC? I am not familiar with it. .......
52: Re: Any MarkLevinson users do home theater?... (4.94)
Posted by Joe T. on 2000-07-18, 06:44:50 (192.128.167.68)
Alex, I'm using a Proceed AVP with a Mark Levinson 27.5 for the mains. Two channel is sweet with this combo. .......
53: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.93)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-10, 08:31:38 (216.140.254.129)
The speakers are going to be the Nautilus 802's. I am still looking at amps. At the moment I have a Krell KAV 250a, but this is the weak link in my system. .......
54: Re: Recommendations for the Monarchy DIP Classic? (4.93)
Posted by Musicman159 on 2004-10-26, 10:01:01 (207.12.168.178)
I just started experimenting playing my iTunes software frommy computer in my High End system using a device call Squeezebox. I heard that the sound out of the Squeezedbox was just ok and will better .......
55: RE: Where are the measurements? I can't find them (4.93)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2009-03-15, 22:48:14 (70.176.237.248)
Stereophile's measurements were aborted at 15 kHz for recent non-OS DAC reviews. So I had to dig back roughly a decade..... Although the Wadia 27 DAC is *not* non-OS, its digital filter is "time-resol .......
56: Re: CD CLOCK UPGRADE, which is the best (4.92)
Posted by Guido Tent on 2002-03-06, 13:58:46 (212.61.3.14)
Hi You may consider the XO that I offer. 2,5 ps jitter for 27 euro only, ready for use. all the best - Guido .......
57: "I'll check it out tonight." - the findings (4.87)
Posted by kurt s on 2007-02-15, 08:52:13 (192.25.142.225)
Well, it did it just like I predicted! Man, can I call them, or what? :-) Yes, I was able to dial in the pace, rhythm, and timing, versus the excessive shout from the Lowthers by setting up various T .......
58: new(ish) cd player on market... any opinions? (4.86)
Posted by KCK on 2005-02-02, 11:29:38 (66.245.86.62)
http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=processors&product=27.1 .......
59: Don't start an argument with Scott.... (4.84)
Posted by Ivan303 on 2023-09-06, 10:20:51 (73.242.169.18)
unless you have a 27 inch monitor. The thread will end up so far to the right of your screen you'll be scrolling all day just to read it. :-( .......
60: Audio Note 1x oversampling DACs (4.84)
Posted by steve jones on 2001-09-03, 10:23:30 (4.54.83.103)
Pick your price point, US$699 to around US$27,000 Steve .......
61: Bad link -- could you please re-post? (4.84)
Posted by Charles Hansen on 2009-03-29, 11:45:17 (209.97.232.111)
I am very interested in learning more about the product you have found. 27 MHz is a much better problem to have than 2.8 GHz! .......
62: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.80)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-09, 18:41:02 (24.4.252.161)
Sagit, what is the rest of your gear, if you don't mind me asking. Are you running your DAC directly into a power amp or are you using a preamplifier ? And what cables are you using ? Thanks ::: TOPI .......
63: Re: Opinions on Levinson #36? (4.76)
Posted by samzx12 on 2002-08-27, 18:27:16 (12.222.229.90)
I did forget to add that my amp is a Levinson 27.5 and I also have a Proceed CDD. Other than synergy would I be gaining anything? Sam .......
64: TOSLINK Switch (4.76)
Posted by arturo7 on 2017-12-07, 10:44:58 (24.152.143.131)
I'm considering the Schiit Bifrost DAC which has a single TOSLINK input. If I want to add another source, is there any problem using an inexpensive switch like the one below? I'm assuming digital is d .......
65: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.75)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-08, 11:20:56 (24.4.252.161)
Hmm....thats what the guy who sold it to me said. He recommended this cable. Do you have a Wadia DAC? .......
66: Re: Batteries? (4.75)
Posted by YUL on 2002-11-10, 11:04:49 (64.228.246.84)
Refer to the message I have posted on 2002-09-10, 11:17:27 (64.228.246.169) and you will find the answer. .......
67: Is the Wadia 27 still relevant ? (4.75)
Posted by Pinkus on 2004-10-15, 09:32:50 (68.56.56.211)
Has the digital world moved on, especially with the likes of the Benchmark DAC that seem to perform to the same level as the Weiss DAC ? Thanks for your comments .......
68: Re: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (4.73)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-12, 16:30:26 (24.4.252.160)
Thanks a lot for the information. I do not have your email as I am not registered -- I will do so and send you my fax number. I have just one more request -- could you just post 2 more settings: I aro .......
69: Re: Theta Pro Generation 5 or Levinson #39 (4.71)
Posted by samzx12 on 2001-12-12, 19:10:37 (24.52.184.57)
How does the Proceed CDP compare to the #39 or Theta. Is it several steps below or similiar? I just want to take the digital edge off and want a unit that will be smooth with no harshness and very dyn .......
70: one thing that has worked for me... (4.70)
Posted by zachSLC on 2003-02-08, 10:48:55 (67.2.155.180)
is gs-27 brand car scratch remover. Find it at walmart or any other mega-box mecca of cheap consumerism for about $8, or steal it from your dad's garage (like I did). .......
71: Re: sony dvp-ns999es clock frequency (4.67)
Posted by JG2 on 2007-05-04, 21:26:01 (65.102.18.104)
I believe it is a 27 meg clock for the Sony DVP999ES. Good luck! .......
72: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.66)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-10, 04:03:00 (193.126.250.125)
Hi again I noticed that you have a cj 14. It seems that we have similar audio tastes!... The 17LS will be an improvement on the 14. However the 16LS is simply one of the best pre-amps available. What .......
73: Can you buy a brand new '83 VW Rabbit? (4.65)
Posted by howard on 2005-03-17, 11:41:54 (69.62.145.22)
The DV50 is not a DV50s. The Wadia 27/27i and 27ix have different abilities AND costs. If you can't buy an item any longer, it's out of production. .......
74: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (4.62)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-12, 10:48:18 (24.4.252.161)
Do you guys know how to open the chasis and adjust the analog voltage gain or do I need to take it to a dealer to have the voltage gain adjusted ? Thanks. .......
75: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.61)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-08, 11:09:28 (195.23.171.53)
I forgot to mention that Wadia says that their optical cable is the best (if I remember they mention it in the manual). The AES/EBU sounds better at least with the transport that I am using (ML). ::: .......
76: Dio power supply (4.61)
Posted by Pete Whitley on 2001-08-06, 15:47:57 (205.174.22.24)
Hi, Radio Shack is sold out of their 9v 3,400ma power suppies. Does anyone know where I can find another one for around the same price, $27.00. Thanks for your help!( Pete .......
77: Have you actually tried a very good preamp in your system ? (4.61)
Posted by Pinkus on 2010-04-14, 07:54:09 (155.201.35.53)
From what you are saying, there is very little reason for users to buy line stages. I of course disagree, having tried the very excellent Wadia 27 DAC straight into a power amp. The sound was harsh an .......
78: Could I also get one from you? (4.59)
Posted by John PA on 2004-08-18, 10:56:15 (168.103.241.147)
Thank you, ja in clear and warm, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
79: Re: What is a Analog to Digital Converter? I am.... (4.58)
Posted by slope on 2004-03-24, 19:49:16 (68.144.153.42)
Try this link...see page 27 .......
80: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.58)
Posted by JCW on 2000-08-08, 18:01:19 (205.252.144.27)
AES is better. By the way, AES are not 'balance' as they only share the same plug with other balance I/O. JCW .......
81: Re: any Audiomeca.... (4.55)
Posted by DDC on 2001-03-08, 02:11:10 (212.138.47.23)
Whay not e.mail Pierre Lurne himself in France , he is very nice and will answer you immediately . audio@audiomeca-hifi.com or Fax : 00 33 450 27 33 16 .......
82: Where do you get it? (4.52)
Posted by John PA on 2004-09-20, 20:55:55 (65.101.189.51)
Thanks, ja in partly cloudy and a warm night out, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
83: Here are some photos (4.51)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-26, 21:40:02 (63.227.85.35)
The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
84: Thank you, I appreciate your responses. nt (4.51)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-05, 14:13:04 (99.140.68.22)
The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
85: Oh, I think it can do better than that with . . (4.51)
Posted by John PA on 2008-12-29, 11:34:45 (98.207.224.171)
the right implementation. I have been using one for a few years now. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.co .......
86: RE: Curious (4.51)
Posted by Dawnrazor on 2009-04-03, 22:33:20 (71.202.211.24)
Sorry Charles, I thought it was this product, but it was 900mhz. I must have gotten confused with the 27 buttons on the remote. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1572112,00.asp Still, isnt that bet .......
87: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (4.51)
Posted by Pinkus on 2000-08-08, 22:27:14 (24.4.252.161)
Don't know for yet. Does it make a big difference ? I got the DAC for $2.5k and at that price I consider it good value. If I upgrade to the ix version, the total cost will be $4.2K -- an OK deal but n .......
88: ALRIGHT -- THAT'S 21 DOWN AND 9 TO GO... (4.49)
Posted by meta on 2000-09-29, 21:51:42 (156.56.123.172)
And if you're still wondering why I'm devoting this much effort into lobbying Classic Records, please see my earlier post entitled "Who Wants SACDs from Classic Records?", which is now to be found amo .......
89: Re: Victor (4.49)
Posted by Victor Khomenko on 2002-01-14, 15:13:20 (204.183.93.128)
Yes, you set the slope by either connecting pin 27 to +5 for slow, or disconencting it for fast slope. The effect of aliasing can be heard for sure, and it looks exceedingly ugly in measurements. The .......
90: Re: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (4.49)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-12, 13:14:27 (195.23.165.203)
Hi Pinkus Unscrew the supports, then the appropriate bottom screws. When you open the top lid you'll find the 2 little red boxes each one with 4 switches. Do you have the instructions for different se .......
91: Re: Manual says... (4.47)
Posted by cool miles on 2005-05-22, 06:05:49 (65.95.52.252)
My machine has been on for the last 27 days, 24 hours a day and is not hot or even warm for that matter. As others say, you should talk to ARC. A fan, besides from causing inferior sound through incre .......
92: Wadia 921 (4.47)
Posted by Roysen on 2003-05-19, 07:25:54 (81.0.146.115)
Wait for the new Wadia 921 mono DACS available any moment. It will incorporate twice the processing power of a 27 pr. channel and will be upgradable to handle SACD and DVD-Audio. .......
93: I burnt A1 Ch in CS4360.... (4.46)
Posted by wlee on 2007-02-09, 13:37:49 (218.186.10.11)
hi all, I have posted this in DIY forum but perhaps this should be the correct forum... I was having fun tweaking my Philip DVP5500S. I got great sound by replacing the rectifiers, PS caps, and eventu .......
94: Wadia 27 and 270 combos.... (4.43)
Posted by mkuller on 2006-10-04, 11:17:55 (207.200.116.133)
...appear to retail new for about $20,000, the pair. They should outperform both the 850 and 860, but unfortunately they're out of my price range. If I were going to spend much more than $3000, I woul .......
95: RE: There are solutions ............... (4.43)
Posted by zacster on 2020-08-08, 11:50:28 (68.199.119.236)
Well, I know that won't be happening in my house any time soon. It took us 27 years to decide to remodel the kitchen, and even then it wasn't a real redesign, just modernizing the old layout. We had t .......
96: Re: What is the clock Freq. of the Samsung 841? (4.43)
Posted by pertinax on 2005-06-19, 11:06:40 (24.240.29.196)
All video MPEG devices have a 27 MHz clock, I believe. That's the frequency that the PCRs are sampling, anyway. It's certainly that way for cable and satellite MPEG-2 video. .......
97: Re: Metronome (4.42)
Posted by Ferris on 2002-03-03, 02:11:55 (195.232.56.9)
Metronome have regular (for years now) and reliable distribution in USA, Canada and Mexico as in 27 other countries. All of these distributors are with the capacity of delivering and supporting the Me .......
98: Sammi clock upgrade... (4.41)
Posted by Philtownsend on 2005-06-19, 07:17:02 (68.35.61.156)
Ive been wading thru my parts drawer looking for Guido's clock...I think it was 27 MHZ... "Im gonna find that clock if I can... and when I do Ill make her my friend..." Byrds Phil Santa Fe ::: TOPIC:: .......
99: No USB?? forget it! and nt (4.41)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-07, 22:35:02 (99.140.68.22)
see no text. . . woops. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
100: Re: Theta Pro Generation 5 or Levinson #39 (4.41)
Posted by herbet on 2001-12-13, 01:32:07 (213.104.38.145)
I can't really comment on the Proceed as it has been updated since I last heard one. what I would say is if you like what the ML 27.5 does you would more than likely appreciate the qualities of the ML .......
101: Re: Wadia 27 question to Sagit, et. al (4.40)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-12, 17:11:09 (195.23.166.190)
2.04Vrms 1. close 2. close 3. close 4. close 2.63Vrms 1. open 2. close 3. close 4. close The next one is 3.59Vrms. .......
102: Re: How Is It Sonically Compared to a "Standard" 27? (4.40)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2001-06-21, 02:14:19 (208.176.170.80)
Here is the link. The picture is a DA-2 (top unit), which is 96 kHz capable, but the DA-1 chassis/face is almost identical to it. Prism DA-1 DAC .......
103: The caps would still seem to be in the signal path. . (4.39)
Posted by John PA on 2004-06-18, 17:33:17 (67.41.26.141)
and might be doing some shunting. I got rid of everything. Simple to do. ja in clear and hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 ::: TOPI .......
104: So, who will be the first to tell us. . (4.37)
Posted by John PA on 2004-09-03, 12:17:41 (65.101.189.239)
how it sounds? But if I spent that much money it would be fanatastic no matter what. :^) ja in clear, hotter than h..., Tucson, humid, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six P .......
105: Buying another rack for the unit could put it out of reach of many. (4.37)
Posted by John PA on 2004-09-03, 13:55:18 (65.101.189.239)
:^) ja in now cloudy, breezy and possible rain, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
106: Re: In Theory , which should sound better ? the 24/96 or the 24/192 ? (4.37)
Posted by Charlie_L on 2001-03-02, 08:47:57 (208.140.33.250)
Although we may not be able to hear above 17kHz, how do we know that signals above that do not do something that improves our hearing. Maybe signals between 27.72kHz and 47.67kHz trigger something in .......
107: Arcam FMJ DV 27 is great (4.35)
Posted by Halcy on 2002-04-05, 12:54:16 (212.90.66.13)
I've heard the Arcam unit and it is indeed very good. Another one you might consider is the new Philips 962SA with SACD (multichannel) and CD playback. I just got mine today and will spent some time t .......
108: RE: DIY CD player ,, any site or company that sells the necessary parts ? (4.34)
Posted by xsb7244 on 2014-03-19, 12:05:40 (66.91.229.95)
Since March 27 2008 the DIY Shigaclone CD Transport has been non stop tinkered with, modded, upgraded and worked on. Nothing better for the money. I don't own one because I am not diy. .......
109: Why do you want 10% ripple? (4.34)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-31, 20:39:17 (99.140.68.22)
I am curious because I never thought about what looks like increasing it. I assume you are doing this right before the regulators, is that right? Thanks. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate .......
110: Can I borrow it after. . (4.34)
Posted by John PA on 2008-10-13, 22:11:02 (98.207.224.171)
him? I promise to feed and do gentle rubs, none of that rough stuff. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.co .......
111: Wow, $18.27 for a $1(or less) DC motor?...... (4.34)
Posted by Alex Peychev on 2004-01-01, 21:25:22 (64.173.40.81)
There are many other vendors you can buy the spindle motor starting from $3.95 or so. You will get exactly the same Taiwanese DC motor. As for the laser pick up - sure, you will need one from Pioneer. .......
112: Check Your Current Rolloff Setting First (4.33)
Posted by Cappy on 2008-01-16, 12:12:04 (75.170.34.219)
I was going to change my Lite DAC50 from fast rolloff to slow. But I checked pin 27 on the DF1704 filter and it turned out this pin was already set high. So my DAC is hardwired for slow rolloff. The D .......
113: RE: Anybody know where I can get my Jolida 100 cdp repaired somewhere near NYC? (4.32)
Posted by Bill Way on 2017-09-23, 14:50:53 (74.105.110.144)
Try Analogique: 27 W. 20th St., Suite 406 NY NY 10011 (212) 989-4240 analogique@earthlink.net (And like you, Ben is my first choice.) Cheers, WW .......
114: I have never heard the unit, nor have I seen it . . but. . (4.31)
Posted by John PA on 2004-04-10, 08:40:03 (12.72.121.47)
I cannot but beleive what has been posted here about what memebers hear. Over the edge with him. ja in beleiving, clear and warm.Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six .......
115: They will most likely keep a large supply for their own products. . (4.30)
Posted by John PA on 2004-09-21, 20:56:09 (65.101.189.51)
which would make since. Buy them while you can, though it isn't cheap to stock up is it?. . ja in cool and rather nice, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=New .......
116: Great, so where can I find a nice low current demand. . (4.30)
Posted by John PA on 2005-01-29, 12:04:40 (204.68.32.6)
piece? Thanks, ja in partly cloudy, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
117: Here is a kit one with just a few changes. . (4.30)
Posted by John PA on 2005-07-09, 12:59:32 (71.33.66.207)
ja in clear and 107 degrees, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
118: Sure, done that but it still doesn't excuse their laziness and grasp for the last penny. (4.30)
Posted by John PA on 2008-04-25, 16:09:43 (98.207.225.175)
and there is no real text, so to speak. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 see images at: www.pbase.com/jamato8 .......
119: RE: Anyplace on the East Coast where I can get my Proceed PDT3 serviced? (4.30)
Posted by Jacquot on 2010-02-23, 17:58:38 (74.101.125.244)
I used Analogique for my hifi needs/repairs in NYC, I think they are still around. They worked on anything and had an excellent reputation. I think they serve the professional trade as well. 27 W20th .......
120: There seems to be a Problem in 'Gustard Land' .................... (4.29)
Posted by Cut-Throat on 2020-12-05, 11:29:53 (107.2.79.94)
You can read about it here in the following thread..... .......
121: Re: I need a CD/DVD player for $600 - New or used.. What do you recommend? (4.28)
Posted by Green Hornet on 2003-03-05, 16:19:58 (63.11.197.177)
You should really check out the Njoe Tjoeb 4000 at upscale audio. I have it and it is great and so tweakable. They have many upgrades for it and most of them are inexpensive. I just got the op-amp upg .......
122: When Mike of AN sourced these he had to buy quite a few. . (4.27)
Posted by John PA on 2004-06-11, 12:28:30 (67.41.26.141)
in order to get the price down. They are probable one of the more expensive peices on the board. ja in clear and hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newfo .......
123: RE: I find the LM4562 to have a . . (4.27)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-24, 04:10:16 (99.140.68.22)
Yes, those are a little nicer sounding. The specs are much the same but to me the sound quality is better (that is the opamp I was referring to). The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balan .......
124: RE: Esoteric DV 60 Transport (4.27)
Posted by islandmandan on 2015-10-02, 12:23:23 (98.237.154.52)
Yesterday, I was able to contact the parts department at Teac America, and asked about the availability of a new transport. I was told they are on order, and should arrive sometime this month. The pri .......
125: To buy which (4.27)
Posted by tG on 2000-04-21, 11:22:51 (202.166.110.35)
Would appreciate if you could give some ideas regarding my purchase dilemma. Although some friends have cautioned that I should wait until things are more settle i.e. the big boys have resolved the di .......
126: Re: 3950 -- does video cable matter? (4.27)
Posted by Vinnie R. on 2004-03-19, 04:22:59 (4.17.130.18)
If you are not using S-video or component video, the standard composite video cable that comes stock will probably be all that is needed. You can try a 75 ohm digital cable. If it looks better, let us .......
127: Pinging chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com (4.27)
Posted by rupertdacat on 2004-04-16, 09:46:01 (24.245.44.61)
Hi Chris. Posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com ( A ) on October 27, 2003 at 10:54:37 "I've bought a Philips SACD1000 and am having it modified... ." Any news? Rupe .......
128: Re: Wadia 16 vs Wadia 860, 860x, 861 (4.26)
Posted by routlaw on 2001-10-16, 05:47:49 (207.14.63.106)
While I have not made a direct comparison between the models that you are asking about, I have had lots of experience with Wadia products. I currently own the Wadia 16i, which has been extensively mod .......
129: Re: Problem of Arcam DV-27 (4.26)
Posted by zanash on 2006-11-09, 23:13:20 (86.6.61.171)
have you considered it may be a speaker fault ....that note or combination of notes causeing you to hear a damaged cone. I had some thing similar on a bass cone ...the voice coil was scrapping this on .......
130: CDP vs computer+DAC (4.25)
Posted by dave789 on 2014-12-13, 16:19:53 (98.217.204.116)
This is not exactly an answer to your question, but I will post comparison between a CD player and computer+DAC. The signal played was 1,002.27 Hz 0 dBFS square wave. (CBS CD-1 track 16, R&S UPL.) ::: .......
131: If you have a schematic it would be easier to know what to do. . (4.24)
Posted by John PA on 2004-07-30, 08:27:48 (168.103.241.147)
If the unit has the typical filter it is not hard but some of the units were configured in such a way that as posted, it can be difficult. ja in clear and hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=55/76 or .......
132: Oh yes, I have rolled opamps. .I am a tube guy and . . (4.24)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-24, 11:07:38 (63.227.85.35)
I have to roll. AD797 doing the work right now. There are about a dozen to try out with 4 being very good, IMO. ja in hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=B .......
133: Great thanks. . . (4.24)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-19, 17:54:19 (71.139.17.17)
They don't give them away do they. :^) USB does seem to be coming along pretty good compared to just a short while ago. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pa .......
134: Re: Which digital combo ? (4.24)
Posted by Todd Krieger on 2003-09-26, 12:39:31 (208.176.170.159)
If you are willing to try something used, you may want to add the Wadia 7/9 combo to your list, which is still the best I've heard... I also like the Prism DA-2 as a DAC, but never heard your above li .......
135: Re: Wadia 860 versions? (4.24)
Posted by Gnsc on 2004-02-11, 17:34:17 (66.41.116.87)
There is actually no such player as an 860 "i", although it sometimes appears in the chat rooms and in "for sale" ads for some reason..probably confusion with the 27 "i" which is a clocklink upgrade. .......
136: Re: Attention: New York City shoppers (4.22)
Posted by Eric S on 2000-03-09, 08:59:32 (204.245.58.22)
I just got my SCD-1 player. It's an amazing sound (I'll be writing up my review/comments after I've had more time with it). Meanwhile, I decided that the SACD title, Quality of Silence, by the Steve D .......
137: Re: Calling GNSC moded Wadia player owners (4.22)
Posted by jbrockmole on 2004-04-26, 16:44:27 (67.38.4.133)
The high freq roll-off is a consequence of us focusing on the time-domain in our upsampler. The 861 and 27 have selectable filtering algorithms in which a post filter can be added to bring the top end .......
138: Get an Electronics Parts catalog from someone else, as...... (4.22)
Posted by Chris Garrett on 2001-07-23, 20:10:15 (64.12.101.176)
it's only a 3400 mA @ 9v wall wart and I'm sure that Shit Shack isn't the only one selling them. I went into a store yesterday and looked it up in the catalog and the guy said to call their number and .......
139: Re: Isnt this what a Bybee filter sort of does? (4.22)
Posted by pburke on 2004-04-20, 15:12:28 (144.92.40.31)
dunno - what I did reagarding power filtering is visible on the page below - scroll down until you see a picture with some yellow capacitors in it. $27 very well spent! .......
140: I misstated. I need an optical in for my digital board because. . (4.22)
Posted by John PA on 2005-01-29, 23:39:53 (168.103.57.143)
all of the transports I have are optical out. So I need an optical in that will go to the digital circuit. Thanks, ja The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pac .......
141: RE: Ok, but I am wondering. . . (4.21)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-18, 20:12:51 (71.139.17.17)
Ok, but is there a small portable unit that can reclock the signal when using USB or is this now incorporated in some chips or is by way of a crystal oscillator. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Me .......
142: RE: A+ app users? (4.21)
Posted by zacster on 2019-11-21, 09:31:18 (24.38.205.165)
The newest A+ remote app works pretty well. The older version did not. Navigation is pretty intuitive now too, so it isn't such a chore to use. With the old I sometimes found it easier to get up from .......
143: Here are some photos (4.19)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-26, 21:40:51 (63.227.85.35)
the bottom diode is the added diode, which leaves two places empty. ja The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
144: Interesting reading. . . It would be nice . . (4.19)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-20, 17:57:58 (71.139.17.17)
to use this somehow in a portable dac USB setup, but I ain't got a clue. Thanks for the input. J The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 645 .......
145: RE: (strong)REVIEW: Ayre Acoustics Irrational, But Efficacious! CD Accessory(/strong) (4.19)
Posted by Brody on 2010-01-23, 07:51:33 (174.59.120.240)
I'd love to give this thing a whirl, but Music Direct wants to charge $7 to ship it? For one CD? They can't just use USPS for small items? I know, what's $27 on top of the thousands I've already spent .......
146: Prefer it with a premap.... (4.19)
Posted by Pinkus on 2001-02-23, 11:25:20 (216.140.254.129)
I have a Wadia 27 and run it into a CJ Premier 14. Straight into the amp, the Wadia's impress in the short run but in the long run I find the sound too grating to my ears. I much prefer the sound with .......
147: Re: Sony NS500 with superclock (4.18)
Posted by M_Anker on 2002-08-29, 14:04:14 (65.238.14.2)
Yes, a Superclock at 27 MHz can be installed. I use the LC Audio LClocks and get the same results from a more compact and affordable unit in all of my modified SACD players. However, you need to be co .......
148: Software Equilizer Suggestions? (4.17)
Posted by gdg on 2010-06-21, 14:26:43 (142.22.16.56)
Hi all, Can anyone suggest a good quality software equilizer that would work on my latest generation 27" iMac (in conjunction with iTunes). iTunes has one built in but I don't know if the quality is a .......
149: it is all relative, isn't it? (4.17)
Posted by chris e. on 2000-09-15, 02:00:33 (155.69.1.44)
My earlier point is that sacd makes low and mid-fi systems sound better than they do without sacd (relative improvement). Not that sacd can make a silk purse from a sow's ear. It is something that any .......
150: Help with moderate system? Outlaw recommended? (4.16)
Posted by soundquest on 2003-06-28, 09:06:04 (67.121.4.237)
help! Know nothing about home theatre. want to buy one for my 27 yr old daughter who likes movies. Is outlaw any good? I am thinking of buying whole system plus speakers somewhere else. But would rea .......
151: good red book sound from DVD (4.15)
Posted by setlow on 2002-04-05, 07:37:37 (65.93.53.28)
I am thinking of combining DVD and CD playing from one unit. Has anyone heard the Arcam DV 27? I think it upsamples for Cd playing. I would especially like good CD reproduction as music is my first lo .......
152: Help: Where to Buy Fundamental Mode Quarz? (4.14)
Posted by Matthias M. on 2002-03-20, 12:49:21 (149.225.36.88)
Hi there! Right now I'm tweaking my DVD player and for that I'm searching a fundamental mode quarz (at-cut) with a frequenzy of 27.000MHz. Does anybody know where I can buy such an item in Germany or .......
153: Yes, that is what I am looking for. . . (4.14)
Posted by John PA on 2005-01-30, 13:05:00 (168.103.57.143)
I have a dac I have built up that is 1 1/2 by about 2 1/2 inches with digital in but I want optical in as all my portable cd players are mini optical out. So what you are talking about sounds perfect. .......
154: Re: Ayre CX-7e CD player - next impressions. A follow-up. (4.13)
Posted by kurt s on 2007-02-14, 09:40:59 (192.25.142.225)
Last night I again compared the addition of a 27 line stage against it straight into the TVC. I did a little tube rolling on the Type 27 triode in the line stage and took a Philco ST for more smoothne .......
155: Re: Using a Portable CD Player as a transport for a DAC?? (4.12)
Posted by Neoribates on 2002-02-18, 22:53:07 (210.254.137.23)
I have ever used Philips portable CD player AZ6826/06, instead of Wadia 6, with Wadia 27 during repairing Wadia 6. Its sound good. Yes, really good without less strength of low range. .......
156: When the sun goes Super Nova. . . (4.11)
Posted by John PA on 2005-08-29, 19:34:51 (63.225.43.9)
it won't matter. . . But I don't believe we will be here. . . never mind. ja in hot and humid, typing on my new Power Book G4 mac, no crashes, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate .......
157: Akai CD-22 CD Player DAC.. (4.11)
Posted by popsy on 2016-09-14, 13:36:58 (67.183.101.8)
Anyone know what chip this cd player uses? Searched all over the web and the usual DAC lists start either with a CD-27 or CD-26, no CD-22. No service or owners manuals either. .......
158: Re: Pressed CDs vs. CDR or CDRW sound quality (4.09)
Posted by Bob Wilcox on 2003-05-25, 06:26:37 (67.75.112.116)
Check out this link. It shows varaitions in pit quality off the same stamper. .......
159: Logical fallacy #27 (4.09)
Posted by geoffkait on 2022-03-07, 02:04:33 (98.169.214.23)
The fact you play CDs has nothing whatsoever to do with your argument. Speaking of which have you noticed most CDs sound thin, wiry, threadbare, honky, bass shy, muddled, two dimensional, boring, cong .......
160: Overal shot of the internal of Monica . . (4.08)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-26, 21:42:31 (63.227.85.35)
I don't know how to post more than one image per post and no one answered my query as to how to do it. ja The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Re .......
161: J&R had a Casio (4.08)
Posted by edta on 2002-03-12, 19:12:47 (166.102.96.9)
88 key model for under $300. I have an older Casio 88 key. Ok, it's not the "actual" sound of a piano or organ, harpsichord, etc., but you can't beat it for the price or for practicing. Has internal s .......
162: Ah, I see, when the 10% was mentioned I started thinking of that. . . (4.05)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-31, 21:46:15 (99.140.68.22)
but I hadn't read the previous post. I know that regulation isn't always as it seems and that even inductors have to be used right or they can't do their job, as in needing some ripple. Great thanks. .......
163: I have read many good things about the Cowon but. . (4.05)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-06, 15:27:33 (99.140.68.22)
I think the thrust of all this is that Wadia can capture some of the market already available in that there are many iPods out there and most likely the Wadia will be picked up by Apple stores, which .......
164: Well it has a number of bidders although. . (4.04)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-07, 15:50:06 (99.140.68.22)
I didn't check and see if it was 2 or 3 that bid 10 times each. I would buy it but there is no iPod dock. . . . . . . . . I don't care, if they were forward thinking they would have known about iPod. .......
165: Another story.... (4.04)
Posted by Pinkus on 2004-03-06, 17:37:40 (68.56.99.136)
I have a Wadia 27 DAC ... cost $9000 new. I have compared it with CD players that cost as little as $300. If I left the room and you switched the CD player with the Wadia DAC, I don' think I will be a .......
166: RE: Best way to set up Tidal & Dragonfly Black on a Mac? (4.04)
Posted by zacster on 2017-01-29, 10:39:07 (24.38.204.140)
Thanks, that's the conclusion I came to. When Audioquest comes through with the firmware for MQA I'll try it with passthrough ON. I'm using it with my second system now, some kind of class D board and .......
167: New DAC (4.03)
Posted by George Sallit on 2000-03-18, 00:36:03 (195.92.64.200)
I have warming up in my room the new AudioNote DAC3 Signature. This is the magic 1x sampling DAC of which Steve R. raved over the 1, and Martin Colloms raved over the 5. Now the 5 costs $27,000 so is .......
168: Digikey doesn't stock--min order 12 (4.03)
Posted by lquam on 2002-11-07, 20:20:15 (66.32.225.86)
Digikey (www.digikey.com) shows it as a "non-stock" item with a price of $27 and a minimum order of 12 pieces. Likely you'll get the same story elsewhere unless someone has a few pieces in stock layin .......
169: But at what cost? (4.02)
Posted by John PA on 2007-12-20, 22:55:40 (71.139.17.17)
Would be the question. I use a Monica II dac I built with optical in and made portable by building it into an Altoid tin, which no one has done and it works great but it is always fun to experiment. .......
170: Do not sell the SCD-1 (4.01)
Posted by Pinkus on 2006-10-18, 19:04:24 (199.72.97.65)
It is an amazing player. If the player had a Burmester or Nagra sticker on it, it might well cost north of $20k. I have had a $9K Wadia 27 DAC in my system coupled to the SCD-1. I preferred the sound .......
171: My Altoid dac the Monica II photos. . (4.01)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-24, 09:11:35 (63.227.85.35)
I thought these might be fun to look at. The dac sounds very fine. ja in clear and hot, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Balanced Six Pacs=Newform Research 6 .......
172: I have been working with my pre. . (4.00)
Posted by John PA on 2003-03-04, 07:39:50 (150.135.40.100)
I changed it over to use 27 tubes, beautiful Arcturus blue balloons and so forth but it just did not sound as good as with the 76 tube. So I have changed it back but it takes a while to dial it back i .......
173: By going to 860 from 850 is more likely a lateral.... (4.00)
Posted by millen on 2006-10-04, 08:47:14 (142.56.5.23)
move sound wise however, its leaps and bound if you consider the 860 opulent input and output options. The Wadia 27 and 270 combos that I have heard is a far more resounding upgrade from your 850. The .......
174: So isn't this something that a . . (4.00)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-05, 23:49:15 (99.140.68.22)
USB dac can then use? There a Wolfson usb dacs now that are 24 bit. If the signal is fed to this then you could use a couple of different ways to attenuate the signal. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Ball .......
175: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (3.98)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-08, 11:02:02 (195.23.171.53)
Hi Pinkus I prefer the AES/EBU. I've tried several cables and the best so far are the Kimber Select and the NBS Monitor III. But I've used these in the context of their respective systems, not in isol .......
176: Wadia 270 Transport (3.97)
Posted by Basstwo on 2003-05-04, 08:02:44 (218.102.21.149)
Does anyone know if the so called "Clocklink" of the Wadia 270 is the same as a clock input that many professional CD players have to sync their clocks to a master? Or is it a proprietary link only fo .......
177: Re: Wadia 27 DAC (3.97)
Posted by sagit on 2000-08-08, 14:16:52 (195.23.162.238)
Please let me clarify one question. I also compared the RCA (Kimber Iluminati D-60), the ST Wadia and the AES/EBU (Kimber Iluminati Orchid). I prefer the AES/EBU followed by the ST followed by the RCA .......
178: Right on... (3.97)
Posted by Pinkus on 2003-08-03, 16:49:28 (68.56.83.107)
I have a Wadia 27 DAC, which some years back was supposed to be one of the finest DAC's. I have compared it with CD players that have cost 1/10th of its price, and have not been able to detect predict .......
179: Whoa!! (3.96)
Posted by DK on 2000-09-19, 22:16:59 (63.78.155.56)
I'd love to see and hear this modified AN DAC. How hard would it be for someone to do something similar, and design an alternative output stage for the AN DAC so one could use whatever tubes they like .......
180: Re: Art DI/O cables (3.95)
Posted by digitatube on 2001-07-26, 14:06:13 (205.188.196.53)
i use 5or6 of thease .there greate ,my son gose to recording school so we use them both ways. take the tube out it uses 3/4 of the power.the other power supply at riodo shack is 9v ac 3400 millamps 27 .......
181: LoL Yeah, that is a special service. . . if your recordings have the acoustical . . (3.93)
Posted by John PA on 2008-04-28, 20:31:44 (98.207.225.175)
space and feel I would like to purchase a couple of your CD's. I like sax and clarinet. I listen with headphones now through a very good headphone amp and dac. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Mes .......
182: Yes that would be fine but I also need . . (3.93)
Posted by John PA on 2005-01-30, 07:56:36 (168.103.57.143)
to find out the current draw of the unit and the voltage requirement. I have been searching on line but these figures don't seem to be available except in one case and the draw was 50mA, which is too .......
183: HELP! Sony Dvp-s9000es Problem (3.92)
Posted by sam82264 on 2002-05-03, 20:35:52 (24.50.128.234)
Hope someone can help me or suggest something to try. I have only had my 9000es dvd player a few weeks. I was watching a dvd video and noticed a banding line on my 27" sony tv, the line is horizontal .......
184: Is there any way to have greater than 16 bit music on your hard drive. . (3.91)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-05, 12:17:43 (99.140.68.22)
and run this out the usb to a 24 bit dac? I have been using google under different headings but it is hard to find information specific to this. The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanc .......
185: Re: Philips CDR-880 HELP (3.91)
Posted by vinyltocdr on 2003-05-27, 17:22:14 (152.163.252.5)
dear dave, i found the problem. this player will only record on the music discs for home audio recorders that are 1x, 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x, and 24x. anything above 24 will not be optical calibrated and re .......
186: RE: Professional RME DAC for HighFidelity worth considering (3.90)
Posted by sternresearch@gmail.com on 2014-03-30, 12:04:15 (66.128.7.158)
mytek 192 outperforms ??? M51 PWD2 Hilo fostex hp a8 dB Audio Labs tranquility neko d100 RP-8.1 E-OTL madc-2 audio-gd nfb 27 metrum bryston hda II bechmark dac2 Totaldac D1-Dual DAC .......
187: RE: Professional RME DAC for HighFidelity worth considering (3.90)
Posted by sternresearch@gmail.com on 2014-03-30, 20:41:57 (66.128.7.158)
mytek 192 outperforms ??? M51 PWD2 Hilo fostex hp a8 dB Audio Labs tranquility neko d100 RP-8.1 E-OTL madc-2 audio-gd nfb 27 metrum bryston hda II bechmark dac2 Totaldac D1-Dual DAC .......
188: RE: Professional RME DAC for HighFidelity worth considering (3.90)
Posted by sternresearch@gmail.com on 2014-04-28, 13:34:58 (66.128.7.158)
mytek 192 outperforms ??? M51 PWD2 Hilo fostex hp a8 dB Audio Labs tranquility neko d100 RP-8.1 E-OTL madc-2 audio-gd nfb 27 metrum bryston hda II bechmark dac2 Totaldac D1-Dual DAC .......
189: RE: Overly Agressive? (3.90)
Posted by immatthewj on 2020-08-15, 11:53:17 (73.236.15.243)
Thanks Jonesy! Like I said once before: you know more about my gear than i do! Actually I had looked into this: on page 27 of the online owners manual, they refer to "normal" (which is the "European s .......
190: Yes , Different Strokes ... (3.90)
Posted by ARL on 2003-07-09, 16:53:44 (24.112.111.162)
A while back I was working on a trade-deal to trade my Wadia 27ix to a seller with an Audio Aero Capitole MK2. I had heard the Capitole MK2 at home against my 27ix which inspired me to seek out a Cap' .......
191: It seems like even if they don't compress the music that few engineers . . (3.90)
Posted by John PA on 2008-04-26, 08:32:12 (98.207.225.175)
know how to record any longer. Or maybe that is what you also meant by compressed as the sound is often not spacious or open, just compressed and flat. I guess that is why I keep buying older music bu .......
192: Re: I Owned Both 27ix & 380S (3.90)
Posted by jbrockmole on 2003-07-29, 13:12:43 (152.160.3.154)
oldleeaa, drop me an e-mail and I'll send you out the DIP switch info for your 27 directly. And yes, the 270se upgrade is "worthy." I'll be more than happy to discuss that with you as well. Cheers, Je .......
193: Okay... (3.89)
Posted by highendman on 2003-05-03, 17:07:10 (24.49.91.127)
But then you're not talking about strictly 44.1kHz sampling. Having only 44.1k samples would make 27.05kHz look the same as 17.05kHz if I recall correctly. I'm glad to hear that they are oversampling .......
194: I am still ignorant. . the standard is 16bit and 44. khz (3.89)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-05, 11:37:59 (99.140.68.22)
so when they say the CD is a 24 bit as with the K2 discs and you have a 24 bit dac, where do you lose the bits and revert to 16 bit? The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon Meshplate 27 Balanced Preamp=Ba .......
195: RE: Tidal and Squeezebox. What am i doing wrong: (3.87)
Posted by erik_sq on 2016-10-29, 10:49:14 (107.219.192.42)
Hi Lenny, I use LMS on a Linux server, going out to a SB Touch and Tidal works fine this way, but you are trying to use the LMS that's running on your Squeezebox directly, right? That's a little diffe .......
196: RE: Logical fallacy #27 (3.87)
Posted by Time_Stands_Still on 2022-03-07, 02:10:55 (50.67.95.219)
Those ill sounding of CD's you noted HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CD FORMAT! But all to do with recording and engineering of the music. WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND!?! There are likely countless .......
197: Yes I know and . . (3.87)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-06, 16:49:37 (99.140.68.22)
when I look back at what I wrote I must apologize. Who am I to tell you to read the article? Anyway, I know there are a number of people who even enjoy the iMod that is done to a number of the iPods b .......
198: If you increase the voltage on the dac on the board by adding. . (3.86)
Posted by John PA on 2005-05-24, 11:14:13 (63.227.85.35)
one more diode the sound takes a jump to the better than most any 1000$ dac. A 25 cent part makes this dac jump. ja in clear, hot with a slight breeze, Tucson, AZ The Elaborate DAC=Johnny's Balloon M .......
199: Thanks. . . I used to . . (3.86)
Posted by John PA on 2008-01-05, 21:34:55 (99.140.68.22)
design and sell high purity silver cables but I haven't read much about the different qualities of USB. I would expect there to be many but I just haven't read much on the USB cable and interaction wh .......
200: I would get a new inexpensive player like a Pioneer 563A . . (3.86)
Posted by John PA on 2004-09-03, 11:40:08 (65.101.189.239)
after a little bit of ps modification, but even before, the sound is amazingly good. I use it as a transport but the advances in inexpenisive players to me, is a real eye opener. The motor in this uni .......
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