In Reply to: Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions posted by theaudiohobby on December 11, 2003 at 04:16:16:
I heard the Consonance SACD 1 and 2 players at their HK dealer, DIYHIFI Supply. Setup was with the Billie 300B monoblock, Django passive transformer volume control preamp and Bastani speakers. Comparison was with a modified Marantz CD-94 player on hand. While the sound seemed spacious, I did not not get a sense that it was more detailed or transparent than CD. Overall, it was no more musical than the Marantz and I preferred the Marantz CD to the Consonance CD. Note that we did not sue the balance outputs but only RCA. Both unist were stock Consonance units
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - GliderGuider 06:03:31 12/10/03 (81)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Bob Neill 07:36:15 12/10/03 (20)
- On further reflection - GliderGuider 09:18:03 12/15/03 (0)
- A comment from my dealer on CD vs. SACD - GliderGuider 04:56:06 12/11/03 (10)
- Re: A comment from my dealer on CD vs. SACD - Ted Smith 10:31:44 12/11/03 (9)
- Re: A comment from my dealer on CD vs. SACD - justinsullivan@nc.rr.com 21:48:37 12/18/03 (0)
- He's a man of strong convictions - GliderGuider 10:47:41 12/11/03 (7)
- Re: He's a man of strong convictions - Ted Smith 10:59:50 12/11/03 (6)
- For one the catalog of SACD's is very limited and of the one's there are, how many were recorded at the higher Res? - gme109 18:32:04 12/11/03 (1)
- Re: For one the catalog of SACD's is very limited and of the one's there are, how many were recorded at the higher Res? - Ted Smith 00:19:11 12/12/03 (0)
- Re: He's a man of strong convictions - GliderGuider 11:14:57 12/11/03 (3)
- CD will always be limited .... but - TBone 12:11:31 12/11/03 (2)
- Maybe that is all that is needed for human hearing if . . - John PA 12:29:15 12/11/03 (1)
- I think you could be right - gme109 18:42:56 12/11/03 (0)
- my curiosity got me, too... - kuma 11:09:51 12/10/03 (0)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 10:22:53 12/10/03 (4)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Walter 08:09:41 12/11/03 (3)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Peter Qvortrup 00:08:36 12/12/03 (0)
- "DVD-A through the Chord"...how is this possible? - Biencfg 19:31:42 12/11/03 (1)
- Re: "DVD-A through the Chord"...how is this possible? - Walter 05:27:49 12/12/03 (0)
- That sounds like a very good idea. - GliderGuider 07:44:11 12/10/03 (1)
- Re: That sounds like a very good idea. - theaudiohobby 09:49:24 12/10/03 (0)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - smargo 07:16:43 12/10/03 (59)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - soulvibrations 11:51:42 12/10/03 (6)
- ? for soulvibrations - rupertdacat 14:39:33 12/10/03 (1)
- Re: ? for soulvibrations - soulvibrations 17:29:05 12/10/03 (0)
- How long will it last? - GliderGuider 12:23:06 12/10/03 (3)
- Re: How long will it last? - soulvibrations 18:18:09 12/10/03 (2)
- Re: How long will it last? - GliderGuider 04:20:51 12/11/03 (1)
- Re: How long will it last? - soulvibrations 05:36:56 12/11/03 (0)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Bob Neill 10:02:54 12/10/03 (51)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Peter Qvortrup 00:08:54 12/11/03 (47)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - ddriveman 06:20:56 12/11/03 (1)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - Peter Qvortrup 06:39:46 12/11/03 (0)
- Yeah right!!! - theaudiohobby 04:13:22 12/11/03 (44)
- Re: Yeah right!!! - Peter Qvortrup 05:47:32 12/11/03 (43)
- So SACD is oversampled by default? - carolvs 08:26:39 12/12/03 (2)
- what do you mean by oversampling? - tunenut 09:52:01 12/12/03 (0)
- Re: So SACD is oversampled by default? - Peter Qvortrup 09:07:00 12/12/03 (0)
- this is a pretty biased description - tunenut 17:20:30 12/11/03 (30)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - Peter Qvortrup 00:19:48 12/12/03 (29)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - tunenut 09:18:38 12/12/03 (4)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - Peter Qvortrup 04:59:44 12/13/03 (3)
- thank you for your thoughtful replies - tunenut 12:29:37 12/13/03 (1)
- Re: thank you for your thoughtful replies - Peter Qvortrup 04:26:53 12/14/03 (0)
- Question for Mr. Q - rupertdacat 11:00:49 12/13/03 (0)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - theaudiohobby 02:56:17 12/12/03 (23)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - Peter Qvortrup 03:39:27 12/12/03 (22)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - theaudiohobby 07:32:37 12/12/03 (14)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - Peter Qvortrup 07:58:59 12/12/03 (13)
- So vinyl replay is not an abstraction eh...you chat crud... - theaudiohobby 08:09:12 12/12/03 (12)
- Re: So vinyl replay is not an abstraction eh...you chat crud... - Peter Qvortrup 08:21:50 12/12/03 (11)
- Re: So vinyl replay is not an abstraction eh...you chat crud... - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 17:05:04 12/14/03 (0)
- Re: So vinyl replay is not an abstraction eh...you chat crud... - theaudiohobby 13:28:08 12/12/03 (9)
- Re: So vinyl replay is not an abstraction eh...you chat crud... - Peter Qvortrup 03:12:43 12/13/03 (8)
- Let me refresh you memory. - theaudiohobby 18:38:20 12/13/03 (7)
- Re: Let me refresh you memory. - Peter Qvortrup 03:08:03 12/14/03 (6)
- Re: Let me refresh you memory. - theaudiohobby 13:26:08 12/14/03 (5)
- You Don't Get to Make the Rules - Bob Neill 13:47:25 12/14/03 (4)
- Re: You Don't Get to Make the Rules - theaudiohobby 01:32:48 12/15/03 (3)
- Re: You Don't Get to Make the Rules - Bob Neill 06:35:37 12/15/03 (2)
- Re: You Don't Get to Make the Rules - theaudiohobby 08:35:59 12/15/03 (1)
- Re: You Don't Get to Make the Rules - Bob Neill 09:03:24 12/15/03 (0)
- Re: this is a pretty biased description - soulvibrations 04:41:55 12/12/03 (6)
- somehow this morphed into analog vs. digital? - tunenut 09:24:29 12/12/03 (0)
- Re: Perhaps not so Biased - Peter Qvortrup 05:04:49 12/12/03 (4)
- Re: Perhaps not so Biased - soulvibrations 05:40:45 12/12/03 (3)
- Re: Perhaps not so Biased - Peter Qvortrup 05:49:35 12/12/03 (2)
- Re: Perhaps not so Biased - soulvibrations 05:56:34 12/12/03 (1)
- Re: Perhaps not so Biased - Peter Qvortrup 09:11:03 12/16/03 (0)
- Hate to disappoint you... - theaudiohobby 11:51:01 12/11/03 (4)
- Re: Hate to disappoint you... - Peter Qvortrup 00:24:30 12/12/03 (3)
- Disagree completely, The word mirage is in the dictionary for good reasons -nt - theaudiohobby 02:47:26 12/12/03 (2)
- Re: Disagree completely, The word mirage is in the dictionary for good reasons -nt - Peter Qvortrup 03:42:53 12/12/03 (1)
- Re: Disagree completely, The word mirage is in the dictionary for good reasons -nt - theaudiohobby 06:53:51 12/12/03 (0)
- Re: Yeah right!!! - larry moore 10:40:35 12/11/03 (3)
- Re: Yeah right!!! - Peter Qvortrup 00:28:32 12/12/03 (2)
- Re: Yeah right!!! - larry moore 13:51:23 12/12/03 (1)
- Re: Yeah right!!! - Peter Qvortrup 09:02:27 12/16/03 (0)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - ddriveman 17:24:42 12/10/03 (2)
- Re: Audio Note 4.1x Balanced Signature - First Impressions - theaudiohobby 04:16:16 12/11/03 (1)
- Consonance SACD 1 & 2 - ddriveman 12/11/0306:06:56 12/11/03 (0)
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- Consonance SACD 1 & 2 - ddriveman 12/11/0306:06:56 12/11/03 (0)