Recent content by Geardaddy
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Ongaku - Is it worth the money!!
The Malta was one of Fred Crane‘s many fever dreams. It hasn’t seen the light of day. I’ve seen mockups, and it’s clearly something that could conceivably be a custom installation type of affair but there are none in the wild. I am by the way a Vista owner. Those speakers are far too large IMO...- Geardaddy
- Post #60
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Do we need another high-end turntable? The Ars Machine M1
A subconscious homage to the Basis transcendence perchance? Transcendent sound without the transcendence price? There’s always room for better engineering.- Geardaddy
- Post #23
- Forum: Vinyl Forum
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Phison PD2 and matching amplifier
SOTA engineering out of Denmark by a guru who does a lot of OEM work for other companies. Optimized for DSD like the NADAC. Fabulous fit and finish and modular and thus upgradable ad finitum. I am also selling the matching amp and I recommend using them as a pair. See my formal ad here...- Geardaddy
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- Forum: Buy and Sell Forum - THIS IS TO CLOSE 31-03-2019
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Speaker Challenge . . .
Very interesting. I have never even heard of those.....- Geardaddy
- Post #135
- Forum: Speaker Design
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The Incredible Importance of Fine tuning (to me)
Finetuning is everything. People get sucked into the Brownian motion of equipment whoredom and never arrive because they shirk that fundamental responsibility. I certainly have.- Geardaddy
- Post #13
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Speaker Challenge . . .
What Frantz says is essentially correct. They were in a CNO 7 figure system. Worth a listen. I don't know where you could hear them. Jeff at High Water Sound in NYC is one dealer who carries Cessaro.- Geardaddy
- Post #131
- Forum: Speaker Design
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Speaker Challenge . . .
Ron, I am not sure where you are on your speaker quest, but a friend heard these in Hong Kong at the AE show and was amazed: http://www.monoandstereo.com/2016/06/cessaro-qian-long-ultimate-field-coil.html- Geardaddy
- Post #128
- Forum: Speaker Design
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
What say ye of the Microrendu from a design standpoint?- Geardaddy
- Post #180
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
Say what? Did you just stumble out of the opium den? :p I make no claims regarding science. I am breathlessly awaiting science to unfold. Again, this is dust from surrogates. We need to wait on the companies to speak (or not).- Geardaddy
- Post #178
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
What relevance does that line of questioning have? He conducted a crude experiment. He generated some questionable results and dubious semantics. So what. Forget about Amir. How would you frame the question? What would you measure and why? What do you look for in a transport?- Geardaddy
- Post #176
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
Opus, you are an amusing fellow. You like to dissect people's blabbering with pointed, Zen master type questioning. Unfortunately, language is failing my sentiments in this discussion....just schizophrenic snippets....- Geardaddy
- Post #171
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
NO, NO. Intuitively, I have always thought the transport was as or more important to the equation. Thus my interest.....;) A stock laptop or computer has always sounded wretched to my "ear"- Geardaddy
- Post #170
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
The MicroRendu is an amalgam of technologies and you have to SYNTHESIZE their collective claims which can be easily done by reading through their respective literature. Here is Uptone (http://uptoneaudio.com/products/usb-regen): Many of these "arguments" get lost in semantics and the...- Geardaddy
- Post #169
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
There is no logical fallacy here and nothing to see or really think through. Its an academic exercise and one party is mute. That is fine and that is one form of an answer, but why waste the time delineating your measurement equipment alluding to future developments, measurement schemes, etc...- Geardaddy
- Post #162
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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I'm Not Gonna Tell How Great My MicroRendu plus Sonore Signature Power Supply Sounds!
"Tool" is US collegiate slang for engineer. I have seen "back leakage" bandied about in regards to SMPS switching frequency noise that leaches back onto the mains due to a cheapo supply with an unfiltered output. The Blizzinator told me his Japanese supplies and better designs are relatively...- Geardaddy
- Post #160
- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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