Lamm M1.1 with nos Telefunken from the early 60s. Fantastic My house in a few weeks.When the question turns to hybrid amps . . . my answer is Absolare Hybrid Monos.
Lamm M1.1 with nos Telefunken from the early 60s. Fantastic My house in a few weeks.When the question turns to hybrid amps . . . my answer is Absolare Hybrid Monos.
I like those hybrids too!Lamm M1.1 with nos Telefunken from the early 60s. Fantastic My house in a few weeks.
I enjoyed auditioning the TB3/1000 (833) SET amps very much! I love the crystalline transparency and "see-through" quality and "breath of life" of the SETs.Were those 833's fired up for a vid with the Clarysis/Pendragon hybrid?
My takeaway is simply that people really have little to no idea what they're listening to on these video recordings, and that various assumptions and innocent mis-attributions often drive the sonic report
We sure hope so!The person making the video has a direct understanding of what they are hearing.
I agree.I assume that a video does not sound equivalent to what is heard in-room
Fair enough to make that assumption. I have not made that assumption.and I also assume the video maker would not post the video unless he believed it was reasonably representative of the in-room sound.
Don't go down to far into that "Digital Rabbit" hole.....you may not find your way back..-My "stepchild" digital system (LampizatOr Baltic 4 and Innuos PULSEmini and LTA linear power supply) has been performing such serviceable work (Don and JimFord were enjoying it enough last weekend to listen until 2:15 AM) that I have decided to give that leg of the source triad a boost: I have purchased from puroagave* an Innuos Phoenix USB re-clocker.
*Thank you, Rob!
Thank you for the admonition. I definitely am not going there!Don't go down to far into that "Digital Rabbit" hole.....you may not find your way back..-...
( BTW, a decent DDC, or the digital USB Phoenix re-clocker that you purchased are a good " bang for the buck"...should clean up , and smooth out your digital playback)
Cheers....
I have been using a reckocker for about 20 years now with my digital…it has never failed to improve the sound. I currently use the same one as Al, the Mutec. Is it the best one? Don’t know. There is a dealer here with a Denafrips Gaia for half price that I will try.Thank you for the admonition. I definitely am not going there!
I will see (ah, hear)! The MSRP of the Phoenix is 3X the MSRP of the streamer so it will be interesting to learn if I hear a difference.
Al M feels strongly about these re-clockers.
Good!I have been using a reckocker for about 20 years now with my digital…it has never failed to improve the sound. I currently use the same one as Al, the Mutec. Is it the best one? Don’t know. There is a dealer here with a Denafrips Gaia for half price that I will try.
I have only good things to say about the Innuos reclocker and have used it with my Zenith Mk3 streamer. The latter has been working flawlessly for more than 4 years now.Good!
Since my streamer is an Innuos I figured I would just keep it in the family.
That's a good report, thank you!I have only good things to say about the Innuos reclocker and have used it with my Zenith Mk3 streamer. The latter has been working flawlessly for more than 4 years now.
JP
Me too!Ron, I will be curious to read how your upgraded digital will compare to your vinyl playback in terms of emotional involvement and time spent listening to each format. And which your visitors prefer.
Me too!
In general I listen to titles in their native recording format. If I have an analog recording on vinyl and on digital, I generally will play the vinyl (e.g., Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Toward Ecstasy Freedom Sessions). If the native recording is digital I typically will play the digital (e.g., Sarah McLachlan Surfacing).
If I have enough listening time to listen to all or most of a reel of tape then:
-- if I have an analog title on tape I play the tape;
-- if I have an analog title on vinyl but not tape I play the vinyl; and
-- if I don't have an analog title on tape or vinyl I play it on digital.
So a sonic improvement in one source is not going to change my format playback listening time allocation. (Yes, this implies that I don't believe that someday I am going to prefer the sound of a majority of analog recordings on digital playback over analog playback.)
I'm afraid I do not understand.I do prefer the sound of an analog recording on vinyl or the sound of a digital recording on your digital playback? Or are they close enough that you simply pick out what you wanna listen to and go with that format?
I think this is Mike Lavigne’s approach. He listens to whatever music he wants to listen to in its native format as the driver and it appears that he ends up listening to Digital about 80% of the time. Do you do the same?
I'm afraid I do not understand.
Do you prefer the sound of an analog recording on vinyl or the sound of a digital recording on your digital playback? Or are they close enough that you simply pick out what you want to listen to and go with that format?