Posts by chesebert

Quote: Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict      You missed the, "The speakers are now PSB Imagine Mini (run off the Marantz 2240 receiver - not high end)."   I would sell of your...

I advise just the opposite. From the most distortion generating source to the least would be speaker/headphones, amp followed by source. Following the advice of getting the best headphones your money can buy can be...

Since I sat out to buy the "last" DAC, I pretty much tried everything that I thougth I might like at the time (dCS, BADA, Playback mp5, Ayre, PWD mk1, AR DAC8, EMM stack (used/non SE), Orpheous lab...

Quote: Originally Posted by MacedonianHero  Funny, it may not even be darker. My LCD-3's zebrano wood is pretty light when compared to say the LCD_2, but when I photograph it, it doesn't come out that...

A decade of DACs (stuff I bought, enjoyed and moved on from; I assure you during the earlier years, I thought the DACs I bought sounded just as good as "giant" $5k DACs)   Emu 0404 -> Emu 1212 -> Zhaolu 2.5 (thought it...

Quote: Originally Posted by WooXIEE DJ  I don't get it.... if you have a high end DAC what's the point of getting a high end CD player? Won't streaming digital audio from the computer to the DAC accomplish the same...

Quote:Originally Posted by chesebert  Kind reminder:   1. most people considering LCD-3 can probably use a better source more than another set of more-better hi-end cans;   2. hi-end audio is luxury consumption and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dubstep Girl  i really enjoy listening to music thru my Digital Link III, i can't imagine how much better a W4S or other high end dac would sound like.  I would say a top-end...

My system is sort of the otherway around.   LCD2 + B22 + Linn Klimax   So that's basicly $3k worth of headphone and amp and a whole lota $$ on the source.   I can honestly say I like my setup much better...

SD Transporter sounded better in my sytem with a custom min phase filter (by editing a text file in the SBS folder) than the Saturn I had. hope this helps.   Klimax destroyed Transporter in every respect. I expected K01 to do...