I used to have a viva soloista as my main stereo amp. Beautiful sounding amp, especially the midrange but man did it get hot. He was like having a space heater in the room.

Not a bad incentive to get your daily workout :ksc75smile:

Good discussion

Just make sure it’s a glass toslink! Even the cheap ones sound good! The more expensive ones sound different but not necessarily better.

Will this work with any component that uses 5v usb wall wart?

I tried a lot of them when I used a USB DAC . I really liked the Revelation Audio Labs dual conduit and the top level Prana Labs.

There's a record store in Nashville thats going to a have a Nashville-only colored vinyl on sale tomorrow for a band a like. Can anyone pick this up for me tomorrow? Let me know, I'll paypal you the cost of the record, shipping and paypal fee's, and $20 for your time. Thanks in advanced!

I did a search and I didn't find any real comparisons between the two. Has anyone compared the WA-6SE to the SP Extreme (std or platinum)? I've narrowed my choice down to these two, but I'm not sure which to get. Also, I come from a 2ch rig and I prefer the sound of a SET and high efficiency...

yeah, thats' plenty of power for the ascends

Quote: Originally Posted by trose49 Say 50.00 ish need 5volt 2.1 x 5.5mm That's not really considered "high end" For something in that price range, I'd search ebay and see whats available.

high end = ?? whats your budget?

depends on how dirty your power is. the power in my house is pretty bad so it made a significant improvement. it was the last thing i added to my system and i wish i tried it sooner.

totems

You might wanna call up the people at VD and ask them yourself. They were pretty helpful and honest when I had a similar question.

boutique capacitors and other internal components

Quote: Originally Posted by Jon L Unfortunately, this shootout did NOT utilize Panny's digital input, only analogue input, basically bypassing Panny's raison d'être. After this objection was raised, the author of this shootout did say he would try to do a followup using Panny's...

here's a subjective shootout between digital amps using reference quality speakers. http://www.stereomojo.com/SHOOTOUT2007INTEGRATEDS.htm the SA-SR55 placed somewhere in the bottom.

what would you consider to be reference monitors? its all relative. with some budget bookshelfs, the panny's would be great. with my totem mani-2's, the panny's would be garbage. if your strictly concerned about two channel performance, don't get too caught up in the good reviews for these...

patrick82 = boy who cried wolf. this thread actually has merit but people are still taking shots at him

Quote: Originally Posted by meat01 What does this have to do with scientific aspects of cable sound? see my previous post.

You don't need to buy the cables to demo them. I've demo'd a quite a few without having to purchase them. But I do agree my question was a tangent from the topic... that's why I stated that the question was for my own curiosity. My apologies!

Something I always found interesting while reading feedback regarding the more expensive cables on forums... I never read of anyone that has tried any of the more expensive cables (ie Virtual Dynamics cables, PAD, JPS Aluminta, and other $1000+ cables) say that they've tried them and didn't hear...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chu Noone is doubting that different grade of cables make large differences in certain areas. The difference is that the different grades of cables used in industrial applications measure better -- the lesser grade fails while the higher grade passes. A...

I'm an engineer (dealing mostly with vibration and shock analysis) and we use different types of highly sensitive accelerometers for analysis. All of the accelerometers use coaxial cables, but certain types require a specific type of coaxial cable construction. Using a normal coaxial cable will...

Quote: Originally Posted by stryker I don't believe in power cord voodoo. I just can't buy into it. Having said that, I did upgrade my outlets (myself--it's brainless) to hospital grade to the tune of about $10 each at Home Depot or Lowe's. The only power cord I've used that...