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RE: This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't....

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In Reply to: RE: This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't.... posted by tube wrangler on September 02, 2017 at 10:33:07

Dennis, will you be viewing a record system this year at RMA?

Lawrence

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RE: This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't.... - tube wrangler 13:11:15 09/02/17 (2)
Yes. I will have vinyl L.P.'s, computer audio and can directly play a CD on the Pioneer Blu-Ray deck, their flagship-- model BDP-88FD.

In case this deck is used, the SPDIF signal is routed to my Aplha-DAC2 D/A converter-- just the same as is our Windows 7 computer library, using JRIVER protocol.

I LOVE this new Pioneer toy. Best Blu-Ray and DVD picture I ever got, and very good audio. The unit has its own D/A converter which I don't use because I have the Berkeley DAC, but it is very good. You just drive
into a passive attenuator via RCA jacks, and then into your amps.

RMAF 2017 is Oct. 6, 7, and 8 and I'm in Room 3017.

-Dennis-
- RE: This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't.... - used-hifi 13:28:15 09/02/17 (1)
  Very Kool, I have some pipe organ records and some stuff to put to "THE" test :)
  
  Jeff speaks very highly of your stuff :) can't wait to hear it all!
  
  Oh BTW R-core is kinda close to torroids but with more Loss! because of the split winding like lundahl, and less bandwidth. Single ended is tricky I get that :)
  
  seeya soon
  
  Lawrence
  - RE: This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't.... - tube wrangler 21:55:49 09/02/17 (0)
    Hi Lawrence. Look me up when you're there-- I'd love to meet you.
    Most demo rooms have 1 or 2 guys and live in that room for 3 days.
    We really try to get out and about and hear all the other guy's rigs,
    remember that these folks put hard work into their demos, and it's
    good for them to get a visit from at least one of us who is a DIY person, and is ALSO Commercial.
    That means we take turns running the room. To see any one of us, just tell the guys there, and they'll cell-phone the guy you wish to see.
    My vinyl rig uses a direct-drive TT, a Clearaudio Maestro Ebony V-2-- their top medium-output cart., and I have hard-wired the tonearm interconnect (Cardas Silver) to run all the way to the Phono stage with NO RCA jacks.
    This was necessary to get L.P. records to perform with Hi-Res digital.
    They can do it, and slightly better, but only a few L.P.'s are really that good.
    The ones I like best are RCA's, Deccas, and Warner Bros., and especially Ranwood and Monument, Longines Symphonette, and Reader's Digest recordings. I have a good MCA/Longines of some Lawrence Welk material that is a good example of how to record right.
    As you can see, with me, the "audiophile" stuff is missing. And I sure don't miss it!
    There's lots more, of course!
    I'm very busy right now, getting ready for Denver and doing the many Summer chores around here, and in a neighboring city where we have
    rental spaces to keep up.
    I won't be getting technical with anyone on the forum if it involves playing internet chess-- or thinking too much until life settles down after RMAF 2017.
    Actually. what I really like is DOING. Theories on anything and everything abound, and anything that even slightly worked in the past quickly becomes "textbook accuracy", and is taught and obeyed to the letter.. It seems perfect because its proponents have developed the mathematics and proofs needed to sell it, until the next theory shoves it aside, and develops its own math and proponents.
    It's History at work. Theories and their proofs only interest me if I need them. If I do, then I will listen to any and all on the subject at
    hand... I can learn a lot from anyone, past or present. If I NEED to for a GOOD reason-- that is truly WORTH THE PRECIOUS T I M E involved..
    Life does limit one's time, so what needs attention and pays for it, and makes it truly useful gets the attention.
    I look forward to finally meeting you just for fun!!
    -Dennis-
    
    Edits: 09/02/17

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