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Last 20 Forum Posts by Maxxwire
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| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Headphones | A properly powered Headphone Amp is very important to the sound of the headphones. I recently replaced the Vacuum Tubes in my Headphone Amp with another pair of vintage Amperex 6DJ8 Orange Globe Dual Triode Tubes and it did wonders for the sound of my headphones! |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Using external HDD for audio playback. | What these Asynchronous USB-S/PDIF Converters/ Reclockers with their 24/192 XMOS Receiver chips are designed for is very high quality S/PDIF Audio output at vanishingly low rates of jitter. This is the kind of highly accurate Reclocker that Audiophiles use in front of their Stereo DACs rather than using USB input to increase their sonic accuracy. This is also the kind of high resolution equipment that would bring out the best sound quality of a Receiver's Stereo playback, but unfortunately there is no accommodation for compressed multichannel playback, but I'm sure that there is an o .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | STR-DB930 advice on caps that should be replaced | Other than the dedicated AC power line, have you altered the DB930 in any way? Do you have a pic of how your upgraded AC is terminated on the circuit board and also how the physical cable is terminated to the carcase? Geoff- My 1999 Model Sony DB 930 is completely original with the exception of the aftermarket Furutech FP Alpha 3 OCC Copper Power Cord that was installed for its 12th anniversary. The combination of the excellent quality supply of AC Power and this high quality power cord using its resources caused an Order of Magnitude improvement in the sound quality and performance of the D .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | How many folks are still happy with there STR-DB93 | After installing the new Furutech Alpha S-14 OCC Single Crystal Copper Speaker Cables in my Audio System a very significant and unexpected sonic event occurred which originated in the Audio System's Digital Front End that was both audible and at the same time paralleled by measurable changes within the equipment providing a clear demonstration that these Single Crystal Copper Speaker Cables have opened a window of Transparency which is capable of revealing a significant set of sonic improvements which had previously existed, but I had not yet been able to hear. This pa .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | The AC Plug Thread / The Benefits of Upgrading to | After installing the new Furutech Alpha S-14 OCC Single Crystal Copper Speaker Cables in my Audio System a very significant and unexpected sonic event occurred which originated in the Audio System's Digital Front End that was both audible and at the same time paralleled by measurable changes within the equipment providing a clear demonstration that these Single Crystal Copper Speaker Cables have opened a window of Transparency which is capable of revealing a significant set of sonic improvements which had previously existed, but I had not yet been able to hear. This pa .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | STR-DB930 advice on caps that should be replaced | Geoff- The more frequent recapping of the equipment in your studio makes sense because at the most basic level replacement frequency depends on the capacitor's longevity under load as well as how many hours the equipment is used. I very highly recommend a dedicated supply of AC Powe for your Audio equipment to use originating at the main electrical panel in your home. What many people do not understand is that the most devastating source of AC Power contamination does not come from outside the Audio System, but rather from within it. Plugging Audio equipment in along side .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Using external HDD for audio playback. | I can remember back when I was using the Realtek internal adaptive sound in my HP Desktop computer and Glass Toslink out to my Sony DB930 Receiver, but after doing some research decided to try using an English designed Musical Fidelity V-Link Asynchronous external sound card to covert USB from the computer into S/PDIF for the DB930 to use and the improvements in sound quality were not subtle... As great as the V-Link sounded for its modest price it was still using 5v power from the USB bus which comes from the computer's SMPS which is far less than pristine quality. The clean power sol .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | STR-DB930 advice on caps that should be replaced | geoffmallan- Welcome to Agoraquest and congratulations on acquiring a pristine condition 1999 Sony DB 930! It was this same subject of the DB930 Receiver that brought me to Agoraquest to make my First Post back in 2002 . The generally accepted rule for cap replacement with classic Audio Gear is after 20 years, but having owned my DB930 for almost 14 years my answer to your question about cap replacement would be that it depends primarily on how many years your European version DB930QS has been used. In other words if it has only has a few years of actual use then there is currently no p .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | EQ qwestion | On 2012-02-25 18:32, packerscott wrote: i have a sony strgx9000es and a cdp-ca8es cd player and a tc-wa7es cassette deck that my sister gave me for working in her yard,i want to know,that i have a sony seq-210 grafic EQ can i still hook it up. thanks scott jacobs from vancouer wa. scott- Just across the river here in Portland I have had Equalizers to use for over 3 decades the first of which was an ADC Sound Shaper Three Mk 2 Paragraphic Equalizer like this one that I bought in 1980... The Classic Equalizer is based on the technology of altering the Music signal .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Sony STR-DA80ES Receiver is Awesome! | On 2013-05-17 23:11, RomanBlade86 wrote: I keep thinking whether to buy another Sony receiver or just buy an Emotiva pre-amp and amp. My response to your situation is based on my own personal experience and not on respective brand names or build quality because there is a factor in Audio playback which transcends both of these factors. I discovered this while working with my 1999 Sony DB 930 Integrated Receiver along side my $25,000 Conrad-Johnson powered Vacuum Tube Separates Audio System which took 8 years to build and is comprised of 9 components... For 8 year .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Sony STR-DA80ES Receiver is Awesome! | RomanBlade86- Did you ever get tha t Sony DA90ESG Vision tou c h Receiver that you were considering ? |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | New Sony ES speakers! | On 2013-05-03 07:40, RideTheSolarWinds wrote: These look like some beautiful speakers and they could be some of the best around at their price point but Sony is making it hard for us to find out. I can remember back 20-30 years ago when quite often the very highest quality Sony Audio equipment didn't even make it out of Japan... |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Using external HDD for audio playback. | This picture was taken in the studio from a slightly different angle. From the Barry Diament Audio website... "Monitoring is provided by Magnepan's Magneplanar MG 3.7 loudspeakers. For the technically inclined, these are a planar design with a dipolar radiation pattern. They feature quasi-ribbon bass and midrange drivers and a true ribbon tweeter. These speakers are very revealing of all aspects of recorded quality and they have an uncanny ability to sound like Music." |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Headphones | On 2013-04-28 01:32, RickeyM wrote: Right now I'm considering the Sony MDR-1R, the MDR-XB600 and a pair of IEM's. RickeyM- Have you come up with anything interesting in your headphone hunt? |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Using external HDD for audio playback. | There are many technical reasons for the sonic advantages that computer playback has over CD playback and Barry Diament who has been a professional audio engineer since 1975 and in 1983 he became one of the first engineers to master for CD. He formed Barry Diament Audio in 1987 after he left Atlantic Records to become an independent audio engineer. Here are some things that he has had to say about the fundamental differences between Digital Music playback from a computer and from CD playback and the impact that these differences have on sound quality... "What is the difference between .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | How many folks are still happy with there STR-DB93 | The other day I came across some very useful information regarding the Ohno Hot Mold Continuous Casting method at the Atlas Cables website. After reading the piece I decided to share a redacted version of the article with you in this post because it makes such clear and informative statements concerning not only the nature of hot mold Ohno Continuous Casting, but also explains many of the advantages of using OCC Copper Cabling in High Resolution Audio Systems... "In 1985 Professor Ohno from the Chiba Institute of Technology developed his patente .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | The AC Plug Thread / The Benefits of Upgrading to | The other day I came across some very useful information regarding the Ohno Hot Mold Continuous Casting method at the Atlas Cables website. After reading the piece I decided to share a redacted version of the article with you in this post because it makes such clear and informative statements concerning not only the nature of hot mold Ohno Continuous Casting, but also explains many of the advantages of using OCC Copper Cabling in High Resolution Audio Systems... "In 1985 Professor Ohno from the Chiba Institute of Technology developed his patente .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Which is Better: STR-DA50ES vs STR-DB930 | I have never heard nor inspected the build quality of the Sony DA50ES so I could only speculate as to how its performance compares with the Sony DB 930. I can tell you though that when Sony began marketing their new line of DB Receivers in 1999 that they used the slogan "ES quality at a DE price" and they proceeded to put an extraordinary high quality "loss leader" build in the Flagship of the DB Line which was the 930 Model. For example Sony chose to outfit the DB 930 with a pair of genuine 15,000 mf Nichicon KG Gold Tune Power Supply Caps where most Sony DA Class Receive .. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Sony STR-DA80ES Receiver is Awesome! | The Sony VisionTouch Receivers are controlled using a cursor which is operated by the Egg Air remote which is displayed on an OSD GUI. There are work arounds which owners have discovered that can be found on the internet for example this one that this Agoraquest Member schalliol developed... On 2005-09-23 00:32, schalliol wrote: I'd like to point out that there's a work around for using other remotes with VisionTouch receivers. For example, I control my STR-DA90ESG with a Philips Pronto and a custom cable. |
| Amp/Receiver/Speaker... | Which is Better: STR-DA50ES vs STR-DB930 | What it took to raise the sound quality of my 1999 Sony DB 930 Receiver from excellent to unprecedented levels of fidelity was a set of upgrades to its AC Power Delivery System which consist primarily of the 1997 VansEvers Line Conditioner shown on the right and the Furutech FP Alpha 3 OCC Single Crystal Copper Conductor Power Cord terminated with a Furutech FI-28 Rhodium Plated Pure Copper AC Plug. Having experimented with several AC Plugs at many ascending price-points beginning from the $6 Leviton 8215C Hospital Grade Plug which I describe from the first page of th .. |
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