Recent content by mtbmarkymark

You could buy the well regarded Supra USB cable ( £38 ) and their newly introduced Excalibur model ( £99 ) from Furtureshop It won't break the bank , if you hear a difference, send back or sell on the one you think sounds worse i marginally prefer the Excalibur but i'm aware my testing was not...

B&W 801D......i would turn them up loud and they would just laugh at me.....seemingly limitless headroom

yes you are right although i can't think of a DAC with valve rectification that doesn't also have a valve output stage

although we all know you are technically correct what almost everyone else in this thread means by the shorthand term "valve DAC" is a simply a DAC with a valve output stage in exactly the same way the difference betweeen the 2 versions of the Rega Isis DAC is the valve output stage in one of them

I can recommend the Bel Canto Pre 3. Worked a treat with my Active ATC's. There is a very nice example for sale on Hifi Wiwam for £900

I had 801D with the single 15" driver. A fantastic speaker if you had a room and Amp big enough. Upgraded to 802D2 as was moving to a smaller room. A more transparent speaker. Upgraded again to ATC SCM50's. Midrange noticeably superior.

Mine has been fine. A very slightly darker presentation than then Pro-ject RS2T transport I own. Sound quality of both is excellent. Not bad as the RS2T is 6 times the price !. Buy with confidence.

Adding a preamp to your system MAY improve the sound for you. Only an extended home demonstation will answer the question i have tried many different preamps, as well as DAC direct, into my ATC Active 50's. Adding some of the preamps i tried did not improve the sound and i preferred DAC direct...

To echo hifinutts and uncl_nigel's comments In my experience unless the DAC has a exceptional pre built In, i think you may find the benefits of a dac upgrade would be masked by the damage done by going direct to the power amps. if you could demo the following 2 systems this might answer this...

@Old Shatterhand I went on a similar journey attempting to cure a bad 45 Hz node. Passive treatments such as GIK tri traps did nothing at this low frequency. Eventually used EQ to take the peak down. After trying lots if different settings I found the following things worked best for me *...

@MVV i have the same suspended floor problems. Townshend Podiums under my ATC's worked wonders. expensive yes but no regrets. Mark

Just had my Pre 3 recapped by Tony @CoherentSystems Sounds very good to these ears

@tiggers i have been going through the same process as you and had the ATC40A's on home demo. very impressive, dynamic and even handed. Being sealed box they can sit close to walls As Keith will no doubt echo i would buy a Umik-1 and measure your room with REW software. It will tell you what you...

Back to talking about the Jays, i am in the market for a new CD Transport and considered the Jays Audio. I decided against it in the end. It's large physical size and short guarantee counted against it despite many positive reviews. I decided to go for a Pro-ject CD Box RS2 T instead, Smaller...