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Best of Jacintha - Groove Note SACD Eden Atwood - Waves:Bossa Nova Sessions SACD Eden Atwood - This is Always:The Ballad Session SACD Getzt/Gilberto SACD HI-FI NEWS ANALOGUE TEST LP PRODUCER'S CUT

Getz/Gilberto SACD

Ok, I figured out that the HT bypass on the Candela Preamp hums when I plug in the pre-outs from my Receiver. But if I plug the the pre-outs from my Receiver into another input on the Candela Preamp no hum, no noise either if I plug in the pre-outs directly into the amp.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Vinyl

Norah Jones - Not Too Late CD

Tkam, The tube pre-amp with no inputs connected, is making some noise I can hear through the speakers at about 3 feet away. Sounds like hiss with some gunk thrown in as well (tube noise?) Turn off the preamp and there is just the faintest noise coming from the bare amp connected to the speakers, when listening at maybe 2-3 inches from the speaker cones (sounds like very faint ac hum and hiss). I will add in the preouts from the Denon Receiver next to see what added noise comes in.

Hmmm , I wonder you adjust the longitudinal position of the cart?

Patricia Barber - Modern Cool MoFi SACD

Cable box, HD DVD, Panny Bluray, Denon DVD-3930CI The pre-outs of the Denon 3808CI cause some noise when going to my Odyssey Candela Preamp and Odyssey Stratos Amp, verified when I disconnected the pre-outs from the Candela inputs, the noise went away and I was left with just some low level hiss.

Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales LP Jack Johnson - On and On LP

I have a somewhat high noise floor when listening to my SACDmods Denon using the Denon 3808 Reciever as the pre-amp to an outboard amp. If I unplug the hdmi cable going from the receiver to the TV most of the noise goes away. Now what do I do to fix it? The noise is not really audible at normal listening settings.

Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales cd

Should I get an SME 309 tonearm for my vinyl rig Looks fucking wicked!

For 2008: I basically got interested in my speaker rig and built my analog rig. Started with: SACDMods Denon 3930CI universal player feeding my Denon 3808CI Receiver, out to Paradigm Ref 100 v3 speakers. This did not work at all. The speakers were too bright, the SACDMods Denon source output level was too high, causing the receiver preamp to overload making noise. Fairly disheartening. On a whim (of my wife) I got out my old Technics SL-D3 turntable and hooked it up to the reciever, after putting a Denon DL160 cart in it. Fairly lackluster. But not dissuaded, and with the help of my audiophile buddy Jeff, I got a CIAudio VPP1 phono stage with VAC1 psu. Huge improvement over the phono inputs of the receiver! "Now", I thought, "there is something to this vinyl thing after all!" So, I bought a Technics SL-1210Mk5 turntable with the KAB psu, KAB stobe disabler, LP Zupreme headshell, litz headshell leads and cardas rewired tonearm, and Technics Mk5Gold phono cable with eichmann bullets. Another leap in sound quality. Quickly added a Funk Firm achromat, and a 2" thick myrtlewood block to rest the table on. Picked up a VPI 16.5 record cleaner as well. Decided, I was going on with the speaker rig, so I sold off the Paradigm Ref v3s for Paradigm Ref v4s. Great improvement. The hot highs were gone, deeper bass, smoother extended highs and liquid mids, just great! The next revelation, was when another friend of mine loaned me his Adcom stereo amp. I skipped the denon receiver amp, and went from the pre outs on the denon, to the Adcom to the Paradigms. Wow! Another big leap in sound quality. Now, I knew there was no going back Needed separate amplification, and pre-amplification! Ordered an Odyssey Stratos Stereo Amp, with all the extras, just short of the Extreme (but most of the extreme parts ) Also ordered the Odyssey Candela tube preamp, with remote. The amp and pre get here Dec 31st (I'm dying in the mean time). The SACDmods Denon 3930CI source is getting back from Matt on Dec 30, who adjusted the levels on the DAC board to get normal levels: 2 volts vs. 4 volts on the outputs. I should finally hear what I was hearing through the headphone rig, on the speaker rig (i.e. no more noise and distortion). That's it. Credit card damage is done. The headphone rig will remain unchanged: the Dynamite amp to the AKG 701s with mogami cable.

Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls CD

Vicki Genfan - Outside the Box

Correction, not a refurb, a closeout (new, as far as I know)

Jack Johnson -- Brushfire Fairy Tales CD

Yup, on the APC website.

Buying the Candela just to A/B with your Modwright Pre? The Modwright must be better or Klaus would definitely push his pre, methinks. My buddy has the Modwright Pre w/phono and it sounds very good.

APC H15 Power Conditioner - refurb from APC $200 shipped!

Godsmack - The Other Side CD

Can we say 'Head-Case Odyssey Stratos Club'

Try here: DIY Audio Projects

I knew he would come up with a tantalizing solution My amp should be being worked on by Klaus as we speak. Hopefully ships on Monday.