DigiPete

They do

I think the inductance of the wire loop attenuates RF noise in the line. Don't know about the RAM wood potentiomenter knobs....

Tickets to see Diana Krall at the Hollywood Bowl

Going to see Dianna Krall at the Hollywood Bowl Aug 18th

I don't know what op amps they use for I/V conversion, but they do sell AD825's on their website You would have to ask them why they do what they do...

To be fair, that was in reference to modding my Denon 3930CI. Not sure they follow the same methodolody for the OPPO, but they probably do...

Talking to RAM on the phone, the guy let on that they put in a buf634 between the dac and the transformer. You don't see that info on the websiite though... They also use opamps for the I/V conversion...

I just rented the first two on HD-DVD, so I will watch those two first, then head to the Theater. I hope he gets a better chick in this one

F___'in Aye!!

Here's the thing. What kills the sound in most players: #1 Crappy analog output stage #2 Power supply buffoonery #3 Jitter it should sound very nice

Or you could build a Dynamite which dissipates 120 watts

Ahh... the M^3... that was my virgin DIY amp experience

Too bad the balanced kit shows out of stock...

Nate, What stepped attens are you going to use? Pete

Billy, Thanks for the input. Life is so busy its hard to do everything I could, or should...and I fail miserably sometimes. Source upgrade is next, I think... Speakers will be down the line quite a ways now. Cheers, Pete

Many years, Todd!

I calculate a 99.832% probability that you will be alive to do so LOL :laugh:

Assuming you're still alive...

Vanilla ice cream sunday with frozen strawberries

Well, After a moment of weakness in my resolve not to spend money... I went ahead and got the Paradigm Ref Studio 100s off of Agon. I heard them through a NAD master series pre amp (I think) and amp and they were magical. Very analog sounding on the CDs, but detailed. Superb imaging, they just sounded right. I'll post pics with them bedded down and impressions later

IN N' OUT double double

LOL... Shepherd's pie from Trader Joe's

I'll see if I can find some locally to listen to.

Can you give me an opinion on how the kef are compared to the paradigms, i.e. what kind of sound?

I am about to pull the trigger on these paradigm reference studio 100 v.3 Should I do it? Any suggestions for something different in the $1500 price range? Pete