I liked the last issue very much. The 'Upcoming' section looks exiting. When can we expoct the next issue?

Hans

Thank you for tour response. I am looking forward to it.

Hans

we have printed vol4 no 1, mail list is set , should be going out very soon ..........

see site for contents, editorial and some excerpts

Martin C

Got my copy today. I like the cable test. I don't think many magazines would be able to organise and evaluate such an array. Well Done Martin.

Mine landed on the mat this morning, my congrats to the team

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I look forward to reading this, not 10 minutes ago I had decided to post something on DBT vs Holistic Listening and why I do not care about the former for my own use. I am not interested in analyzing the DIFFERENCES between different set ups or components but in which one appeals to me as a more natural presentation of the music. How do I judge this? When I can understand more of the lyrics , hear instruments I did not hear before or listen straight through a recording instead of skipping through it [CD] or taking it off [LP] I think I have made some kind of improvement. Sometimes I will try to analyze exactly why the change occurred but since I am neither a manufacture nor a reviewer it is not really critical that I know EXACTLY what is going on. I find that when two of my friends and I listen to music we usually agree on differences in sound but often disagree on preference. I can not speak for how they listen but I find consciously trying to listen very carefully to be tiring and not helpful. What I try to do is to put my consciousness in neutral, as it were, and experience the music without analyzing it with the conscious part of my mind. Our mind is far broader than the part that we are conscious of at any given time and has abilities that we do not access directly. I want to make it clear that I am not using conscious-unconscious as a rational-irrational dichotomy but as a part-whole distinction, out unconscious mind can be as rational as our conscious one and has greater capabilities. So I find that not trying to THINK about the music but trying to EXPERIENCE it as directly as possible gives me not only the most pleasure but in the end the most information.

mine hasn't arrived yet, has everyone else got theirs?

mat

Mine arrived a week ago. Very good read as usual.

A quick question to Martin C. In the Naim DAC review you stated that you tried it with four transports but the CDX2.2 wasn't ranked among the rest. Does this mean that it was the worst of the four in sound quality?

Hans

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This RFI thing is really complex as the equivalent circuits are not well understood and the relationship is different for each product and install.

For audio , one in shield ground is normal but for studios double ended grounding is recommended for everything even if there is an audio fidelity consequence.

The Rega cable is a full three conductor product so if terminated well, connect the auxiliary screen where it sounds best.

MartinC

Wow this is a tough one ............

not the same comparison

I would estimate that the hard wired on board Paganini digital control beats the externally connected ARC 5 , or any external pre for that matter.

MartinC