Recent content by discocarp

Anyone hear the helos yet? Are they "good enough" for rears in a summit based 5.1 setup? I've been thinking of adding to my summits with a descent i and stage. I was going to use my clarities for rears, but they're a pretty awkward fit in the room. How would the helos stand up? I know they won't...

If you can't get towers, scripts are a great choice. They sounded almost as good as my clarities. They are true electrostats. Placement is still not as ideal on the wall compared to towers.

I agree with roberto on the NAC. My clarities sounded way better with the NACs turned off. There is a button you can press next to the NAC to enable/disable them, if you hadn't tried that yet.

The DAC sounds great to my ears, but again, I'm no audiophile. I can't compare it with good CDPs because I've never owned one. As for XM, I don't know since I don't listen to it. However, I can tell a huge difference between flacs (cd quality rips) and rhapsody (128 bit compressed iirc). I...

Oh I can say the transporter sounds WAY better than the SB3 with no dac in my setup. That is the one test I could run, and its night and day. I tried this with RCA vs RCA. Also, I think the balanced sounds better than the RCA in the transporter as well. I also have better balanced cables vs RCA...

I can't answer you Joey because I haven't heard the SB3+dac. My reasons for saying I'd go sb3+dac aren't because of the audio quality of the transporter, but the various first gen bugs it has. I will say that the transporter->krell kav2250->summits sounds insanely good. But, I am not an...

Yep! Its basically the same. It looks like brushed aluminum. I really like the look a lot. Its not cheap gray plastic like the SB3. Mmmm.. I have money burning a hole in my pocket, but its all falling into a reef tank at the moment! But man sleepy, why did you have to show me that? :)

Thanks Kruppy. No worries though, I'm through the roughest patches of everything I think. :)

Oh and, BTW, the dual displays rock. :)

Kruppy never lets me go camping! Seriously though, I've had a very hectic few months hehe. I have one less appendix than I did on my old posts, our buyer fell through on selling our house, and we had to back out of our new house. Its been a rough summer! I still lurk though. :) As for the...

I have a transporter. If I could do it over, I'd get a SB3 and a good dac. The transporter sounds great IMO. However, its definately a first release. It has issues, especially with the optical in.

Oh, my only complaint is the remote on the 280p is a piece of crap. But, it does have a working remote. Its just very "lightly" built.

I have the 2250/280p combo driving my summits and it sounds absolutely fantastic.

Everyone have fun at the get together! I wish I could have made it.

My summits are powered with a Krell KAV-2250.