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In Reply to: RE: trying fans this summer instead of AC posted by bullethead on May 22, 2015 at 09:36:50
I lived on West 153rd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam in a grungy apartment. That was one of the hottest summers I can remember in my entire life, and we didn't have AC, just box fans. We also had plenty of cockroaches and the occasional mouse. It didn't bother me much because I didn't grow up with AC and mostly love the heat and humidity, and I had just spent a couple of years in really crappy student housing, including some of that time in Moscow, so I was used to bugs (biological and electronic). But I had some friends visit from the suburbs of Boston and they were a bit freaked out - by the heat and humidity and the condition of the apartment, but also by the neighborhood itself. I recall one friend coming into the living room from the kitchen with a look of utter defeat, saying, "You guys actually have cockroaches inside your refrigerator!" For some reason - maybe the weed or the bourbon - I couldn't stop laughing for about 5 minutes, but he was not amused at all!
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so you like the Bel Canto REF500s? I see you still have it, I am listening to some Evoken right now from it, very nice.
Glad you escaped ok. I plan on getting the hell out of here soon.
It's still hooked up to the Bel Canto DAC2.5, which I use as both my preamp and DAC in that system. I run mostly ripped CDs in Apple Lossless with the Pure Music player on my Mac and have a few HiRez downloads as well as some iTunes ACC downloads.The REF500S is great in my opinion. It's ballsy when it should be and delicate when it should be. I think it's mostly transparent - at least as much as most, if not all, A/B ss amps.
My favorite amp ever (that I have owned) is the Conrad Johnson MF2250, which I also still have in another system. Apples and oranges though. The current version of that amp is much more expensive than the Bel Canto, less powerful and of course bigger and heavier.
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"If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true-to-life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete in the future."
Edits: 05/22/15
I agree on the neutrality/transparancy.I am happy with it, I think it was a good investment for me.
I have it running from a Bel Canto Pre3, I tried the DAC3 preamp and wasn't impressed, I gather the newer DACs are better for being a preamp.
I am wondering when Bel Canto makes a DSD DAC? I can't afford the Bel Canto Black line at $50,000, here's hoping some technology trickles down :)
Edits: 05/22/15
But probably wishful thinking.
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