Sunday, January 4, 2009

Equipment and Music mentioned on our review page

Here is the link to our review page:
http://www.digitalamp.com/DAC_REVIEWS.htm

Here are a few lists of mentioned items in categories...

Speakers:
Dennis Murphy
Canton Karrat
Apogee Caliper Signatures
ACI Sapphire
Magnepan MG1.6
Gradient Helsinki 1.5
B&W 805s
SPTech Minis
Von Schweikert VR-4SR MKii
Von Schweikert VR4JR
VAC PA100/100 amp
Joseph Audio RM7si
Quad ESL 57
Quad 22L2
Ohm5 MKii
Advent lG
Bose sub/sat (unknown model)
Hafler 300 Series

Amps:
Pioneer/Luxman Hybrid Amps
Denon
Parasound
NAD
Manley Stingray Integrated Tube Amp
Conrad Johnson CAV 50 Integrated Tube Amp
Cary Slam 100 Mono Blocks
AVA Insight 440H
ICE-based H2O Audio S250 Signature
Exodus Audio UcD400
Aberdeen Signature TacT S2150
PrimaLuna tube integrated
Channel Island D200s
Sunfire Signature 600 watt
Aragon 2004
Pass Labs
Nuforce
Nakamichi PA-7 (stasis)
DAC 4800a
DAC4800A
Cherry
DAC/Cherry

Preamps and D/A:
MacIntosh tube pre-amp
Bel Canto pre-3
NAD C160 preamp
Jeff Rowland Capri
Bel Canto PRe3
Red Wine Isabella DAC/PRE
VAC Standard MKII preamp
Promitheus TVC rev 3 passive preamp
DACT CT-1 (volume control pot)

Cables:
Theils and Silver Cabling
Balanced KCI Gold Cable
Black Sand Silver Ref V Power Cord
VandenHul carbon fiber interconnects
DIY 8’ Axon cables

Misc Equipment:
Shanling T200A SACD Player
Audio Technica AT440MLa Cartridge
Adcom GFT-555 II Tuner
Rotel 1072 CD Player
Resolution Audio CD55 Player
Misc Terms:
Pro-Ject Perspective Carbon
Tube Box SE
GIK, 8th Nerve panels
Reality ICs
Black Sand PCs
PRAT, pace rhythm and timing
CLDjam
1.5" thick, braced walls on heavy 24"steel stands
350w into 8ohms and almost 700w at 4ohms
15A breaker
XLR inputs
binding posts
removable IEC plug
750VA torroidal transformer
1500VA transformer
thermal, shorted, voltage and over current protection
standby/operate switch

Music:
Dire Straights "Love over Gold"
Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions", "Mining for Gold" (Margo Timmins solo), "Misguided Angel"
Portishead "Dummy", "Mysterons"
Peter Murphy "Deep", "Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem"
Yello
Everything but the Girl
Peter Gabiel "Shaking the Tree"
Monster Magnet "God Says No"
Radiohead "Kid A"
Delerium "Poem", "Aria"
Paganini Caprices
Bach's great organ works
Rob Wasserman’s Duets "Angel Eyes"
Ani Difranco’s "Garden of Simple" and "So What"
Ben Harpers "Fight for your mind" title song, as well as "Burn one down" portrays the drums with excellent speed and timbre. Impressive!
The Trinity Session by Cowboy Junkies
Patricia Barbers Modern Cool, "Company"
Red Rose Music vol 1 track 6 (twenty-third psalm, Shane Cattrall)
The Belfast Harp Orchestra, Earth Water Wind and Fire
McIntosh Test Disc "Voices of Angels" (Track 5)
David Manley recordings #8 Cantos de los Gitanos
Diana Krall
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (piano)
Boston Pops
Cincinnati Orchestra
Pink Floyd
Eva Cassidy "You take my breath away"
Rebecca Pigeon "Spanish Harlem"
"The worlds Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recordings" produced by Chesky records
Red Rose Recordings "In a sentimental mood", "Misty"
George Winston "Autumn"
The Grande Piano Concert by Rick Wakeman
Red Rose "Recitative in Scherzo for Solo Violin" (track 4)
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra's "Viva", "Buddhas Flower" (track 2)Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite"
Tchaikovsky's "1812 overture", "Fanfare for the Common Man"
Dagda "Druids in the Glen"
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"

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