altbrewer
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| Anyone else noticing inflation in used gear $? Only for the things I would like to buy. It's going the other way for things I would like to sell. | |
| Apple to Windows...Questions The current version of Windows Media Player will play AIFF files, but I don't know if there is a remote app for WMP to use on a cell phone.The most important thing for making the transition will be for your audio files to be on a medium that can b... | |
| Anyone using Squeezebox server on Mac OS X? Caudio2011 - to share the external drive connected to the Mac Mini, open the "get info" window for the external drive by either single clicking on the drive icon to highlight it and typing command-i or selecting get info from the finder File menu.... | |
| Anyone using Squeezebox server on Mac OS X? No problems here with a Mac Mini running Snow Leopard and now Lion. One annoyance, though, is that the preference pane only runs in 32 bits, so I have to wait for it to restart the Preferences app in 32 bit mode every time I want work with the pre... | |
| Connect Macbook Pro to DacMagic DAC The USB input on the DacMagic is limited to 16/44.1 (or maybe 24/48; I don't remember exactly) resolution so if you want play 24/96 files you should use a mini-toslink from the MBP headphone jack to one of the DacMagic toslink inputs. | |
| FLAC On A Mac Does the Marantz read any other audio file types, such as aiff or wav, from the flash drive? If not, maybe the flash drive is formatted in a Macintosh format. Most of the audio devices I have tried to use with a flash drive require it to be format... | |
| Navigating Mac Mini with I mac My Mac Mini is in a closet, no keyboard or monitor, connected to WiFi and an external drive only. I use a free app, Chicken of the VNC, to control it from my desktop Mac for maintenance such as software upgrades and cleaning up the music library. ... | |
| To SME or not to SME? Blue_starfish, how would you compare the SME V and the Vector 4 tonearms on your SME 30/2? | |
| Best way to record vinyl to digital? If you only downloaded the Pure Vinyl 3 beta version, you should also get the PV 2.3 application suite. The documentation with version 2.3 is more complete and will help somewhat with version 3, although several aspects of the interface differ.The... | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? If there is an absolute definition of audio perfection, I suppose the answer in my case is yes. However, equipment performance measurements are usually dismissed in these forums as being unable to really describe how equipment sounds or which piec... | |
| American made cartridge anyone? How about Grado? I believe Soundsmith cartridges are made in the USA, but I am not positive. | |
| Middle Eastern, North African music these days? Don't know if you would include Turkey in your area of interest, but I have been enjoying Mercan Dede lately, especially 800 and the second disc of Sufi Traveler. | |
| Relate sensitivity/impedance to speaker efficiency Actually, I beleive a doubling in perceived loudness corresponds to a 10 dB increase. A 3 dB increase in sensitivity means the speakers need 1/2 the power input to give the same perceived loudness. So, yes, more sensitive speakers are easier to dr... | |
| Need a little help with Squeezebox Duet. With a wireless connection signal strength is probably most important, but I have also found I get dropouts when there is a lot of unrelated traffic on the network, such as somebody else streaming a movie to their computer. Mlsstl makes a good poi... | |
| How to shop for speakers? While I appreciate the specific speaker suggestions that have been posted - they have opened my eyes (ears?) to others I should consider - I am really looking for a methodology to evaluate speakers when they are auditioned at different times in di... |