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| "Dumb" Laptops Link to High End Media Center? CWlondon,Your proposal is certainly one solution, but I'm not sure any "best practices" protocols have been established. I use exactly the setup you describe, but only because I'm a computer professional and have access to cheap old laptops. I use... | |
| tonearm cable Zu Cable regularly auctions their Xaus tonearm cable on eBay starting at $150. If you catch the auction right, you can buy one pretty cheap - I got mine at $150 as the only bidder. They'll terminate it any way you want; mine is RCA-RCA and sounds ... | |
| Anybody with some thoughts on Hafler amps I agree with Avguygeorge; I left my DH-200 powered up 24/7. If I turned it off it was hours before it sounded good again. It didn't draw much power at idle. With a little modding it sounded great and served me well. David Hafler was a pretty smart... | |
| Tube takeover Bartokfan and others,For those of you who can't log in to the Times site, try this link:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/business/worldbusiness/16cheat.html?ex=1148443200&en=7966c3c77ced0368&ei=5070&emc=eta1 | |
| Vinyl question Demand is not as strong as you think it is. New releases these days rarely do pressings bigger than a couple thousand. Reissues can be higher, but only for proven sellers like Dark Side of the Moon. It's the low demand that forces prices for new v... | |
| Remastered My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Received my copy today. Far more energy at both frequency extremes than the LP, which I would expect since CDs don't have to cope with the RIAA curve. However, the vocals seemed to stay at about the same level, so they get kind of buried in the mi... | |
| can i transport apple lossless between pc & mac? If the machines are networked all the disk format issues go away as the networking software handles all that. I think Wkraft was talking about connecting the external USB drive directly to both a Mac and a PC for backup purposes. If that's the cas... | |
| can i transport apple lossless between pc & mac? It's not about the file format, it's about the disk format. The default format in Windows XP is NTFS, and OSX (10.3 or 10.4) will only read NTFS, not write to it. The default format in OSX is HFS Plus, which WinXP won't read or write. Both WinXP a... | |
| TRELJA almost In New York, 2006 Thanks Stacker! The Dynakits look great...wonder if they'll be coming out with a new PAS preamp? | |
| TRELJA almost In New York, 2006 Trelja,Are the Dynakit people open for business yet? Are they selling over the Web? A URL would be great... | |
| Remastered My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Albertporter,It's already on its way from Amazon...I'll A/B it with my 1981 vinyl and report back... | |
| Upgrade Questions My Von Schweikert VR-1s are great at low levels, have bass that goes down into the 40's, and plenty of people run them with tubes. I use them with a tube preamp and Class A SS amp with only 25 watts. They need good stands, but you've budgeted enou... | |
| integrated amp question I took almost the same path as you when I upgraded. I was using an NAD receiver with preout/powerin jacks and a phono stage. First came a new power amp, using the NAD as the preamp and phono. Then a tube preamp, using the NAD only for the phono th... | |
| The iPod and the Audiophile Samuellaudio,If you have a dock and use the line out, volume is adjusted only on the stereo. If you use the headphone jack, volume is adjusted on both. | |
| Adcom GCD-575 CD Drawer Problems The_kid is exactly right. I owned a GCD-575 that had the same problem you're having, and when I opened it up the switch contacted were bent and corroded. After 15 years and numerous moves, it was no surprise. I was able to clean them and get the d... |