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| Best Rock Album of 2015 Houndmouth, Shovels and Rope, Lone Bellow. Enjoy. | |
| Records with words with the letter S are slurred I recommend strict abstinence for your turntable. | |
| help a rookie; 8-year-old laptop music server died You can likely find a local PC repair place to get your laptop running for under $100. My personal solution was to buy a Bryston BDP-1 which is basically a stripped down computer configured to only play music files. You plug drives off it via USB ... | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together I vote for finding speakers that you like that suit your room first and then finding suitable amplification (likely an integrated amp). | |
| Best dac used for 2k$ The NAD M51 can be found for around $1200 used and can be used directly with a power amp. Hard to think you could do better for the price. | |
| Digitally remastered vinyl record? Seriously? Of course you could just listen and decide which one you like best. I have a lot of vinyl, CDs, SACDs, DVDAs, and digital rips and hi res downloads. I have some fabulous recordings in all formats.Examples: I recently bought the Analog Productions ... | |
| Computer Audio for Dummies The most important first decision to make is what kind of format you wish to store your digital music. The best quality is "lossless" vs "lossy" (like MP3s). That could be WAV files, ALAC files, or FLAC. ALAC is proprietary to Apple, which would p... | |
| New integrated amp recommendation I owned the Ayre AX-7E and sold it and bought a Luxman 505UX and was very happy. Using with Harbeth SHL5 speakers which are medium efficiency. | |
| Phono Preamp recommendation for VPI Prime I recently purchased a Graham Slee Reflex C for use with my low output Dynavector 20x2. It was a big improvement over my PS Audio GCPH and gets my recommendation. It is only for use with low output MC, however. | |
| worst sounding great lps I respectfully disagree on the Cheap Trick Live at Budhokan--I find their studio albums to be really flat and Budhokan finally has some life to it. Great record! Agree with Katy Lied. Derek and the Dominoes is great but just kind of muffled. Bop t... | |
| Luxman vs. Accuphase I previously owned an Ayre AX7E and replaced it with a Luxman 505ux and I'm very happy. The Luxman simply sounds better to my ears. It does have decent phono input but not nearly as good as the Graham Slee Reflex C that I'm using. I also like the ... | |
| cable reviews? I'm deeply suspicious of cables and yet I think they can sound different--not always better--just different. As standard, inexpensive cables, you'll do well with Signal Cable, Mogami, and Blue Jean. I tried stepping up to Audience 24e and just cou... | |
| Which DAC She will benefit from a good DAC via the Sonos coaxial output. Any of the DACs you mention are fine--I think the Arcam is a good DAC under $500. I used to own the Wyred4Sound modified Sonos and it was great but it will only output 24/96. Deezer is... | |
| New Music Direct Catalog They are expensive to produce and mail. I look forward to receiving and reading mine each year. My guess is that the manufacturers subsidize the cost of production but it's still a time-consuming and no doubt costly endeavor. It makes me feel like... | |
| South By Southwest? I live in Austin, where SxSW is held. It's my understanding you buy a wristband that allows access to the shows and I think you can upgrade (ie spend more) to get even more access. But I think the basic would give you ample opportunities to hear l... |