blindjim

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External hard drives and sound quality
Live and learn I suppose. The wireless security precautions seem to have eliminated that nonsense. 
The CD Player Lie?
MapmanAll was well and then you brought in a bottle of wine.Folks do in fact, agree on wine, BTW.... once they've had a couple bottles, they'll agree they're all loaded. Past that there may be an argument or two on the sound of the music. ;-)I thi... 
External hard drives and sound quality
ALLike I said it is what it is.. hence some of what I’ve said might be contingent on my use of the Accessibility softw it’s ongoing updates etc. But whatever I’ve said here or elsewhere, even if I’m misinformed, or off the mark a mite, is alwa... 
External hard drives and sound quality
Map...I'm the last guy to ask about image or video file deterioration.As there's tons of variables in my case (s), I've mixed and pulled in and out drives now into and out of several boxes over the years, all I can account for is the audio side of... 
McIntosh 402/B&W 803D Question
Personally I don't see a problem with Mac's & BWs.I am surprised a 180wpc amp won't drive them well enough, even with Rock music. maybe it does make sense after all, BWs do enjoy lots o watts.I've heard the 402 driving some hungry speakers and... 
External hard drives and sound quality
Everytime I've bought a brand new hard drive, regardless if USB, NAS, or just another one to put into the box, the music files or video files I put onto it sound fresher, crisper, more open and just better overall.So there’s something to be said ... 
Looking for reasonably priced sound diffusion.
I’ve a couple Q’s here myself, please. … and maybe an answer as well for the OP…. or at least an alternative choiceFirst… How low a ceiling does one have to have for these things to be of consequence? Or is there some specified distance from the t... 
The CD Player Lie?
Aren’t all those CDPs close in price? I mean there was no $500 - $1,000 disparity among the lot, right? I’d think that a wise way to examine different CDPs personally.I feel the Oppo are an over achieving line of digital products to begin with, an... 
Quality, Affordable, Preamps?
Get a Thor Mk II Line stage with serial numbers at or above 1000. I seriously doubt you'll do better in the $2K - $3K price range. Support for them is back as well as are upgrades. 
External hard drives and sound quality
I agree with there is no appreciable sonic improvement or degredation going onboard or outboard with the drives containing the files. Wireless G allows sufficient through put of packets so it should be good enough to allow seamless playback. Inter... 
Quick Recommendation
There's also an extended or simply rereleased version of "Graceland" which is killer too.Van Morrison too has re-re-released some of his former pop & alternative works over the past couple years or so.Most of them are far better sounding. one ... 
Upgrade path questions
First off, I’d give the brand new stuff some playing time. New is not at it’s best. Even sound cards need run in time. Your’s may surprise you.I’ve seen Creative cards used to good effect and have done so myself I’m not familiar with the name... 
Can you ever have too powerful amp for speakers?
The degree to which the volume knob gets twisted depends on the gain of both the preamp and amp (s) and the sensitivity of the squeakers…. mostly. This may or may not relate proportionately to the amount of power on tap. It does relate to the amou... 
Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps
With 3 different types of Silverline speakers on hand, Sonata IIIs, SR 15, and a Center stage HT loudspeaker, I've ran them all at various times using two different recievers.A 10 YEAR OLD Sony STRV 444 ES, (110WPC @8), AND THE MORE CURRENT Onkyo ... 
Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps
That is fairly odd to say, some speaker does or does not like receivers.Naturally, he used seven or eight different brands of recievers for his assessment, right?Critical blanket statements like those just kill me, if of course that is what was wr...