blindjim
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| Horror story turned into a happy ending UPS & FedEx' default claim denial is insufficient packing. Routinely that is their response. Surviving 'carriers' is the key to this hobby, and it's main downside.It's uplifting to hear such a positive sentiment with regard to Tyler Acoustic. ... | |
| empirical audio or lynx aes 16 sound card Check the 'corrected' jitter figures JA made in his review of the Bel Canto e one DAC3 in Stereophile. Additionally, the balance of the tested specs of the BC D3 also in that same review.The important part of it all is just how much jitter, or how... | |
| This is a silly hobby. I'm pretty sure what makes the world go 'round is inertia, gravity, centrifigual force, and all the hot air that bellows forth from congress. The debates on audio gear does come in a close second though, and serves during congressional recesses. | |
| Is the B&W 600 series a good value? I owned BW 600 series years ago, and don't recall which are the 685 equivalents. If they are the 2 way monitor types, I'd go with the 805N's if it were me and I wanted to buy BW. But that's past your budget, albeit worth the extra couple hundred b... | |
| Speaker Burn In... I doubt it can be done wrong. I've always hooked up a receiver, turned on the radio and let it play at moderate levels most often, continuously At night I turn it down but not off. I've found it doesn't seem to matter either if it gets cycled on &... | |
| Amarra for iTunes at RMAF... You're very special indeed. I thought as much. Probably just a child too.You're right on one point, all of your commentary as it pertained to me, was irelevant BS... or you would have substantiated it with facts as anyone would. I dispatched each ... | |
| Amarra for iTunes at RMAF... ntipodes_audioBlindjim, you have accused me of a few things, and with no justification. Me>> Accused? Do tell.Please do tell me exactly what I have acused you of and where I made such an accusation in my posts here? Youll have my most profo... | |
| This is a silly hobby. Try boating if you want a foolish hobby. boating is a hole in the water you throw money into.. Over and over again. you never get back what you spent. you usually aren't able to do it everyday. it can be dangerous, and safety precautions are a mus... | |
| Wilson Sophia 2--- VTL S-150 or Ayre V1-xe? FWIWI've only heard Wilsons with strong SS amps fueling them. Ayre mono's was the last incident. 400wpc. Transparent cabling. I WOULDN'T HAVE TOUCHED THAT SETUP WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY.I do see them as very capable speakers and setup right proba... | |
| How organized are you with your music What do folks do when bands or flicks are named A... ?? or The... ??I'm always torn between keeping or dropping the A & The from the names... yet thereafter I can fail to remeember I did..... but there's sooooo many A's & The's. | |
| Power cable for Transport Noise supression and quieting are not the only characteristics of the power cords I mentioned... nor for that sort of money should one expect ONLY those aspects. IMO. A larger, blacker sound stage, more extension and better bass impact and resolut... | |
| How organized are you with your music Organized? Absolutely!Everyone of my discs are in my house.Somewhere.I'm a heck of a taker outer, and very bad at being a putter backer.Consequently, switching into hard drive based music playback has been uh... better. Apart from the 3 or 4 ROM D... | |
| Power cable for Transport I'm a staunch supporter of power cords as THE place to get substantial gains... just about regardless the component.I use by definition now, several transports feeding my DAC. Regardless the CDP, DVDP, or PC, everyone of them offers a different pe... | |
| Amarra for iTunes at RMAF... Tbg10-4. Correctamundo. Everyone is entitled to their say... no prob.Congrats on this upcomning move to the Minerva. Weiss DACs have interested me for some time i'M SURE IT'S A VERY GOOD DAC. When the folks making adaptive software get on the stic... | |
| Does anyone like country The Eagles began as a country band.BB King does W Nelson's Nightlife' and made a hit of it for himself.Ray Charles made a hit out of Harlon Howards "busted". And everybody made Dolly's retirement fund by recording, I'll always love you... a big Xo... |