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| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Cool thread!Early high school age: My father's old idler wheel Rek-O-Kut built into a cabinet, with Audax arm and GE mono cart.1976 - Technics entry level manual belt drive 'table with Stanton 500E cart.1984 - one year out of college, big purchas... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 2psyop: Did you use the DAC in the SBT, or anexternal DAC? Do you use the Node 2's built-in DAC or an external DAC? How would you compare the sound of the SBT to the Node 2 in your system? TIA. | |
| Pest Inspection I put my system in the basement, so pests (the wife, kids) rarely intrude on my Man Cave. When they do, a gradual, but steady increase in level using the volume control on my remote will result in the pests who have invaded my space giving up on ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? rodm-2001 - Glad to hear your experience mirrors those of myself and other Ohm owners. Not really a surprise, though. Just remember, every change you make upstream will make itself known when you listen through the Sound Cylinders. And remember... | |
| NJ Audio Society? Thanks, Chris. It was a great meeting. Seeing his hand-built CNC machine (!!!) was a real treat. Great music, great sound, and great hosts. And, if you are not yet a member, feel free to check us out at a future meeting. Our calendar is at ww... | |
| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini mahler123 - As I posted above, dBPoweramp (not free, but reasonable) will batch convert files (I have never had any ALAC files to convert, so I guess the OP should check this prior to purchase). It will take some time, but it is a "set and forget... | |
| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini FWIW, I use a Vortexbox Appliance, available from Little Green Computer. It runs on Linux and uses FLAC files. To batch convert your music to FLAC, I recommend dBPoweramp. I currently stream the Vortexbox over my home WiFi network to my Squeeze... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 Thanks, williewonka! Your comments are very helpful. I am seriously eyeing the Node 2 for my 2018 audio purchase, if I am still employed. | |
| Need advice about upgrading speakers ( it might be the last one i own). jrosemd: Just a comment. I haven't heard the Montis, but I have heard many Martin Logan hybrids. Some, to me, sounded wonderful, others, not so much. I think setup and associated equipment have a lot to do with how these speakers sound. Some ... | |
| 2017 Honest Cabling that doesn’t promote bankruptcy I am currently evaluating my first pair of Morrow ICs (MA3 with Eichmann copper RCAs), connecting my DAC and preamp. The difference between this cable and my previous cable, Monster Reference, is simply jaw-dropping. The cable is not yet fully b... | |
| Usability of Oppo BDP-93 without a monitor? rebbi - With HDCD, the decoder is in the DAC. So, if you use the Oppo analog outputs, you will get the full benefit of HDCD encoding. If you use digital out, with an external DAC, you will lose some of the benefits of HDCD encoding, unless your ... | |
| Need advice about upgrading speakers ( it might be the last one i own). Sunnyjim: I don't have enough experience with the speakers you listed to give an opinion. But I will suggest a home audition of whichever Ohm Walsh model is appropriate for your room size (room size chart is on the Ohm web site). They should ce... | |
| Computer, CD transport or Network Player? I once heard a demo in a friend's home of HDD vs. SSD, same music file. The differences were not subtle, with the SSD offering much better everything. This was a good, but modest system with bookshelf speakers, and plenty of tweaks. I made up m... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? IIRCF, I think all Ohm Walsh speakers have a sticker somewhere indicating the front of the speaker, the cylinders should, too, I think. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? rodm_2001 - Congrats on the new arrivals! Unless your drivers are used, expect the speakers to change substantially as they break in. I don’t think mine were fully broken in until at least 6 months after I set them up.As for positioning, the uneve... |