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| Squeezbox Touch USB or SPDIF? I also agree with Wolf Garcia. I know I max hi-res out at 96/24, but so far, I don't miss getting higher res files to play back through the SBT. | |
| Mac Mini vs Squeezebox Touch I am loving my combo of Squeezebox Touch and Vortexbox Appliance music server. It only handles hi-res up to 96/24, but the sound, through my K-Works SuperBerry DAC, is fantastic. And this combo is about as cheap as it gets for a server/wifi player... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Yeah, welcome aboard Phaelon. Addictive is the word I most often use for my Ohms. And they keep getting better every time I upgrade things upstream. | |
| Fastest subwoofer? I second the Vandersteen 2Wq. If you have the funds, consider a pair of them, and consider an upgrade to the MHP-5 active crossovers. Fantastic subs that are tuneful, fast, and very easy to blend with your mains. | |
| New Speakers for $2000 I would suggest a home audition of Ohm Walsh 1000s. Ohm offers a 120-day in-home trial period. You are at risk for the shipping charges only. Provided your room is not too large for them (there is a guide on the Ohm web site), they should deliver ... | |
| Outlaw -- remote looks very similar to Anthem? Outlaw's 990 is OEM'd by Sherwood, and it is very similar to the P-965 pre-pro by Sherwood-Newcastle (a pretty nice sounding pre-pro, IMHO). The remote Sherwood uses is a rebranded Universal Remote. Although the 990 comes with a less expensive rem... | |
| tube pre amp for cary six pac tube amps You just missed the cream-puff Conrad Johnson PV-11 that I sold. If you can find one, or similar C-J all-tube preamps, you should get what you want within your price range. Note that models were made with and without a very good MM phono stage. | |
| Vandersteen M5-HPB Josh - I dunno if you got your answer, but numerous posts on the Vandy web site regarding this issue make it clear that balanced-to-RCA adaptors may not be used on the M5-HP. Richard Vandersteen can give you the reasons, but he warns that this can... | |
| Squeezebox touch volume question? Vhiner - you could be correct about this. I am hardly a techie. Perhaps someone on the Logitech forum boards could answer this for you definitively. | |
| Music server I second the Vortexbox Appliance. Cheap, fairly easy to use, and intended for novice users. I have owned the 1TB model since the summer. Playback has been flawless. A software upgrade did not go well, and I will soon be reinstalling the software, ... | |
| Pioneer N-50 Network Player FWIW, one thing I do know is that the NA7004 does not support gapless playback. That means on albums where one track runs into another without a gap, the Marantz will insert one. This would be a deal killer for me. Even my cheap-o SBT supports gap... | |
| Squeezebox touch volume question? Well, go by your ears, but AFAIK, the SBT volume control is a digital volume control, meaning that it discards bits to attenuate volume, reducing resolution as you reduce volume. Does your preamp offer the ability to adjust the relative level of t... | |
| Who makes a good or decent CD recorder? I have used a Marantz CDR-632 for about five years now. It is a "pro-sumer" model that uses music or data CD-Rs and CD-RWs. I use only the analog inputs to digitize analog sources. The sound is very good. While a recorded LP still sounds like a di... | |
| Starting computer audio I have the SBT and am very impressed with the sound from the digital output. With the SBT, USB issues are off the table, and, at least with 16/44 flac files, I have not had a single hiccup (no hi-res files on my server yet). Note that my dedicated... | |
| Any input on the oppo BDP-93 as a transport I have the BDP-93. It replaced a Rotel RCD-02 that was last used as a transport for a K-Works highly modded Beresford DAC. I use a K-Works digital cable. Although I did not do extensive A/B tests between the two as transports, I will say that I th... |