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| Keb' Mo' -- tell me more I think Keb Mo fills in a real gap -- that of "adult contemporary" that isn't cheesy pop. Sorta like Norah Jones. Keb Mo is best when he's playing that slide guitar solo. he's killer live as others have said. Agreed, Big Wide Grin was the cheesy f... | |
| Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES Someone in a review at Amazon.com of the new album said the SACD was being released at the same time. Don't know if this is correct, but you might check into it. | |
| Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES Good question Brian. I do. It has more variety than her previous effort. It does some different things, like there is one song with a Hammond organ and there is more creative guitar work. It's more country-ish; even has a bluegrass duet with Dolly... | |
| Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES I'm very curious how this will work out because on one hand you have a portion of the hardware industry including computer companies and presumably consumers using hard drive-based systems for audio playback while on the other hand you have record... | |
| Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES So what happens if you want to rip it to iTunes because that IS your music system? I haven't tried it yet on my Mac, but I don't want to stick this album in the CD drive on my iBook and have it crash. Anyway, the large record companies don't care ... | |
| Digital Audio Server Get a Mcintosh and use iTunes. It's the easiest and best option. You can go with a G5 desktop with a large hard drive. It has an optical digital out. But what I would recommend is get a basic iBook and a large external hard drive (I would start wi... | |
| Zanden DAC owners The Accustic Arts transport is a great one. I use it with an Audio Note DAC. Some people believe it beats the CEC transports. I also use the Norvana T2 digital cable which is a BNC cable. You can use cheap gold-plated RCA adapters from Radio Shack... | |
| Need a smaller, efficient floorstander Living Voice. 94 db. 3 models, including the OBX-R which has impressed a lot of people. Small footprint, though the OBX-R has outboard crossovers. | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? I have ordered a apir of Sistrum platforms for my speakers and a platform for my transport. Because of the height of the Sistrum platforms I can only fit one into my rack. I'll try it out and see what happens. I can fit 2 Neuance platforms into my... | |
| Tube rolling Audio Note DACs There was no mention in the manual about tube rolling or recs for such. | |
| Tube rolling Audio Note DACs Jwaugh, Thanks. The rectifier tube I added was a Tungsol 6X5GT 1957. This is supposed to be a pretty popular tube with AN DAC users. And frankly yes, my system is fun to listen too. I'm glad to be at the point where I am. Some people dis Mcintosh,... | |
| Accustic Arts Transport v. CEC v. Audiomeca I love my AA Drive 1. No need for me to explore further. Great styling too. I've never heard the Audiomecca or the CEC. CEC was releasing new models when I was searching for a transport and I decided not to wait. Anyway, I'd heard they can sound a... | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? Thanks everyone. I'm not looking for a full rack solution right now since I already have a Salamander rack that my wife likes plus it keeps dogs and kids out of the system. Someday though.Both Sistrum and Neuance offer single platforms, as well as... | |
| Salamander Cabinet Resonance Problem. Help I have the Twin 40 with the mesh side panels and mesh doors. The mesh side panels don't resonate at all (they include the rubber edging). I have a lot of gear inside it including a 100 lb. amp which may be dampening the vibrations. I have it on wh... | |
| Physically awkward components... Those Pass Aleph 3 amps looked like a challenge to handle! My Mcintosh amp weighs 95 lbs.! It takes two to move the damn thing. |