bwp
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| At what volume do you typically listen? 75-85db is about right. If really rocking I may hit peaks over 85 but to be honest that is pretty damn loud. For those of you have have an iphone there is a good and cheap SPL meter app you can dowload to give you an idea of your listening levels. | |
| Great "set-up" artists? http://www.tubeaudio.com/services.htmlThey just moved to Central and Camelback if you are interested in stopping by their shop. | |
| Using Airport Express/AirTunes. Best bet is to give it a shot, I do not experience any dropouts or issues with with the AE in my two systems that use them. | |
| Is age bad for solid state amps? Any local tech should be able to recap the amp for you, if you are at all adventurous you could do it yourself as well. As Jaybo said it is possible it will be in fine shape, it could possible go many more years. | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality NKBG you are correct, it is really nothing new. It would be nice if they changed the software to be able to stream higher resolution, I don't think any hardware changes are needed. | |
| Is my room OK for Magneplanar 3.6's I would say go for it, although if you are new to Mags you may want to just start with 1.6 or 1.7 and move up the line if you feel you want more. Your room can work for either IMO, you may not get the most out of them but they are still going to b... | |
| Apple Airplay Sound Quality I think the direction that may prove popular are airplay enabled DACs, essentially a suped up third party version of the airport express. | |
| ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms?? I have them and they are fine speakers, good budget components that allow you to experiment with many amps. I use them on the 8ohm tap as that is all my amp has. Depending on your room size you only need a couple watts. My amp has 9w and I never h... | |
| Importing Artwork 95% of mine was added myself, a great source is discogs. Just go into the playlist or album and select all the songs on that album and hit get info. You can then drag the image to the artwork box and it will add it to all songs in that album. | |
| Solid State to Tubes and Back Again Being audiophiles the grass is always greener on the other side until you get there. I think going back and forth is just part of the process of figuring out what really floats your boat, no inherent problem with either type of amplification they ... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 QR - Can the side panels be removed? If you do break them in the process you can always buy 1/2 molding from the home depot and stain it or paint it. | |
| Wadia gets acquired Actually this is the American way, start a company and build it up so it can be sold. I don't think audio companies are different than any other business, the eventual goal is to cash in and retire. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? For most people music is what matters, not electronics. Playing with expensive electronics just to listen to music is unecessary to the majority of people, hence the lack of interest in it. | |
| Quality tube amp below $1k? Cayin definitley. There is also Ming Da MC34, Onix SP3, Shuguang S8MK, various Consonance models, Vista Audio EL34, various Dared models and Antique Sound Labs. Out of those the Cayin seems to be the most well regarded. | |
| Totem Forest, Zu Soul, or Superfly B-stock Superflys are available from ZU for $1400, this was a day or two ago. Quite the deal, only a limited number of pairs available if you are interested. |