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| Best $2K TT Package for VAC A VPI Scout w/ JMW 9 arm and Dynavector 10X cartridge purchased new will fit right into your $2k budget. This whole setup is also upgradeable in affordable increments: Scout ---> ScoutmasterJMW 9 ----> JMW 9 Signature (or Plus)Add an SDSAdd ... | |
| Best Country/Rock - Poll Acknowledging that Pmarcian already mentioned the New Riders, I will be more specific and recommend the New Riders of the Purple Sage's first LP, "NRPS," which includes not only the immortal "Henry," but songs like "Glendale Train" and "Portland W... | |
| Which CD with Volume control up to $3500 You might check out this Wadia 850 w/ GNSC mods on A-gon right now, though its a few dollars above your target. And no, I am not the seller. But I own a GNSC modded Wadia 861, and it is extremely good.http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlpla... | |
| Ripping and Tagging Services Marco:Ah yes...you are right again. I was not thinking in terms of using I-Tunes, but was just thinking in terms of creating a generic WAV file (I use EAC, not I-Tunes). While I do not profess to be an expert on these things, I understand that I-T... | |
| Ripping and Tagging Services You can't add tags to WAV files. | |
| What upgrade to my scoutmaster system next? IMHO, the $700 (w/ tradein) upgrade to the JMW9 Signature was well worth the price of admission. The better imaging, better defined (and wider/deeper) soundstage, and tighter bass was a significant and obvious step up. That's my 2 cents. YMMV. | |
| Which cartridge is the Imaging/soundstaging champ In a different vein, I noticed when I upgraded from the JMW9 tonearm to the JMW9 Signature on my Scoutmaster, that the stability of the imaging, the width and depth of soundstage and the weight and substance of instruments and vocals improved sign... | |
| After ripping with EAC, what? Squeezebox does have an internal DAC, but IMHO the best results can be had by using an external DAC. Squeezebox has both coax and optical digital out, so you can feed the digital signal to your own DAC. I'm using a Benchmark DAC1 right now with ex... | |
| After ripping with EAC, what? If you rip to WAV, then the tags are not going to be recognized. I use EAC to rip to FLAC, which you can integrate with EAC to add tags. Check out this site for detailed instructions.http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htmAlso this site will h... | |
| VPI JMW-9 Signature Questions Thanks for all your feedback. I'll let the tonearm burn in for >50 hours or so, then start experimenting with the damping oil. I'm still not convinced that I need more/better anti-skating, but at least I know I can install that mousetrap if I n... | |
| Wall mount rack options for all components Gthirteen:In regards to your need for shelves that are larger than the Target, I actually use a larger granite shelf on my top shelf of the VW2. It's pretty easy to do, just get some cones and you can put whatever size shelf you want on the Target... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? How about:Woke up this mornin' with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert. | |
| Wall mount rack options for all components I've seen one person's system set up on two Target VW-2 wall mounts. His were lined up horizontally (side by side, but you could also line them up either vertically). Plus you can replace the stock MDF shelves with anything of your liking, i.e. ma... | |
| Any info on sqeezebox slim devices? I'm experimenting with the SqueezeBox right now. I use EAC to create FLAC files on the hard drive. My computer is in a remote room, and I've hooked it to the SB with ethernet cable. I started with a wireless connection, and as far as I could tell,... | |
| Can a PC match the quality of the best CD players? Semi:I have the Wadia 861b, which doesn't have the digital I/O boards. When I got the "b" model a couple of years ago, it was at Steve Huntley's (GNSC) suggesion because he is of the opinion that having the digital boards hooked up has a "slight" ... |