cruz123
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| Monarchy DIP + MSB Link III DAC upsampling board? Just as a voice of dissent here, if you read the various audio forums, there are praises for the DIP and there are just as many who believe its benefits are nominal, if at all. Having owned the device, I am in the latter camp. With either of the D... | |
| battery-based SS amps I've owned battery gear, to include a Dodd battery powered preamp and a battery powered supply for my Squeezebox, which I still use. Based upon my experiences, it is my opinion that unless you just have very poor AC service at your home, battery p... | |
| First Sound preamp It looks like you're currently using the RWA pre? You don't like it, I presume? It would seem to be the perfect match with your system.Another line to consider is VAC. You can often find used VAC Standards in your price range. If you can stretch f... | |
| Two subs in a small room.... Ok, so, if in a small room, a single subwoofer will suffice, what kind of small sub would be best? Ported? Sealed? Down-firing? And is there any sub that anyone could suggest?In a small room, a sealed sub will likely be easier to integtate. SVS ma... | |
| Does anyone like country Interesting article.http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/10/23/country-music-is-the-new-rock-%e2%80%98n-roll/?test=faces | |
| Great speakers for a small room I would suggest a sealed speaker to avoid bass bloom sometimes associated with a ported speaker in a small room. I would ordinarily suggest Merlin, but I'm notsure that you have sufficient room to meet the manufacturers suggested listening distanc... | |
| Two subs in a small room.... I have two Martin Logan Dynamo 10" subs in an 11x20 room. I have the subs placed on the short (11') wall. From my experience, if you can make one sub work, you can probably make two work, but one will probably serve your needs in that size room. I... | |
| Does anyone like country I don't care for most "top 40" country, but I like what many now term "Americana", Folk, folk rock,, etc. and I like bluegrass, though not on a daily basis. There are some good "channels" that offer these genres at RadioIO, Rhaphsody, etc. To me, ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new Cary 303T? The now discontinued 308T, which I once owned and thoroughly enjoyed, was always a sleeper in the Cary line-up. Unfortunately, at $6500 there's significant competition, so it better be good. | |
| Is hdmi a must have for home theater? I don't think you're missing out, if you're able to get lossless via RCA's. Lossless is lossless. I will say that I love HDMI, as much for the convenience as anything else. Using one cable to replace as many as seven is huge for me. I've been usin... | |
| Mod my B C DAC 3, or just get another DAC? I would suggest trying a different DAC rather than modding, since it does not seem like you like the "house sound" of the DAC 3 to begin with. I've modded several pieces of digital gear, but I liked the pieces to began with and only sought to impr... | |
| Using Opus 21 digital input I play streamed music though the spdif input of my Opus via a Squeezebox and it sounds outstanding - as good as the CDP in my opinion. FYI, Resolution Audio makes a "extra sources" unit that connects to the Opus that would allow a direct connectio... | |
| Ayre SPDIF DAC Interesting. Ayre has openly loathed spdif in the past. Probably just seeing all the sales opportunities they are missing. In any event, maybe they will now start offering a spdif input on their cdp's going forward. | |
| hdmi passthrough to plasma display on cary 11a Just curious, why would you want to watch a movie using only the TV's speakers, as opposed to surround sound? | |
| Tight accurate midfield monitor pair suggestions Second the Merlin TSM. |