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| PS Audio PWD MkII vs W4S DAC2 My PWD came with 2.4.3 installed; a perusal of the PS Audio forums showed pretty good consensus that people were happy with the sound of it relative to the other firmware versions. | |
| New Pangea Audio AC-14 XL Power Cord I am looking forward to hearing about this, too. | |
| My most memorable ROCK moment New Year's Eve, 1999>2000. Phish held a festival for 80,000 on a Seminole reservation in the Everglades. The band played Auld Lang Syne at midnight, and kept going until the sun came up at 7:15. No breaks.I was never the same. | |
| DAC upgrade assistance needed See if you can find a PS Audio PWD MkII on clearance (check Underwood HiFi). You will not ever be disappointed. | |
| PS Audio PWD MkII vs W4S DAC2 Kng, for budgetary reasons I'm going to stick with my Squeezebox Touch until it goes belly-up. Then I'll go for the bridge or whatever updated version of it might be available. I expect the bridge will sound better than my SBT due to the extra dig... | |
| PS Audio PWD MkII vs W4S DAC2 I lived happily with a DAC2 for the last two years. It replaced a Benchmark DAC1 HDR, which I could I found unforgivably sterile, anylytical, and dry. The DAC2 had plenty of resolution, and added meat to the Benchmark's bones. Over time, though, I... | |
| DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult. Wyred4Sound DAC1 or DAC2 will fit that bill. | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... I was early in my sound journey when a mentor said to me: Go out and get the cheapest audiophile power cord you can find, and put it on your amp. I was skeptical, but ordered a Pangea AC-7.As soon I connected it and turned on the system, I thought... | |
| Elvis Presley's Albums - Recommendations needed Elvis is Back sounds pretty darn good. "Fever" (track 2) is a nice reference track. | |
| Rush Live in 2013 - Clockwork Angels Tostados, I'm a bit of a Phish head, and tend to be impressed with the sound at their arena shows. If you like the rock music, go seem them when they come near you. | |
| Rush Live in 2013 - Clockwork Angels I saw this tour in Charlotte from the 7th row, and the sound was terrible. Muddy, indistinct bass, lots of heavy, compressed guitar and a little drums. Great band, though, and great show. It was my first (my buddy is a Rush freak and splurged for ... | |
| Cognitive Dissonance Theory – What Do You Think? Here's the experimental example of Cognitive Dissonance that I remember from college: If you ask folks in a neighborhood to display a 3x6 foot sign in their yard to promote seat belt use, almost all of them say "No." If you ask a different sample ... | |
| Best rock bass player Yeah, Bach's feet are the Original Bass Player. And they rock.James Jamerson (and the Funk Brothers rhythm section that he anchored) played on more #1 hits than the Beatles, Stones, and Elvis combined. But since he didn't sing, nobody cares. | |
| Best rock bass player "Best" is indeed a vague way to ask the question, but here's what you need to know:1. J.S. Bach2. James Jamerson3. Paul McCartneyThere are others. | |
| Say Hello to the Newb Well-done, Derrick. |