danlib1

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Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?
Tupac? Was he assassinated, or did he just get shot? 
Best BluRay Concerts
Try Demi Lovato if you like Hannah- Demi's hotter, and I like all her posters. 
Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?
Uh, glad you liked it, but to each his own. Thank God for diverse musical options! 
Is Singlepower still in bussiness?
Check out comments on HeadFi and you'll learn all about the state of affairs at SinglePower. 
Gallo 3.1's and amps?
Drove them with both a Cary SLI-80 and a Cary Rocket 88R- both were fantastic. 
Grover Huffman power cable
Grateful- Right after this thread posted, Schipo posted a comment about you falling victim to the placebo affect. I immediately posted a response, and at nearly the same time Schipo deleted his comments. That in turn left my post waving in the win... 
CDP or CDP/ DAC - different question
Paulsax- I think jitter from a Mac Mini can be dealt with very well by Dacs that employ jitter rejection/reduction technologies. I use a Mac Mini into a Peachtree Nova Sabre dac with excellent results. As good as my Marantz SA11 S1? Not quite, but... 
Uncompressed PC to Compressed iPod?
I'm no expert, but I think first you would want to copy the library, then down rez the copied data to MP3. Then you haven't messed with your original itunes library as ripped. 
Grover Huffman power cable
Schipo- If you can't hear any difference using various power cords then enjoy what you have. But you might want to allow for the possibility that some people hear differently than you. I am one of those people and I can clearly hear the impact som... 
Manley stingray or Cary sli 80 sig
I owned both, loved them both. But since I gotta choose: Cary SLI-80. 
Name your lame duck artist........
I'm not saying I wouldn't want to hit that thing- I just said Beyonce had no MUSICAL talent! 
Name your lame duck artist........
NickelBack, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Madonna, anybody from American Idol, and many more. 
Top 2009 recordings
Drubin- your Lowell George reference brought a big smile to my face. Good memories! 
Other than music, why are you an audiophile?
I hate having money lying around. 
What's the best system in the world?
Does it matter?If you owned the best system in the world you'd probably decide to try some new equipment. That'a how Nirvana works you know- it's a chase, with no arrival.So I say it's the one I already have!