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| B&W in best buy I agree with the comment that there is almost nobody in the Magnolia section of BB.Back when Tweeter was flying high, they sold Sonus Faber speakers (the home series), along with Vienna Acoustics. Because of the SF Tweeter deal, many independent d... | |
| USB to SPDIF Converters Raytheprinter - regarding going above 24/96. Stereophile recently reviewed the Musical Fidelity M1 DAC, which has been designed to take a 24/192 input signal. However, the output from 24/96 and 24/192 looked essentially identical -- dropping at ju... | |
| B&W in best buy My understanding was that BB was only going to carry the 600 series but it sounds like they have moved up the line. I have not seen higher end speakers driven by MACs around here, but I will keep looking. Existing B&W dealers typically carry t... | |
| USB to SPDIF Converters The Levinson 360s is a great DAC. I am sure it can benefit from the EVO. The John Kenny upgrade to the Hiface is also an improvement for the Hiface. As you move up in price, the Empirical Audio Off Ramp is worth looking at. | |
| USB to SPDIF Converters The Computer Audiophile review is a bit of a mystery to many people. It just does not seem to be in line with others' findings. As I remember, there was some question as to whether Chris might have had a bad unit and, if I remember correctly, he n... | |
| Help Me With Everything Needed: Computer Audio foober is a free program that many like, especially when using ASIO. The user interface is somewhat limited, although there are front ends for foobar. J River Media Center is probably the most popular non-free program. It is very flexible and has ... | |
| Help Me With Everything Needed: Computer Audio Nonoise - Many people are getting very nice results from computer audio. If you are not somewhat computer savvy, then it is probably best to hold off. But if you are somewhat computer savvy and willing to put in a little effort, it is very much wo... | |
| Help Me With Everything Needed: Computer Audio I understand wanting a NOS DAC, but if you are really going with computer audio, you might want to consider on that does 24/96. I think the Havana only does 16 bit. 24/96 downloads are becoming more common and are often much better than 16/44.I ac... | |
| i need a universal remote for a cal icon mkII cd There is an ebay posting that says they have new original remotes available. I am having trouble posting the url here, but you can just go to ebay and search on California Audio Remotes | |
| i need a universal remote for a cal icon mkII cd There are remote codes on remotecentral for various California Audio remote controls. Do you know what model remote can with the player? They have codes for CL-5, CL-10, CL-20 and CL-25. If you have the right codes you should be able to use most u... | |
| If your whole system costs $40,000.... On my $8K system, the CDP is 25% of the system cost (list price). Lower costs players are just not good enough.On my $40K system (list price), the CDP is about 5% of the cost, and the analog rig is almost 20% of the cost. If you concentrate on CDs... | |
| best wood for speaker cabinets ? oak,cherry, balti As an aside, I believe that some of the older, original Sonus Faber speakers designs are made from solid wood. They used multiple small pieces, rather than large boards and just the sides are wood. The staves, as they call them, are carefully drie... | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Looks like the Metrum Octave does not do 24/192, which is disappointing. 24/176 is not a generally available resolution. Sounds like it could be a great piece, but it would be nice if it did 24/192, as more and more downloads are available at that... | |
| 5+ years old $5k player vs. current $2k player Everyone will have their opinion, but mine is that many recent DACs and CD players, especially the more entry level ones, have become more and more lean and detailed whereas many older ones are often richer and more "musical". The technology has c... | |
| Cheapest way to ship large speakers? I just shipped a pair of Totem Sttaf from Boston to Geneva, Switzerland with my sister in law as excess baggage on Swiss Air. They were 2 boxes, 30 lbs. each. They charged them as extra suitcases, at $25 each. They should have charged more as over... |