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box to music ratio
I guess I could add that 2 years ago I was:boxes less than $1k, music=$5kso: that would be 1:2 
box to music ratio
another factor for both variables is the number of years accumulating the music and boxes. some here are less than 5 years at it while others are 40+ years.currently (est)my boxes = $12k paidmusic 625ish CDs and few dozen LPs = $6kbox:music = 2:1y... 
A/B Vinyl/Digital
I have done some basic comparisons just for fun. I don't think I am as critical as Glory.But I've been curious for conducting an A/B comparison what is the best way to level-match a digital source to an analog source since you would need the same ... 
Neighbor Complaining...
Anyone know where I can get a cheap big rug and how to hang it?Well ikea of course! Go to any carpet place and see if they seel those clips they use to hang the rugs they sell. but the rug will only cut out some the reflective sound and the high f... 
Most musical player or DAC?
Oh, I forgot to mention that Monarchy DACs can be picked up at mfgr. in South SF.ed 
Most musical player or DAC?
Hmm. $1k for a DAC and CD player seems tight. Looks like you put a great system together. I skimmed an old post and saw you are in SF. Me too, well close by. Did you get your shindo at PP? Matt carries the Wavelength DAC, at least you could listen... 
Most musical player or DAC?
tholt I'd say you want some sort of tube in your system. What are your amp and speakers now? There are tons of threads here on this. My summary is that a basic CD player/transport with a DAC would the best value. That path also allows you to chang... 
Neighbor Complaining...
So when there Toufu is having friends over for dinner they pass the headphones around? 
Neighbor Complaining...
Toufu, your Quad 12L2s are rear ported right? These speakers are not really high output so maybe the rear port is vibrating the wall. It would not hurt to try the opposite wall but it will depend on the size of the room vs the standing wave. Do yo... 
Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus
sakahara, a great number of users have music stored on external drives. some have over 2000 CDs in ALC or WAV no way to fit that on a system drive in a notebook (yet). Transfer speed of USB 2 is adequate for music files. I use a FW 400 750MB drive... 
Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus
Apple Lossless vs iTunes PlusAny audible difference between the two? I only buy/import from CD's in Apple Lossless but I would like to stop buying CD's.Sakahara Sakahara, It is very easy to use your CDs to test the iTunes Plus 256 kbps AAC encodi... 
Denon 4306...good?
shoeYour statements about HDMI connections for 5.1 and video are correct. I am not 100% sure about "passthrough" since the definition seems to be somewhat flexible. but the video is passed through since it is not upconverted. and the audio is not ... 
Denon 4306...good?
The 4306 will not internally process these lossless HD codecs: Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio. These audio codecs are available in the BluRay and HD-DVD formats.The HDMI on the 4306 is version 1.1. Version 1.3 is needed for the HD audio codec... 
Can good speakers take edge off digital?
I mention this since others suggested a NOS DAC to address the "digital edge." Toufu is using a Monarchy NM24 DAC. This DAC -is- a non-oversampling(NOS) tube DAC. This DAC uses Burr Brown PCM1704 chips which are 24bit, but do not over- or up- samp... 
Can good speakers take edge off digital?
02-07-09: ToufuI am using Monarchy NM24 tube DAC and Marantz SA-15S1 SACD player.I have a monarchy nm24 as well, no edginess when using it with my powered monitors or my devores. I use a computer source. I am sure you know that the monarchy DAC's ...