ejlif
Responses from ejlif
| iPod to iTunes I use a program called iPod liberator and it works great | |
| Wavelength Proton or Mhdt Havana I have owned the Cosecant V3, Havana and Paradisea +. I had the Cosecant and Paradisea + in the system at the same time and I thought the Paradisea at 1/5th the price beat out the Cosecant and the Havana I found to be slightly better than the Para... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. I think the MC carts sound much better even the high output versions. MM carts always have sounded kind of heavy and boxy, they still sound pretty good but to me it always sounds like veils are lifted when you go to MC. I've had carts at quite a f... | |
| Complete newbie needing guidance/purchase advice I would spend that 1000 bucks on an integrated amp. My experience has been that without a decent amp you will not get decent sound. Something like a Naim 5i or creek destiny will be a solid backbone for a system you build. You could go with speake... | |
| Signal Cable - MagicPower Power Cord - need info Ok I measured and 12 is ideal but you could make it work with a minimum of 6 inches that would be with it pushing against the wall behind it. For what it's worth I didn't hear much with them either. I personally haven't had much luck with cheaper ... | |
| Signal Cable - MagicPower Power Cord - need info not terribly stiff, I'd say somewhere in the middle as far as that goes. 12 inches between the wall and the IEC ought to do it. | |
| Best optical cable from Apple TV to DAC I picked up an Audioquest Optilink 5 and it was remarkably better than whatever cheap feebie cable I was using at the time. I don't have to much to compare it to but an upgraded cable worked wonders for me. | |
| Cd player w/ digital input + volume control $2500 I say rather than agonize just get something cheaper like the Havana just to see how good sub 1k DACs can sound. I would much rather put a bigger chunk of the budget towards amplification. In my experience the amp dollars do more than the DAC doll... | |
| AU24e Interconnects - but warmer Tara labs cables would be a good choice. The air 1 is a pretty good sounding cable and right at your price range. | |
| Smooth/Musical Bookshelves upto $1500 - $2000 We need a lot more information, like your whole system listed. If you are just running straight from a PC with no DAC then that is a big problem and you should use some of your budget towards a DAC. | |
| Too many DAC decisions I think you are right on about getting little help by auditioning a DAC or any other gear in the context of a totally different system at a dealer. If you were using a dealer they should just let you take it home anyway isn't that what a good deal... | |
| Too many DAC decisions Why don't you ask advice right here? List your gear and listening preferences and see what you get back. If you are so uncertain of what to do why not try a used cheaper DAC like the EE minimax or Benchmark or even a MHDT Paradisea or Havana. You ... | |
| It's all local now I think you're wrong in thinking the end all be all way to see a band is in a huge stadium. Those have been the worst shows ive ever been to. I remember seeing pink Floyd about 20 years ago and you could see the drummer hit the drum and then 1/2 s... | |
| Best Vibraplane Compressor Substitute? So you have the active version? I thought the active version always kept the vipraplane perfectly tuned and level and the compressor turned on and off as needed? If you have the version that you manually adjust the height on then you can just use ... | |
| Album Of The Year 2011 I'd go with VHS head "trademark ribbons of gold" |