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| Whats playing on your system today? I borrow CD's from the library and stumbled across "Beat the Champ" by The Mountain Goats. It's kind of a concept album about pro wrestling but it's just filled with lyrical, catchy tunes--some of which I'd use to demo my system. Very musical an... | |
| Going to try digital If you have a laptop with Internet access, just add JRiver for $60 and a Wireworld Starlight USB for $80, a used Benchmark DAC2 HGC for <whatever> and you've got a good streaming, ripping, FLAC'em digital system. | |
| Is this the end of HEA? OP is insightful. For most of my audiophile journey, the manufacturers and reviewers held the power, promising me euphoria, as I hung on their every word, and gazed at every ad. They were able to keep me in a state of constant yearning and ever-ho... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? Thanks, Ralph. | |
| What will a preamp do for me? I'm about to pull the trigger on the Benchmark HPA4 as a linestage and let it do the volume control that has been done by my Benchmark DAC2 HGC, which is feeding a VAC 200iq amp into Sonist speakers. The system currently sounds great, but most al... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Analog is largely a medium problem--how good is the vinyl cutters, the vinyl stampers, the needles, tonearms, turntables and preamplification?Digital is a data and compute problem, although the CD is a pretty flimsy piece of crap to put the data o... | |
| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? I'm a Benchmark believer. Their products keep replacing existing products in my system.. I suppose if one's speakers are harsh or bright, the Benchmark products may sound harsh or bright, but with accurate speakers, you get addicted to faithful, ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification If you grew up in awe of big IBM mainframes, Levinson ML3's, and Hummers, it's hard to shake the belief that weight matters. God knows we've bought tons of thick, sculpted metal boxes in pursuit of audio pedigree.Millenials grew up valuing "more ... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I have all my CD's ripped to a laptop in FLAC and played with the latest JRiver feeding a Benchmark DAC2 HGC. When I listen to Radio Paradise through the same laptop and DAC with their new FLAC format I'm in awe of how good it sounds. Goosebumps... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? I’m not convinced an active linestage does anything needed, but might create a sound that sounds more dynamicCould only sound more dynamic if the passive was hobbled with a serious impedance mismatch. As an active line stage cannot in any way impr... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? Benchmark Media had claimed the best connection was their DAC using their built-in hybrid gain control (HGC) direct to amp. I agree that it sounds great, but they just announced a $2500 dedicated linestage for their DACs, so that implies there is... | |
| Good FM tuner for around $1K I have a Sansui TU9900 that I don't use. Was supposedly one of the best. | |
| Radio Paradise in FLAC Yes, I've been a fan for awhile. I was just surprised that changing the setting on their new webpage to FLAC really upped the sound quality, so it should now be CD quality of a deep dig into good music. | |
| Radio Paradise in FLAC Bass is also improved. A great source for lossless (FLAC) music that greatly expands my musical landscape. | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? There's a point where high-end audio becomes more of a jewelry business than audio. Case in point, Absolute Sound not even mentioning Benchmark in their list of good DAC's. The problem with DIY stuff is that it looks too much like seashell earing... |