fredapplegate
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| Music server recommendations needed. I've ripped 2864 cds (according to foobar) and it took a really long time. A really, really long time. Years. If you're heavy into classical, you do a lot of editing. I keep SACDs separate and play them with a Sony BluRay (UBP-X1100ES) player ove... | |
| Check This Out! Lots of pictures of smelting. A metaphor for removing impurities, perhaps? | |
| Power Amplifier - Maximum Resolution & Detail! I'd suggest Schiit Tyr. I have Aegirs as monoblocks and like them very much. (I've heard the Tyr, but haven't used it in my system.) | |
| Toe in is crucial Great post. Absolutely true. I moved my speakers every week for over a year until my wife was certain I was quite mad, but at this point it does remind me of listening to music, which is all I ask. Courage! Experiment! Play! Enjoy! If I can do it... | |
| The Audiophile Song - Who Can Relate? Ow. Need those boxes... | |
| Best Music Streamer to pair with Rogue Audio monoblocks and Pre-Amp All good choices! I have 2 nodes and the software can't be beat. That being said, I switched my whole front end to a Moon 390, which incorporates a streamer and I have been very happy. I now mostly listen to my NAS or lps. Moon makes great produ... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp Consider the Schiit Aegir. No, really. I just swapped a pair of Aegirs for an ARC VT100MkIII and they are no joke. You'd probably only need one. And the resale on Schiit is so good... I mean, why not? It's less than you spent on your cartridge, ... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? @yyzsantabarbara I've read the review in Absolute Sound. And from the specifications tab in the link you sent, i see that the front firing tweeter, midrange and mid bass drivers are made of the same material. Vandersteen insists that this is ver... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Yyzsantabarbara: "No one does that with cones." Vandersteen does. | |
| if you had this system, what would you do to make it sound the best you can You have a nice system with very high quality parts. Congratulations! Some good advice so far, and no one but you can know what is going to make a difference, but as a start: Try eliminating the power conditioner entirely. You may not need it, a... | |
| A listening test of two power amps What a great post! Thoughtful and challenging and, wow! thorough. And you're absolutely right about naming the amps! That would just trigger the haters to... well, hate. "How can a $30 op-amp sound better than a 200lb amp with a 1/4" front panel?... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change It's fun to mix and match and do all the connections... You don't have a problem. You have a hobby. Enjoy! | |
| Stolen property Some thoughts: If they don't have the box that's a worry, but not a deal breaker. Ask about associated equipment, cables etc, and how long they've owned them and how much they paid for them. Know who you are dealing with: email, phone number, phy... | |
| Best HIFI Stores LA/Orange +1 Audio Element, Carlsbad or Pasadena, very knowledgeable, lots of turntables and cartridges and great setup. +1 Shelley's Woodland Hills +1 Upscale (Call ahead, definitely) | |
| Which turntable? Pro-Ject or VPI? I have a Project and a Thorens TD126. I'd buy the VPI, but IMHO they're pretty close, really. Depends on the cartridge, too. |