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| R 2 D 4 Great topic, but I can't stop at just one either: J.J. Cale "Guitar Man"-- a lighter form of blues with New Orleans influence, as compared to the the harder Chicago blues. JJ is an excellent guitar player and the trk "Guitar Man" is well titled. B... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... 10-4 Bmp, and thanks-- you've further whetted my appetite. And I agree, I'd like to see an upsampling system in the $2000. to $5000. range that you mentioned. As for now, I'm tenetively interested in Bel Canto's DAC-1. They have a good reputation ... | |
| List or discuss your favorite music As noted in an above post, I too am a big Cowboy Junkies fan, and I like "The Caution Horses" as well as "The Trinity Sessions". If I were to make one music recommendation, it would be "Mai're Brennan", self titled CD and her follow-up disc "Perfe... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Hi again Bmp; I meant to ask you about your experience with the dCS upsampling units, ie is music quality significantly improved with these devices? I don't know if dCS is within reach of my budget, but if the improvement really is great-- well, y... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Hi again Bmp; The SF UJB has to be used between a transport (or CD player with digital out) and an outboard DAC. It has two inputs-- coax. and toslink, and one output-- coax. Its purpose(s) is to 1. reduce digital jitter (a timing distortion or er... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Hi Bmpnyc; If you can live with a single disc player, The Sony XA7ES has a disc/track/delete program memory for 224 discs. The XA7 is an excellent stand alone CD player or transport-- Stereophile Class A since it was introduced. I recently saw tha... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Hi Audiogang; Early in my professional career, a friend and mentor advised me (relative to my job); "be courteous, be professional, and be true to your convictions". That advice has served me well in private life as well, and seems germane to some... | |
| BEST sites - buying used high end gear Hi Baz..: The best audio site? You're already in it. In the last few months I've put together a second system by buying used components/wires, and I think 8 out of 9 have been through Audiogon. I've also sold twice through Audiogon. All of my audi... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... Thanks to Bmpnyc and David99 for your responses. I have nothing against vinyl, but have always been curious about this aspect. Actually, I've lived through 78s, 45s, and LPs, and to me CDs were "liberating". I've never had a good LP front end thou... | |
| CD vs. SACD vs. DVD-Audio vs Vinyl vs... What do vinyl lovers do when they only like about half of the music on an LP? Do they suffer through the bad stuff or continually jump up and down to drop the stylus crashing into a new groove?-- yes, I'm serious. Any takers? I get a tremendous am... | |
| Best used Amp under $2000 for CD-50 Hi Al; It's gotta be the McCormack DNA-1DX, about $1400. And if that doesn't provide enough of "everything"; well Steve McCormack offers 3 up-grade levels. Good luck. | |
| Need speaker cables match w/system? ---Should have mentioned that I use a Sonic Frontiers Line 2 pre-amp, and Vand 3Asig. speakers. | |
| Need speaker cables match w/system? Hi Hanbt; What do you think of the DNA-1 Rev. A up-grade by Steve McCormack? (I'm considering having a DNA.5 up-graded). I use bi-wired runs of Synergistic Research Signature No. 2 with excellent results. It is mid-priced, detailed, neutral, and n... | |
| Need Cable Advice Please!!! Hi RLam..; I also have a Muse Model two DAC and it only has 2 iputs-- both BNC. Do the newer ones have more inputs? Muse will supply BNC to RCA adapters (high quality), so I use the adapters with Cardas Lightening digital cables. The Cardas are fa... | |
| What are monoblock amps? An amp category that fits between Stero amps and mono-bloc amps is the dual-mono amp. And I think it is an excellent way to go. The dual mono amp essentially has two amplifiers contained in one chassis. I've never owned mono-blocs, and have always... |