gdnrbob
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| Small form factor CDP? Rega Apollo R, should be near your budget used. | |
| Bluesound Node 2 Thanks mahler, I am mostly interested in getting music to play simultaneously in different rooms (and with high fidelity).As I said, I am using my PC's and Airfoil, which works for some streamers but not Classicsonline. I thought the Bluesound wou... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation Re: depreciation. I would say resale of new items is roughly 50% original price, in general-Which is why I buy used. You are more likely to recoup the money spent buying used should you decide to sell.Which is why, since you have no local dealer, ... | |
| Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording? The 'Little Miss America' theme from Palisades Amusement Parkhttp://www.palisadespark.com/sounds_LMA.htmlIf you lived in the NY metro area during the '60's, it will bring back memories. Now if only I could find the Raceway Park, and Lincoln Saving... | |
| Any Vandersteen 7 Owners in SFO Bay Area ? Jetter, I am the guy who bought ctsooner's Treo's, I kind of kick myself for not realizing that the Treo and Quatro share the same footprint. I probably would have gone with the Quatro's and eliminated the 2w subs. Anyhoo, it's done.Since I visite... | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Though older than the '90's, an old Adcom GFA 555 would be my rec. Besides being cheap on the used market, they can be upgraded by Music Fidelity. I still have mine and it works as good as it did 25 years ago.Mr. Pass made a heck of an amp. | |
| Why are low impedance speakers harder to drive than high impedance speakers If the former, than some of the lower impedance speakers and higher power transistor amps will be of interest; if the former, then you will be very careful to be matching the speaker to the amplifier (and not the other way ’round) and most like... | |
| REL Subwoofer Rattling Great detective work ummy01.I had a Rega Apollo that I bought from a dealer as a demo.When I moved the case, I noticed that something inside was moving around. When I contacted the dealer, he said to open it up.When I did, I saw the power supply h... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation fd,I bought ctsooners Treo's- upgrading from the 3a sigs.I second giving Johnny Rutan a call or PM him (he's audioconnection on Agon). If you are in Mass. then it would behoove you to try to come down for an afternoon. Audioconnection is about 30-... | |
| Speaker choice advise requested... Thanks for the advice 213runnin, I can see you are someone who is so completely on top of things. Nice to know someone is keeping count. | |
| Speaker choice advise requested... He listed the integrated amp in the 11th post. That was after I asked what he was using.Beernut, did you try the resistors? | |
| Speaker choice advise requested... Greetings all. This is a quasi-follow up to an earlier discussion. I currently have Magnepan .7's which I do like however room configuration is probably restricting their true performance to about 75%. So, I have been toying with the idea of a s... | |
| Vandersteeen 2wq (or any sub) in small room The Vandersteen website also has the Richard Hardesty Jounals- a very good read.http://vandersteen.com//audio-perfectionist-journal | |
| Speaker choice advise requested... I still am of the opinion that other parts of your setup are not allowing the speakers to do what they should. Is there a reason why you won't reveal the source, amp and preamp?I don't mean to be pushy, but speakers are dependent upon the signals ... | |
| burning bootlegs to HDD -- how is metadata set / maintained? I know how overwhelming this can be. I did it last year. However, it was worth it. You need a program to burn the CD's to your PC hard disk. I use JRiver, but there are other programs and I am sure others will post their ways.I use my pc to play m... |