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| Looking for new DAC: one box or two? I love the Lampizator dacs. I use a Level 4. You might want to do some research. Also, while you are at it you could also check out BMC or one of the Metrum dacs. All good values. | |
| FLAC, WAV or AIFF question I am concerned with sound quality and so after listening and comparing wav was my choice. Many of us tend to make these choices based on the current state of our systems which at this stage may not be revealing enough to show up the differences. E... | |
| Best Female Vocalists Ballads Another one I have been loving recently is Valerie June's Pushin' Against Stone. She's not really a balladeer but she is been described as an "emotive amalgamation of blues, folk, gospel, soul, Appalachian and bluegrass". Very retro sound. | |
| receptacles The Maestro is what you want. Search on here for more info and get it here. It will give you the clarity you want without mucking up your sound or take forever to settle in. | |
| What is the best usb convertor Offramp | |
| Great female voices The songs Rhiannon sings are my favorite on the New Basement Tapes' Lost on the River album. That's a nice one to pick up too if you guys missed it. Also check out the documentary that shows the making of the album. | |
| Best Female Vocalists Ballads Top of my list would be Cecile Mclorin Salvant's Woman Child but check out this long running thread and you should get all the suggestions you will ever need. | |
| Bob Weir documentary on Netflix I enjoyed seeing "Who the F**K is Authur Fogel?", mainly because of the fascinating inside view of the business that I never really thought about. Lots of interviews with the man himself, Bono, Sting, Bowie, Madonna and others. Another one I'd sug... | |
| The sound out of jplay 6 is astonishing The magic bullet seems to be an optimized machine like CAPS running Windows Server 2012 with latest beta AO, Jplay 6 and throw in the latest Fidelizer as well. My friend just recently updated and those who have heard his system claims it's the bes... | |
| SET shortlist to drive tweeters in active system I don't see it mentioned but you will probably need some kind of external active crossover to get decent sound. To me it just seems unnecessarily complex and violates the KISS prime directive. I'd bet you could get better sound any way by equalizi... | |
| Review: Lepai LP-2020A+ Amplifier Did you tweak yours as Honda6 suggested? | |
| Is my preamp useless? Preamp does more than control volume and source selection. A preamp is also the heart of a good system. It manages the interface between source and amp and interconnects. Even so, the preamp can be a trade-off if not wisely chosen. Without a pream... | |
| jazzheads need your help: Clark terry I can't tell you much about the lp but a friend turned me on to Live at the Village Gate on cd. The sound quality is great, but that's beside the point, it's Terry and company swinging, interacting with the audience and having a whole lot of fun. | |
| "Audiophile" fuses. A comparison. Ignore the skeptics and silly comments. Do a search, there are some great threads on here with comparisons of many of the popular options. I use mainly Hifi Tuning Supremes. | |
| High quality CD recordings You should add some Mapleshade records to your collection as well. Pierre Sprey does a wonderful job of capturing a natural acoustic with minimal artifice on many of these recordings. |