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B&W Nautilus 800 vs 802D
All I can say is ... I heard the 800's and I started a savings account. The smaller B&W series just didn’t fit my style so I had given up on B&W to go with something else. Then I heard the 800's. It was all I could do to not sell my truck ... 
Best preamps under $800
Most significant improvement I have made in my system was to go with a tube linestage and a SS power amp ... your half way there. AES, TAD, Rogue and I really like the Cary stuff ... any one of them will no doubt make a huge improvement. Does Audi... 
Coping in an Age of Uncertainty
What the heck ... I might as well throw my 2 cents in. I read through most of the posts ... it's the Agon version of Row V Wade. I side with the "right to vinyl" guys for their purity of heart ... I still have some vintage stuff on vinyl and I am ... 
Stereo stand with adjustable shelves
There was a person who was posting a while back that was building solid hardwood amp stands ... I followed the link and he also built really nice looking simple solid hardwood racks. Looks like they build a whole bunch of stuff. I was going to inq... 
MUSICAL FIDELITY A5 CD PLAYER PROBLEM
Thats right - call the manufacturer ... There might be a button combo when pressed while powering up that will automatically eject what ever is inside before it tries to read the disc TOC.I would think this would be a fairly common problem - God k... 
Burning a dics for a road trip, suggestions...
I like full CD's when I am road-trippinHere are a few favorites ...Bob Seager - Live BulletJackson Browne - Running on EmptySpringsteen - Born to RunAllman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore EastGrateful Dead - Terrapin StationWilco - YHFSteely Dan -... 
HD DVD's
Caught a demo of movie trailers; the digital effects were absolutely unbelievable but the rest of the demo was what I would describe as "pretty good". The new King Kong trailer was a good example. The ape and T-rex shots looked so real and detaile... 
Ext. Dac. - is it worth it?
I'm running an older Rotel RCD-1070 with a Levinson 360S ... I have had more than a few comments from people who don’t know jack about audio gear regarding the clarity and smoothness of my new setup. I started with the Rotel just to get by and the... 
S/PDIF Input Software to trap WAV files
Brb9 SCORES !!!!!ISOBuster works like a charm ... all CD's ripped. I owe you a beer man. That is so cool. By now I should have learned my lesson. Throwing hardware at a software problem only yields more problems and wastes money. I'm going to go a... 
S/PDIF Input Software to trap WAV files
EAC didnt work with the aforementioned CD's ... bummer.PS - We got Mac OS-X to run on a Dell GX-620 yesterday. This should be interesting for Microsoft. I wouldnt try this at home yet. It's already possible to run XP on one of the Intel Macs and d... 
S/PDIF Input Software to trap WAV files
Thank you very much for the infoFor the most part I will use CDex to rip (another great open source program) BUT there are a few CD's with copy protection enabled to the point I could NOT get them to rip ... I tried 3 different machines and 4-5 di... 
Ebay fraud alert
I laugh every time I read it ... I will never forget when it all went down. I work in an IT department and every tech was dialed in for a couple of weeks. That guy had no idea that thousands of computer geeks were plotting against him. As for Ebay... 
Any good Audio stores in and around Portland?
Echo Audio (pre-owned high end) - Talk to Kurt ... great guy. I do 99% of my local buisness with him. (www.echohifi.com) Pearl Audio - Very nice store, McIntosh-mania (http://www.pearlaudiovideo.com)Stereotypes Audio - Intersting little hole in th... 
Ebay fraud alert
If you want to get a good laugh ... follow the link to this article. It will take you some time to get through it but it will make you feel pretty good about the JERKS (I'll be nice) on eBay that rip people off...http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/fil... 
Paradigm S4 , Revel F32, Revel M22 , EPOS
Eric,Ok, Here is were I come clean about the Paradigm Signature S4. ** Disclaimer ** Everything from this point on is my opinion and I don’t mean to offend anyone...About two years back I was searching for speakers and I WANTED B&W Nautilus 80...