hudsonhawk
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| Just getting into mid-fi need advice I think for integrated amps under $1000 you can't beat Jolida. I won't necessarily comment on the tubes vs. solid state thing - but if you're afraid to commit to tubes, check out their hybrids; input tubes don't need to be changed nearly as often.... | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Brooks, A good point and well made. I'm definitely not afraid to buy / sell / start over until I find what I'm looking for. That said, I really value the input and experience of the community and plan to use that as a starting point. That's why I'... | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Gmood, The non-filtering, non-oversampling DACs are definitely something I've been keeping a close eye on, and reading as much as I can about them. I hadn't heard of the Audio Sector or Audio Note units before - they are both very sharp-looking un... | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the old Channel Island DAC? It seems to sell for under $300 these days, which is pretty hard to argue with. How did it compare to the other DACs on your list? | |
| Small form factor, budget DACs? Thanks for the great response, I'll add the Bel Canto to my "watch" list. It seems to be just a little bit more that I was looking to spendAgreed on the X-ACT - that's exactly why I want to upgrade. I find myself listening to CD the least, even th... | |
| S/PDIF Input Software to trap WAV files Well, the problem is that those CDs you listed are protected with Sony's XCP - a really really nasty bit of spyware that opens you machine up to security risks.Here is some background into the copy protection, and why it's particularly nasty. And ... | |
| Affordable anti-jitter device OK, thank you all so much for your wealth of insight. I'm starting to agree with those of you who said that I may be trying to fix something that's not worth fixing.If I were to take this money and instead use it to uprgrade my DAC, what DACs in t... | |
| Best DVD Player for Under $200 You can get the Denon 1920 refurbished for just a little bit over your budget ($239 on eCost and eBay). It's a great little player - Burr-brown DACs, Faroudja deinterlacing, etc. As a nice bonus, it's also a universal player (which I guess may or ... | |
| Small-ish speakers for a very large room? Thanks to everyone for their help. It gave me a lot of different options to think about.Last night I picked up a sub - which did solve the problem but only for home theater. It turns out (and I should've known this going into it) that my B&K R... | |
| Small-ish speakers for a very large room? Those are points well taken, Tobias, in fact they illustrate my main concern - that I won't be able to fill up the room with sound on my budget without taking a step back in terms of musicality. PSB is a brand I plan on looking at; they have a dea... | |
| Small-ish speakers for a very large room? No - those Energy's appear to be a good suggestion. I agree with you that I'm probably not going to get by with anything much smaller than that. I'll try and find an Energy dealer around here; I've actually never heard Energy's at all, so I'm curi... | |
| Anyone know of a speaker mod or upgrade service? Thanks for the tip Btheaudiophile - unfortunately the ones in the ad you linked to are an even later version of the one I have.After Linaeum went bankrupt, Radio Shack started making speakers with the Linaeum tweeter under the RCA brand. They even... | |
| An unusual problem that merits an unusual solution Just for reference to anyone else who has this problem in the future, I was able to get -6dB attenuators from Parts Express that did the trick nicely. The "pop" is still there - but it's so much quieter you can barely hear it anymore.Oddly enough,... | |
| An unusual problem that merits an unusual solution Interesting, makes me wonder if it's something with that (now seemingly ancient) Yamaha AC-3 decoder chip in the AV-550's. Mine may be popping in the LFE channel as well - but I have no sub to hear it with.Looks like I may have found a solution th... | |
| An unusual problem that merits an unusual solution I was poking around online and found this:http://www.smarthomeusa.com/ShopByManufacturer/Channel-Vision/Item/3107/I really don't understand electricity, so I was wondering - is this an appropriate solution? How much volume difference will 15k ohms... |