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Do you suffer from ceruminosis?
The best upgrade to my rig.Once every year I go to the Doc to clean my ears up. The best cheap investment I´ve ever made to my system.Really.Daniel 
Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R.
Mark Knopfler with or without Dire Straits. 
Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R.
1.- Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan (head to head)2.- Bruce Springsteen 
Best natural, musical DAC under $3K?
Yamamoto YDA-01. 
In Awe of "Yessongs" Forty Years Later
Even though I do not visit the Pantheon very often, I must admit "The Yes Album" is one of my favorites, next a few songs from "Fragile". The rest forget it (unbearable all of them)By the way, the lyrics are a monument to nonsense, just to be poli... 
25 watts Class A or 70 watts Class A/B ?
I´m using a First Watt F5 clone with Zu Druid Mk IV and I don´t miss my Leben CS-300 at all.Daniel 
Best Rock Album of 2014
Robben Ford "A Day In Nashville". 
Cracked glass/ Mcintosh
Just to have evidence that you have packed the amp with no damages:Do you have pictures of the amp at the same time you pack it?Do you have made a video of the amp prior and while packing it?This is what I do with every item I sell, just to have p... 
Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD
Yamamoto YDA-01.Daniel 
What's a good alternative to Pass Labs?
Why don´t you try an external power supply unit with the Mac Mini. Thus you will avoid distortion coming from the Mac.Daniel 
New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house
Hello Clio,I´ve also tried Izotope embedded into Audirvana but I still prefer upsample to 24/88 via Sample Manager, Izotope again, -at the expense of more disk space- because, to my ears, bass is better defined.Regards,Daniel 
New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house
Hello Charles,Good to see you again.Regarding to your question, yes, I´m still using the Yamamoto YDA-01, via the Music Fidelity V-link. It´s difficult or unlikely to part with the Yamamoto. I do like to try another DAC that beats the Yamamoto f... 
New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house
I´m using Sample Manager -made by the same people behind Wave Editor- to upsample batch of CDs to 24/88, my favorite rate conversion. I found 24/88 -compared to 24/96- performing way better in the bass section. Meaning, more clear bass resolution... 
Do you indulge when listening to your rig?
Right now a glass of water.On friday nights "La Colorada" the best beer ever made in Spain. 
VALVET Amps & Pre: any feedback from Audiogoners?
Daldridge76,I bought directly from Valvet as they don´t have distributor in Spain, where I live. Knut -Valvet´s owner- is a great person to deal with.Why don´t you ask the U.S distributor to get a "trial period" pre and power amps to try them. I m...