jimmdavis
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| PC-Based Set Up/Process - Comments? Larry, what is mod'd on your Squeezebox?I've been pondering an SB, as they appear a good value, but am hesitant about being forced to connect via ethernet. Seems like if the DAC is sitting right next to my computer, would make more sense to connec... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? I've always thought that'd be ideal, especially for music in multiple locations throughout a house... pair of active speakers + Squeezebox in each room, and that way the longest runs of cable are just ethernet.But aren't most active monitors desig... | |
| Suggestions: Best speaker/sub combo for Desktop PC Do you have to have a sub?... that is, will you use this more for music while working, or for watching movies?For a small, consumer-oriented musical PC speaker, I've found the Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 hard to beat. (approx. $100 retail) They're vented... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Mothra,Appreciate the intelligent response, specifically the example of turning up the jitter effect and then returning it to its normal level. These discussions need more elucidation of that sort, and less ad hominem.While we must consider whethe... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Mothra, I'm sincerely curious as to what you mean by "well documented that DBT's are unreliable themselves". Unreliable at doing what?... because the only thing a double-blind test (as applied to audio) claims to do is determine whether a person c... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Bin, I would go one step further and contend not only that the vast majority would hear no difference in a double-blind test, but that the vast majority of those who claim they CAN hear a difference would likewise fail said double-blind test. This... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? In a well-matched, ultra-low-power, single-tube, single-driver system, with clean isolated battery power (lemon/CU/ZN), ideal feng shui, purified air, properly oil-suspended granite floor slab, and fibonacci-sequenced room proportions... you reall... | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? RE: My post above (about 10 up)Don't know how well my point was understood, so let me rephrase. Sometimes the effect of an invention is immediately understood both experientially AND physiologically. Other times, it is only experienced at first, b... | |
| Best female vocals on CD M A R I AM C K E E. | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? We need not waste our time debating the physics (or lack thereof) of MD products. I've no problem allowing for physical phenomena whose mechanism we've yet to understand and quantify.So let's cut to the chase here: If MD products make a difference... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? The results of every double-blind cabling test ever performed speak for themselves. The reluctance of proponents/salesmen of expensive cabling to engage in such testing speaks volumes. | |
| Going to USA: Where to buy LPs in CA and Vegas? You should allocate at least one half day for Amoeba Records, possibly the entire day. | |
| Amp for rig w/ Heresy I Damn you, Pawlowski... Can you not see that I'm trying to force a decision here, rather than broaden my perspective with a wider range of temptation?!? FFS! =) | |
| What's up with the 'Piano' gloss???? To each his own, but I like "Piano gloss" only on a piano. On most anything else, I associate high-gloss black with rent-to-own furniture. Jaybo's velvet Elvis comment was dead-on.My preference is a fairly tight-grained wood veneer (maple, walnut,... | |
| Need help with my office system Looks like the big obstacle here is the room arrangement. That's certainly an elegant shelf system, but I wouldn't want to use it as a desk nor to be face-first against the wall like that. If there were a way to set up a work surface that allows y... |