johnmcelfresh
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| Audiophile 'Attitude' In the early 80's I lived in Grand Rapids Michigan and wondered into Steketee's Audio (McIntosh dealer, among other things - long gone). I had always loved music, but knew nothing about the high end. I was poor and in my early 20s.I'm an inquisiti... | |
| Idol fans weigh in I told my wife that I think Jessica should win but I'd buy Phillip's records. | |
| Digital mag subscription and iPad I have subscribed to "Stereophile" through Zinio, an iPad app (and web magazine service). I love it (I still have the actual magazine coming to the house, for now, as my subscription hasn't run out yet). I also subscribed to "The Absolute Audiophi... | |
| Anyone with HD Tracks download experience to share I have not downloaded hi-res (24/96) from HD Tracks, but I have downloaded a number of 16/44 albums from them with no issue whatsoever. I'll admit their download app is unusual, but the speed has been good for me (I do have an extremely high speed... | |
| Adding a source to my Meridian system Axle - I strongly suggest you visit the Hitchhiker's Guide to Meridian website - http://www.meridianunplugged.com - and ask this question. Here's what I do with my 568.2 and DSP8000 system:My CDs are all ripped lossless (if your music isn't lossle... | |
| Guitar's...what do the audionuts play? 32 year old Ovation Adamas One - the 30th production unit made, and a 1999 Parker Fly Deluxe. | |
| iTunes music for home and on the go? There is an application called Libra that manages multiple iTunes libraries for you. I use it for this, and other purposes. | |
| Has anyone ever cried listening to your system Everyone's a comedian. I confess having been brought to tears many times listening to music on my system. Isn't that why we love music so much, because it touches us emotionally? | |
| What time do you wear? Most days I wear an IWC Portuguese Automatic, Stainless. I also wear a Rolex Cellini 18k gold dress watch, and a Hamilton Stainless Chronograph for fun. | |
| Guitar's...what do the audionuts play? I play a '99 Parker Fly Deluxe and a '78 Adamas 1 6-string (32nd production unit of that guitar). Both through an SWR Strawberry or California Bonde. For the Fly I use a Boss GT-10 pedal for effects, amp and speaker simulation. | |
| Best lines in a song "Now there's a charge for what she used to give for free" from "My Home Town" by Tom Lehrer.Another by Lehrer:"When the world becomes uranius, we will all go simultaneous" from "We Will All Go Together When We Go" | |
| Why not use mains as centers Many people (myself included) find that there's no center channel like NO center channel. If your seating has no one sitting outside one of your main speakers, try running your system with and without a center (to test your system without a center... | |
| Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved? Blackstone,One good reason not to use WAV is that WAV files can't store tags, unlike every other computer-based file format. If you insist on storing file uncompressed, I'd use AIFF format, as they stores tags.There is no reason why apple lossless... | |
| Glossary of Terms? Don't go to the audio glossary mentioned above - it spawns a number of browser windows and tries to send a worm to your PC. | |
| DBX decoder software There's a DBX 224 on ebay right now - bid is at $19.95 |