johnnyb53
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| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? 10-08-12: TmsoroskActually CD's don't spin at high rates as someone above has stated. I'm not sure of what RPM they turn at but if you've ever watched a CD player operate with the top off you will see that it turns much slower than an LP.What time... | |
| Opinons on Ortofon 2M Bronze vs. Benz Micro Gold What's your turntable and tonearm? Those are a couple of great candidates for high output cartridges in that price range, but so is the Audio Technica AT150MLX (available for significantly less at lpgear.com), the Grado Reference Platinum or Sonat... | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? 10-06-12: NonoiseDoes anyone here know if it's true that a CDP has no jitter as stated in the article in question? It's one thing to knock the guy and how he came to his conclusions but I haven't seen a refutation of the no jitter issue.Even if th... | |
| What's Technics SL-1200MK2 worth? ^^^I've been using the Audio Technica AT150MLX on my SL1210M5G for 4-1/2 years now. It is a great match. In my case, it could turn bright if the cartridge wasn't seeing a 100-200 (preferably 150) pF capacitive load. It also helps to wrap the tonea... | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? He can throw all the numbers and "logic" at me that he wants, but it doesn't explain why my shoulders hunch and my brow furrows when digitally sourced music is playing, and I relax and have a positive emotional response to analog. 24-bit adds noth... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? I got a private email from an A-goner about using the Dragonfly between his computer and the Outlaw OAW3 wireless system to wirelessly connect his computer to his stereo. However, the return address was no reply@audiogon.com so my reply got bounce... | |
| Analog upgrade advice. Cardas blocks? How about getting a big 3.5" (8.9 cm) thick butcher block cutting board to put your turntable on? And swap out the stock feet for Vibrapod Cones and Isolators. I got a pretty dramatic improvement in clarity, dynamics, and lowered no... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? 10-02-12: ZealThe set up with windows is about the same. Wondering if it would work with YouTube, Skype and things like that as well.Yes, of course. All sound coming from or through the computer starts in digital form and has been decoded by the c... | |
| Apple TV 1080P version and Marantz SA8004 I haven't heard AppleTV into the SA8004's DAC, but I'm primarily an analog/vinyl listener too, and I have heard the SA8004. I was very impressed. Many times I find digital playback to sound thin and threadbare, but the SA8004, even playing a std. ... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? 10-02-12: ZealHow does the Music Streamer II compare to the Dragonfly? One would think that a USB connection would be better then a single wire. Anybody make a comparison yet?By that do you mean that the Dragonfly plugs directly into a computer's ... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? Philojet: I'm also cheap but am addicted to good cables. I already mentioned a couple of excellent stereo mini-to-RCA iPod style interconnects, and I own some of each. The first is the Zu Audio Mission iPod cable. This is a cable designed to sell ... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? 09-30-12: PhiljoletI find it interesting that you are not especially interested in keeping the Dragonfly, I thought you liked it pretty well in your thread.I do like it, at least in principle. It's a clever, well-packaged, robust, well-thought-out... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? 09-30-12: ZealCan you use the Dragonfly just to stream internet radio? Does i-tunes have free streaming? How about playing CD's on your computer to your Stereo?Whatever you can use your computer for for music, you can use it with a Dragonfly. I do... | |
| SSD Type Drives Better? Don't you get pretty much the same benefit from iTunes plug-ins such as Audirvana which enable you to set aside a certain amount of RAM to buffer music files from disk? Audirvana Plus is only $50, a lot cheaper than any SSD drive, and a lot more v... | |
| Has anyone heard the Audioquest Dragonfly? I started a thread nearly 2 weeks ago, "Any other AQ Dragonfly Early Adopters out there?"I've been dinking around with a Dragonfly since Sept. 17 with my new MacBook Pro. It's a pretty cool gizmo and incrementally improves the sound over the analo... |