johnss
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| Need Reel to Reel Tape Primer Sources I don't think the A5500 will handle the high bias tapes like 996 or Emtec 900.There is plenty of NOS scotch 206 and 207, as well as maxell UDxl on ebay to source from. | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Really depends on the resolution ability of your system the audio signal is going through. On many systems, you wont hear a difference. On a high res. system, a NAS has a less darker background than a spinning HD, which is not as quiet as a solid ... | |
| Computer Speakers Not made in China Using the existing built in sound card on the mother board is a big drop in perfrmance. You will need an amp of some sort. I picked up a pair of Infinity kappa 200s (boookshelf size) make in Denmark for 220 a pair used. Am using an M-audio Audioph... | |
| Ripping to Mac OSX Ricky, as long as you are using WAV as a file format, I don't think the ripping part will make a huge diff. Audio card will def. make a dif.Other comments:1. as your music collection grows, you may quickly get beyond the typical artist, album type... | |
| Windows Media Player I would be more concerned with teh sound card I was using than the plybck softwr | |
| New Adcom GFA-555 se - Special Edition The orig. 555 II sold a lot of copies, and was a good value for the dollar. having said that, it would still just about tear your ears off with its harsh high frequency response. I have worked on a number of the 555 II. They can be made to sound p... | |
| Analog upgrade path for less than $1200 go with the KAB technics, it can not be beat for the $$ as long as you go with Kevin's arm re-wire, dampener trough, and PS upgrades. | |
| thoughts on the Madrigal Carnegie One Like others have posted, I have a carn. one. as well as several Benz carts. I have not had a problem with elastomer, as with some other MCs. The one thing you will need as Mepearson points out, is a quiet MC head amp. The output V on the Carn. see... | |
| Recommendations for 5-Disc Carousel Player Oldmandave, wh buy another player. opt for a media server where you can have yor cake and eat it too.best | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? no cd player, media server playing full WAV files | |
| PC, Lynx AES16 card, Berkeley DAC... What else? Redwoodgarden, sounds like you are going in the right direction. The new Bryston DAC is supposed to be quite good as well. I think you have all the pieces. One thing you may want to add is a netbook PC, link it to your server via wifi, and now you... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? A 4.5 TB server with a MF Trivista DAC. | |
| Using Samsung DVD player as CD player? Robert, your other option would be to use the samsung dvd player, and feed the digital out to the little MF VDAC. If you search the postings you should find some very pos. comments on its sound quality. YOu can buy the VDAC new for 299 on line fro... | |
| Will I benefit with 20 or 15 amp dedicated lines Bill, you can use either 20 or 15 amp breaker, just be sure to use 12GA wire in your new dedicated circuit. Most electricians will use 14ga wire for a 15 amp circuit. One other thing to mention too. Before you plug the breaker into the panel, look... | |
| Do all computers output digital thru USB? on your PC you can also pull the digital audio off the PCI or PCIe bus, if you have the right card, and go to AES/EBU. |