kbarkamian
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| Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive..... Nonpoint - Pkubica said it far better than I could have. Other than his reasons, wireless isn't perfect - there's dropouts, lag, noise from it, etc.The best I've heard is thumb drives connected to DACs that can play them directly, or through a pla... | |
| Rega Apollo Vs. Saturn? I agree. Rega just released a DAC for $995 that's supposedly a lot better than the Apollo and better than the Saturn in a lot of ways. Not every single way. A few have compared them on Pink Fish Media.I pre-ordered one from my dealer and will pick... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Easily the top album played on my system, in my car, and on my iPod - Metallica - Ride The LightningOther Metallica albums may have a better song or two, especially Master Of Puppets, but there's not a single track I skip on Ride The Lightning. Pe... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Can't see how someone could prefer Billiy Idol's LA Woman to The Doors' version, but I guess people would say the same about my preference of Stone Temple Pilots' version of Dancing Days to Led Zeppelin's. | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals In addition to a few that have been mentioned - Stone Temple Pilots - Dancing DaysAll of Metallica's covers | |
| Real Stinkers St. Anger by Metallica. As if the music wasn't bad enough, the sound quality is so much worse. Hard to believe it got a few very positive reviews when it came out. It's a great drink coaster for me now.Load and ReLoad weren't very good either, but... | |
| Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive..... The Bryston BDP-1 seems like an excellent piece of gear. I own a Bryston B60 and am a huge fan of their philosophy. The BDP-1 is expensive, but they followed a cost no object, sound quality over convenience approach. No wireless, no internal stora... | |
| Digitalmeisters - Thoughts on Olive..... The Olive stuff looks very tempting. My Rega dealer said he has a customer who bought one and compared it to a Rega Apollo in the shop. The Apollo was better, but it was close. That means something coming from a guy who lost a sale IMO. The custom... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Along with the theme of this thread, I think the way music gets distributed will dramatically change. I think it'll be downloaded from the artists site directly eventually. I say this because a lot of them currently have their concerts available f... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player I think the death blow to the dedicated CD player will be the laser mechanism manufacturers. CD only readers are becoming more scarce everyday. There's very little money in it to the big guys, IMO. They'll all make mutli format only readers sooner... | |
| Naim Nait vs. NAD 375BEE: Soundstage Current Nait? Nait 5i or Nait XS?Whichever current Nait it is (or any other Nait for that matter), it blows the doors off the NAD in most every way. If soundstaging and imaging are everything to you, you may find the NAD better though. The Nait's ... | |
| converting oiled walnut to "rosenut" color Audiokarma has a lot of guys who've restored/recompense, etc. speakers and cabinets. Someone over there may have done what you're trying to do. I'd search that site and/or start a thread. | |
| Brystrons NEW BDP-1 Digital Player One thing I saw on the Bryston Circle on Audio Circle - noise (or was it jitter?) was measured higher when multiple USB hard drives were connected vs one at a time. So I guess for the best SQ possible, only connect 1 drive to it at a time. | |
| What is the BEST WAY to download music to an ipod? I've seen a few people using a program other than iTunes for iPod music stuff. Maybe I'm missing something, but why would anyone use anything other than iTunes for this? I'm not talking about music playback on a stereo/server system, I'm talking a... | |
| Buy new integrated or vintage? If you're looking for great build, longetivity, excellent customer support, and accurate sound, Bryston should be at the top of your list IMO. Owning a small project studio, you may have heard the name before, as they're a very popular studio and ... |