kbarkamian
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| My $99.00 System Hopefully I'm not getting too personal here...I'd be very willing to bet the system was taken out of spite. I'm sure she couldn't care less how much it was worth; the only thing that mattered was what it meant to him.I'm happily married and have n... | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? I'm hesitant about buying pretty much anything over a few years old. I bought a Bryston B60 that was about 8 years old at the time. If it didn't have 12 years of warranty left, I'd have passed. It's easily the most solid audio investment I've made... | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? Naim reportedly "re-caps" pretty much everything they've made. The US service center does this as well. I think the only thing the US service center won't re-cap is the original Nait. | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? I'm hesitant about buying pretty much anything over a few years old. I bought a Bryston B60 that was about 8 years old at the time. If it didn't have 12 years of warranty left, I'd have passed. It's easily the most solid audio investment I've made... | |
| Best budget speakers for near-field/small space You can pick up a pair of active Quad L12 used for well under your budget. A friend had the in pretty much the same circumstances you'll have them in. They performed very well. No matter what you buy, try and get a good set of stands if at all pos... | |
| Best Speakers match for NAD C372 I really like the NAD & PSB pairing. I've owned different combos of them in the past and it was always a very synergistic pairing. As stated earlier both are owned by the same parent company, and I'd be very surprised if they didn't use each o... | |
| Wadia 170i Transport + DAC From Benchmark's website:"Jitter is a type of clock error that, if not properly addressed, can cause the D-to-A to misfire. The result of these misfires is a non-musical, digital distortion.Many modern (and expensive) converters suffer from severe... | |
| Wadia 170i Ipod Dock Vs Onkyo ND S1 Ipod Dock Does the USB adaptor bypass the internal DAC? | |
| Wadia 170i Transport + DAC The iTransport has high jitter. The Benchmark does a very good job handling jitter. The Music Hall, not so much.Everyone's ears are different. Preferences sometimes are more important that neutrality. | |
| NAIM HDX Its impossible to quantify how much better it'll sound. 8 times better seems pretty close though.In all seriousness, it'll be a very big upgrade if you're system's good enough to show all the differences. The Planet's a great CDP, the HDX is a few... | |
| Sub $1k Power Amp to pair with Bryston B-60 The problem is the 685s, not the B60. You're hearing the speakers' limits. I've owned a B60 for about 4 years now and know it very well. I've heard it drive more difficult speakers than yours without issues. My room size is similar to yours, and m... | |
| Is it possible? A good solution? I say keep the analog analog, and the digital digital. The more pieces you add, the more the signal gets changed. Rarely does changing the original signal work out for the better. There's always exceptions though.People debate vinyl vs digital ad ... | |
| Exposure 2010S bi-amp to ATC 11 Speakers How would the power not be increased by bi-amping? Your intergated would power the tweeter, and the power amp would power the woofer. ATCs require a ton of power to open up. They're also ruthlessly revealing of anything upstream, so you need good ... | |
| If money were no object, what would be in your rig Recorded music can only get so good. I'd eliminate that weakness by building my own concert hall. A small venue with about 100 or so comfortable seats in a sonically perfect room, a fully stocked and staffed bar and grill, and a walk in humidor wo... | |
| Stairway to heaven I heard an acoustic cover version of Stairway with no vocals while shopping in the Lucky Brand Store a while back. It was excellent. Not sure who performed it. Anyone have any idea?Not that it was better than the original, just a refreshing take o... |