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Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment?
I've tried to, but my agent told me they don't have such special coverage, meaning it is always covered. I asked him if $100k equipment (not that I have one) would be covered and he said yes. It makes me feel uneasy - any insurance experts here? 
My first encounter with K2 Mastering
Bombaywalla, Thank you for the links - very interesting. Many people assume that 16/44.1 has to be perfect because Nyquist says so. Nyquist criteria requires no signal above half of the sampling frequency or signal would fold (alias) to 0Hz and up... 
Class A to XX Watts
It all depends on the amp design. Typical class AB amp will suffer slightly more distortions with higher bias (overbias) as it is shown here: http://bgaudioclub.org/uploads/docs/AudioAmplifiers.pdf (chart on page 189) and here: http://www.kelm.ftn... 
Airport Express/Apple TV into DAC vs Mac into DAC
Steve, look at this measurement page of Stereophile review. It shows Benchmark DAC1 excellent jitter suppression.http://www.stereophile.com/content/fifth-element-18-measurementsDo you know by any chance jitter numbers for AppleTV? 
Airport Express/Apple TV into DAC vs Mac into DAC
Arni, If signal from computer is delivered asynchronously like S/Pdif (Toslink, coax) then in addition to computer clock jitter there would be cable/system jitter. Jitter supressing DACs like Benchmark are always beneficial but not everybody likes... 
Airport Express/Apple TV into DAC vs Mac into DAC
Milesandcoltrane,I decided to use first option with jitter suppressing (reclocking) Benchmark DAC1. According to Stereophile measurements AE has respectable 258ps of jitter further reduced by the DAC processing. Clarity of sound is incredible and ... 
Cable Costs Relative to System
Vmhf - Even if your cables cost too much it is non-perishable stuff. Electronics or speakers might go bad or you'll decide to upgrade it but cables, if neutral sounding, might stay forever. Also, I feel that it is easier when we take one element o... 
ever been duped ordering "new" CDs on Amazon?
I've had different experience - bought used CDs at Amazon Marketplace but received new. Few times CD was brand new but without wrapper but couple of times I got one that was in the wrapper with seals. I tend to buy used because I rip it to Hard Di... 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
Mrisney,This setup has advantage. Because data on Hard Disk has no timing and is sent to AE in packets, timing is created in AE, that has respectable 250ps jitter further reduced by Dac's processing. It means that computer noise, type of program e... 
My first encounter with K2 Mastering
I wonder if magic of K2 HD lies in better mastering-downsampling or it is whole recording-mastering-downsampling process. Such recordings like Kind of Blue cannot be re-recoded. 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
Slothman,You can always be happier. I'll stop improving once I start getting orgasms when I listen to the music. 
My first encounter with K2 Mastering
Bombaywalla - I found that it is K2HD. Do you know what they do different from regular 24/192 mastering. I can understand better dynamics since they most likely use less compression for "high definition" CDs but purity of sound and air especially ... 
Airport Express + Toslink + Bryston BDA-1 = Happy
MacMini+AirportExpress+Toslink+BenchmarkDAC1+Rowland102+HyperionHPS938 = Very Happy. 
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Classe move to China
Macrojack - Great post.