kijanki
Responses from kijanki
| The CD player is dead....... Knownothing - Original question wasn't about CD but rather CDP. I still buy CDs new and used but enjoy convenience of the server. | |
| The CD player is dead....... CDP has advantage of being compact, simple, one piece solution - like typewriter. | |
| The CD player is dead....... Mlsstl - You're right. Nothing is 100% safe. I also know that backup Hard Disks tend not to fail when they are not powered. I have two backups - total of 3 1TB drives. Each costs $99 and is dead silent (no fan, heavy metal case). Somebody mentione... | |
| The CD player is dead....... "I remember when tube gear was dead, deader than dead, by the 1970's. And vinyl was "dead" after the first (then awful) CDP's came out in the early '80's.I still have most of my LP's now, & a tube pre-amp......I'm also REALLY happy"nec·ro·phil... | |
| Benchmark Dac 1 Pre Volume pot? Do you mean Alps Blue Velvet? This would be expensive and large pot (conductive plastic track). It would not even fit since it is 1" square. Tiny greenish pot in my Benchmark DAC1 is quite good and has excellent tracking even at the lowest setting... | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Shadorne - I'm not sure how this interpolation works. Is it happening also when I use program that rips CD as data (like MAX) - I hope not. Do you know? | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Shadorne - CD copy should be bit perfect only if CD is copied as data and not as a music CD. For example - with I tunes I can make copy of CD that is not readable as data using MAX (with "do not allow to skip" option). You can make 10 copies of sc... | |
| Audiophile Addiction "Everytime you have this urge to buy new tweaks, accessories or equipment, just give that amount of money to your wife, children or donate to charity!"Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah................ | |
| For a budget - True bi-wire or bi-wire? Al - don't forget about crossover components. Woofer is most likely in series with inductor that has resistance in order of 0.08ohm limiting damping factor to about 100. Icepower class D amps have DF=4000 at low frequencies - an overkill. | |
| For a budget - True bi-wire or bi-wire? You have four options:- More expensive single cable with jumpers on speaker side- single biwired cable- shotgun cable (two runs joined at amp's side)- two separate runs.Shotgun might be better than two separate runs because it might be taylored fo... | |
| Audiophile Addiction "A system that works--and works together--doesn't leave you feeling that you have "work" to do."True, unless you have Gear Acquire Syndrome (GAS) or Gardener Syndrome (constant need to trim or re-pot) | |
| Does the quality of a digital signal matter? Paulsax - IMHO everything plays role. In addition to sound of jitter that was described in mentioned Stereophile article there is digital signal processing (oversampling, non-oversampling, upsampling) and filtering algorithm, type of DAC (traditio... | |
| CD, LP & Digital Management What about playlists in Itunes. I use them to define genres but it can be used with proper keywords for any sorting. | |
| SACD availability Rwear - I have a DAC but SACD format is different and cannot be stored on Hard Disk. I can use red book layer but it is the same as buying standard CD. | |
| Audiophile Addiction "a table radio is sufficient"To be able to hear 50% of orchestra's instruments ain't bad. No distracting details - also a benefit. |