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| iTunes download formats? Thanks for the feedback and info. Interesting that iTunes "Help" has no references I can find regarding iTunes Plus downloads.I am wrong about the number of albums available in iTunes Plus format, there are many more than 90, at least hundreds.Bli... | |
| iTunes download formats? More digging. Sidssp is correct about DRM protection of standard iTunes files. Also, Apple has introduced another download format called "iTunes Plus" that downloads AAC files in 256kps format that are not DRM protected. The good news is these "Pl... | |
| vibration and resonance I am using a converted 18th century wardrobe where I have been able to make a lot of simple but positive steps towards controlling vibration and cleaning up the sound, even for a very sensitive turntable. Like Drtalsma says, if you give us the par... | |
| how to get good sounding copies of CDs Photon46,I have a LaCie external CD-RW drive for burning. Does a great job, but sounds like a jet plane revving up on the runway when it is burning! I use my built in Panasonic Super Drive for the source - this arrangement seems to work very well,... | |
| Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300 I have no dog in this fight, yet. Blue-ray currently has greater storage capacity than HD DVD, although that may be changing (see wikipedia posts below). Looks like audio formats for movies on disk are being held back by studio decisions rather th... | |
| how to get good sounding copies of CDs I have definitely noticed a loss in quality using itunes to make CD copies for my own use on a Mac G4 compared to making direct copies CD to CD using disk mastering software. Exactly as you describe, less sparkle and space in the playback of itune... | |
| Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3 04rdking,1. The Naim n-vi is a great piece even if you don't use all the channels or the video. A simple one box solution with very good sound.2. The Arcam Solo is very slick looking, but the sound is not up to the same level as the Naim in my boo... | |
| Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300 Pzuckerman,Interesting direction of this thread. I am assisting some friends and relatives in purchasing HD video and audio equipment and have been doing some shopping. Within the last twelve hours I read an article in What HiFi about the PS3, tal... | |
| Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3 Naim n-Vi integrated CD/DVD player/processor/amplifier. All-in-one unit - costs like $6K. Get some good $2-3K speakers and some speaker cables and you are good to go at your budget. Plays movies too. | |
| Holy Moly Blu-Ray Disc Players below $300 Wait! Wait!! Don't buy yet!!! | |
| Creek 5350SE vs Rega Mira 3 Go listen to something like these and see what you think.System 1:Musical Fidelity A5.5 integrated amp and CDPRevel M22 stand mount speakersVPI Aries Scout turntable with Grado Platimum cartridgeSystem 2:Naim Nait 5i integrated amp, CD5i CDP and N... | |
| "The Death of High Fidelity" I read the above with fascination and some horror. I have some modern recordings that are highly distorted (almost anything by John Mayer) or shrill and flat sounding (almost anything I own from Sony Classical made in the last ten years), and some... | |
| Audio Dealers in Greater Portland OR Area Fred's Sound of Music on Hawthorne St. www.fredsoundofmusic.com | |
| cambridge audio 640c v2 annoying click? Boy, I had never cared about this until you pointed it out. I took my head phones off, stopped my CD, started it again, my 640C V2 clicked, a little bit. I still don't care. It has tremendously good sound for the cost - not high-end per say - but ... | |
| Best setup for Totem Arros... Try these combinations:Shanling CD-T80, andUsed Musical Fidelity A3.2 integrated amplifier (A3.5 if you can find it in your budget, or add used MF CDP too)-spatial resolution will make Totem Arros disappear, among other good thingsorused Naim CD5(... |