kublakhan

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Future of CD's - Hard drive based music
Rbischoff, i have a Benchmark dac1 with some empirical audio mods including the I2S mod. I have an Empirical Audio off ramp I2S between my computer and the Benchmark dac. I'm now mainly listening to headphones and have a bunch of different amps an... 
Are you at this point??
I've been "done" several times in my audiophile career. 
Future of CD's - Hard drive based music
I haven't used a cd player for more than a year and I can't imagine going back. The only downside is the time it takes to rip your cds. I burned about 700 discs and although it was worth the effort, i think i took a few years off my life from the ... 
Value of Sennheiser Orpheus headphone system?
I'll make it easy for you. Email me privately with a price. I might offer to buy it from you - this way you could purchase the gear knowing how much profit you can make. 
What about 2 separate audio systems as one?
Whoa! Right between the eyes! 
iPod directly into amp
Just a thought: why not sell the speakers and buy powered monitors? For a while I had my ipod running through powered monitors and the sound was decent. 
What about 2 separate audio systems as one?
The first time I took acid I had all kinds of fabulous new math equations I wanted to discuss w/ my uncle who teaches Chaos Theory at the Univ. of Florida. 
ELCO cables - what happened to them?
Hahaha...Yeah, I see what you mean! 
Top ten tube preamps
Counterpoint SA-11 
Best "Rock/Pop" Debut Album?
goin out on a limb here and stretching the genre but Damaged by Black Flag was pretty amazing 
Good amp repair shop in L.A.?
Brooks. 
NYC - Compare computer rig w/ conventional?
Gmood1, thanks for that! I never knew about that site. I'll post there but of course, audiogon is like my home and would love for members to come by for the test drive. 
Help please How to remove stripped screw ?
Try pushing down hard with the eraser of a pencil and turning. 
HOUSEBOAT SYSTEM
What are the restrictions?One idea would be to create a hard drive system. Then you could have all your music on your boat w/o bringing your cds along. If you have a lap top you can just buy an external drive. If you don't, you could buy a mac min... 
PMC Speakers:"Best Buy"or just another speaker?
6moons has an interesting online review of a pcm powered monitor, fwiw.