lokie
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| Amp for Thiel 3.7s I heard the 3.7's with a Mac and thought it sounded sublime. A used Mac 602 would be a good fit and great bang for the buck. The JC1's probably sound nice but they run hot and are energy hogs. | |
| Shindo Preamp - Home theater bypass "they don't even have remote!"What's a remote? | |
| What speakers should I audition w/ a Mcintosh ma2 JM Labs | |
| a better digital front Really great advice from Tom. Should be required reading for anyone wanting to upgrade a component. I also like the advice of working on your power and buying more music.I just got a boost in clarity with a non-shielded power cord on my pre-amp. I... | |
| ...and now a word from your anti-sponsor... I think this is all about personal taste. One person likes strawberry and another likes chocolate. Just like what you like without dogging the other guy. I love Radiohead but their music sounds so compressed I can't listen to it. | |
| Halide Bridge vs hiFace Evo vs Sonicweld 192 Pettyofficer: Thanks for the advice to search the internet. I didn't know you do that. | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Neophyle: There are numerous ways to go with computer audio. My suggestion is go the path of least resistance as you start out and keep it simple. A mistake I made when I started was to complicate the process with multi zones with a NAS (network h... | |
| Halide Bridge vs hiFace Evo vs Sonicweld 192 To make things more complicated, one has to consider three variables in this connection: the digital cable, the USB cable and the USB converter. I definitely don't want to spend the time and money trying to figure out the best combination.Which ma... | |
| How essential is shielding? How about a list of non-shielded cables? | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player One giant benefit that Jim Smith didn't mention was the access to radio stations from around the world. If you love CD's and never rip a CD to a hard drive, think of a computer like a tuner that can dial into literally thousands of radio stations:... | |
| How essential is shielding? Tholt: Your point is valid and in my case, I made the assumption that it was the shielding, but I could be wrong. I had a conversation about power cords with Chris Hoff at BPT and his theory is that if you don't have any high register nasties or b... | |
| How essential is shielding? I just replaced a shielded PC with a non-shielded one on my preamp and the difference was dramatically positive. I'll be trying non-shielded on the mono blocks next and hoping to hear more improvement. Cardas has a youtube discussion on this topic... | |
| Most soulful female vocalist Eslaudio: "four loko"?? Is that a liquid, solid or smoke?Lithojoe: I thought I was the resident smart ass around here but evidently I have some competition.Alright... lets get one thing straight, Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul. You can talk ... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player One mans trash is another mans treasure. So, rip away and sell those discs! | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player A couple observations on the comments above:1. I don't understand why anyone would buy a music server when you can buy a mac mini and external hard drive with virtually unlimited storage capability for a fraction of the costs.2, Computer based sou... |