mapman
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| Anyone using Squeezebox server on Mac OS X? I use it on WIndows.Had some issues after upgrading this past week to the latest published version.Artwork for .wav files stopped loading. I had to upgrade to a more recent beta release to get this new bug fixed.Also they dropped the handheld skin... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Many do and most are probably content and have no desire to explore other horizons. | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? mhdt Constantine DAC.I'm not sure what more one could expect from a DAC than this delivers, short of jumping perhaps into the big buck DCS gear. | |
| Which components are "stupid good"? I lot of stuff is "stupid good" when set up properly in properly set up and well matched system.The exact same stuff may sound "stupid bad" otherwise. | |
| Squeezebox touch sounds better than benchmark dac1 I have not tried the Touch's built in DAC in my system yet.Its on my list of things to do... | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. "one Trick Pony" is one I have never seen but need to. | |
| Squeezebox touch sounds better than benchmark dac1 I went with an mhdt Constantine for lower cost than Benchmark a couple of years back and have not looked back. I use it with SB Touch, Roku Soundbridge prior, and my Denon player/recorder on occasion.The sound quality is consistent and absolute to... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? In my first real component audio system, I had a pair of Lafayette Criterion short floorstanders with HEil tweeter in an all Lafayette system built around a 40 watt integrated (I worked at Lafayette at the time as a poor college kid and got a good... | |
| Speakers with wide listening window You can do better than $2K on the OHMs with refurbished older cabinets rather than new. You have to talk to John at OHM to determine if available.You can also trade in up to two pair of old OHMs with refubishable cabinets (driver do not need to wo... | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? "why should I waste valuable nap time learning modern amp technology when other well trained geniuses are working on these things for me"The only reason would be is that an amp is a component in a component system. In component systems, for best r... | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? Exactly!Build it and they will come? | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. Any universities offering classes on the social and cultural impacts of "Beavis and Butthead" yet, I wonder?I kinda miss those guys! | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? Foster, that's a very good idea and totally feasible, again at least as a tool for getting people into the right ballpark regarding good equipment choices for their needs.Question will be what is the market for it?I'll add it to my list of things ... | |
| Do you understand your amplifier? I have a good understanding of why they are good fits into my systems, and I had a decent idea of what to expect they would sound like prior to hearing, but the 80/20 rule is in effect here. You can't know exactly how anything will sound until you... | |
| Does anyone "throw away" Lp's ? Definitely toss lps in poor condition rather than pass them on. They are worthless unless maybe the cover is in good shape and you want to frame it. |