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| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll I'm with Audiofeil. As much as I've tried to convince myself otherwise over the years, no other rock and roll act is/was in the same league as the Beatles. It's sad but true.Maybe rock and roll has finally truly died. Maybe still it will be resurr... | |
| Is dirty power the culprit? Are you playing the same source material when comparing?Seems like an obvious thing but, if not, then this is a likely culprit. Not all recordings are created equal. Mood/disposition towards listening is another likely factor.Power? Maybe. That mi... | |
| Squeze Box Question One note with Roku is that the Soundbridge uses a a very simple and conventional remote control device. You have to be within eyesight of the Soundbridge to use it. It won't work from a different room.To control the Roku from a different room you ... | |
| Magnepan vs Ohm/Walsh ? I replaced Magnepan mg 1.3c's that I ran for years alongside original OHM Walsh 2s with OHM Walsh 5 series 3 recently (actually, OHM f-5 series 3 which are Walsh 5 series 3 drivers in refurbished OHM F cabinets).The Maggies were far more refined i... | |
| why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon? Tomb,mhdt Paradisea or Havana also I believe fits your criteria. I opted to go that way rather than Benchmark initially. I like the Paradisea very much, but now that I am also running a tube Pre-amp (ARC sp-16)that provides some nice tube "magic" ... | |
| Squeze Box Question Wayne,I own a Roku, not Squeezebox, and can only speak about the sound of the Soundbridge's internal DAC. A good external DAC clearly adds value for better sound with the Roku. In my case, I started with the internal DAC and moved to the mhdt Para... | |
| Ohm & Tubes -Part 1 Interesting.Do you think the ARC tube amplification would still be preferred running 100s without a sub or is the sub key to getting good results with the tube amp? | |
| Transport for DAC The Paradisea tube DAC supposedly reduces jitter as long as the jitter at the source does not exceed a certain tolerance as I understand it. Not sure exactly how this works. Maybe someone can explain? It is not the same thing as upsampling and rec... | |
| Squeze Box Question "If I am using a PC, to a good USB DAC like Benchmark or similar,the hard drive based music files, thru a program like ITunes or similar should sound, well great no ?"I think the answer is maybe, depending on exact computer configuration. My under... | |
| Ohm & Tubes -Part 1 "Out Of The Cradle" is another excellent Lindsay Buckingham recording to experience on OHMs. | |
| why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon? Also, DACs are hot these days for use with music servers and as sound upgrades to many players and BEnchmark is one of the hottest and most affordable good units, thus the large # units circulating. | |
| why so many benchmark dac1's on audiogon? 1. Lots of interest and users of Benchmark because it represents a good value.2. Not all Benchmarks are the same. My understanding is that the design has evolved and older Benchmarks may not be up to snuff with newer and it may be hard to tell exa... | |
| Squeze Box Question Swanny,Toshiba Satellite Vista laptop with Windows Media Player as the server program and 300 Gb disk or larger and 3 Gb memory like mine costs about $800 and works well. My family uses it for other things while it is serving up music over the wir... | |
| Transport for DAC On a different topic, but for those who prefer a "more analog" sounding digital sound, I wonder if there is a tubed DAC out there with jitter control features that are in line with the Benchmark? | |
| Squeze Box Question Wayne, thanks for those points.I have a second system that I well may try a Squeezebox on at some point for comparison to Roku. |