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| Should I go to a Benchmark DAC1 pre in my system? Tigerwoodkhorns,The DAC1 pre has a single line level analog input in addition to multiple digital inputs, I believe. I would have to add a separate phono preamp also for my Denon DL103R low output MC cartridge. Suggestions for that anyone?I also h... | |
| Should I go to a Benchmark DAC1 pre in my system? Synergy in the system to match the individual's taste is always the main key I've found.Good to know there is a 30 day trial to find out.I'm not sure if it would work better in my system as just a DAC or as a pre and DAC. I could try it both ways ... | |
| Should I go to a Benchmark DAC1 pre in my system? Benchmark says their DAC design solves the jitter problem associated with all but the best vendor-integrated transport/DAC/clock systems out there, like DCS in a manner that is independent of transport used. Absolute Sound seems to agree that they... | |
| High quality music server on the cheap...sort of "At this point I just can't see investing any serious money into a single disc CD player. "Smart move going to the server with Benchmark DAC. I would expect the Benchmark synergizes well with the ARC Ref 1 to produce a musical and nicely detailed ... | |
| CD recorder? The Alesis looks very nice.Let us know what you find. | |
| High quality music server on the cheap...sort of Ntscdan,One other thing is to make sure you create a backup of the files on your computer drive periodically to some kind of archivable media in case the disk drive(s) should die unexpectedly. You don't want to have to transfer everything again fr... | |
| High quality music server on the cheap...sort of VEry nice. Thanks for sharing your music server architecture.My only question is are the .wav files lossless, in other words are all the bits that can be extracted from the source stored and not compressed in a lossy manner?If not, and everything ... | |
| Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues Xiekitchen,Yes, I would agree Seventh Sojourn has aged particularly well. There is nothing I can think of dated about it. The themes of the songs relate to the world and human experience as well today as back then. I have other MFSL LPs but not th... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music "Motherless Child".I'm thinking of the Van Morrison version in particular.Or is "gut wrenching" a better term? | |
| Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl I have "The Promise" on vinyl. Pinder/Moodies fans would like it. Very "astral" with some nice melodies and flourishes. The recording is nice as well.Also have both Ray THomas albums on vinyl (From Mighty Oaks and Hopes, Wishes and Dreams). THey l... | |
| Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl I'm a big Ray Thomas fan but I was OK with him retiring. I've heard LEgend of a Mind on many occasion and was happy to see them fit in some other less recently heard tunes like The Actor and Are You Sitting Comfortably.Would love to hear stuff fro... | |
| Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl I 've seen them 6 times, 1st in 1978 (Octave Tour), 3 times in this millenium. I agree the recordings all pale in comparison to the Moodies live today. THey have really honed their repertoire to perfection live on most any decent night. Like fine ... | |
| Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues Rwwear,I don't have any SACD disks since I do not have a SACD player.Have you heard it? Based on the differences I heard with these two, it could be mixed quite differently yet again. | |
| Time to change. But to what? Take a look a Ohm Walsh 300 or 5 series 3 (www.ohmspeaker.com).They're made in Brooklyn, NY. | |
| components vs integrated vs "lifestyle solutions" If it works for you, why not?That Peachtree looks very nice!I've eyeballed the MF unit.There are a lot of very nice integrated pieces these days. Separate components can be tricky to match properly and also take up more room. A good integrated pie... |