mapman
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| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC You are on course and have a good plan so stick to it. | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Thinking audiophiles might change the way the industry makes recordings might be taken of evidence of audiophiles being out of their minds for all practical purposes at least. | |
| Anything you liked at the Newport Show? Was anyone brave enough to put their music server on random play with a variety of recordings of all genres and types? | |
| Anything you liked at the Newport Show? Nonoise thanks for the summary. | |
| Redbook Keeps Surprising Nothings perfect.Glad to see a thread praising CD sound quality. I’ve been using Dbpoweramp to my own homegrown PC based music server and couldn’t be happier. I haven't actually played a CD in years. Alll CDs are ripped to music server and backe... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus ...what speakers do you love ? My opinion ofis probably not the best match but a decent one and still sound very good together most of the time. Off the cuff if it were me the Triangle and Vandersteen ideas would have a lot of appeal | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? The fuses are most attainable financially for the most so by that metric they would be the worse. | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? A few years back at Capital Audiofest, the DIY guys had one of the best sounding systems in the whole show using a slightly tweaked but modest cost amp, DIY speakers assembled from a few hundred dollars worth of parts, run of the mill wires, and s... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Even if the really expensive wires really do sound the best by far and the buyer has peace of mind as a result, that does not mean the audiophile who bought it is still not out of their mind in the minds of others. Most might think that of anyone ... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK OP next time I open that sucker up I will check the dampers and try that. I last dabbled with them quite a ways back. Its possible they are set up as you describe already but not sure. I know they are at the top not far apart but not sure if actua... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? When I was dating my wife back circa late 80’s, her cassette player broke so I gave her my Aiwa AD6550 cassette player, which in fact was quite nice looking and had some bling. We were married shortly after and she always remembers the Aiwa, thoug... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Business models of companies selling products with appeal to only a small market of the wealthiest individuals (there will always be some) have to charge more and make a larger profit per unit. Its basic math, pretty irrefutable. But there still h... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? DNM Reson ICs still my personal favorites. Minimalist design sounds great and can only cost so much. As long as lack of shielding is not an issue for any particular case.Pangea AC14 power cords for source devices are built like a tank and do quite... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Oh wait, yes its been at least a week I think since expensive audio toys last came up.Did prices go up again since then? Inflation is a bugger! if only wages could keep up... | |
| Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK OPI put mine on both close to the top but not touching. I have heard microphonic effects in the sound from time to time in the past with no dampers on and this seems to solve the problem though I am sure there are other ways as well. I think GK ... |