mapman
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| What is the best way to sell B&W speakers? Auctions usually benefit from a large number of participants. I would only use agon auction for something with potential unique value for many audiophiles. Most b&w speakers would not qualify. eBay would be abetter option due to large number o... | |
| Tube Preamp vs Solid State Georgelofi I'm interesting in trying a passive with 3 inputs minimum for under 500. What options would you recommend? Thanks. | |
| Ripping speed variation Rock fwiw with my gateway laptop running dbpoweramp the fastest rip speed I see indicated during ripping is 20x. Most discs seem to start ripping less than 10x fairly often then tend to get faster on later tracks. Not sure why that is but seems to... | |
| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers DukeThat's an interesting story to me. I have a small 12x12 sunroom that I have been challenged to conquer acoustically for years. It's my wife's room which limits options. I documented in my system thread recently adding a pair of isoacoustic mon... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert I suspect Johnny cash is the best one stop shopping towards that end. More so than Bach even perhaps though hard to compare. | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? When in doubt powered subs done well are almost always the great equalizer. | |
| What is the best way to sell B&W speakers? USe auction when market value is not clear. Use classified when it is. Agon blue book provides retail and actual market values based on historical sales records. Most B&W speakers will have a lot of historical sale data points to help establis... | |
| Ripping speed variation With optical media like CDS, regardless of content or application, not all discs are of equal quality.A CD reader will attempt to read at the fastest rate it can reliably without errors. How fast that is will vary widely not just per CD but even r... | |
| DAC improvements slowing down? Jitter is to digital sound much like focus is to digital photos.No digital photo has perfect focus, but the percent of error can easily be so small with modern digital cameras that practically it does not matter.Same with jitter in time dimension ... | |
| The cloud? PLex media server runs on your computer and enables hi res remote internet access ( not just for audio but HD video and photos) via web browser or mobile apps. No need for files to leave your home or be copied to the cloud which will take forever ... | |
| Using dBpoweramp I use the default as well with FLAC to minimize disk space without any data loss and works fine.I started out using .wav ripped using windows media player and converted those files to flac recently mainly to enable use with both Squeezebox and PLe... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Reb,I would withhold final judgement on Class D until you hear a well matched setup. Stop by my house someday.MD, I'll contact you via agon email about your OHM question. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Schubert, teh other sonic distinction would be between newer more rectangular cabinets with built in plinth below and older cabinets with sloped sides and no plinth. The vertical Walsh style driver and bottom port result in a lot of bass energy in... | |
| AV Receivers not using Class D or Ice amplifiers Thanks.NExt I wonder how the competing non Class Ds compare to the Pioneer ELite models these days? | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? How about the Manger drivers? They are pretty unique. Have always wanted to hear but not very commonly found in these parts. |