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| Need advice on how to dip a toe into digital Easy and inexpensive way to start is connect your computer to any line level input on you stereo using a stereo to dual mono RCA Y connector. I started that way and results were surprisingly good. General purpose computers are inherently noisy dev... | |
| Am I an Audiophile? You like audio and spend time thinking about sound quality. So you're an audiophile." Another judgement is that if one doesn't incorporate vacuum tubes to play vinyl recordings one can't call themselves an audiophile. "Well, you can but certain ke... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? I've heard a lot of fuses over the years. I'm pretty sure most of the gear I have listened to had one or more inside. :)I've even seen a few first hand opening up units that had problems like channels out, etc. for customers.They all sounded prett... | |
| Aleph 3 - Its 2013, are they still awesome ? Its probably a really good 30 w/ch amplifier, but still only 30 w/ch. I would not compare it to other good higher power amps that would come in for similar or less cost. So its about quality more than quality. Gotta have speakers that can reach th... | |
| JJ Cale dies... I've discovered a few of Cale's recordings just in recent years and have enjoyed them a lot. Still a lot to dig into there for me. He has done a lot over the years yet is not well known. His music reminds me of kind of a poor mans Mark Knopfler, a... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon Albert Porter's system has a lot of attributes on paper that would seem to qualify it uniquely.1) use of reference quality reel to reel tape as a source2) intense focus on vinyl playback quality3) use of EM/field coil technology in the big bass dr... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon "With all the $$$ and gear he still sells and buys like most of us trying to find a sound that does not exist. "Its a scary thought to think that so many may be investing so much time and money chasing something that does not exist.How often is it... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon While recently visiting a relative who lives in an absolutely gorgeous secluded modern country home with very tasteful spartan decor, with lots of hard wood finishes and glass doors and very lively and open acoustics throughout the home, I noticed... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Adding watage alone with any speakers only means they should play somewhat louder with lower distortion. That is usually a good thing in regards to bass, especially at higher volume, but does not mean anything necessarily in terms of better freque... | |
| Best System displayed on Audiogon I smell a big Bose upset in the making here...... | |
| When do you choose vinyl over digital? Similar to Elizabeth. I have many CDs and lps also but probably not as many as her. My preference generally is CD for easy rip + play via music server. Lps are more time consuming to get/keep clean and play, so I tend to buy those only when dirt c... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Your chair resents that.... but yet, it puts up with your stinky butt all these years?"Chairs deserve more credit...... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Mapman, couple questions. Is it a BarcoLounger or a La-Z-Boy? And does it have one of those cool beer holders?"GEoff, I was expecting a refute or at least denial of my "charlatan" comment, not insults directed towards a chair. My chair resents th... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? "Mapman, really? Thought I saw ya standin in that over night line waiting for the sale to begin. :)"Maybe my twin brother. Or my evil alter ego who sometimes goes by the moniker "madman". | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Note that with the analog Y connector approach to connecting computer to hifi, it helps to use a very long wire between computer and hifi. All computers are noisy and you want to keep them as far away from your audio gear as possible. The Audioque... |