mapman
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| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Squeezebox and similar devices are essentially specialized computers optimized out of the box to various degrees for playing music. It makes sense to use a computer designed specifically for good sound quality in high end audio applications. Gener... | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Kijanki, Yes, I agree and have considered, but hard to justify when things are sounding just the way I want them to already. I may give a re-clocking device a try still sometime in that I am certain I could do even better. It took some time and th... | |
| Choosing a Floorstander by Footprint Size Kixo, two excellent choices for good sound with very small footprint. Let us know how it all turns out. | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." Jitter is bad but I am not convinced that it is nearly as widespread an issue with most modern gear as it was even 10 years ago. YEs, there are always ways to do better, but the question is how much matters to be "musical".I do it with Squeezebox ... | |
| Tandberg 3000a series Still love Tandberg. Probably the best end to end line sold at Tech Hifi back in the day. Had a tr-2080 receiver for many years. Sold it to a guy in Norway. Always sounded good. Just make sure in good working order and do not overpay. | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak Wouldn't surprise me if designed tone bursts change the sound for the better in some cases.I get my Stax headphones to sound their best (loosened up?) by playing at what would be painfully loud volumes for a minute or two before I put the phones o... | |
| The title is:"There's No Such Thing As Digital..." "I've yet to hear a PC system easily trounce a really good CDP."Really good is really good no matter how you get there.I've heard lots of really good players for reference and think my current PC music server based system is really good in compari... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Lacee,Just because I am not rushing out to buy any new fuses at this time doesn't mean others should not. I have my priorities, others have theirs. That's what makes the world go round. I do not automatically go out and try everything that might m... | |
| Where Coming Back Where other than here would anyone pine for "big buck" anything to come back. Yes, that's what I want, for everything to cost even MORE than it usually does already. :^ | |
| Where Coming Back I listen to my daughters Ipod on occasion when out of the house and gotta say an Ipod touch these days with decent earbuds is probably more enjoyable than most stereos from 30-40 years ago. I hope we don't go back to those. | |
| Where Coming Back "listening to ÂAja in 1977 on a pair of Altec Lansings was a spiritual experience." Yes it was, baby, but I preferred to listen on OHM Hs. :^)Darn younger generation just doesn't get it.... | |
| Where Coming Back Nice read, but of course a few cases cited as examples in an article does not necessarily mean anything is "coming back".I like this part though:"And while many audio companies have struggled or gone under in the wake of the iPodÂs popularity, th... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Here is my list of top rated songs on Radio Paradise. Anything that I like a lot typically gets a 7 or better. 10 - King Crimson - Epitaph10 - Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line10 - The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-four10 - The Beatles - In My Life1... | |
| Why does most new music suck? Here's one of the few newer songs I ranked a 10 on Radio Paradise. I tend to not do this in general preferring to save 10s for songs that have proved their worth over time as classics, but this is perhaps one of the most beautiful yet chilling and... | |
| Why does most new music suck? And the top classic songs: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (9.651)2. The Beatles - A Day In The Life (9.65)3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (9.639)4. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (9.637)5. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (9.577)6... |