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| Rip CD to Mac - basic question "Mapman - have you tried the DAC direct to amps?What is your source? Maybe too much jitter to hear these things....Steve N.Empirical Audio"My main source currently is standard issue Squeezebox Touch mainly.Roku Soundbridge before that.I also have ... | |
| The Problem with Synergistic Research AMps are a power supplies friend for sure! :^) | |
| Rip CD to Mac - basic question "Mapman - what preamp are you using?"ARC sp16. | |
| Rip CD to Mac - basic question I clearly hear differences regularly with many things including power and analog ICs in my system, but with digital, the only clear noticeable difference I hear is when I change DACs. I'm sure there are measurable differences between digital sourc... | |
| WA-Quantum GmbH's Quantum Chips The vendors clearly use the term "quantum" in their marketing literature yet provide little or no information beyond that. Those are the only "facts" provided. So make of it what you will. | |
| Wanna feel old? I saw The Yardbirds recently. Jim McCarty, the drummer, was the only original old fart. He looked good for his age (I sat close enough to tell)! The rest were very talented younger musicians. Probably better than the originals back in their day...... | |
| Ohm Acoustics Walsh F-5015 speakers Most older conventional box OHMs from the Marty Gersten/ pre-John Strohbeen era had more forward mid range as I recall. I still have my OHM Ls though I've refurbed them a bit and same still holds true there. | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... " I can assure you my system does not dictate which record I play."That's always a good indicator that things are going as they should!"Why do you even care what Fremer has to say? Do you get pissy when some reviewer doesn't like your favorite mus... | |
| neutrality vs musicality Its all semantics. You can't hear written words, so impossible to accurately describe whaqt something sounds like. Plus recordings are seldom accurate reproductions of what occurred live, rather the technical product of the engineers who created t... | |
| Perfectionist Audio Roads are imperfect. Sterilize them too!Maybe not the blonde. What does she look like? | |
| Wanna feel old? Elizabeth,I've learned to sit well back (in the sweet spot) for best sound and to not see wrinkles, liver spots, pot bellies, etc. It works! They can still sing and play (at least as of last time I saw them and have not read anything more recent t... | |
| Synergistic Research Comes Down to Earth " So far, I have not been able to take out any cables without the quality of the sound deteriorating. "SAbai, is it possible that the sound merely changes from the optimal (as you have it tuned to your liking) to something different? Does having a... | |
| Perfectionist Audio Sterilize... | |
| Perfectionist Audio I am NOMAD!Recordings are imperfect. Audio gear is imperfect. Hearing is imperfect.That which is imperfect must be sterilized!!!!Sterilize imperfections! Sterilize......Rumour is the Enterprise D holodeck had great sound. Still imperfect though. N... | |
| Favorite Pianists Anyone heard any recent releases from Keith Emerson? Any good?I have not kept up with him since his ELP days. |