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| Dac magic plus Update - After a week with the DM+, I am sending it back today. I'm not even sure if I let it burn in long enough, but I just got the sense that I wasn't going to be 100% happy with it. I thought it was a bit bright at the top and I noticed too mu... | |
| Best beer @Philjolet - not sure if we can get Bell's in California. I've never seen it here, but I'll keep an eye out for it.@Kennyt - I can't believe I forgot to mention Lagunitas brewery - that's one of my favorites.@Dopogue - Brother Thelonious is made b... | |
| Best beer @Lloydc - ale is a type of beer@everyone else. I'm a bit surprised that a group that is so knowledgeable about esoteric audio equipment is drinking so much beer from large breweries. If you live on the West Coast (U.S.) try breweries like Stone, F... | |
| Best beer Way too many to pick from these days. Given the number of fantastic micro-breweries on the West Coast (and everywhere else), there is no longer any reason to ship what are mostly over-hyped, mediocre beers from Holland, Germany, Belgium and Czech.... | |
| Sturdy sub - $50 in-ear headphones? I've got a pair of orange Sennheiser in-ear phones that are specifically made for running. They sound great for the price, stay put in your ears when your moving, and the cord has no microphonic effect. Sorry, I don't have the model number, but I ... | |
| Dac magic plus @Dmgoodman - well, the Burson is an $800 stand-alone headphone amp, so I'm not really surprised. I got my Dacmagic Plus delivered yesterday. However, I'm still waiting for my Pangea USB cable and a replacement cable for my Sennheisers (my 7 year o... | |
| Parents need clear sounding 2 ch HT Another idea is headphones. I got some Sennheiser RS-220 wireless phones for late night TV/movie watching, since I live in a small house and have little kids who (are supposed to) go to bed early. I find it much easier to hear the dialogue clearly... | |
| NEW CA DACMagic+ If my understanding is correct, there are major differences in the power supply between the original DacMagic and the Plus. One is AC and one is DC with a SMPS | |
| best in-ceiling speakers I've got the Linn Custom 104C in-ceiling speakers for my surround speakers in my HT system. They are a step-up from the Sekrits, I believe, and they sound great. However, I can't say I did a lot of shopping around. I already had Linn speakers in f... | |
| Percentage of cable cost I just read the test. Interesting, indeed. Not totally scientific, but the $8000 cable didn't beat the $3 cable by that much. A few years ago, a noted economist did some double-blind wine tasting tests and found that even the so-called "experts" c... | |
| Dac magic plus I'm bumping this thread since I just ordered one for my office system. I'm planning on hooking up my MacBook -> DacMagic+ -> Rotel power amp -> Meadlowlark Kestrel HotRods. Will also use my Sennheiser HD600s. I'm going to get rid of my pr... | |
| Linn Classic vs Linn Majik The Classik (with a K) is not just an integrated --- depending on which Classik, it also has a CD or DVD player and a tuner, as well as clock-radio functions. Majik, on the other hand, refers to a whole range of products that include power amps, p... | |
| Linn 5140 aktiv cards in an LK100/140 You need to download Linn's Aktiv card selector spreadsheet: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=linn+aktiv+xls&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Flinfo.linn.co.uk%2Fbinaries%2FBF670C4A-FAB4-4BCA-AD7476BF5C90... | |
| Percentage of cable cost Out of curiosity, how many of you have ever done double-blind tests on cables? I suspect the results would be interesting. | |
| Processor DACs OK - well I just ordered a Cambridge DacMagic+ for my office computer-audio system. Maybe I'll bring it home and hook it up to HT rig in a few different configurations to see how it compares to the Anthem DACs. I know the Cambridge is not the top ... |