mezmo
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| USB DAC Recommendation Tubegroover, don't mean to suggest that the Havana isn't fantastic, 'cause I think it is and thrilled that it scratches your itch. Listened to mine all the time for a year, and was perfectly happy. What ultimately sent me looking for more (at admi... | |
| USB DAC Recommendation Yea, its becoming an increasingly target-rich environment when it comes to USB DACs. Just so happens that I got the Ayre, after spending a bit of time comparing it to the new Bel Canto 3.5. Theyre both right nice, but the Bel Canto with all of... | |
| Multi-Channel, Light-Duty, Economical, Digital Amp Final thought: barring identification of a better option, I am definitely going to put the Bryston back on the center. Having spent a couple of days trying the Marantz's amp section on the center for comparison, clearly miss the Bryston. Driven by... | |
| Multi-Channel, Light-Duty, Economical, Digital Amp Yup, exactly how it's set up at the moment -- and something I've considered as possibly an end-goal. Though, my present thinking is to eventually progress to a processor-only (HT preamp/processor, skip the onboard amp section) on the HT end, and i... | |
| System versus live Went and saw Brian Blade at the Vanguard last Saturday, came right home after, and played a lot of the same stuff on the system. Have to say, I was pretty blown away by how close it was. Shocked, really. To be sure, not the same -- really not the ... | |
| DAC or CD player My two cents, not sure I'd recomend anyone to sink any coin into a new CD player, abesnt a deal that's just too good to pass up. I never expect to buy another one, at any rate. Now, you don't have to go and rip all of your CD's to disk and go that... | |
| difference between an active and a passive preamp? Should I be depressed that I am tempted to recycle posts I wrote 7 years ago, and that I remember them? 'Cause I am....In any event, from the way-back machine in '04:Just to add a couple more simplistic thoughts to the already excellent discussion... | |
| Does a Class D amp match well with Thiel Speakers? My 2.3's sound better than ever on a pair of (class D) Rowland 201's. So, yea, I think it's a perfect match. Yet, whether that "match" is one that would suit your tastes -- and I won't pretend that it's not a question of individual taste -- is som... | |
| Do Mono Block amps provide better sound ?? And red cars go faster than blue ones. Always. | |
| Question for the Hi-Fi experts ?? Think that the root of the question is that there is resolution and frequency response that is coming through on the headphones and is lost on the speakers. This is entirely possible, and entirely something that could be corrected with a more reso... | |
| Which file is better to rip cd's to itunes I ripped everyting AIFF, storage is cheap. But all of the lossless formats are theoretically interchangable (and cross-convertible) in any event. Some folks will argue themselves blue that some sound better than others -- and among those that do t... | |
| Does two center channels = one stereo system Maybe a recap from the top? Two speakers are two speakers. Plug them into the right bits, they make a stereo pair. Full stop.Plug any speaker into a center channel output, it becomes a center channel speaker. In short, all speakers are all 100% in... | |
| Digital inputs in high end 2-channel preamps And we're now seeing more and more items marketed as dedicated DACs that can also do some source-switching and volume control -- that is, act as a preamp in their own right: Benchmark and the new Bel Canto 3.5 come to mind. So, seems indeed like t... | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Gotta admit, I want to be a tube person. It seems like it should be more soulful, genuine, you know . . . stuff that should be important. Ive owned two tubed preamps, a tubed CD player, and a tubed DAC. All pretty highly regarded (well, not all..... | |
| How Big is Too Big? Yep, running all of a Mac Mini (which can output native into 1080p), DVD and cable into a 46" Sony. Streaming NetFlix, all music ripped lossless, the internet at your fingertips, any other software-based platform you can dream up, the whole shooti... |