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| Gov't Mule last night....much better than stereo Rx8man, it is an awesome venue and the sound was great - Bojack, you would have loved that BASS. Matt Abts laid down a killer drum solo and guitarist Larry McCray joined in on the last 5 songs to wrap up a really special show. | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? As I continue to research the potential benefit of a dedicated audio server, two reasonably priced options seem to be the Antipodes DXe at about $4,000 and the Aurender X100L at about $3,500. In comparison, the Aurender X100L would seem a better o... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD If the $1800 BMC PureDAC sounds so good, how much better is their top model, the $4,900 BMC DAC1? Anyone heard it? | |
| What's the best Dac for the money Wisnon, I auditioned an L4G4 and I thought it sounded good in some respects, like midrange tonality, musicality, dimensionality and decay, but not so good at the extremes and specifically in the bass, which I thought had body but lacked impact. Li... | |
| What's the best Dac for the money Yeah, I should have said the "top" Lampizator and Rowland DACs.The Aqua has some interesting features such as their use of a galvanic and magnetic separation circuit with high-speed opto-couplers, hybrid tube/Mosfet output stage, and modular desig... | |
| What's the best Dac for the money Has anyone here heard the Aqua Hifi La Scala MKII DAC? The price is at the upper end of the OP's range ($6,800 USD), which puts it below the upper Lampizator and Rowland DACs, and about equal to the Empirical ODSE. It has received several very pos... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So Steve, is it your suggestion that one should always use the inside USB port on the mini, e.g., furthest from the edge? | |
| Is computer audio a bust? I agree with Raymonda on this subject - namely, that computer audio is rather a blessing than a bustI agree with that too. Computer audio sounds better here. Also, once CD's are ripped, I find the accessibility of the music to be much easier than ... | |
| First foray into Class A amp -- recommendations I just switched from Class A Claytons to a fully tricked out Class A/B McCormack DNA-2 LAE with SMc Audio's best current upgrade package including some of Jupiter's new copper foil caps and other neat upgrades.On SQ alone, the move was mostly late... | |
| Suggestions? Tubed linestage pre-amp?? Lamm LL2 Deluxe, the older version, which is the same internally as the newer more expensive LL2.1 version, except the newer version has a 15dB gain reduction feature, if needed. Should be available used in the $2,800 TO $3,200 range. Extremely re... | |
| Wierd issue with a DIY cable for a REL G2 sub I see that now Al, thanks. I should have researched it more closely. I use line level connectors for my Alon and Aerial subs and have not used a REL sub. I see the referenced Neutrik speakON connector is a four pole connector. I hope he gets it so... | |
| Wierd issue with a DIY cable for a REL G2 sub Ok, so I found this;REL manages the lower frequencies differently than other manufacturers—and does so with excellent result. While the company offers line-level RCA inputs, these should be used only as a last resort. The supplied Neutrik speakON... | |
| cables vs wire? What is the length of speaker cables that you need? Since your speakers have bi-wire terminals, are you considering bi-wiring them or a single run of speaker cables with jumpers?Are you using the factory jumpers or something else? Also, is there a... | |
| Who uses home brew cables? Wire, materials, geometry and connectors are four things DIY cables have in common with manufactured cables. After making cables for my own use for the past 15 years, and comparing with pretty good and somewhat expensive manufactured cables, I bel... | |
| "Holographic" presentation It is all in the quality of the implementation. I have had some excellent monoblocks through here, including Lamm M1.1s, Clayton M300s and M200s, and Acoustic Imagery Atsahs, and my current stereo amp is equal to the best of those and better than ... |