mmarvin19

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Newbie Q
Hi James.This may be a silly question, but what outputs does your PC's soundcard have and what inputs does your CDP have? 
Looking for amplifier kits.
http://audiosector.com/ 
DAC advice for the non-tech-savvy
I suggest you send an e-mail to Pacific Valve&Electric and a second one to Steve @ Empirical Audio asking for their advice. 
Biamping, bass and amplifier type.
Quality standmount speakers plus quality tube preamp/amp and quality sub float my boat.I used to have a pair of Wilson Cubs (60Hz to 25kHz)on sand filled Sound Anchor stands driven by a 110 wpc Sonic Frontiers tube amp and matching tube hybrid pre... 
Most intriguing DAC?
Maybe you don't see much of the MSB DACs on the forums becuase its too expensive for most people. 
Which Blue Ray player to buy ?
I bought the cheapest BDP I could find - Samsung 1500 for $250 - with the intention of upgrading in about a year once the manufacturers get all the bugs strightened out and there are more BDPs with 7.1. BTW, the 1500 plays fine but is built like a... 
Frequency Range - Bookshelf Speakers
In my experience, the lower your speakers can go, the more flexibility you will have in adjusting the sub's crossover. This can be really important for good integration of your system with the accoustics of your listening room. This applies to flo... 
Center channels: why only horizontal arrays?
There are some good stand mount speakers that are designed to do vertical or horizintal. Like the now discontinued Wilson Audio Cubs. In better times, I owned 3 Cubs: 2 on stands for left and right fronts and the third sitting horizontally on top ... 
Ugrading Fronts
In upgrading fronts, I think it is important that you try to find a reasonable match for your Signet center.I could not find any info on Google re. a Signet center. Do you know (a) model name/#, (b)size and number of speakers, (c) recommended powe... 
Johnny Winter Album download
I'm even older fashioned. I've never tried to burn from hard drive to CD. 
USB 2.0 does 96Hz?
Thanks for the replies.Me Bad - I forgot the "k" in "kHz". I must have subwoofers on my mind. 
Proper platform/support for a Musical Fidelity A5?
Hi Nmuntean.I recommend that you check out Herbies web site and send them an e-mail describing your needs. You will get a quick response. http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/compfeet.htm 
Builiding system around NOS dac
". . . if the output is direct from a stack of 1543's through a signal coupling capacitor . . ."Hi Steve. What is a 1543? 
Heavy Power Cords
+1 to Samhar. I use anything I can find to support the connector from underneath so that it is level (i.e., pencil erasers). Have this problem especially with my small DAC and a 14g PC, but also with my big ONK 805 avr and a 12g PC. 
What is the best power cable under $200.00 retail?
I agree w/ Macdad that upgrading source or amp is way to go; IF you have the $$$.In my system, upgrading amp, pre, DAC or speakers to something that would make appreciable improvement is not affordable. However, for under $100 I can get a little i...