mrmb
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| Computer Speakers Under $200? IMHO, getting the mid-range as accurate as possible is the foremost trait to look for in any low cost speaker. As such, I second AudioEngine A2's. Based on Sterophile's review, plus a friend's experiences with them, the A2's would be my choice.Ste... | |
| Quad ESL or Soundlab? Interesting...SS....Huh!When purchasing my Soundlabs, Dr. West wouldn't cite a specific type of amplification, let alone a specific manufacturer. While some Soundlab owners use SS amps, such as JC1's, many others prefer tubes. Ralph's Atma-Sphere'... | |
| arguments against starting a vinyl collection? I was in a similar vinyl dilemma a few years ago. Indeed there is more care and feeding involved in a vinyl system. However, after deciding to take the plunge, I have found the rituals involved to be pleasurable. The payback for me has been a more... | |
| Best 5-10 Rock Recordings? Many good suggestions. Here's a couple more: Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms & Love Over Gold. | |
| Windows PC to USB DAC. How do you do it ? Take a peek at Wavelength Audio's DAC site. It contains good information re. PC to DAC interfaces.http://www.usbdacs.com/The Computer Audio Asylum forum also contains lots of helpful information.http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/tv.pl?forum=pcaud... | |
| How do you move a 650lbs Rack on Hardwood... The plastic disks Sfar mentioned, also come with a heavy felt like material on their bottoms for movement over hard flooring. While masonite may be the ticket, plastic movers have proved invaluable to my wife and I.It took three men and a boy to m... | |
| The rout is on for Blu-Ray On the heals of Warner Bros. decision to go with Blue-Ray, it appears that a knock-out is close at hand.... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? MacBook to USB Wavelength Brick Silver DAC | |
| Teres, redpoint or galibier turntable Mothra: welcome to the club! I consider my Galibier Quattro purchase of a few years ago, to be one of my most prudent, and like you, it will be my last tt. One that will be passed along to my Audiophile son.Thom was quite helpful before the sale, ... | |
| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? I have both CD's mentioned by Rodman and they are good ones!Additionally another good Chesky CD is: The Ultimate Demonstration Disc: "Guide to Critical Listening". It contains some wonderful music. More importantly however, each musical track was ... | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER My primary front end is a Galibier TT.Because I found myself listening mostly to vinyl, I thought that selling my Wadia 861 was a wise decision especially since PC Audio was in its neophyte stage, leaving "standard" digital payback hardware with g... | |
| I have just purchased the latest Sound Lab M1 I own older M1's.I owned a Levinson 336, but simultaneously home auditioned CAT JL-1's, and Parasound JC1's. I tried the CAT JL-1's first. It would be an understatement to advise that I was astonished by what they were doing. I then inserted the J... | |
| Stolen SoundLabs - just in case... As I've several times been on the receiving end of Duke's "intellectual generosity", I second Swampwalker's "good things happen to good people" sentiment! Duke: Happy to hear the end was better than the beginning...Cheers, Mike | |
| PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER I traded a Wadia 861 for a Wavelength Brick Silver. Prior to obtaining a MacBook to drive the Brick, I used a very old Dell Pentium II desktop with an external hard drive. With the exception of PC fan noise, the sonics were the same as the MacBook... | |
| PC audio is it the best next thing???? I'm using a Wavelength Brick Silver and a MacBook laptop as a transport. An external HD rounds out the "system". BTW, the MacBook is silent, but the HD has some noise which I have been able to muffle.I sold my Wadia 861 for the DAC and MacBook. I ... |