mwheelerk
Responses from mwheelerk
| Grills ON or Grills OFF? Dynaudio recommends grills off on their speakers so grills off | |
| Bel Canto e1-DAC1.5 I am curious about the firmware. Is it upgradeable? How old are the units with 1.02? My unit is just over 1 year old and my firmware is 1.07. | |
| Upgraded Mac Mini Power Cord I use the Nordost Purple Flare with C7 connector for the Mac Mini. | |
| XLD is a must for accurate Mac rips You can set up XLD to put the files directly into iTunes in Preferences. There is no need to make any adjustment to an individual rip once this is done. If I knew how to post pictures in these threads I would post screenshots of the various prefer... | |
| Which Cables Are of Most Importance? For myself I have experienced the greatest amount of impact from powere cables, then speaker cables followed by analog interconnects. Bringing up the distant rear are all shapes and forms of digital cables. | |
| Dynaudio Focus compared to Vandeersteen 3a Sigs? What kind of budget are you considering? The DM 3/7 are $1995 and the Excite X32 are $3000. The new Focus 260 jump to $4900. I just picked up a pair of the discontued Focus 220 MKII for $2495 (original list of $3600). I have listened to the DM 3/7... | |
| Subwoofwer for Dynaudio The nice thing about REL to me though is how well it integrates into a two channel system and with the Neutrik high level connection allowing you to connect directly to the speaker connections on the amp you don't have to worry about a sub out or ... | |
| Need Help Choosing Good Value Used Speaker $2,000 You can get a pair of Dynaudio Focus 220 MKII new for $2495 which were originally $3600 (and recently replaced by the Focus 260 at $4900). | |
| Shunyata Power Conditioner advice I recently got (2) Shunyata Hydra 4. It is my understanding that each set of ports are isolated from each other. I have the following items connected. To the first unit, first set of ports are the PSU's from two HDD and the second set have the Dis... | |
| New REL T7 / T9 vs. older REL Storm III? I own the T7, the 3rd REL I have owned. I use this with a pair of Magnepan MMG to fill in and tighten the bottom and I am very satisfied. | |
| How many dealers are in "your "City ? In the Phoenix area if I eliminate Star Power and Magnolia (located in Best Buy) then the traditional store front audio shops would be AZ Hi Fi in central Phoenix, L&M Entertainment with a location in Tempe and north Scottsdale, Escoteric Audi... | |
| REL subwoofer crossover question It is a ground issue with some 'D' series amps. REL addresses this in the operators manual of their newer models. | |
| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software Pure Music 1.83 has been released with most changes/improvements aimed at handling FLAC and DSD files. | |
| Amarra 2.3.2 vs Puremusic 1.82 playback software I have twice tried the Amarra demo but have stayed with PM. I cannot honestly say that PM sounded any better than Amarra and maybe it was familiarity but I preferred the interface and operation of PM. I curious but not motivated to make a move. I ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution I last posted in this thread in 2005 and man have I been in a whirlwind of speakers the past 6 years. Not necessarily in order but speakers have included:B&W 703Monitor Audio RS6, RS1 and CenterFocal Sib XXL and XLFocal Chorus 806Magnepan MMGM... |