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| What improvements did you hear in going from entry level to high end Audio? I have a hard time articulating the difference that I hear. "Richer" and "rounder" are words that seem to apply but I don't really know.The one thing I can clearly pinpoint in the type of music I listen to most is clear differentiation between ins... | |
| A song murdered by someone. RE: You aint seen nothing yet:I guess Burton Cummings felt like he had a connection to that song since former band member Randy Bachman sang it for BTO. How could anyone other than Randy Bachman even attempt that song. Maybe Mel Tillis. | |
| What is the best system one can make under $5000 It seems like exaggeration is the primary tool of a lot of would-be audiophile critics. | |
| What is the best system one can make under $5000 You'll get some good advice here. You might also get some sneers at a budget of $5000 (but not from me).I think a lot of it depends on what your needs are and what you want to do with the system.I think if I were starting over (with my needs) I wo... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? I recently saw the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra play at the Rawlinson Road Middle School Auditorium.As pedestrian as that sounds it was remarkable in a number of ways:1) It was the inaugural concert of our new local symphony which was created when... | |
| A song murdered by someone. I liked Elton John's cover of Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds. | |
| A song murdered by someone. The worst in my opinion is Joan Baez and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down....."Virgil Cain is my name............." yeah, right. Quite a hit for her and a much bigger hit for her than The Band. | |
| Krell iBias or Mark Levinson 533/535H series amplifiers with Aerial Acoustics Speakers? I have a Proceed HPA2 (Mark Levinson) amp driving Aerial Acoustics 7Bs and I love it. However, I have not compared the combo to much else other than a set of B&W tower speakers driven by the same amp. The 7Bs were way better sounding.Not sure ... | |
| Could I make use of a DAC with my setup? Something has to amplify the signal coming from the DAC, typically a pre-amp without a DAC and then the amp which drives the speakers. So something like this:Computer---USB cable---DAC---RCA cable---Pre-amp---RCA (or XLR) cables---Amp---Speakers.T... | |
| What improvements did you hear in going from entry level to high end Audio? I just made the jump from a typical college dorm/bachelor pad system from the 1980's to a system that probably cost around $20k 10 years ago.Of course there is a difference and it is not subtle. At the same time I do not find it life altering and ... | |
| Could I make use of a DAC with my setup? I deleted my initial post after reading a little about the P5.It seems to me that for playing Spotify files there would be no benefit to an external DAC unless the DAC in the P5 is really bad and even then, only if there are input options in the P... | |
| CD ripping for the lower end. Thanks guys, a lot of good info here.One glitch in my plan: The Schiit Modi 2 Uber will not work with the OS on the old iMac according to Schiit's website. I'll try it but doubt that it will interface properly.So, I may be using the MacBook anyway... | |
| Good Achtung Baby CD? I got a bad one. Have been a Guess Who fan for years and even bought some Burton Cummings 45s when I was a kid, 'Stand Tall' being one of them. Was crazy about Bachman Turner Overdrive when I was a kid. Randy Bachman was a former member of the Guess Who. I think t... | |
| CD ripping for the lower end. So doing some research and considering advice given here my current plan is:Get XLD (free) for MacBook.Rip to AIFF onto external HD.Use iMac/iTunes (free) via Schiit Modi 2 Uber (paid $110) for now.Purchase Bitperfect ($10) now. Compare SQ with Bi... | |
| CD ripping for the lower end. Thanks guys. A couple of things:I know that CDs are digital. I was around when they came out. I guess what I don’t know is what the proper term is for using a computer to store and play digital files. I’m sure there must be a catchy phrase for tha... |