n80
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| New to HiFi, need digital advice. mahler, don't worry about being pedantic. I do know that CD's are digital (and that apparently my old Arcam player has a 'good' DAC) but otherwise all of this gets very confusing for someone new to it all.And you may be right about not going down ... | |
| Speaker spike feet? Thanks guys. I'll wait to hear from the guy at Aerial but if his are pricey you've given me a number of good alternatives. I've probably got enough grade 8 stainless bolts in my parts bin to make a set of these on the grinder....which appeals to t... | |
| Cable Burn In I believe you. I doubt it is anything I would ever notice and it does sound like a very clever way for a cable company to excuse a bad product. I mean, how do you compare what you are hearing right now vs what you're hearing 7.29 days later? Just ... | |
| Speaker spike feet? I could make spikes out of bolts. | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. Okay, so I'm testing the waters. Trying to tell what's going to be real and important to me and what isn't.So, I brought the old iMac down and ripped Synchronicity by the Police into it using the computer's CD drive. AIFF file. Then played it back... | |
| Speaker spike feet? stringreen, I'm pinching my pennies anyway. ;-)milpai, the $400 was for the whole stand assembly. And I think it was for both stands, not sure. But, I've only been on these forums for a week or two and I'm sure if there are $400 speaker spikes out... | |
| Speaker spike feet? Good idea. I have some already. | |
| Speaker spike feet? The spikes in the link provided by Yogiboy look like they are mostly for adding to speaker cabinets that do not have bases or sockets for spikes.My bases have threaded sockets for them. I think I will just see how much they are from Aerial or cont... | |
| Speaker spike feet? Thanks melbguyone. Great explanation. | |
| Speaker spike feet? Thanks guys. Will look into all that. tomcarr, I agree with you completely. I'm just looking to maximize the little things with as little money as possible..........but I'm starting to think that I might have audiophile tendencies....which is the ... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. Another dumb question: How do I get streaming from my computer into the pre-amp? Would this also require a DAC? | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. Thanks guys. I think I'l check on Bitperfect. I'll also see how far I can upgrade the OS on the old iMac. I was really hoping to find a use for it.Given the recommendations above I'd be into this for close $500 (which is not bad all things conside... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. I see. Unfortunately neither Amarra or Audirvana will run on this old iMac so it seems either it or they are out of the picture and I guess I'm back to square one. I'll check with some of the other apps mentioned here. Or maybe I'll just try it th... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. That's correct, I meant RCA into pre-amp. So why not iTunes? I'm not defending it and don't like it very much, I'm just curious. I've read articles where other audiophiles use it when it is set up properly (not to mess with the files) and apparent... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Tosca at the opera house in Parma, Italy. My first opera. Loved it. |