onhwy61
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| Found a gold mine If this person is your friend, you should clearly inform him of the value of his parent's collection. Furthermore, you should offer to help them dispose of the collection. If there are specific records that you want for yourself, then offer a fair... | |
| Your advice on a good cable It really doesn't matter what other people think of your purchases as long as you feel they are provided good sound and value. As Soix says above, cabling is very system dependent. Hook-up with a good local dealer or someone like the Cable Co. who... | |
| Best place to start when upgrading? The mag Stereophile for HT has had an ongoing series of articles about how to construct a PC based DVD playback system. As a practical matter there's no reason to store DVDs onto computer hard disk. Due to the storage requirements it's not very ef... | |
| equipment sound bad? Dancarne, what exactly do you mean when you say your favorite recording sounded "bad". Did the dealer's system reveal that it was a poorly engineered track? Did it reveal some previously unheard fault in the musicianship? Or did the system fail to... | |
| Best place to start when upgrading? Boat, the first step is to determine where you want to go with your system. Are you looking perform a modest upgrade, or do you want to completely transform your current setup? Once you make this determination you can then realistically come up wi... | |
| looking for upgrade suggestions - 12,000 to spend Chris, listen to Sdcampbell, his reply to your question is excellent. Your existing system is so good that your budget of $12k spent on speakers or source components is not sufficient to take your system to a higher level. Sure, some of the speake... | |
| Sound Quality: Computer vs. CD Player Hueske, I use the Mac's internal CD player to rip music from the CDs onto the hard disk(s). I use i-tunes and store the files in the 16 bit/44.1 AIFF format. A typical CD takes 3 or 4 minutes to input. It takes about 5 minutes to type in the song ... | |
| Sound Quality: Computer vs. CD Player Equa, if you intend to use the built in audio capabilities of the Mac to playback internet source music, then vitually any dedicated CD player will offer superior audio performance. Nearly all internet music downloads are heavily data compressed (... | |
| Sound Quality: Computer vs. CD Player I say yes. I have a G4 with a RME soundcard. I don't believe the CPU is particularly important in that the playback of digital audio files is a fairly low load processor task. The RME has both S/PID and AES/EBU digital outputs which are attached t... | |
| Best Budget 110 Ohm Digital Cable? Apogee Wide-Eye, about $35 at pro equipment stores. It's a true 110 ohm design. | |
| RECORD CLAMPS HELP Although I've never tried this, it sounds like it would work well. Take an appropriately shaped piece of leaded crystal (give it some thought - only a few shapes will work) and fill it with melted paraffin wax. Once it fully cools, carefully locat... | |
| Mountain Can't answer the question, but I have one of my own. Does anybody remember the short-lived late night talk show where Leslie West lead the house band? It was one of the challengers to Letterman (late 80s or early 90s) and it died a quick death. Fo... | |
| Why use speaker cable at all with monoblocks? I imagine that the type of audiophile who would employ mono power amplifiers would not like this integrated amp/cable approach. If someone was really trying to optimize their system, then what are the chances that the amp manufacturer would select... | |
| The best 5 disc CD Changer. Am I the only person who finds jrouten's use of the phrase "jap" distasteful to the extreme? Since these forums are moderated, I expect better from Audiogon. | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green Playing blues is very easy, making it sound "real" is very difficult. It's about touch and feel. Peter Green sweats these qualities and caresses every note with them. This is why he is so well respected by other guitarist. It's not flashy, but it'... |