peter_s
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| Need Help Starting from Scratch Definitely audition speakers yourself! That is the most important choice. Once you choose speakers that you like, you can seek advice on what amplifier mates best with those speakers, etc. Choose speakers that are appropriate to your room size (li... | |
| Stereophile Rated the Sqeezebox Touch Class D Maybe they were talking about the analog out from it? Is anyone listening to the analog out? I am, but just in a bedroom system, and I'm not sure how resolving it is. I do know that I'm getting some digital "hash" from the power supply (heard on s... | |
| Need Help Starting from Scratch OK - it looks like a computer is your preferred source. You'll definitely need a DAC. What type of digital out does your computer provide (coax SPDF, optical, USB, firewire)? You'll want to choose a DAC that makes optimal use of your computer out.... | |
| Ayre vs Primare Let us know what you end up with and your impressions. I think Ayre gear can't be faulted - sins of omission - sometimes a little light on the bottom, but always a pleasure to listen to. | |
| Small Preamplifier choices? Interesting suggestion. I'd never seen that before. Is that a passive preamp? If so, what are the implications of amplifier impdence and interconnect length? | |
| Speakers for Dance music and other How about Emerald Physics? They use pro drivers. I used klipsch lascala for a party and wasn't at all impressed for loud dance music. They don't do deep bass. Also, how is dispersion of a horn? | |
| Good DACs for Apple Airport Express? Or receivers? Cool. I hadn't head of the Beresford before. Pretty reasonably priced for what you get. Sfra, have you listened to the headphone output yet? How does it do with high impedence headphones (e.g. Sennheiser 600s)? Thanks. | |
| Getting Into PC Audio and Need Help Another option is an Empirical Audio Offramp, which is a very high quality, asyncronous, USB to coax or toslink converter. Maximum distance for USb is around 5 meters, so this effects what will work in your system layout. | |
| If I could only have one album from the.... Man, this thread is dating us!!! I'd like to see a histogram of audiophile age (OK - why collect the data... bell curve centered somewhere near 50 years, skewed distribution with a 10-year standard deviation to the left and a 20-year SD to the rig... | |
| Omega Super 3 owners - what amp are you using? I just got a pair of these, and am considering the following:Almarro A205A (mk ii has headphone output)Decware Zen Triode (only 2 watts) or Taboo (EL34, rather have EL84)Bottlehead SEX or StereomourMost of these are pretty low wattage (2-3 watts).... | |
| Parasound JC-1 still one of the leaders? I also was not impressed with the JC-1's. To me, they sounded somewhat dull and lifeless compared to the other amps I was playing with at the time: VTL tube amps, Bel Canto, even Bryston... | |
| Planar Speaker Placement A little off subject, but I found a significant improvement placing diffusors on the "front" wall behind dipoles. | |
| Volume Settings on Squeezebox Touch and other ??? Has anyone played around with an equalizer plugin for the Touch? I wish SB had one built in, but they don't.I think Audiojedi is right about the volume function. | |
| Looking for a compact speaker w/ some low end kick Very impressed with both Dynaudio C1's (amplification by Gamut) and the Totem Ones (Mani 2's are even more bass powerful, but I prefer the balance of the One). Both require a lot of good clean power. Few integrated's likely fit the bill. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Where are they available? |