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| Thinking about Laptop system - Newbie Questions I recommend you forego the Squeezebox/Transporter route and just use a laptop, where you could choose your own software, preferrably more competent than Logitech's. You could get a Network Attached Storage to move the hard drive (the most noisy co... | |
| Music Server vs Mac vs Transport Again This is not really anything new as the technology has been around for a while now; in my opinion, it is more a new way of thinking about what constitutes a high end system. A network attached storage (NAS) sits in the corner of your room, far away... | |
| 7.1 channel output vs. Coaxial digital If your preamp is capable of passing through analog without A/D conversion, it may be beneficial to use 7.1 analog, since coaxial will downgrade 7.1 lossless to either 2.0 lossless, or 5.1 DD/DTS. I assume your player could handle decent bass mana... | |
| Notice to all. Bob Williams of Audionut deceased. Or we could spend our lives getting mad at offhanded comment people make. My respects to Bob Williams, even though I didn't know him either. | |
| I HAVE A SECRET TO TEL Now I've heard it all. I understand putting acoustic panels all over your room would have a positive effect, but it's probably not the reason you're thinking of. | |
| Ripping 700 CD's to HD using FLAC-How much space? I recommend setting up a RAID mirror if you're going to rip 700 CDs. You might feel like it will never happen, but every hard drive was made to eventually fail. A NAS unit like the Netgear ReadyNAS will give you RAID on top of networking benefits.... | |
| does hdmi handle audio well? In my opinion, if higher end manufacturers are staying away from it, it is because of the technical complexities of investing in new technology; although, with names like Classe, Halcro, and Mark Levinson developing for HDMI nowadays, it's pretty ... | |
| Best Blu-Ray ANALOG Output - Under $1000? Well I haven't compared the units, but I already have the Oppo (by signing up on their mailing list). I can only assume they will have the general release in a month or so at the latest. | |
| Why not cryo AFTER break in of product? The two words might sound the same, but how does bending a cable affect -- or break -- the molecular structures in a cable? I was under the impression that cryo treatment does not mean making "crystaline" ice cubes in the cable that they could be ... | |
| What does this tell me? Does your interconnects or speaker wire run across any power cords? This happened to me when I had the Odyssey Stratos amps in my system. | |
| Medical Isolation Platforms 1. Resonance frequency is the frequency in which a material vibrates the most. Isolation (decoupling) will typically worsen vibrations at and near the resonance frequency, but higher frequencies will improve. That's why you want the resonance to b... | |
| Has anyone heard the Bladelius Embla? By the way -- I apologize if this isn't useful -- assuming you have your music stored on a NAS in another room (so noise isn't an issue), you could buy a fanless PC with a SSD drive (flash) for a couple hundred, or a battery operated eeePC, then s... | |
| Has anyone heard the Bladelius Embla? "The Embla offer a silent system playback system without any moving mechanical parts when playing from the built-in flash memory. ... Unlike other computer based playback products the Embla is based on our proprietary audio DSP design, allowing us... | |
| Power conditioning What's a good way of protecting your gear, or having enough outlets, without getting a power conditioner or strip, besides getting a dedicated circuit? | |
| Can you get "bookshelf sound" from a floorstander? That's an interesting dilemma. Could it be the room? |