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| PC vs MAC laptop as music server mac! i would recommend using an older mac mini with a raid disk subsystem to hold your files with a separate disk for backups. all you need is an older g4 with 2 gb ram. i use a new imac and used an intel mac mini before this. you can go to frys a... | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? in my auditioning, i listened to older dacs and the newer dacs, and the ones in my price range (< $5k), i preferred the older dacs. i have or have had audio research, manley, classe, cal audio, audio alchemy, and the adcom 600 & 700 dacs in... | |
| iMac to DAC via 3.5 mini-phono jack/RCA IC? restock - i agree with you. each time i hooked up either a computer or the AE to an external dac, it was ok, not great. but when i inserted a jitter device in the middle, and started to use a better decoder on itunes, both together, made a huge di... | |
| selling primare cd31, new cdp recommendations? go with a music server. but do it right with the quality cables, jitter devices, external dacs, and an iphone or ipod touch to control it | |
| iMac to DAC via 3.5 mini-phono jack/RCA IC? i had the same opinion about the benchmark dac. stereophile loves it because they probably get $$$$$ for advertisements. there are many other dacs out there that are much better. i liked my old cal audio sigma II tube dac better and that was $200.... | |
| iMac to DAC via 3.5 mini-phono jack/RCA IC? restock - the output on the mac can be for analog or digital. if you buy the cheap mini-to-rca cable from monster, you will get analog. if you get a quality toslink cable and buy the mini adapter for it, you will then have a digital cable. what ha... | |
| iMac to DAC via 3.5 mini-phono jack/RCA IC? do yourself a favor and get a jitter remover device and hook this up wih a good toslink cable with the mini adapter (sold at fry's for $2) from your imac. then use the best coax digital cable you can afford to hook this jitter device to your exter... | |
| Speakers for Mac 501's ? i took my totem mani 2's down to my local macintosh dealer and hooked them up to the 501's and the 1000 watt mono's. both setups were fantastic. | |
| Totem Arros and 40 watts. i'm not saying that the arros would not benefit with more power, they will. but they can be driven with a small integrated with good results. i have owned many pairs of totem (model 1's, arros, inwalls) and now multiple pairs of mani 2's, and i ha... | |
| Totem Arros and 40 watts. i used a jolida 1301 hybrid integrated amp with the arros for a while and the combination worked well in my old 12 x 13 den. the prima luna would also be a good fit. i am using the jolida 1301 now to power a pair of totem taw 6.5 inwalls with a su... | |
| Latest USB converters or music server? gigabit network using a imac (with multple external hard drives and time machine backups every hour), wired to an AE, to a monarchy DIP, to a manley dac, then to a classe preamp, controlled through my iphone with an excellent graphical presentatio... | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? mapman - if your skeptical, then you will probably never be happy with a setup like this because in the back of your mind, you think other alternatives will be better. why don't you think a pc can read a cd as well as a cd player? check out who ma... | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? hens - i also use the monarchy in my audio system. i also heard a huge improvement when i inserted this device before the dac. i also use other brand jitter devices in my den and rec room and they also made a large improvement in the quality. | |
| Office System -- Low Volume Speakers i have never heard or had a pair of totem speakers that were bright. if the arros sounded bright, there must have been some cheap hardware before the speakers. | |
| Office System -- Low Volume Speakers just curious, why would you think the mites or staff's would be a better fit? the arros will actually give you a more full sound than the mites. for a smallish bookshelf speaker, the mites are very nice, but the arros are just better all around. t... |