rbstehno
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| Benchmark DAC1 vs CAL Sigma transnova - both outputs are active. you can switch your preamp inputs to see which sounds better. i like the tube sound with the better tube installed. probably will be replacing the opamps in the near future.also, i also use jitter devices befor... | |
| Benchmark DAC1 vs CAL Sigma i used to own a sigma dac and i thought it sounded more to the warm side than having any shrillness to it. back then, i used a sony dvp9000es with it (the sony is a little bright on its own) and the sigma made it very enjoyable to listen. i though... | |
| Looking for new speakers the totem or joseph audio products are very good. depending on price, i auditioned many speakers and moved from my totem mani 2's to a large pair of usher speakers. very very nice. if you like the forest (2 way), listen to the usher cp-6311 floors... | |
| Anyone spent time with the Totem Wind? johnnyb53 - i wouldn't say that it is better to put speakers on a long wall vs a short wall. it depends on a lot of things. i have had totem mani 2's for many years and i preferred these on the short walls with the speakers pointing straight ahead... | |
| totem staff or model one signature no comparison, model 1. | |
| Van Halen or Van Hagar i just heard a van halen marathon on the radio yesterday. they played many old cuts with roth and played the same amount of cuts with sammy hagar. the old van halen tunes are pretty poppish/bubble gum type whereas the newer sammy hagar/van halen s... | |
| Tube integrated amp recommendations? i would look at the prima luna's and the jolida's. i have a couple of the jolida hybrids for my den and family room and i like them very much. i have the usher x-719 teamed up with the jolida 1701 and the jolida 1301 with totem in-walls. i have re... | |
| airport express questions jax2 - you are correct. that was point in my thread above. unless your computer is saturating the cpu, then it will have the capability to do a few more instructions to stream audio. i have 3 separate zones off my mac and it is barely doing any cp... | |
| Van Halen or Van Hagar i liked some of the older van halen but i listen to more of their later stuff with sammy. i like "1984", but i think the later albums are every bit as good or even better. roth was a better show man though. as for chickenfoot, i like joe satriani. | |
| airport express questions the computer can do this and much more if you have a decent machine. when you stream your music, how much cpu are you using? are you telling me that you are maxing out your cpu? the computer has to do quite a bit of work to get data off the disk, ... | |
| Anybody heard/bought Usher Mini Dancer 1 or 2 i listened to the mini dancer 2's at ces and they were very nice. right now, i prefer my cp-6381's in my large dedicated room. the next step up for me would be the be-10's. i also heard these in the same room as the mini dancer 2's. the be-10's we... | |
| Wondering about Usher Mini Dancers i heard the mini dancer 2's at ces. very fine! they were just getting broke in. for the $$$$, they compete with others i saw that were many times the price. | |
| Sonos vs. airport express you don't need a keyboard and mouse for an apple tv. you get a little remote with it. for a 1 zone audio only setup, an airport express is all you need. the apple tv gives you the option to stream audio and video plus gives you the option the setu... | |
| Sonos vs. airport express it depends on what you have and what you want to do. if you already have a mac with itunes on it, and you want to distribute music to 1 or many rooms at the same time, and you have a touch or iphone, you don't need a sonos. if you want multisource... | |
| Sonos vs. airport express hundreds of $$$$$. |