rbstehno
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| iphone/itouch 2.0 software release i'm using the VNC Lite program on my itouch to start itunes if i don't have it up already or if i want to access my mac remotely. if you want to listen to itunes in a remote part of the house and itunes isn't started, then the "remote" program on ... | |
| Is their any performance advantage if you are not going to use an external dac and a jitter reduction device, you will not be happy using this kind of setup. | |
| audiophile music servers the latest products, info get a mac mini, a jitter reduction device, toslink/aes/coax cables, and a very good dac and you might be surprised on what you hear. don't waste your time going straight from a computer into a dac or a preamp. you will not get the sound you are lo... | |
| Old vs. New Dacs. personally i don't get wrapped up into specs like this. what sounds the best to you? i have purchased expensive older dacs recently over much cheaper newer dacs because i like the sound better. or example, the older classe, audio research, and mar... | |
| DK Design MK II as a preamp with Druid speakers? what is wrong with the DK? it is a nice integrated amp. if you don't like it, replace the whole thing. have you compared the dk to the amps you listed? you need to audition the amps in your home with your existing equipment to see if it truly is a... | |
| Add a subwoofer to Von Schweikert 4Srs? it could be your room or speaker location. check out the speaker location calculations from cardas and others. i have used rel subwoofers with very good results with totem speakers. | |
| Which Mac mini? the touch works with any computer with leopard installed. | |
| Computer music server PC or Apple???? vista is terrible, unstable, slow, kludgy, typical microsoft. i have had 3 users come up to me asking how they can go back to xp. the problem going back to xp on new machines is the vendors are not supporting xp on the newer machines and when you ... | |
| Apple TV vs. Mini vs, Sonos drubini create smaller subsets called playlist. then i can sync to my different devices to these playlist depending on how big the devices are. | |
| Hobbies other than Audiophiliac? water skiing thru the course, tennis, racquetball, plus over 8 hours of music on a daily basis. | |
| iPod recommendations my wife and i replaced the car stereo systems to use an ipod as the source. we both have 80gb ipods as sources. if we go on a trip or want to listen at work, just take them out of the car. i also use an ipod touch that allows 16gb of music or a co... | |
| Which Mac mini? go look for a older g4 mac mini. around $300-$400. you don't need an intel proc for itunes, nor do you need to run windows on it. if you do want to run a pc program, then you will need an intel proc mac mini. i used a duo core 1.66ghz mac mini as ... | |
| iphone/itouch 2.0 software release with an apple tv, you can download music from the central music server (mac with itunes) the just use front row to view the selections with cover art. you don't even need the touch or iphone. just use the little remote that comes with the device. ... | |
| Why Mac Mini Over Slim Systems Products? i also have used the mini as a music server with great results. i now use an imac. if you want to use the mini, you don't need a monitor. you can actually take over the mini using leopard and remotely do what you want. we have all mac's in the hou... | |
| Mcintosh or Classe musicnoise, you are not comparing apples to apples. classe's omicron and its $25k amps are much better than the ca-200 also. the mac 402 has twice the power so it should sound better. take the classe's ca-300 or ca-400 and you will get a better co... |