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What? No Norah Jones New CD Thread?
I haven't heard it yet, but I'm curious enough to buy it while it's still on introductory sale for $9.99. I agree that her albums become boring after a few cuts. I would like to hear her "step out" a bit and change the tempo a bit.Seems to me she ... 
Burr-Brown vs Wolfson
The implementation is much more important than the brand of DAC. Same goes with for the quantity of DAC chips, although in this case there is a theoretical benefit to increasing the number of chips.You gotta listen to the players and decide for yo... 
Upgrade entire system, speakers first
Artch,Welcome to AudiogoN! It appears that this is your first post. All I can say is "you came to the right place!" Over time you should be able to get lots of good advice on upgrading your system. And this is a great place to buy/try different co... 
Dac with volume control
I've owned the Monarchy Model 33 and the Birdland Odeon Lite. Both were good. The Birdland was maybe a bit smoother sounding, but it was also a bit soft sounding for my taste. The Monarchy had a bit more dynamics and drive and sounded very good ov... 
Uptempo "Say It" Roots Rocker in 2/4
Geek on Brother!Sorry I can't help with the song, but I did want to show my support to you and all of the other music geeks out there.Rock On! And enjoy,TIC 
spatializer
I recommend you do a google search on the actual model number of "spatializer". Without the actual model number, I think anyone would just be guessing. If you search via google, you can probably find the specs for your actual unit.TIC 
Mid price receiver
Homer,Take a look at this link from Dolby Labs:http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/roomlayout.htmlAs I stated earlier, Dolby intends the primary surround speakers to be at the side location. So, in DD 5.1, the speakers are L, C, R and... 
iPod question-how to import uncompressed...
Thanks All! Additional iPod related replies are still welcome and would be a nice addition for the archives....Enjoy,TIC 
Who makes half size transports thes days?
In addition the the Xray, I know of Audionote and possibly Teac/Esoteric.BTW, a really cool system for WAF is a half size transport connected to a Red Wine Audio Reali-T preamp/DAC/amp (all in one tiny box). The Clari-T amp built into the Reali-T ... 
Audiogon speaker wire gurus, please help me
What is your source component? CD? Vinyl rig? 
Harbinger of the future of 2-channel?
David99,If the one "leftover" earbud is downmixed to mono, he's in luck. If he's only getting one channel of a 2-channel track, he'll shortly revert to the "ring tone" method of music delivery!Enjoy,TIC 
Harbinger of the future of 2-channel?
Albertporter,It must really suck for that half person that only gets one earbud!TIC 
Harbinger of the future of 2-channel?
iPods are 2-channel. nuff said......TIC 
my rant on new single disc players under $500
Paul,I've seen the Rothwells mentioned many times here. I would highly recommend you start a new post asking for input from folks that have tried them. You'll likely get several replies.Enjoy,TIC 
my rant on new single disc players under $500
Rwwear,When I spoke with the tech folks at Oppo they suggested that their digital volume control implementation did not lose resolution with a decrease in volume. This would indicate that they had added bit width in order to overcome that issue. I...