rlwainwright

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Best External Drive To Rip A Lot Of CD's with?
Listen to Al, no need to spend uber bucks for what you're doing... 
Replacement bookshelf speakers for B&W Nautilus803
If you like the B&W house sound, why not go with some 805s?-RW- 
Do you listen to non-music media?
I loves me some Firesign Theater and John Boy and Billy (Charlotte, NC radio DJs)....-RW- 
Keeping dustcover looking new
Novus rocks, good recommendation!-RW- 
Stepping up to the next level ? HT and Music
You already have very nice speakers and amps. Why not consider getting the Emotiva XMC-1 preprocessor/preamp? This will give you a *very* nice surround sound setup and will also gove you the benefit of Dirac Room Correction - among the best in the... 
Best Computer Speakers
The KEF X300 wireless speakers have gotten very good reviews...http://www.kef.com/html/us/showroom/digital_music_solutions/x_300a/x_300aw/index.html-RW- 
Best amp for $550 to mate with the following...
An Emotiva amp would be a good, solid choice. The XPA-200 would work quite well for $499. Plenty of power and a great warranty. https://emotiva.com/products/amplifiers/xpa-200 
As good as CD playback
The amount of RAM you have is inconsequential as long as you have enough for your OS and the applications you use to work properly. 4GB is enough for Windows of any flavor. 6-8GB would be better, but not mandatory.As for the 128GB SSD, I'm not sur... 
Speakers for Vintage Marantz ? Plus other Qs
Having sold what is now "vintage" equipment back in the day, I can promise you that the ADS L710 speakers are excellent speakers with well made cabinets and very good drivers and crossovers.If you can find a nice pair in your price range, you shou... 
vintage versus modern speakers
You have been given good, solid advice. New speakers are definitely better, dollar for dollar, than what you'll get from 30 yr. old speakers.And your amp now dictates the appropriate speakers to look at....-RW- 
Archiving DATs to computer or server HD
PS: Foobar2000 is a (free!) player that will do what you need to do for playback...-RW- 
Archiving DATs to computer or server HD
Are folks completely unable to use Google anymore? Here is what I'd do, go to the website I provide below and learn what you can. I'm pretty sure you need to xfer the DAT files into a format that is usable by today's players - maybe FLAC is your b... 
Advice: used speakers $600
I've always like the KEF sound, I'd vote for the 104/2s...-rw- 
Kef LS 50 owners
KEF 300...http://www.kef.com/html/us/showroom/hi-fi_series/q_series/fact_sheets/Bookshelf/Q300/-RW- 
I Think I'm Going to Build ncore Monos
Someone suggested: "Contact Matt of Aluminati Sound for info on chassis."Absolutely! Matt is a superb CNC machinist and has produced some of the nicest looking amp chassis I've ever seen. His attention to detail is superb - highly recommended.-RW-