rsbeck

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Best headphones you've ever heard/used
I have no trouble listening to the Shure E3's at pretty high volumes. Cannot comment on Ety 4-p's. 
Best headphones you've ever heard/used
I have not compared earphones extensively, but I had a pair of Sennheiser HD580's and I was pretty happy with them, but they are open design so I needed earphones for airplane travel. I bought a set of Shure E3's and the E3's sound way better than... 
Another sign SACD is dying
Start here ---http://www.sa-cd.net/ 
Best Complete HomeTheater USED for $5000.00
Regarding the absence of a center channel -- I would guess a four channel system would work similar to a two channel system. With my two channel system, one need not be in the sweet spot to enjoy the phantom center. I think this would depend of th... 
Best Complete HomeTheater USED for $5000.00
The intercchange went like this --You wrote ---"I suffer when I listen to my music in two channel.""That's because you're listening with low end home theater gear.">>it's as good as your system<<You've upgraded since then, but going by... 
Best Complete HomeTheater USED for $5000.00
>>RSBeck, I own ATC's you own Monitor Audio, who's midfi now?<<Well, if you're starting a pissing contest, I have no idea what you're putting up against my system, nor why you feel the need, but if it is what you have listed, you've go... 
Where can I start to improve my sound the most 2ch
Upgrade the CD player. 
Audiophile USB to PCM
And there are still others. 
Audiophile USB to PCM
There are lots of ways to solve that problem -- the technology already exists.There's nothing stopping you from having a laptop right in front of you, with which you can control volume, select songs, etc.If your hard drive is part of a home theate... 
Best way to go HT with focus on 2 channel
One of the first big decisions you will have to make is -- do you want to go with a receiver or do you want separates. 
Best way to go HT with focus on 2 channel
What's your budget? 
Audiophile USB to PCM
Okay, I emailed Apogee. The Big Ben will reclock the signal and keep it in digital. The Mini-Dac will not. The Mini-Dac reclocks the signal and then converts it to analog. Afterall, it is a digital to analog converter. 
Another sign SACD is dying
>>2 channel audio is dead<<Uh oh. Best Buy strikes again. 
Audiophile USB to PCM
>>the apogee is a fine DAC, from all I've heard. But, I don't think it is in the same league as the Hbrandt's $14K dCS stack.<<I don't mean to suggest that it is, but you can go directly from the computer to the Apogee Mini-Dac via USB... 
Audiophile USB to PCM
You can go from your computer to a Big Ben, You have to go from the computer to a converter that will convert USB to SPDiF. Edirol makes such a unit. Then take SPDiF from the Big Ben to the digital input in your DAC or Pre-Pro. Computer -- USB -- ...