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| Questioning the need for a DAC @whitestix You are correct, you didn't really hear the Gungnir since you didn't give it 100 hours to break-in. I was fortunate to have a friend bring his broken-in Gungnir over for demo vs. my Oppo 105D and another friend's Chord Hugo. I bought a ... | |
| Norah Jones Nice performance by Norah 3 songs on the latest episode of Later With Jools Holland. Worth watching...cheers,Spencer | |
| What tonearm will better mine? Which of the arms mentioned have on-the-fly or at least easily repeatable VTA? I am surprised to see many tonearms that are raved about don't have easily repeatable VTA and I wonder if their owners don't adjust VTA for each LP or what? I know Pete... | |
| FLAC On A Mac iTunes sounds lousy, period. A+ sounds relatively lousy running in iTunes integrated mode vs. standalone mode.A+, Amarra & PureMusic sound about the same with some folks feeling more strongly about one or the other, all on Macs.IMHE, getting t... | |
| Input/Output line level transformers for digital glare Gotcha, thank you Ralph. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Soundlab speakers...how reliable? If I was fortunate enough to live near Duke, I'd go through him, but I have worked directly with Sound Lab directly and they are amazingly friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. I can't say enough good things about them. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Dipole Asymmetry @sleepysurf Good suggestion. @cleeds So Janzen closes their cabinets and Sound Lab recommends a "Dead End/Live End approach that absorbs the rear wave. Who recommends your preferred "Let the rear wave bounce approach" besides Bose? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Input/Output line level transformers for digital glare @almarg Thanks, to clarify, my "However.." was because I was surprised by one small part of Ralph's post...the first sentence. I didn't know that would be the case, realize that it was not intended as a recommendation and I didn't want a "quick re... | |
| FLAC On A Mac ALAC isn't compatible with every music playback software, and I refuse to let Apple control the agenda in my listening when they pretty much exemplify the big brother character in their famous "1984" ad. Their software also sound lousy and their o... | |
| Hi Resolution download - question on authencity of the files prov·e·nanceˈprävənəns/nounthe place of origin or earliest known history of something."an orange rug of Iranian provenance"synonyms:origin, source, place of origin; Morethe beginning of something's existence; something's origin."they try to unde... | |
| Input/Output line level transformers for digital glare I agree with the last part of Ralph's comment that getting better digital gear is much smarter way to go. However, even though I don't doubt the technical discussion re: transformer, IHMO the approach of adding bandaids is a bad idea when it can b... | |
| Streaming music without a Laptop (or tablet, smartphone etc) Search any and all these: Aurelic Aries, Melco, Sonore microRendu, Bluesound, Aurender, Server, Network Player. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Best Sounding Computer Audio Player For PC @lostbears Already answered your question about what to do if you can't run an ethernet cable. Search CA for you the popular model of power line adapters that plug into AC outlets in both rooms and send the signal from router to audio room where y... | |
| Dipole Asymmetry Would you please explain why you'd put absorption behind a dipole speaker, when part of the dipole concept includes reflection off the wall behind the speaker?@cleeds the sound reflected off the wall behind the speaker is not a GOAL of dipoles it'... | |
| Advice on best upgrade path for a Mac Mini setup @ghosthouse Yes, you should still get a clearly audible improvement with a good LPS whether the booster, the Aurelic one that comes with the higher priced Aries or one of many others. The Aries threads on computer audiophile discuss LPS compariso... |