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| Amy Winehouse If you like her sound be sure to check out the artists on Daptone Records, especially Sharon Jones. The Dap-Kings perform on Amy Winehouse's album, Back to Black (itself recorded at the Daptone recording studio), and the band toured with her in 20... | |
| Which should I do between Mac Mini or Auralic Mini https://www.sbooster.com/@brianportugal Yes, a good linear power supply will make a big difference on any streamer/network player. That's a big part of the cost difference(~$300 worth) in the various Aurelic models. @eddy1 , Spotify sound quality... | |
| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? Sound Lab A3 electrostatic loudspeakers. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/133 Cheers,Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner No one said or implied that anyone was lying. Do you believe in dust and dirt? Do you believe that the inside of record sleeves are always 100% clean? Do you believe that when center holes are cut that debris has never ended up on a record? If so,... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. @sun-warrior "So isolation has nothing to do with choosing computer or NAS as server." I see your point, but for the benefit of others, let's clarify that if your attach either 1) a computer and any attached hard drives or 2) a NAS to a router(us... | |
| Why a digital media player instead of a dedicated computer? Because standard computers use large amounts of electricity and generate large amounts of noise. Many processes running on your computer degrade sound quality of the signal that you send to your DAC. RFI and grounding issues only complicate matter... | |
| The King Of... Sure they had a couple of dance club hits, but that doesn't make Yaz a disco band. While one of my favorite new bands in their day, they only lasted a couple of albums and were never kings of anything. If we want to pigeonhole them to a genre labe... | |
| Speakers Corner You should clean them anyway. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Help Picking a turntable You really need to spend a bunch of time reading archived posts and talking with those with some analog experience. Since you don't have a collection of LPs and haven't mentioned anything about the issues you'll run into with vinyl (e.g. cleaning ... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. Yes, you can run the microRendu without a NAS in some setups, but most don't. Part of the beauty of it is that it's like a Swiss Army knife, so you can use it with NAS running Mimimserver(free) and control your music on tablet with free apps like ... | |
| Please Help!! looking to get into computer audio. @whinoman The Sonore microRendu is a remarkable sounding network media player and streamer which has exceeded the performance of many other higher priced solutions. The catch is that it has one ethernet input (so you store your music on a Network ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Which Nels Cline album? He is really something! For me right now, Spoon - Gimmer Shelter.Cheers,Spencer | |
| Individual International Seller Scam @elberoth2 Great advice! Cheers,Spencer | |
| Corner Placement Across the corners is worth trying in squarish rooms. A number of manufs have conquered some hotel demo rooms with that setup. Cheers,Spencer | |
| SS to valve Those Tannoys @ 92db will work well with plenty of valve aka tube amps; you don't need a ton of power. I haven't heard those Gamuts so hard to compare. Also, many different tube amps have very different sonic signatures. It will be tough for you t... |