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Burning CDs of downloaded music
@mahler123 Yes, I was sure that the dealer would be able to access music I wanted to to hear.  My problem was that I wasn’t sure what deep bass should sound like on my current set-up.  So, I downloaded songs mentioned by reviewers who were testing... 
Your greatest high end audio purchase!!!
All of my system is important.  But the component I least want to replace is my Rowland Coherence One Series 2 preamp.  It is the hub of the system.  This past week, I replaced all four preamp modules of the line stage which I hope will extend its... 
Upgraded my cables and they transformed my system!!!
I found real benefits shopping for interconnect and speaker cables many years ago,  Last year, I finally explored power cords and they were transformational as you suggested.  My own experience suggests that we tend to overbuy electronics if we do... 
Burning CDs of downloaded music
@ellajeanelle  Thanks for responding.  I have already solved my problem.     I own a CD recorder and they are nice to have.  Years ago, I recorded about 200 of my vinyl albums to digital so I could load the music onto my iPod.  It worked really w... 
Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs
Rounder puts out excellent vinyl.  But my favorite label for acoustic music, bluegrass, et al., is Sugar Hill.  Everything I own on that label is amazing.   Adding a couple notable albums not from Sugar Hill: Edgeland (Kim Richey) Tschaikovsky’... 
Burning CDs of downloaded music
@ketchup  @designsfx ​@sandstone  You guys were spot on.  While Apple doesn’t support iTunes any longer on the MacOS platform, they provide similar capabilities in Apple Music.  I burned the .wav file as a playlist in Apple Music and the transferr... 
Burning CDs of downloaded music
@dunring007 ​@ketchup   I did a test run.  I downloaded a song from Qobuz in .wav format to my MacBook.  I burned a copy of the song onto a fresh CD.  I can see the track and it plays on the CD drive of the MacBook.  I have two stereo systems and ... 
Burning CDs of downloaded music
@sandstone I recently switched to MacBook.  I’m not sure I can even get the old PC running and it does not have virus protection any longer.  I decided against adding streaming to my system because I already own a lot of music between 600 records ... 
Burning CDs of downloaded music
If I download a FLAC file and burn that file to CD, will a CD player play the song?  I thought CDs stored music as .cda files.    
Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing
@wharfy  FYI, John Darko recently reviewed the URD. https://youtu.be/zguY93eWX5k?si=_JBXlrVEOY4qxT19  
WHY CABLES MATTER!
I went through the trouble of auditioning interconnects and speaker cables 30 years ago when I assembled my system.  My speakers are fairly resolving and I heard differences in every brand/model.  As many have suggested, matching to your system is... 
Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing
After my Theta Data Basic burned out and Theta could not provided a replacement mechanism, I investigated a large number of transports. I was disappointed to find that most transport/player manufacturers rely on outsourced mechanisms (mostly from ... 
Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords?
Good topic.  I was wondering the same thing.  I found lots of benefit upgrading PCs for my DAC and preamp.  I don’t have a way to try a new power cord without buying one.  Once again, a not so expensive experiment.    
Spendor, PMC, ProAc, ATC- Sonic characteristics and differences?
I don’t audition audio equipment much anymore.  But I have heard Dynaudio minitowers in the past few years and IMO they were not in the same class as ProAc.  Different electronics, in-store demo, etc., but I had no interest in them. FYI, there is...