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Velodyne DD accessory, what do I really need?
anyone has a spare set of accessory he wants to sell? 
Shopping for a new netbook or laptop...
Apple is no more reliable than average PChttp://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1562733/apple-machines-reliableAsus, Sony, and Toshiba are top.Most netbook runs Window XP but slowly migrating to Window 7, Window XP is not that great in streaming... 
pass or krell
Another vote for tube pre 
Velodyne DD accessory, what do I really need?
help! any input from Velodyne owner? 
Sonus Faber replacement parts
if you buy from oversea, you can still ask the seller to obtain parts for you from their local distributor. not very difficult and there are always people who are willing to help. 
Double down, good or bad?
We are not here to argue, we are here to learn from each other's knowledge.Magfan, glad to see another fab guy. I am a yield guy because of my EE/device physic background, but know process well enough to do my job. As we shrank from 0.5um, we adde... 
Double down, good or bad?
Swanny definitely has too much faith in 1 person. I work in leading edge semiconductor industry and over 10 years ago people thought we could not follow Moore's law any more, guess what? If we stop researching and understanding the technology, we ... 
Amp stands for Pass Labs
I have ALWAYS hear an improvement when equipment is placed on Grand Prix Audio Monaco stand, I would think Pass should behave similarly. 
Speakers you regret selling
this thread is going on 6 years strong!I sold my Amati Homage, bought Aerial 20T instead. very different speakers, I could live happily with either but I do miss Amati more than I enjoy Aerial...I also own Guarneri Memento now, they will probably ... 
Monitors For Near Field Low Volume Listening
Acoustic Energy AE1 is very good in near field, you can even place them very close to back wall to reinforce bass. I had the Signature version and it was very sweet.Dynaudio Craft was designed for near field and against back wall, but Dynaudio in ... 
BAT VK-60 stereo to mono jumper
near the front face of the amp, you will see a jumper that connects the 2 board together and it's not very long.in addition to the jumper, you will also need to cut some output wires to return to stereo. 
Avalon Eidolen VS Porac D80 or B&W 802D
Not a fan of B&W, even their D series.But I am also not a fan of ceramic driver speakers like Eidolon unless your room is not superly huge and require monster solid state to drive them. If I were to pick Eidolon, I will mate them with tube amp... 
Recommendation of a good nearfield speaker
My best experience with near field listening was with a pair of Acoustic Energy AE1 Signature, you can go for the newer version or which ever version that fits the budget.I would think LS3/5A would be great too. 
Tweaks
what about XLR shorting plug? you solder both "+" and "-" to GND? 
Building a music server - newbie
I have been running Rakuennow method for over a year, laptop to USB DAC with all files on Buffalo NAS running RAID 1. will add a 2nd Buffalo when I run out of space, running RAID 1 does cut the storage space by half but I have more than music in t...