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| Apple or PC? Be prepared for strong opinions on both sides of this. It will be obvious from the responses that this is a religious issue, not a technical one.Having said that, I can give you a very personal recommendation. I use both operating systems, myself,... | |
| Apple Mini 'puter as a CD jukebox? Seems as if the mechanically simplest way to rig it would be to get the optional Airport Extreme wireless card with the Mini, which would be handy for internet surfing anyway, and plug in an Airport Express unit at your stereo location.http://www.... | |
| Budget speaker selection help The speakers on your original list are all well thought of. A couple of other good options would be the B&W DM303, new or used and the Ruark Epilogue, used. | |
| Anybody know World-Jazz The whole body of work by Anouar Brahem, the Tunisian oud player, is amazing. The most accessible is 'Le Pas du Chat Noir' and it's a great place to start. From there, work your way through the others, 'Conte de L'Incroyable Amour,' 'Astrakan Cafe... | |
| CD player - skips and static pops ... related? Drugstore isopropyl alcohol streaks because it is only 70% alcohol, the rest is water and whatever other stuff the water contains. Rubbing alcohol, if you can find it, is usually 99.something% alcohol and won't streak. But, in my experience, the d... | |
| CD player - skips and static pops ... related? Besides a dirty lens, the other cause of skipping I'm aware of that's user-fixable is heat. If the player is sitting on top of your amp or is in an enclosed cabinet, or both, the heat can create enough change in the dimensions of the player parts ... | |
| Anyone else feel left out? Sure, what you're talking about is certainly possible and quite a few people here have put together systems in that price range that are extremely enjoyable. It takes obsessive monitoring of the used equipment ads, lots of auditioning and/or swapp... | |
| 'great' bookshelf speakers for under 500? I've owned Soliloquy 5.0's and Ruark Epilogues, both available for under $500 used, and both are excellent monitors. | |
| iBook to pre wireless hookup Probably the simplest way to do it requires that you have an Airport or Airport Extreme card installed in your iBook transmitting to an Airport Express receiver that plugs into your integrated.http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/ | |
| help with powered sub wiring I've got a more modest setup, ProAc Response 1s's and an HSU sub and my experience is the same, using the speaker-level connection, amp to sub and amp to speakers, makes for a much easier integration of the sub into the overall sound than using th... | |
| modify CD25 or buy new CDP... If you don't find enough people here who've had direct experience comparing a modified CD25 with one of your other choices, it might be worthwhile to at least upgrade the opamps in the CD25 since that's a very easy upgrade to do yourself, no more ... | |
| Can all amps drive a 4 ohm load? I sold a pair of Monitor Audio 4 ohm speakers to a friend who tried to drive them with a consumer grade receiver. When he used the 12 gauge speaker wire I'd included with the speakers everything worked fine but when he moved the speakers further a... | |
| "The Law of Diminishing Returns"??? I think the same thing is true about audio addiction as the thing I observed with some of my friends dependence on weekly sessions with their shrinks, "Everyone is as crazy as they can afford to be." | |
| Purpose of a DAC and Redbook Presentation To elaborate a bit on Jond's answer, the box most people refer to as a 'CD player' contains two main parts, a transport that spins the disc and picks up a digital signal from it and a DAC (or D/AC) that does the job Jond described, converts a digi... | |
| Recommendation wanted to upgrade my NAD CDP The Music Hall CD-25 is an absolutely amazing player for the money, has HDCD and has a raft of upgrades available, starting with a simple opamp swap that makes it much better than stock. I replaced a very highly regarded $3,000 transport/DAC combi... |