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| ADD HINGES to existing removable DUST COVER Over the tube amp in my living room I use an antique silk scarf as a dust cover. The scarf has had more compliments than the amp. | |
| The musical wisdom of Ry Cooder. Thanks @bdp24. They're now cool women and I think Ry Cooder gets at least part of the credit. | |
| The musical wisdom of Ry Cooder. I've been a fan almost since he made his first recording. I have a wonderful memory from almost 30 years ago of my 11 and 6-year-old daughters bouncing around the back seat of my car screaming/singing "Little sister don't you do what your big sist... | |
| What do I need to play ripped CD's? Most Macs of recent years don’t have Toslink output but they all have USB output and that can be used to connect to a DAC with USB input. If the Wadia doesn’t have USB input you could explore connecting via WiFi from the Mac to something like the ... | |
| Manufacturers with Excellent customer service E.J. Sarmento - Wyred4SoundDave Thomson - Raven AudioCarl Marchisotto - Nola speakers | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? Bought and built a Nelson Pass Amp Camp Amp kit and both the experience and the outcome were very satisfying. The marketing for the kit claims that anyone can build it. Since I had some soldering/kit experience, starting with a Dynaco SCA-35 kit m... | |
| How to connect Tidal to DAC wireless via iPad I use an Arcam rPlay which connects directly to my router with an ethernet cable and accepts an Airplay signal from an iPad via Airplay. I'm using it for Amazon Music HD and the iPad has no interaction with the signal, it's just a control for the ... | |
| ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKERS USB-C accessories and cables will work with a Thunderbolt 3 port. All Thunderbolt 3 ports are also USB-C ports, using the same style connector. I don't have any experience connecting to amplified speakers but I'm guessing that what you'd need woul... | |
| ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKERS Oh, and if what you're trying to do is play music from the MacBook to the active speakers what you want on the Macbook is an output port, not an input. It would be helpful if you would list the specific model of the Macbook Pro. You can find that ... | |
| ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKERS Please clarify. The MacBook Pro doesn't have any Lightning inputs. Depending on the model it has Thunderbolt and/or various versions of USB input. The iPhone and iPad have Lightning ports. | |
| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? I have the Cambridge CXC transport, which I'm very happy with, and have been researching a streamer to pair with it. If you haven't watched the John Darko video on the Cambridge CXN I would recommend it. It's a very hands-on explanation of what it... | |
| Spade vs. banana plug I don't have a preference in terms of the effect on the sound but do prefer the Z-plug or BFA style banana connectors. They provide a large contact area and the ability to slightly alter the diameter to fit what are often slightly inconsistent siz... | |
| So, as always, I am listening to music, through my main system, and I...... When I was in my twenties visiting a friend in Dallas in the summer we had a fine time sitting in his back yard in a couple of lawn chairs, drinking beer and shooting BB guns at the cicadas in the trees along his back fence. His little mutt of a d... | |
| Newbie to the awesome audiophile world It's going to take time and effort to sort through the possibilities and one of the difficult parts is sorting out the good information from the bad on forums like this. Go slowly, read as much as possible of the often conflicting information and ... | |
| Streaming Thru the Cambridge Audio Azur 840C DAC The primary difference between the two approaches, besides the large difference in cost, is that you'd be sending the signal to the Bluesound via Wifi rather than Bluetooth. There is some compression with Bluetooth but whether or not you can hear ... |