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| Best DAC for my system? I'll second the recommendation of the Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital. I have one in my office and think it's exceptional for the $399 price. I've compared it to the Bel Canto DAC 3 in my main system and it's close. It's also a very good preamp and he... | |
| Streaming Music through my home stereo Yes, Apple Music is compressed, just like Spotify and Pandora. The advantage of any of those services is lower cost and sometimes greater convenience compared to higher fidelity options, considerations of the different music catalogs aside. | |
| Streaming Music through my home stereo BluOS would certainly be a good choice for most music services but since Apple doesn't yet provide an API that would allow access by Blu it isn't an answer for someone who wants to use Apple Music. There are definitely other excellent choices of m... | |
| Streaming Music through my home stereo The simple solution would be to stream wirelessly via Bluetooth from the iPad to a Bluetooth receiver plugged into the Pharaoh using a stereo mini to dual RCA cable. That limits the quality of any files that are of higher resolution than MP3 or Ap... | |
| Jolida JD 700 The database for Harmony universal remotes lists the Jolida JD700 as being compatible. Get one of their inexpensive ones, set up an account on the Harmony site and download the commands to the remote from your computer.https://support.myharmony.co... | |
| Why is There Not More Consolidation in Audio? Perhaps a couple of factors that contribute are that there is no way to objectively measure the quality or utility of audio gear and the difficulty of making direct comparisons. Seems to me it’s similar to the wine market in that case. If you’re ... | |
| Streaming? I know nothing about it, questions as to sound. Another source for high resolution streaming audio is Amazon Music HD. I’ve been testing it and am quite impressed. If you’re already an Amazon Prime member the additional cost is very reasonable. But what may be most important in deciding on a st... | |
| GNEDBY RIP John Darko has introduced a new way to categorize audio gear, whether it is "Kallax-Fi" compatible, equipment that will fit into IKEA's Kallax shelving.https://darko.audio/2014/04/ikea-announce-expedit-successor-in-kallax/ | |
| Streaming For Beginners No knowledge of the KeiiD WiFi receiver but considering its price and reviews if you want to stream from a phone or tablet it's worth a try, especially since you can easily return it to Amazon if it doesn't work. | |
| Streaming For Beginners The simplest, least expensive way to begin is with a Bluetooth receiver plugged into one of the analog inputs on your amp. That will let you test the concept using Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, internet radio and other sources. The quality of Bl... | |
| Streaming For Beginners Lots of possibilities, depending on your system. A list of what you now have would get you relevant advice. | |
| New here, bit confused about buying I've bought and sold quite a bit of gear here as well as on other audio sites and the one feature that makes buying on any of them a reasonable thing to do is the feedback systems. If a seller has excellent feedback over a number of transactions I... | |
| What is this speaker cable connection? Yes, as erik said, the connectors are standard spades. Because the speaker terminals on the Parasound 23 are quite close to the bottom of the case the length of the barrel of those connectors might not give you enough room to bend the cable away f... | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? Me, too.They were my second pair after some small AR speakers. Used with an AR turntable, Kenwood 6000 amp, Tandberg reel-to-reel. | |
| External Hard Drive In the imaging production environments where I used to work we relied on Seagate drives. I don't know that they're superior to Western Digital but those are the two well-regarded brands I'm familiar with. For an external storage drive where portab... |