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| RUNNING POWERED SPEAKERS FROM AN IMAC I'm sure you could find one at Best Buy or Radio Shack but it will cost several dollars more and the quality won't be any better. | |
| RUNNING POWERED SPEAKERS FROM AN IMAC The simplest and cheapest way would be to run a 3.5mm stereo mini to RCA cable from the headphone jack to the powered speakers.The jack is actually a dual output jack, headphone and digital optical, so for better quality you could get a digital to... | |
| Best lines in a song -Pull into the driveway, toss it in parkStare out of the windshield, out into the worldIt was all for the love of a wayward girlWho left you with a second-place smile and a broken heartTheres nothing, really, that you can do Put your hands in you... | |
| Speakers for Simaudio Neo 250i Schubert - Over the last ten or 15 years I've owned quite a few speakers, Thiel, Proac (two pair), Soliloquy, Merlin and Devore (two pair) and never found any brand that sounded like any of the others with either tube or SS amps. They all have dif... | |
| Speakers for Simaudio Neo 250i I'm using Nola Boxers with a Simaudio I-5 LE and am extremely happy with the sound, great bass. They're rear-ported and about 14" out from the wall. I haven't needed to do this but expect you could tune the bass with a foam plug in the port if you... | |
| Setting up an audio system Since you have put together some good gear my advice would be to put off even considering any changes until you've listened to what you have for quite awhile. You'll learn what you like or dislike and then come back with specific questions that wo... | |
| Speaker Stands Question -Mesch, CzariveySince you both seem interested in the PVC pipe stands here are a few notes to elaborate on my post above about the construction of mine.- The most important step is making the cut of the PVC pipe absolutely flat, smooth and square,... | |
| Speaker Stands Question For my Nola Boxers I built a pair of 20" stands that put the tweeters at ear level while sitting on my couch. The Boxers sound great in that setup. The front edge of the couch cushions is only 15" off the floor, though, so you'd want to adjust for... | |
| Secondary listening systems Good post. I have the same experience and probably spend considerably more time listening to my 2nd and 3rd systems than my main one.The office system is mostly lossless files connected by Toslink from an iMac to a Simaudio 100D DAC, then to a Jol... | |
| mccormack tlc-1 front panel knobs slipping An alternative to the method recommended by Zd542 is to wrap the shafts with plumbers teflon tape. Keep adding wraps of the tape until the knobs fit tightly. The teflon tape has no adhesive so it's easy to adjust or remove if needed.This trick als... | |
| "Famous Blue Raincoat".. Regardless of whether you like 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' and you probably won't if you're not fond of Leonard Cohen, it's worth having for the Stevie Ray Vaughan intro to 'First We Take Manhattan.' | |
| Rotel 1072 or Arcam DV27? Keep both so you have a backup when the laser/transport assembly in the first one fails. Or, research which has the most easily replaceable laser/transport and keep that one. | |
| Alternatives to Mass Fidelity Relay? A simple solution would be to stream from the iMac to an Airport Express unit and connect it to your 2-channel system. There are two connection options. The Airport Express has a jack that is a combination analog and digital output. If you plug a ... | |
| How much do caps matter-Cary SLI-80 I recently replaced all four coupling caps in my SLI-80 F1 after one of the original Jensens failed. There are lots of options out there but my recommendation would be to contact John at The Audio Connection in Seattle. He's a Cary dealer and very... | |
| Recommendation for short RCA cables Blue Jeans Cable makes excellent, reasonably priced cables and will custom make them in any length. Great company to deal with, too. |