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| Study/office system I absolutely agree with Polk 432 about Cary products. I've owned an amp, preamp and now the Sli-80 F1 integrated and found all of them them to be great pieces of gear. I'm a big fan. I've owned a Mcintosh amp and preamp in the past and liked them ... | |
| How To Get The Best Sound From Pandora & Rhapsody? If you're fond of Pandora and Rhapsody give mog.com a try. The streaming from mog is at 320 kbps, compared to Pandora's maximum of 256 and there's an audible difference. I've almost completely abandoned Pandora and Spotify in favor of mog.com, bot... | |
| First Post Looking for Integrated Amplifier The NAD and Marantz recommendations are good ones but if you'd prefer to buy new and want to stick to your $300 budget a good bet might be the Onkyo-A-5VL from accessories4less.com. It's a competent amp, MSRP on it is $699, but they have them fact... | |
| Mac Tunderbolt Cable to Optical Cable -As Doggiehowser suggests your best bet to the most direct route to your Benchmark may be a USB to SPDIF converter. A relatively inexpensive and good quality device is the Music Fidelity V-Link. You'd probably have to find a used one but there's o... | |
| new quick view your thoughts I agree. The other addition I'd like on the listing pages is a small icon of some kind at the end of the listing line that would indicate whether there is a picture in the ad. | |
| classical newbie If you have a way to stream music from the Internet to your system the best education you can get is with a subscription to mog.com. for $5 a month. That gives you access to thousands of complete albums. The bit rate is 320 kbps, nowhere near CD q... | |
| Devore Fidelity Silverback Reference. I haven't heard the Silverbacks but have owned both the Devore 8s and Super 8s. After going through probably a dozen well-regarded speakers over the last few decades the DeVores have been the most satisfying, interesting to listen to and all-aroun... | |
| JOHNBLUE JB3 I'm sorry I can't help you find a pair in the U.S., I bought a pair here on Audiogon several years ago and they're definitely worth tracking down. I've owned a few dozen pair of speakers over the years and the JB3s are in my top three. I have them... | |
| Best lines in a song "I was born when I met youNow I'm dying to forget you"Brandi Carlile - Cannonball | |
| Tube replacement for Peachtree Decco65 Yeah, I began to think the tube preamp stage was more a marketing gimmick than anything else. That's not a criticism of the Decco, it was a decent integrated and DAC at the price but it's not the platform to hear what tube rolling can do. | |
| Tube replacement for Peachtree Decco65 No, as far as I know the closest equivalents to the 6N1P tube would be the 6DJ8 or 6922. The 6922 is what I used to 'upgrade' my original Decco integrated but I can't say that it made much difference in the sound. | |
| Best Christmas music, CD or album on your list ? -An Austin Rhythm And Blues ChristmasA New Possibility - John Fahey's Christmas AlbumThe only two I listen to. | |
| Is SHANDING still in business? Who is the US rep? -I'd guess you're referring to Shanling, not Shanding. The sales network page on their site lists distributors in Asia, Europe and Canada but not the U.S. | |
| External drives The drive mechanism shouldn't have any effect on the quality of the playback. If the Samsung drive is working well I wouldn't spend any money on a different brand.The more important consideration is whether you have a second drive to back up the p... | |
| Which $500 Speaker Next? The Sjofn HiFi - The Clue - speakers for sale here for $500 used are a real bargain and are still a real bargain at their retail price of $999. I have no connection to the seller but owned a pair for awhile and was constantly astonished at how goo... |