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| Rogue Cronus Magnum / Cary SLI-80 Since you haven't found anyone who can directly compare the two amps I'll give you some probably not very relevant impressions based on my own experience. I owned the Rogue Cronus, not the Magnum, and now have the Sli-80 F1, an upgraded version of... | |
| El34 vs. KT88 I'm not clear if you're asking the question so that you can narrow your choice of amps but it isn't necessary to make the decision between EL34 and KT88 power tubes in advance. Quite a few excellent integrateds will let you use both those tubes, a... | |
| New free version of the Goldberg Variations Thanks very much for the link. I've listened only to the mp3 version of it so far but even that sounds very good and it's an excellent performance. | |
| S.S. Replacement for Jolida 302B w/ Silverlines? How about Canadian made? The Simaudio integrateds are beautifully built, dead-solid reliable and sound great with every kind of music I've ever listened to. It should be easy to find and I-5 or I-3 in your price range. | |
| RIP: Doc Watson -Nice story from Ry Cooder in the NY Times about seeing Doc Watson for the first time.- | |
| need suggestion for external CD ripping drive It's true, as Simorgh says, that some of the portable USB external burners need more power than a single USB port can provide. There are cables that have two USB plugs on one end to provide the power and connection to the computer and a single plu... | |
| Can fuses go bad? Yes, fuses do fail. They're creating some resistance to the current and expanding and contracting with the resultant heat. You shouldn't be worried unless the replacement also blows. | |
| Do I need to replace all my tubes at the same time The way the bias adjustment on your amp is implemented might be a consideration. Some amps are auto-biasing, making matched tubes unncessary. Similarly, if there is an adjustment for each individual tube, matching isn't much of a consideration as ... | |
| need suggestion for external CD ripping drive You're not likely to find a new CD/ROM-only ripper/burner but as far as I know all DVD drives will also handle CDs. I have an external DVD drive from Other World Computing with a Pioneer mechanism that's been completely reliable ripping and burnin... | |
| Benefits of MF V-Link with a Mac-based system? I used a V-Link between my iMac and a DAC that didn't have optical input so that I could use the coax input on the DAC. That worked well and sounded better than the USB option but I eventually replaced the DAC with one with optical input and no lo... | |
| IMac for dummies One other thought. If you haven't download the Pandora desktop application and played through it rather than through a browser that might be a way around the issue. I prefer the desktop application's interface, anyway.Here are installation instruc... | |
| IMac for dummies What version of the Mac operating system do you have installed? The veresion of Adobe Flash Player that Pandora wants may not be compatible with older versions of the operating system. You can check the version of your OS by clicking on the Apple ... | |
| Mini-Toslink or Standard Toslink with Adapter I use a glass cable with the Audioquest adapter between an Airport Express and my DAC and it has always worked perfectly with at least three different DACs.I used a cheaper adapter for awhile and can't say the Audioquest sounds any better but it's... | |
| A reasonably priced CD player with volume control The AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 and earlier versions of the Ah! players are based on Marantz mechanisms and have remote control. | |
| Desk Top Passive Monitor $500 used or less I have a pair of the S30's and they're great speakers, especially at the price. Be aware that while the front measures 9" x 6" they're a little more than 9" deep and take up a fair amount of real estate. The speakers I use on my desk are JohnBlue ... |