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| Integrated to use as preamp for now? I'd second the recommendation of the Peachtree Decco. I'm using one as a preamp and DAC with a tube power amp in the winter and as a stand-alone integrated in the couple of summer months when the class A tube amp puts out too much heat in an un-ai... | |
| iTunes 9 issues? Great, glad it worked. I expect you're right. The files I tested were copied to the desktop folder straight from a couple of CD's and had never been through any kind of conversion. | |
| iTunes 9 issues? Hmmm, well, I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help.I created a desktop folder with 23 AIFF files and followed the steps you outlined. It imported all of them just fine and they play as expected from iTunes. I didn't time it but I'd guess it took... | |
| iTunes 9 issues? I just tried adding a couple of .aiff files in iTunes 9 on my Macbook and it worked fine. Can you describe what is happening when you try and fail? I'll try to replicate. | |
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| small speakers I don't think the power of the NAD would be a problem with the JB3. I've tried them in my main system and driven them with both a 15 watt Class A tube amp and a 50 watt solid state amp and they sound even better in there than they do in the office... | |
| small speakers I'm using JohnBlue JB3's in my office, a room just slightly smaller than yours and I really, really like them. Even though they're a single-driver speaker the bass extension is quite remarkable and the imaging is wonderful. I'm driving them with a... | |
| Digital Stream, Is it to soon to make the switch?? If you use an application designed to do backups the only time doing it is a pain is the first time you back up a really large drive full of music, and that's only because it takes a very long time and you'll get tired of checking to see whether i... | |
| Best Looking SS Integrated Amplifiers Under $2,000 The integrated I've owned that I liked the looks of most is the Simaudio I-5. It has the best ergonomics, as well. | |
| Importance of Good Speaker Stands? Jax' warning about vibrapods leaving a residue is accurate. It's also true of other vibration-absorbing pads like the rubber and cork pads. After one bad experience I've always used a layer of plastic wrap on each side of the vibration pad. I have... | |
| best solid state integrated to match with B&W 685s The Peachtree Decco is a great place to start and they're beginning to show up used for less than $500. The built-in DAC is quite good and when your budget is less pushed to the limit you can add any amp you want and use the Decco as a DAC and pre... | |
| Ipod + Wadia 170i Dock OR AppleTV + Airport Expres I agree with Ejlif. I love iPods, I think I have six of them if I count my iPhone, but I've never understood why anyone would build a high-quality home system around one. Everything about them is designed for portability and they do that better th... | |
| Solid state recorders Yes, flash memory storage is being used more and more widely and has big advantages over hard drives. It's silent, uses much less power and is less prone to mechanical failure. For now, though, it's a lot more expensive per megabyte and uncompress... | |
| Solid state recorders I don't have any experience with that recorder and am basing these observations only on reading the specs.I don't think sound quality would be an issue but there are some other things to think about.One is cost. From what I can tell it uses only C... | |
| ipod into preamp OK? If you go from the headphone output of the iPod to an input on your preamp the signal from the iPod has passed through both the digital to analog converter and the amplifer in the iPod. Then the signal is amplified again by your own amplifier and ... |