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| Integrated Amp Bargains with good balanced sound? Two integrateds I would recommend in that price range are the Audio Refinement Complete, which might take awhile to find used, and the Onkyo A-9555, which you could buy new for $500. | |
| McCormack SST-1 transport I owned one for about three years and liked it a lot. By now it's old enough, though, that you might be concerned about its life expectancy. It would be worth writing SMCAudio to ask if there any known issues and whether the transport mechanism ca... | |
| best output tubes for jolida 502b I have the SED 'Winged C' KT88's in my AES Superamp and they are wonderful tubes. They're a different sound, which is what tube rolling is all about, but just as enjoyable to listen to as some of the more expensive NOS tubes I also have. | |
| Convert MP3 file to WAV in Mac Mini Sorry, I made a mistake. It's the 'Importing' tab where you choose WAV format, not the 'Burning' tab. My apologies for the confusion. | |
| Convert MP3 file to WAV in Mac Mini Open iTunes, go to the 'Preferences' dialog box, click on 'Advanced', then the 'Burning' tab. Choose WAV as the format for disc burning. Close the Preferences box.In your music library, select any mp3 file, or multiple files, and got to the 'Advan... | |
| Spendor s8e or Devoe Super 8 If it's possible for you to audition the Devores I would highly recommend it. I haven't hear the Spendors at all so can't comment on them but I own the Devore 8's and have heard the Super 8's at a local dealer. The Devores are amazing speakers, I'... | |
| Great -Small- Cheap subwoofer ? If you can't find one of the subs already recommended at a price you can afford, the Mirage Omni S8 is a nice little sub for the money. Retail is $350 but if you look around online you can find one much cheaper. | |
| Integrated for ProAc isc I concur with the recommendation of the Audio Refinement Comlete. I used one with a pair of ProAc Response 1s for quite awhile and it was a great combination. | |
| Long runs - USB or RCA??? I don't have any direct experience with it but here is some information from the usb.org FAQ:USB Cables, Connectors, and Networking with USBQ1: How long of a cable can I use to connect my device?A1: In practice, the USB specification limits the le... | |
| Ipod Into The Main System -If you're connecting to the headphone output of the iPod the digital signal has already gone through the DAC and amplifier inside the iPod and the sound is never going to be any better than those two ultra-miniaturized, inexpensive chips produce.... | |
| Upgrade from Adcom 600?? Benchmark? -I have the Benchmark and like it very much.I've seen a few comments in various forums from people who found it to be analytical or sterile but that has not been my experience at all. I've used it with a number of amplifiers, all-tube AES separate... | |
| Good beginner tube amp suggestions I recently bought my first tube gear in a very long time, an AES AE-25 Supramp and AE-3 DJH preamp, and have been extremely happy with them. They're built by Cary in North Carolina.The amp will work with many different output tube types and is aut... | |
| Sound levels: Apple lossless vs. original CD Elf73, Apple lossless isn't lossy, it's lossless. It encodes the bits to save disk space but then decodes it on playback to be the same as the original file. People use it because it saves disk space. That may not be an issue if you have big hard ... | |
| Sound levels: Apple lossless vs. original CD I've got an iMac with all Apple Lossless files going through a Benchmark DAC to my preamp, along with a Denon 2910 as a CD transport going to another input on the Benchmark and on the the preamp. The sound level and quality from either source is t... | |
| World Music new I have Habib Koite, Lhasa De Sela and Christina Branco and agree with you completely, though I would never describe Christina Branco as plaintive. Her "Corpo Illuminado" and "Post Scriptum" albums are also exceptional. I can also highly recommend ... |