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| 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 ... | |
| Whats wrong-right? Yeah, buying the bigger hard drive from Apple is like buying floor mats for your new car from the dealer.160 Gb isn't a big enough drive to use as a music server, anyway. A better plan would be to buy the basic Mac Mini for $600 and keep only the ... | |
| Best Small budget speakers for girlfriend I have a pair of the Soliloquy SAT 5's that Jax2 recommends and they're my favorites of the many small speakers I've tried. I'm using them in a second system with the Onkyo 9555 I recommended in your other post and it's a wonderful combination. Th... | |
| Best budget equipment? The Onkyo A9555 integrated amp is a pretty remarkable amplifier for the money. List is $800 but it's available at Amazon for $500 new, or refurbished from accessories4less at $400. It got an excellent review in Stereophile and I've been trying one... | |
| Compare Shuguang vs ElectroHarmonics 6SN7 Dgarretson, yes, I actually have the EH in addition to the Tung Sols, I'd forgotten that. I bought them first to replace the stock Chinese 6SN7s in an AES AE-3 DJH, then almost immediately bought the Tung Sols on the advice of a friend and played ... | |
| Compare Shuguang vs ElectroHarmonics 6SN7 No experience with either of those but I have some re-issue Tung Sols 6SN7's that are surprisingly good compared to the NOS Tung-Sols and Sylvanias I also have. | |
| Used CD player for 200-300 I had the Music Hall CD-25 and liked it a lot, wonderful sound for the money. I now have a Denon 2910 and am equally happy with it. It sounds excellent, is very versatile and seems to be better built than the Music Hall. I did have early transport... | |
| Good digital cable suggestions I'd also recommend the Stereovox. | |
| Device to record & playback music ? I suggested the MD primarily because I thought it was probably closest in functionality and interface to a tape deck, at least to a cassette deck. It's capable of making a perfect digital copy so the sound of it will be as good as the digital orig... | |
| budget power conditioner The PS Audio UPC-200 comes up fairly often here for less than $300 used. It's a nice piece of gear that works well for me. | |
| Device to record & playback music ? If what you want is the closest possible equivalent of a tape deck in terms of user interface and functionality it would probably be a MiniDisc player, like this Sony.The technology never really caught on outside certain specialized areas, partly ... | |
| which external hard disc for music storage? I have one of the "Porsche" designed LaCie external firewire drives and have been very happy with it. It's the quietest external drive I've ever owned and certainly the nicest looking. | |
| Need Audiophile Headphone Rig to Replace Sen HD590 I use a pair of HD600s with a Headroom Little More Plus headphone amp and an Ah! Tjoeb tubed CD player. It's a very nice combination. I like the 'process' circuit on the Headroom amp. It does make the experience more like listening to speakers, th... | |
| Headroom ultra microdac, Benchmark Dac1 or other? I'm using the Benchmark DAC1 between an Airport Express and my preamp, connected by a glass Toslink cable. I love the setup, the songs are on a Mac in my office and the Airport Express and Benchmark are in my living room with my system. A transpor... |