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Can i clean the female insides of my powercables ?
If you don't have pipe cleaners handy and you're going to the store to track some down anyway, go to the dental care aisle at a drugstore and pick up some of the tiny brushes that are designed to clean between your teeth. They're built like a pipe... 
Do high level sub inputs really sound better?
I guess it's obvious by now you're not going to get a definitive answer and certainly not a consensus. With my speakers and sub, an HSU, the high level inputs make for a better integration between speakers and sub and that setup is what was recomm... 
How do I put a DAC to good use?
Zippyy, I was responding to your original statement that the AE has only USB out. The devices Gmood1 sent links to don't connect to the USB port on the Airport Express, they connect to the USB port on your PC or Mac. To get an audio signal from th... 
How do I put a DAC to good use?
This isn't an answer to your question but a clarification. The USB port on the Airport Express isn't an output, it serves only as a connection for a shared network printer.The output of the Express is a mini-optical jack. You can stream wirelessly... 
Tape Out as Subwoofer Output?
As Narrod said, if your subwoofer has 'high-level' inputs in addition to the 'line-level' inputs you can run a second pair of speaker cables from the speaker terminals on your amp to the high-level inputs on your subwoofer.That can be done either ... 
Tube amps and iPods
PauloIt's not necessarily true that the files on the iPod are compressed, that's entirely up to the user. It will store and play the same AIFF files that are on a CD, uncompressed WAV files or several different types of compressed files.I agree wi... 
Has iTunes, etc. impacted your listening habits?
A couple of points of clarification for anyone who hasn't explored the option of putting your music on a hard drive.iTunes and mp3's don't necessarily have anything to do with each other. iTunes is an application that runs on either a PC or a Mac ... 
Tube amps and iPods
And I know for a fact that Heidegger had an iPod, one of the black ones, but he used it mostly to listen to Kant's podcasts, through a tube amp. 
LCD Flat screen tv's
I have a Viewsonic 27" LCD TV that I bought because I saw one at around $500 and I'd had very good experience over the years buying their computer monitors for my departments at work. I think it's really good right out of the box, as good as anyth... 
Which format to use - mp3 vs. windows lossless,
I don't know if there's an equivalent plug-in for iTunes on the PC but there's a free downloadable Applescript for the Mac called "Lossless to AAC Workflow" on dougsscipts.com that will convert Apple Lossless files on the fly for download to the i... 
region 1 or pal, better picture?
Many DVD players will play both PAL and NTSC discs but the issue is whether your TV will accept the PAL signal. You need to have what's called a 'multi-system' TV. 
Is it double taxation?
As S7horton says, the tax isn't on the item, it's on the transaction. 
What song is your fav.Emmylou cut???
It's impossible to pick a favorite cut but I've always thought she had a particular genius for fitting perfectly into the music of others without ever becoming a 'background' singer. Her "Duets" album is an amazing showcase of that talent. I'm par... 
good quality DIN plug
Take Five Audio is in Canada and carries quite a few different DIN plugs, most seem to be from Cardas. They might have what you want. Click here and look through the three pages of search results for "DIN". 
CDP or universal?
I have the Denon 2910, which is the same player as the 955s, and am very happy with it, though I use it with an external DAC so that I get the ability to switch between CD and wireless network streaming.One of the things I've liked about the two D...