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| ELAC Uni-fi - All Hype?? My brother-in-law and I went to RMAF and listened to several "High-End" rooms. At the end of the day we went into the ELAC room where Andrew Jones was "holding court". I knew the ELAC story but he did not. After listening for 15 minutes I asked... | |
| Best option for Amp upgrade... Thanks to all who have responded. I appreciate those of you who warned me of about recouping the cost of the modification if I were to sell. I am very aware of this and almost mentioned it preemptively in my original post. In retrospect I think... | |
| Aurender A-10 The Aurender A10 has a 4TB hard drive. If you want to load your CD's on the hard drive you must first "rip" them to FLAC, WAVE, AAIF or some other format. I use dB Poweramp, a very popular and effective ripping software, to convert the the CD fi... | |
| Amplification for Wilson Audio Sasha on the cheap Flip the Krell! McCormack DNA 500 comes to mind. Excellent reviews, lots of power (500 wpc in to 8ohms, 900 into 4 ohms) and only about $3k. Lows will no longer be a problem. | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one I went back to the Gryphon room FOUR SEPARATE TIMES at the last RMAF. The Diablo 300 was driving a pair of their $52k speakers. The source was their $9k CD player. To my ears it was the best sound at the show. | |
| stereo receiver recommendations Ethos123, do not be afraid of the Luxman R-117 because it is not new technology. Do some research and read the reviews. This is one of the best receivers of all time! You can probably pick one up for less than $400. I'm giving mine to my grand... | |
| I’d appreciate opinions from RMAF 2017 Show attendees on the Elac Adante AF61 The ELAC rooms are always packed, especially when Andrew Jones is "holding court". I did not have the best seat but I thought the ELAC's sounded very good and great for their price range, but not even close to the best at the show. The best sound... | |
| what speakers to buy Here are some suggestions that have not been mentioned yet:1. Audio Physic Avanti V 2. Aerial Model 9's3. Rockport Mira I (The last pair sold on Audiogon went for $4700!)Others have mentioned the Wilson Sophia II and Eggleston Works Andra. Amplif... | |
| Full MQA music list. I'm in a running email exchange battle with Tidal on the subject of MQA. Like most, I'm concerned that the entire available MQA list is not available under the "Masters" tab. When I asked if they were going to fix the issue the help desk respons... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? Check out Margo Timmons of the Cowboy Junkies and Kelly Flint of Dave's True Story. Amazing voices! Rene Marie is also very good, and let's not forget Jennifer Warnes! | |
| Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player? I've seen Esoteric X05 CD/SACD players go for $2200. Amazing player! | |
| Aurender A10 setup - loading from CDs I feel your pain. I was in your shoes few months ago after getting my A10. I have an iMac and wanted to set it up to do the ripping and then import the files to the Aurender directly WITHOUT using the usb stick.Luckily my "dealer" provided me wi... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers - $500-$900 range You can't go wrong with ELAC Uni-Fi BS-5 designed by Andrew Jones for $499!!! Andrew Jones has designed these to sound as good or better than bookshelf speakers costing 3 times as much. In my opinion, no other speakers come close in this price r... | |
| What are you using to rip your cds to a hard drive? I use an iMac with an external Apple disc drive to to rip my CD's to FLAC files via DB Power Amp software. I use the $39 premium version instead of the free version and it WILL repair inaccurate frames if you choose to use the Secure Rip feature.... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? I wish I had never sold my Aerial 10t's!!! If I ever get another pair I'm saving them for the grandkids! |